8 miles at 4:45am. Weather=82 degrees, 45% humidity, 59 dew point, 8 mph wind, dark. Average pace=9:29/m. mile 1- 10:39 mile 2- 10:45 mile 3- 9:26 mile 4- 9:05 mile 5- 8:35 mile 6- 8:57 mile 7- 9:18 mile 8- 9:11 Ran with Tim really easy pace today. He and Ashley went to buy an eliptical last night and he didn't get much sleep. Ashley went to the doctor about her leg and had a xray, bone scan and MRI over the course of 3 weeks. Turns out the acute pain she had in her quad was a severely inflammed muscle and not a femur fracture. I find these running injuries to be so facinating. She's going to do the elipitical for a few weeks and physical therapy and then she'll be back running with Tim and I. Today was a nice and slow run. We got a little faster in the 5th mile going up a hill. My quad didn't bother me today. I have been rolling it and stretching my legs throughout the day. Also, I got up at 4am today and stretched very well. It's really not even that bad of a pain when I do have it - like maybe a 2 on a scale of 1 to 10 - but it is annoying and I don't want it to get worse. Boston Marathon registration starts on Sept 12th. There are 4 waves in the registration process this year based on how much faster you were than the qualifying time. I get to register with the last wave on Sept 19th, which means I might not get in. For my age/gender my qualifying time is 3:40 this year and my marathon was 3:35:10... so 10 seconds faster and I would have gotten to register with the 3rd wave on September 16th. My goal marathon this year is White Rock Marathon in Dallas. I'm hoping to get 3:25 or better. If I succeed, then next year (when my qualifying time is moved up to 3:35), I will be a full 10 minutes better and get to register for Boston with the 2nd wave. | 