got the runs

Seven miles.  I honestly don't remember how they were...it was a while ago.

7 miles with HEAVY legs.  The drillsite did me in today, i suppose....

Approximately 2000 meters in the pool--extremely good workout.

7 beautiful miles on the trails behind the Hampton.  Absolutely gorgeous upper 60's weather.

I had just enough time for pproximately 6 miles before grabbing BBQ with coworkers down in Georgia.  Felt strong and wished I had the time for a long one...

Went for a nice relaxed walk/hike out at Bull Run--sort of a "welcome back to VA" day.

2000 m in the pool.  Sure enough--i truly don't push myself as hard as these guys push me.  I was heavily anaerobic today, but it felt good.

Noon: 6 miles on the WOD near work.  I haven't done this run in quite some time, and it seemed to fly by.  So far everything seems in working order.

noon: 2000 m in the pool wit' da boys.  TOUGH workout...but i can't complain cuz i came up with it.  Diaphram still sore from breathing so hard.

noon: 6 miles with O'Connor.  A beautiful afternoon for a run, and all feels well.  We probably kept about an ~8:00 pace.

pm: abbreviated lift, but quite nice.  Half hour of upper body staples, just to make sure they all still work.

noon: 2000 m in the pool.  An excellent workout with a balanced mix of easy/mod/sprints.  I'm feeling stronger in the water than on the pavement these days, but I think that will flip flop pretty soon.

I hiked Old Rag in the am, which is a nice 7 mile walk.  It was such an ugly day that I couldn't get myself to head back out for a jog, but the hiking weather wasn't so bad.  Good little walk.

The weather continues to spit.  I went climbing at Great Falls with Kirkwood, with plans to follow that up with a jog.  The jog never happened, because we were pretty well cooked after climbing in wet, slippery conditions. 

2000 meters in the pool.  Terrible day.  I pinched a nerve (or something) somewhere in my shoulder (or somewhere) and my arm went dead.   I swam through the pain, which was a terrible mistake.  By the end of the workout, it hurt so bad that I became nautious and felt like i was going to black out.  Will be taking wednesday off of the pool and try to work out the kinks this week, hopefully to return on friday.  Sheesh.

day off to check out whether or not i'm sick or not...

4 miles to just stretch the legs after a long day of talks on the Eastern Shore.  Pathetically out of running shape these days...the price to pay for getting into swimming shape.  "Cold" progresses today, but suspicion arises that perhaps I'm developing an allergy to something here in NoVa. 

6 beautifully drizzly miles with O'Connor today out in Reston.  I wasn't sore or tired, just feeling a bit "out of control"...like the legs are a bit rubbery or something.  Could be the drugs, but likely the low mileage recently.  Verdict is still out on whether or not i have allergies, but i'm thinking it's just a sinus infection that's going around.

6 miles on the reston trails with O'Connor again. I felt like I had my rhythem down today, but this cold is really killing the energy levels. Off for Vegas tomorrow, and i hope i can find a place to get some miles 'n meters...

A nice solid run on the Vegas Strip.  I said I'd do it once, and that's all I'll do.  Turns out that weaving through traffic and a bunch of drunk people isn't all that fun...but it was a good experience. 

Death Valley!

Four miles on rather tired feet after a day of hiking on the Kelso Dunes. Pretty, pretty place. Slowly figuring out the better places to jog when staying on the Vegas Strip...

Victory run!  My talk went very well at AAG, so I treated myself to an afternoon jog in the sun.  I can tell i've been walking around a lot on cement sidewalks, though...youch.

Found a fantastic little loop to do!  ...too bad this is my last run in Vegas.

I felt very strong today, and can confidently attribute a lot of it to being well hydrated. 

Death Valley (again)!

Ah...back to the Reston WOD run.  Felt strong today running between 7:30's and 8:00's.  I suppose it helped to finally get enough sleep--11 full hours of it.