On the road to BOSTON!

2 very ugly miles-

Well, it was too nice outside to not run. Low 50's and cloud cover. I ran over to Bloomington Hills to see the finish of the Half marathon and 5k for the Senior Games. Talked to Aaron Metler for awhile about the marathon.

Ended up helping out at the finish line as the runners came in. Times were slow this year. I am upset for not manning in up and running the 10k and Half. Both of them I would have placed 1st in the age group. The Half would have been a 2nd place. not much competition this year with some of the elites not running.

Had a good run. Ended up running 7:48 average including warmup. Legs are feeling good so recovery is well on the way.

Decided to give a midnight run a try. No pressure, just go have some fun. The legs were feeling pretty good, just didn't have much speed in them.

The first mile has gradual uphill to it which I wasn't liking much (7:24) the second mile finally had some gradual down to it but I wasn't in the mood to push very hard- just maintain a good pace. (7:00) The third mile was all over the place up stairs, down stairs, kind of crazy. Lots of 90 degree turns everywhere on this course. (6:49) The race ended on the track for 1/2 lap (6:19) A girl came by me..."on your left"....go ahead! I didn't want to get in a hard run to the finish with her...she won under 18 year olds.

Check this out, the age groups: up to 18, 18-54, 54 and up! Sure, run against the young guys.....Nate Bundy won with 18:50sh

Now that the race is over, I almost talked myself into going out for a run at 2am but sleep sounds even better!