Double today, five in the AM, five in the PM. Put me at just about 40 this weekend and more than 2200 this year, with 27 days to go to Memphis (and 53 to go this year). I'm figuring I'll wind up somewhere around 2500 for the year.
DOMS finally hit this morning. Legs very stiff and sore. In spite of that, went out for an 11 a.m. run which was redirected because somebody hit a power pole and knocked lines down across Cheyenne Ave. behind the park. So I turned around and went back through the park instead of completing the run with the West End-Backus loop. Legs loosened up pretty well after a couple of 10:00 plus miles and I was able to pick it up to probably 9:20 pace later on.
Tonight, skipped the park and did the Backus-West End-Pump Station loop backward (power lines repaired by now). Didn't quite get me to the 5 I wanted, so ran up the park driveway to the top of the hill, then turned around and headed home.
Another interesting side note to last night's run I forgot to mention. Went down and looped Lake Springdale early in the run. About halfway around, I saw some sort of animal on the trail beside me. It was too dark to tell exactly what, maybe a rabbit, maybe a possum. Wasn't a skunk, fortunately. But it became startled, and because the other side of the path dropped off into the lake, it ran at me -- actually ran THROUGH my legs as I was running. I made some sort of evasive maneuver (surprised I didn't pull something given my level of stiffness/fatigue) and somehow didn't trip or kick the animal or step on it -- or fall into the lake. | 