They all can't be "easy" runs.

10.2 Miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia. 1:23:19. 8:10 pace. 7:30 pm start. Last mile - 7:14.

Hotel treadmill - 4 miles. 

5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:19. 7:28 pace. 5:30 pm start. 

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 44:49. 8:09 pace. 5:30 am start. Last mile - 7:18. Steam coming up from the road at 5:30 in the morning? I came home soaked. 

for IJR: 81 degrees. 89% humidity. dew point - 77.  

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 43:37. 7:56 pace. 5:30 am start. Slightly cooler than yesterday.

5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:40. 7:26 pace. 5:30 pm start.  Rain stopped so I could run, then started again. 

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 47:39. 8:40 pace. 5:45 am start. Nice and easy. 

5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 45:33. 7:51 pace. 12:15 pm start.  

10.2 Miles. Legacy Trail to Colonia. Untimed. 5:45 am start. I didn't have 16 in me today.

7.5 miles. hood route. 6:15 am start.1:04:17. 8:34 pace. I saw 4 dead snakes on the side of the road. And I found a golf ball. nice.

Track-form-fixing workout. 3:30 pm start. (after church and yard-work) 2 mile up. 2x200 @ 75% w/ 200 AR. 4x100 @ >75% w/ 100 AR. 6x50 @ 100% w/ 50 AR. 1 mile down. I did the form drills (buttkicks, etc.) while I warmed up. Tommy did @ 1.5 miles total. Johnny didn't run. Then swimming, then Slurpees and Slim Jims. Life is good.

5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 40:51. 7:51 pace. 5:30pm start. Legs still sore from yesterday.

for IJR: 91 degrees, 61% humidity, Dew point 76. ("feels like" 103). 

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 46:17. 8:25 pace. 5:45 am start. Nice, easy, smooth. 

82 deg. 74% hum. 73 D.P. 

7.5 miles. Hood route. 5:30 am start.1:02:13. 8:18 pace. Last Mile - 7:08. 

82 deg. 84% hum. 77 D.P.  

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 47:08. 8:34 pace. Last Mile -7:21. 5:45 am start. 

77 deg. 89% hum. 73 D.P. 

5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:54. 7:34 pace. 5:30 pm start.  It rained @ 3-4:30 today. I'm glad it was still overcast. 

20.75 miles. Legacy Trail to Caspersen Beach. 3:07:32. 9:02 pace. Last mile- 7:37. 5:15 am start time. 77 degrees. 94% humidity. 75 Dew Point.

I believe this is my first 20 miler this year. I'm not as fast as I need to be yet, but I feel that this is a good start. Now I'm off to meet the family at the beach. I might take the day off from skimboarding!

3.5 miles. Hood Route. 26:42. 7:37 pace. Last mile -7:10. 9:15 am start time. 90 Deg., 62% hum. 75 DP.

1:15 pm. (after church and lunch) 2 miles with Tommy. He says he wants to run a 5k with me. I told him we'd talk about signing him up after he could run 2 miles without stopping. today was his 2nd attempt at the distance. We did 2 miles today through the trails by the soccer fields. He stopped for a drink once, Stopped to pee once (and MAN did he have to go!), and stopped for a very short time, after he tripped over a root. Anyhow, he did WAY better than I expected.

Track-form-fixing workout. 2:15 pm start. 2 mile up. 2x200 @ 75% w/ 200 AR. 2x100 @ >75% w/ 100 AR.

Then the sun destroyed me, and I stopped. That's enough for today.

5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 40:16. 7:45 pace. 5:30 pm start. 80 d. 81 hum. 72 d.p. Heavy rain at 4 pm today. 

I just signed up for Louisiana Marathon (again). 

Good times for a change. See, the luck I've had can make a good man turn bad. So please, please, please, let me, let me, let me, let me get what I want this time. 

7.5 miles. Hood route. 5:15 am start.1:03:42. 8:30 pace. 78 deg. 94% hum. 75 d.p.

5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 37:42. 7:15 pace. 5:45 pm start. 76 d. 91% hum. 73 d.p. Heavy rain at 4:30 pm today.  The sky was so dark the streetlights turned on. Fun run.

5.8 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 43:04. 7:25 pace. 5:30 pm start. 78 deg. 91% hum. 73 d.p.

1.5 mile runfail. I didn't have it today. 5:15 am start. 75d-94h-73dp.

2 up. 1 mile. 6:06. 1 down. Hood route. 6:30 pm start. 75d-94h-73dp. light rain.

5.5 Miles. Hood Route. 48:54. 8:53 pace. 5:45 am start. 75d-100%h-75d.p. Great RUN! (). Blister on right "had-no-roast-beef" toe, police cars circling the neighborhood (filling my head with all kinds of "what-if's"), ran through clouds of gnats, hit my head on a low branch hard enough to knock my hat off, stopped to scratch the mosquito bites on my ankles 2x, passed a guy with questionable control of his dogs, you know, just a JOY to be out! Saw my brother walking to work afterwards. I walked/talked with him for a while, then ran the half mile back home. So THAT was a positive. It was good to catch up with him. I'm going to try to get something better out of this evening. It shouldn't be that difficult to do, with the bar being set so low this morning. 

6:30 pm. I got 1 warm up lap in with Tommy at the track before the lightning started. Not a good day. 

7.5 miles. Hood route. 6:00 am start.1:05:54. 8:47 pace. Easy. 79 deg. 83% hum. 73 D.P.  

3.5 miles. (NEIGHBOR)Hood route. 5:45 am start.28:41. 8:12 pace. 73 deg. 94% hum. 72 d.p.

5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 36:38. 7:03 pace. 5:30 pm start. 78 d. 79 hum. 71 d.p. Heavy rain at 4 pm today, FLOODING EVERYTHING. I think I could have ducked under 7 minute pace, had it not been for dodging / running through the puddles. I'm a bit tired of this rain, now. Please make it stop. Anyhow, cool song stuck in my head: http://youtu.be/mW6G3nh5S3I

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5.2 Miles. Ringling Bridge. 38:40. 7:26 pace. 5:40 pm start. 89 d. 57 hum. 72 d.p. NO RAIN!

3.5 miles. (NEIGHBOR)Hood Route. 31:11. 8:55 pace. 5:30 am start time. 77 Deg., 89% hum. 73 DP. Super Easy. But not bad for 4 hours sleep.

16.25 miles Legacy Trail to Circus Bridge. 5:30 am start time. 2:20:24. 8:38 pace, last mile in 7:11. 79 deg. 83% hum. 73 d.p. Fairly even and smooth run throughout. Spouse got me new socks. Seriously, I can think of 3 things that feel better than putting on new socks. (1. Q-tips, 2. Waterslides 3. I forget the third one.) Nice heat lightning before sunrise, and cotton candy clouds after. I'm a little bummed that I'm not doing the The Venice Tri this morning. We sure had fun last year, and I love the feeling of race day. Next year, Team Side Meat will return!