got the runs

Today I drove to Georgia, hopped out, and jumped on the ol' run I enjoyed during my two week stay here.  Felt good to get out on those soft trails again.  Gorgeous overcast weather!

Ran with O'Connor for the first time in a while today.  Started in soft rain, finished in gorgeous 70 degree sunny bluebird weather.  Ahhh....

noon: jogged 1.5 miles to and from the pool.  2000 difficult meters for me in the pool today--it's been weeks since i've seen a pool.  So far so good with the shoulder, although there is a slight twinge of pain.  Will keep an eye on it.

Five miles on the Reston Trails. I felt pretty tired on this run, not sure why. Quite possibly related to sleep deprivation.

Ran to the pool and back and swam 2000 meters.  This workout hurt, but not quite as much as it did on Monday.  

Approximately 7-mile mtn bike loop out at Difficult Run.  FIRST OF THE YEAR--MAN it felt good!!!

6 rather difficult miles today with O'Connor on the Reston trails. Not quite sure why it's tough for me to get oxygen lately, but i'm really breathing hard. We probably averaged an 8:00 pace, with a slow start and a peppy finish.

Ran to the pool and back.  2000 meters in the pool in two sets of 1-, 2-, 3-, and 4-hundred.  Solid workout.  Very hungry. 

4 quick miles after driving down to Savannah for the last trip.

My token Savannah Run...8 miles of it.  I felt pretty sluggish, but decided to just take it slow and surely.  Shower Tecate was the perfect reward.

noon: Ran to the pool and back and did a 2000 m swim.  This workout kicked my trash--50 kick, 100 free x 12 plus a few sprint 50's.  My legs are wrecked, and it's awesome.

9 miles out in Fairfax.  I didn't plan on something quite this long, but so it goes.  Had to work off all that wedding food from saturday anyway.

4 miles out in Easton off of Dover Road after a day of field work.

Very solid lift after dinner--all upper body.

1.5 miles from the hotel to the YMCA and back.  2000 meters in in the pool, and a tiny bit of lifting to do that which I skipped yesterday.

Easton has a Rail-to-Trail!  And all these times i've run on crappy, crappy roads full of hillbillies in trucks...

Just a bunch of tennis and some bike riding in Pittsburgh today. 

3 mile there-and-back to the pool with a 2000 m workout.  Felt nice and strong in the pool, but the bum is a bit sore from tennis.

6 miles on the WOD in Reston.  HOT!  Needed a shower after that one.  Probably averaged just barely sub-8's.

6 misty miles on the WOD with Paul.  According to his cool GPS watch, we averaged 7:03's, which was just at the upper limit of my being able to hold a conversation and still have oxygen.  Man--felt like old times.  Thanks for the run, Paul.

6 miles on Reston trails with O'Connor--I was a bit tight from yesterday, and he is getting over a cold.  We started at ~8:00's and worked down to ~7:00's after we were warmed up.  It was nice to loosen up.