Long May You Run

10 miles out and back from home.  Ran in the rain, got soaked twice.  I kind of dried off between soakings.  This was about as hard of rain as I've ever run in.  1:26:19  8:38 average.  I feel like a slug for not running Friday or Saturday and only going 10 today.  I really need to start putting in some 20's to get ready for Desnews.

7.65  1:06:39 8:43 ave pace.  2.25 miles barefoot on the track.  I think I went a little too far, I have a few blisters in the making.  I've been doing a few miles here and there barefoot, no more than one mile at a time, 2 miles should have been no problem, in fact, I was going to go 3 barefoot.  It felt really nice in the warm afternoon sun but my feet, although seemingly strong enough, may not be tough enough on the bottom.  I'm hoping that I didn't mess up the bottom of my feet, I've got some monster up and downhill miles to put in.

5.65 am miles 49:14  8:42 ave pace.  Got a nice blister on the bottom of my foot and big toe.  I still can't believe that 2.5 miles barefoot on the track would do such damage.  Oh well, gotta keep running.

10.1 pm miles  1:33:31  9:16 ave pace.  B Street route.  I saw something absolutely amazing this afternoon.  It was about 5pm, I'm running along 11th ave and two bucks cross the street no more than 20 feet in front of me.  I could no believe it.  Their racks were in velvet and looked to be about 4 points.  First, it's rare to see a buck, not only that, but two together.  It's also rare to see two bucks in a residential setting at 5pm in 80° temps.  Wow, lucky me!    I had to run on the easy side because I'm running on blisters.  I decided to run in flats today thinking it would be better on my blisters which I think turned out to be a good choice.  Tomorrow I think I'll run in a new pair of Saucony fast twiches that I've had stashed away for a few months.

5.65 am miles 51:07  9:02 pace

10.25 pm miles 1:33:13  9:06 pace  87°  B Street route.  I was wiped out after about 7 or 8 miles, the last few were tough.  I had to stop for traffic and was quite dizzy, but was okay as soon as I started running again.  Time to get heat trained.  Ate too much pizza tonight, feel very bad, even three hours later.  I'm not going to get that girlish  figure sucking down two platefuls of pizza.  First day in Saucony Fastwitch 5s, good shoe,  I like it better than the Kinvara.  Had to stay in traditional running shoes today because of my blisters.  Today my toe blister popped on the afternoon run.  I'm gong to run in them tomorrow.

5.65 am miles  50:08  8:52 pace.  Slowing down a little this morning.  I still felt bloated from my pizza pig out last night.  By the end of the run I felt pretty darn good, first mile or so was rough.

10.1  1:33:13  9:14 pace  B Street route.  This run was a killer.  My overall time does not seem correct because most of my downhill miles that I ran were 9:30's and the last two flat miles were 10 and 9:45.  I thought about cutting this run short by half.  It would have been a wise decision but I'm glad I did it anyway.  Slow run in 90°.  I've got to burn off all that pizza and running fatigued  in the heat should be good training for Desnews.

5.15 am miles no watch.  It's finally summer!!