Fly me to the moon...

I ran this morning with Sasha and Ted on the Provo River Trail.  They were doing a half marathon, but I turned around at 2.5 for a total of 5 for the day.  The pace was around 7:20 overall.  My ankle felt better after a couple of days off and the legs felt fresh.

It was my first morning run in awhile.  I was never much of a morning runner, but it felt good to get out that early.  I was hurting about the last 1.5 though because the gas tank was empty.  I've found that to be successful in the morning at all I need to get up extra early and get some calories in before running.  I didn't have the chance to do that this morning.

After yesterday's run, my foot was giving me trouble all day today.  I decided to try to run.  I got about a half mile out (after stopping several times) and my ankle was really hurting so I turned around.  It started to feel a little better so I finished a loop around the block, but it was still quite painful to run on.  It seems to be altering my stride as well and my knees and hips were feeling it a little too.  I decided to take a few days off and see if I can get this under control.

I really wanted to run today.  It has been a long time since I really had fun running and really wanted to get out and get some miles in, and I can't.  It's funny how much more appealing it is now that I can't when I went for a couple of years without doing it and was just fine.