AM - Ran 3.5 miles with Sparky, who appeared overjoyed to be able to run, after not being able to do so yesterday. Average pace of 8:12/mile, including a warmup mile of around 8:40. He did very well, no "dog" sighting today. I wore the sock on my right foot last night to help my achilles stretch a bit during the night, it felt much better today. PM - ran 1 mile with Samuel in 10:07, only 1/4 mile of which I held his hand. He did very well. Then 0.65 with Joey in 6:45. Later on, I ran 2.5 miles on the treadmill - started out nice and easy for the first 1/2 mile at 8:30 pace, then picked up the pace once I was warmed up. Next mile at 7:30 pace. Picked up the pace again for the last mile to 6:40 pace. Felt good. I think I have come up with the perfect idea - either Lybi or I will run the Provo River 1/2 marathon, and then one of us will run the St. George 1/2 marathon. I don't think it will make a difference in terms of which of us runs which, although the St. George 1/2 may end up being hotter. Either that, or one of us (probably me) would run the TOU 1/2 a few weeks after the Provo River 1/2 marathon, and I would just fly up alone. We will have to talk about it and figure out what the best approach would be. | 