AM - ran 6 easy miles. We had a nice thunderstorm last night, and it cooled things down a little bit this morning. Started out my run, warmed up the first mile, then settled into my pace. This was another one of those runs where I couldn't quite find my rhythm, and I realized towards the end that even though it was a bit cooler, it was also quite a bit more humid (found out on the radio on the way to work that the humidity was 54% - this is way humid for Arizona!). Legs felt kind of dead after about 4 miles although I was not pushing the pace. Kept going, finished the run in 49:03, average pace of 8:11/mile. Will plan on doing another 2-3 miles this evening - I will make sure they are VERY easy so I don't wear myself out for tomorrow's long run. Good luck to all those who are running Draper Days.
PM - ran another 2.1 easy miles. Weather was a bit nicer - only 102 today! Took it easy, but found my pace was faster than I had wanted even though I was trying to run slow. Had dinner at 5:30 - I could feel my dinner a little bit, althogh I tried to eat a light dinner, and will eat a little more later tonight. Total time was 17:00 exactly for the 2.1 mile run, average pace of 8:06/mile. At least it was slower than yesterday's 2 mile run . . . :) Looking forward to my long run tomorrow, during which I plan to focus on running around 8:30/mile. Also looking forward to getting my final Harry Potter book! No, I am not standing in line at one of the bookstores, waiting for the 12:01 release - I will get mine delivered tomorrow (sometime), and plan on immediately sitting down and starting to read. Should be a nice, relaxing day. Only other thing I need to do is to take my car to get the oil changed. I will drop it off in the morning as soon as the shop opens and hope it will be done in a couple of hours (I don't believe in paying 35.00 for an oil change, I either take it to a place I know that does it for about 15.00 and also rotates the tires and checks the brakes, or I will take it to a place where I know we have a couple free oil changes coming.
Sasha - I thought of another idea for the blog - maybe you could make a way to restart the mileage counter on the trainers and racers to account for new shoes replacing old ones . . . | 