Phantom

got dressed to run last night at about 9:30 and my wife said "your going running in the rain"? i had no idea it was raining but it was coming down pretty good so i didn't go. crawled out of bed at 8:00 this morning and did 8 miles at 7:45 pace. felt a little tired but haven't been sore from the race.

drove to vegas for a few baby blessings.  we arrived at 2:30 . i decided to go for another run.  it was hot but i figured i could cool off in the back yard pool afterword. ended up doing 5 miles at 7:47 ave pace.  the pool felt good and made the run worthwhile.

got up about 7:45 made breakfast for the family and then went out on a run. not to hot this morning but last 4 miles was straight into a good head wind. total time for run was 1:20:00. might try more later. we'll see how i feel after work.

got home from work and felt like another run so off i went. it was warm(5:00 pm) but breezy. did my 8 mile loop, first 2 miles in 13:15 , next 2.25 miles at tempo-13:20. total time for the run was 54:00 minutes. took a cold bath after the run. cold baths feel better after a long run than they did in russia in the middle of winter.

concrete tomorrow morning at 6:00 so we'll see what i can manage later in the day.

8 mile loop in the evening. 7:45 ave pace. alittle tired from yesterday.

my wifes water broke this morning. i went out for an easy 5.5 then took wife to the hospital. we had our baby girl at 3:30 pm. things went well and mom and baby are doing fine. thought about trying to fit more miles in at night in the dark but slept instead. good thing i had a couple of good mileage days early in the week or this week would have been pretty bad. i might try to get out sunday night late for a run. with the baby, work, etc.....things should be interesting.

i think i'm in better shape than last year but not in necessarily better marathon shape. hope to get one or two 18+ milers in before the sgm. does anyone think it is too late for this?