Fly me to the moon...

The usual 0.5 to Sasha's house and back with the 8 miles in between along the trail.  It was the usual gang this morning as well.  The pace was quite slow, but I didn't care because my legs are still a little sore.  Total time was 1:10:08 (8:15/mile).

I haven't run or blogged the last couple of days not because my wife had our baby, but because I was sick.  I had a fever Monday evening and all day Tuesday with some dizziness and fatigue.  I woke up this morning feeling fine, but I didn't want to push my luck and go for a run.  I plan on going tomorrow morning though.

It felt good to get out after a couple of days of inactivity.  I was surprised to find that my quads were still a little sore from the speed work.  Total time was 50:27 (7:12/mile).

Eight miles along the trail at about 7:16/mile pace overall.  I did 4x200m in the middle at 5:30 pace with 200m rest just to see how that pace felt.  It felt pretty good.  I met Sasha along the trail in the last mile and finished up with him.

Sasha called me up about 5 and wanted to know if I had run for the day.  I hadn't done my long run yet so I decided to do 11.5 with him.  We were planning to start about a quarter after, but it ended up being after 5:30.  Just before we started he said that he had a time constraint and needed to go a little faster.  He asked if 7 minute per mile pace would be acceptable.  I wasn't expecting to go so fast, but I said yes.  We ran anywhere from 6:38/mile up to around 7/mile.  I felt pretty good until about the last 2.5 to 3.  I hadn't had enough to drink and was getting pretty dehydrated.  It was tough at the end.  It was an eventful run with eating some of the numerous bugs along the trail, dodging little kids on bikes and fishermen, and jumping over snakes.  Total time was 1:19:32 (6:55/mile).