Down in SG to celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. We had a great time which happened to include a nice relaxed run down the last 14+ miles of the SGM course in the morning. Kim and I were able to work so we could hitch a ride up with some of the great Dixie runners including Marcie, Mike, Bull, Dustin, James and a couple other runners not on the blog. What a great bunch of runners and overall great people. They were all doing a smokin' fast run down the mountain so we didn't try to stay with them since we're both nursing injuries and I had done a hard workout (on the elliptical) Friday.
Good news that we survived the run without apparently aggravating any of the injuries. We didn't push much and slowed down toward the end as Kim was starting to get some signals from her knee/IT-band. Later we stopped by the running store and got a taste of the exceptional service being provided by Steve Hooper and his sidekick on this day - Logan. We picked up some new shoes for Kim that should hopefully work better for her and the type of runner she is and if we're lucky perhaps even get rid of the IT band troubles. After seeing what a great job Steve and Logan did taking care of their customers compared to any other running store I've been to, I can see that we'll be sending our running gear $ down south from now on. Also the blogger discount is pretty sweet as well.
Have to give a big humongous thanks to Tyler and Kellie S for letting us stay at their 2nd home down in SG. It was perfect for us and we look forward to hopefully getting a chance to visit again!
Ave pace: 8:43
Ave HR: 132
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