Every Run is a Great Run!

Ran 3 with Kim this morning and walked around 1.3. Sure has been nice out these recent June mornings and nice to see some sun while the days are still long. Soon enough we'll be running in the dark again I suppose, but we'll probably want to be out of the sun soon enough with the temps headed up towards 3 digits the next couple months.

Later at the gym at work did 45 minutes XT (E/B/S). I wish the x-training got easier (mentally I mean) after a while. I guess it has gotten a little easier since I first started but now that I can run I compare it to that, and stuffy gyms with no change of scenery just aren't very fun. But I really think doing a bit of XT most of the the training cycle will do wonders with keeping the injuries away while helping push the aerobic conditioning along. So we'll keep plugging away with the M-W-F XT routine.....

Nice little 8 miler (1 mile of it walking) with Kim around the Leland/ballpark loop. Starting to warm up in the mornings, we were glad to have some clouds the last miles. Also especially windy today but we're pretty used to that in SF.

9:17/147

Ran 5 this morning at 6am with Kim then walked 1 mile. Windy again with a few drops of rain and a few rays of sunshine. Kim was surpisingly energetic and ran the 6th mile in 7:55, unexpected, considering she ran 8 yesterday and then didn't get to bed until 3:30am after her girls-night-out-vampire-movie-party-o-rama.

Later before noon did 40 min XT at the gym (S/B/E).

Ran 5 miles solo then walked 2 miles. With Kim having 2 nights with not much sleep we thought it was a good idea for her to get some extra sleep today and run later or take the day off and run 6 tomorrow and long run on Saturday. I felt pretty good, getting the first indications that maybe my legs are coming back. Picked it up on the last mile a bit to sneak in under 8 although it was wind-aided. Dang wind has been extra nasty the last 3 days.

8:33/163

Ran 3 in the early morn with Kim then walked 1.3. Later just before lunch went to the gym at work and did 45 minutes XT (E/B/S).

So tomorrow will be the first attempt at a double digit mile run. Going to try going 11 miles.

Woohoo! Survived my first double-digit miles run since the injury. Ran with Kim and felt good throughout and still plenty of energy at the end. Weather was near perfect, cooler than the last few days and just a light breeze. Since we need to start getting the legs used to hills we decided to run part way up/down Harry's.

Early miles were in the 9-9:30 range then we got the mojo going the last few miles and ran in the 8's including an 8:15-ish mile around 9. Toward the end we ran into Hal and Chad and ran with them for a mile or 2.

AP: 9:05