I just felt like running

Elliott had a fever so he and I skipped Church.  We enjoyed a beautiful morning (high 70's).  Averaged around 9:20 pace.  Pretty good for stroller pushing.   It sure heats up fast- it was low 50's at dawn.

Easy trail run at work intertwined with pushups.  Did 25,19,19,17,19 which was my best pushup set so far.  When mentioning to Liza and my mother-in-law (pinkie), I realized it was 99 pushups for the day.  I had to hit a 100 so I did 21 more that evening.

commute to work.

Got out of the house before 5am so I did the morning run entirely in the dark.  It was fine other than the sections through the industrial park where there was traffic.  I kept having to hop onto the shoulder which was uneven.  It'd be nice to have seen where I was stepping.  Made it in 1:17:29 for 9.34 miles (8:18/mile pace).  I ran all the way down 16th Ave to 7th St which turned out to be more direct than my more scenic route.   Got a good whiff at the chicken plant which reminded me of my youth when my dad had us butcher chickens.  Not a guts smell but the odor of dipping headless chickens in boiling water right before you defeather them.  Very distinctive odor.  not unpleasant.

It rained during the day but I missed it all on the way back.  Just humid with some slick spots on the road.  Ran fairly hard from the start.  Ended up running a little farther (didn't cut across Fort Decatur lawn and down prospect). Total mileage 9.52 in 1:08:10  (7:10/mile pace).  Had to come to a dead stop waiting for cars at a few points (Beltline, Hwy 24, and central parkway) so I probably lost 30 seconds.  Anyway, it was my fastest commute yet.  Felt decent.  My achilles and one hamstring were complaining just a bit though.  They'll get over it.

Feel pretty good about the 15K this weekend since I did that distance twice today.  I have a decent shot to get close to 1 hr. 

Easy run on the trails at work.  Tried benchpressing at the company fitness center.  Gave up- got bored.  I am just not a gym rat.   The only excepting being if I go with someone- Liza and I have talked about doing this sometime and getting in a routine.

Lunch run.  Did the big road loop three times.  Did one mile at 6:27.  The rest around 8:00/mile.

Ran the trails and road at work.  easy pace.  saving up energy for tomorrow.

Nice day for a run.   Ran with Jon during the race - he was after a 1 hr 15K as well.  We broke it up into 3 20minute 5K which worked well.  The course is really pretty but it is fairly difficult.  The other race around here that is of similar distance (Rocket Run) is much easier- it is perfectly flat with very few curves.  This zigs and zags as well as being nearly continuously rolling.  No hill more than 20 seconds? maybe but it takes it toll.

Jon and I held to the plan well through the 1st two 5K's.  The stretch from mile 5 to mile 8 is the hardest and it took its toll.    We caught up with Brett Addington at around mile 7 who promptly put it into high gear and ended up finishing almost a minute ahead of me.  As we got to Monte Sano Blvd (~7.5miles), Jon started to suffer a little and dropped back.  I held steady and felt confident I'd meet the 1 hr goal.  Turning into the parking lot at the park, I had to sprint to the finish to get my 59:59.  It felt good.  Jon and I did a cool down by doubling back and running back in with Kelly and Sooi repectively.  We did the south plateau loop as a final cooldown.