Ok, yesterday was a good tempo run, I started off with a slow 2 mile warm up, running from Ritz Epps gym through the woods to Longstreet, then out towards the ranges. Once I got on Longstreet, I hit the hills for 3 miles out and 3 miles back, pretty good burst. I managed to keep a 6:40 pace for that 6 miles. The first sister kind of got me, made me wonder why on earth I was running up ANOTHER hill, but then I thought of miles 16 through 21 in Boston and kept running. After the hills and tempo I had a nice 2 miler for a cool down.
I am at the point in the training plan where I am starting to get those little aches and pains when I run. For example, I may have a couple of steps where my calve hurts a bit, I naturally think that is the end of my running career, then I tell myself to settle down, it will go away in a couple of seconds and of course it does. I have my normal 42 year old aches and pains - knee, ankles, but that is nothing out of the ordinary. I am actually feeling very strong and ready.
Saturday is my 4th 20 miler, I will be running with John Y and another person, not sure who the third person is but the more the merrier. Normally if you can find one person to run 20 miles with, your good to go, two people, that is just a pure bonus. I will let you all know how that goes.
Mom kicked in with a donation, I am right at 865 bucks, pretty good chunk of change. I do appreciate as will all the soldiers (SOF and otherwise) that will benefit.
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