AM - Ran 5.5 miles this morning. Run felt good, back is a little stiff at work now. I started out nice and easy to warm up my muscles, then got into a good rhythm. The weather has been absolutely wonderful - temperature this morning was around 80 degrees, which was nice, but a little too humid. First mile was around 8:30, then rattled off 4 sub-8:00 miles, and finished with the last 0.5 miles at MP. Everything felt good. I don't have an exact time or average pace for my run because my garmin didn't stop when I pressed the start/stop button, and it recorded an additional .11 miles that totally threw off my average pace. I will fiddle around when I get home from work and see if I can figure it out. Depending on how my back feels this evening, I may or may not get in another run.
PM - ran 0.5 miles with my two oldest boys just before we got hit with a huge storm - major downpour. Ran at 16:00 pace. After the storm, ran another 2 miles, total time of 16:28, average pace of 8:14/mile. Back feels a bit better, but at the end of the run, my left calf tightened up on me. Not sure why, but will pay close attention to it tomorrow and rest it if necessary. St. George is getting close - I don't want to come down with an injury again. | 