On the road to BOSTON!

Ran on the beach again today. The feet are doing well, still a little bit of bruising from the run on Tuesday but not painful to run. Ran a total of 4.50 miles barefoot on the beach. I think I am ready for a run down Haleakala Crater in the morning. I am hoping to run for 2 ½ hours downhill for around 18 miles. We shall see……..

Got up early this morning for a 1 ½ hour drive to the top of Haleakala Crater. The top is at just over 10,000 feet. We walked around a little bit checking out the views from on top of the world….awesome! I started running from there. I ended up running 12 ½ miles downhill. (7:28 average pace) In that distance it dropped just under 4,000 feet. I never pushed it, just wanted to enjoy the run. I stopped for a break after 7.65 miles and took the left shoe off to let in cool down. I could feel a hotspot where I had one of my blisters on Tuesday. I then finished off the run when my wife was driving down the road from her hiking with her sister. I could have gone much farther because I was really enjoying the run but thought it was better not to push it too hard and let the feet keep healing. I am glad that I did. Just looked at my splits for the run. I liked how these went. I was trying for minimal effort and consistency. 7:51/ 7:45/ 7:41/ 7:40/ 7:38/ 7:33/ 7:24/ 7:34/ 7:12/ 7:04/ 7:18/ 7:12/ 7:03

After we got back from some window shopping and lunch I went to the beach and ran barefoot for about 1 ½ miles to cap off the day of running….now it is Luau time baby!

5 miles in the morning down Kihei road with blue then 2 miles barefoot on the beach. Later 4 miles barefoot on the beach.

I slept in this morning...still on Hawaii time! Only had a few minutes to run before I had to play carpool. I ran 1.29 miles then came back and finished my run an hour and a half later. I ended up with 6.40 miles for the morning at 8:39 pace. My legs are swollen from the flight from Hawaii. It felt like I had leg weights on while running. Now that I am back they feel better and almost all flushed out. It looked like I had Elephantitis.......

I wish that I had been able to wake up with the temps being so mild this morning. Even getting done at 10am it was not very hot.

Ran with the club this morning on the St George course.....I love running that course! I dropped off early because of my foot issues and not knowing how much they could handle, planned just right. Put in 15 miles. Ruth came up and ran with me for the distance...thank you! Ended up running a 7:54 average pace.

8:28/ 8:37/ 8:19/ 7:59/ 7:39/ 7:33/ 7:32/ 7:36/ 7:35/ 7:48/ 8:04/ 7:19/ 8:23/ 7:56/ 7:40

I would have struggled this morning without her being there to talk to. I was planning on an easy 8:30 pace for the run......the 7:54 was much easier.

Now I need to treat the feet and get the stupid blisters to heal!

Just added 18.60 miles on the bike. What a beautiful day! Not hot at all. (count as 6.20 miles 14.30 mph)