They all can't be "easy" runs.

7.5 miles hood route. No rain, but i had to hop over my share of puddlea and storm debris. Fantastic high tide racing out of the bays.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 6 am start . Lots more debris to jump and move off the sidewalks. I had two separate storms while running. When it wasn't raining, i had hot breeze. Man, I hate the hot breeze. There is no joy there.

7:30 pm. I did the same thing all over again. much faster the secomd time. Somebody cleaned up the sidewalks..

12.9 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Venice Avenue and back. 5:45 am start. Last 2 @ 7:45 pace. This one was tough. All of the miles I had to grit my teeth and fight through. I was more pruned at the end of this run than I can remember. Also, I had a couple of stray dogs take a run at me barking.

Yesterday, both boys teams were destroyed in Cape Coral. But my guys played well, I think. So after spending yesterday yelling in the sun, I did some yard work, went swimming, and watched the gators. All of that, I'm sure had an effect on my running today.

I do have some good news. 185.5 pounds. I'm now below Sugarloaf weight. Well, that took longer than expected!

I figured out why Sunday 's run was so awful. I have a head cold that hit me Sunday afternoon /evening. I feel like it's on the way out now, and should get back to it tomorrow.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 8:25 pace. Easy cruising. It didn't feel like Autumn this morning, but there was a fragrance of autumn, that I can't explain. Also, that dude from a couple of months back, that was pruning his hedges with a machete pre-dawn. Remember him? Well, he was up this morning, lurking in the shadows, he clapped and yelled good morning at me when i ran by him at 5:45. Well, I guess that's better than swinging a machete in the dark.

5:30 am start. Hood route.

16.25 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail to circus bridge and back. 5:40 am start. 8:56 pace. Last 2 in 7:35, 7:28.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 6 am start. Last mile in 6:58.

After a while of crossing streets in the dark, you start to only look for headlights. If you don't see headlights, you go. Which is fine until a driver is on the road without headlights. I came really close to getting flattened this morning. And i could be really mad at the driver of the truck that nearly got me. But I'm mostly mad at myself for losing that cautious edge, and not double checking for cars. I'm still a bit freaked out.

Let's be careful out there, people.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 5:45 am start. 8:20 pace. 6:48 last mile. 8:55 first mile. Faster than yesterday, even with the additional checking for cars.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 6 a.m. start. Slooooow. Like, jogging, only slower.

6:30 pm: slow guy at the track. 1.5 up. 1200 @ 4:56. 400 easy. 1200 @ 5:00. 400 easy. 800 @ 3:24 (failed 1200). 400 easy. (4) x 100 @<17 with Johnny. 1.5 down. Then threw the frisbee with boy #2. I wanted 6-7 1200s, but I didn't have the juice. I knew it was going to be bad, but I'm glad I went through with it. I needed something other than "easy" running.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. A bit of fog this morning.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 5:40 am start. Then once around the block when I got home. 0.4 miles. Because i wasn't going to have 59.xx miles this week.

away game in Estero timorrow. That's 1.5 hours from here! So no running tomorrow. Then I hope to get 20 on Sunday. But recently, life is getting in the way of running. It has to happen sometime. Might as well be sunday.

16.25 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail to circus bridge and back. 6 am start. Roughly 9 minute pace. Great sunrise. Strong outgoing tide. Super hot, stagnant air, and humid. Although i felt fairly beat up for the majority of this run ( due to old age, overweight, inconsistent training, yesterday's away games, etc.), I had a strange moment of gratitude out there, that in spite of all of that stuff, i am still capable of doing this.

5.5 miles. Hood route. 6 am start. Sweaty, but relaxed.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 6 am start. Last mile 7:04. 8:10 pace overall.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 5:40 am start. The goat farm smelled awful this morning, so I went back the other way.

Then my company did a beach clean up all morning.

7.5 miles. Hood Route to Legacy Trail and Back. 5:45 am start.

20.75 miles. Hood route to Legacy Trail to Circus bridge to caspersen Beach and back. Slow and steady with a touch of red tide.

10.2 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail to colonia and back. 6 am start. The first two miles were awful, but after that it was pretty smooth sailing.

1.5 miles. Hood route. Then emergency bathroom stop at home. Then around the block for another 2.

6.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 5:45 am start. 8:22 pace. 7:19 last mile. A bit cooler, believe it or not. I was only MOSTLY soaked when I finished.

5.5 miles. Hood route. 6am start. Run started in the rain. I took yesterday off because my right quad felt not good. I don't think I've ever been injured there before.

Anyhow, I knew my mileage was going to take a hit this week, because... This Saturday is my parents' 50th Anniversary! 50 years! What do you talk about after 50 years? You would think you've already said everything! SOOOO, Big party. Aunts and uncles and cousins coming in from out of state! Pandemonium! Well, between work and football and party coordination stuff, I knew this week was going to be a let down on mileage, but fantastic otherwise.

7.5 miles. Hood route to Legacy trail and back. 6 am start. I think i figured out what was qrong with the right quad. I have been kicking field goals and punting a lot lately with the boys. Stop kicking - stop hurting.