No running for me today - butt-bones still hurt - no running til they stop hurting. Hope it's less than the week it took last time, but it is what it is. Did my yoga/pilates workout last night and will do it tonight as well. I'm kinda surprised at how much I enjoy it-hopefully the feeling will translate into doing it more routinely.

Planning a 12-mile hike for tomorrow to yet another gorgeous alpine lake. Everywhere here is an upward hike to get to your destination and downward to return; not too much level hiking; so it's always a good workout. Hoping to get out the door early and have time to relax at the lake for a few hours. Weather should be perfect.

16 miles in San Francisco. I battled a strong headwind for a few miles, then up over the Golden Gate Bridge planning to run trails in the Headlands but...

as I got halfway across the dodge-the-tourist obstacle course, the sidewalk was blocked by police because there was a jumper on the railing, they were trying to talk him down. There were rescue boats below and a lot of people watching. I didn't want to witness the worst-case scenario and knew the sidewalk wouldn't be open for awhile, so headed south along the coastal trail, through some deep sand which got into my shoes, then back. It turned out to be a hard run with winds, deep sand, lots of hills. If I get in one more nice 1-miler I'll feel like I can get through Humpy's Marathon in Anchorage next month and redeem myself with an Alaska race. 

Thanks, Dutchie; I really think my relapse is only temporary. I didn't have any pain with today's hike. Still I think I will stick with running only every other day for the next couple weeks - and keep it really slow. I suspect I did the wrong thing by running several days in a row and increasing my pace. Here's a photo of my lunch spot today. It was a very beautiful location and a lovely hike.

P.S. I ran into a guy on the trail and got to talking about running since he says he's a runner. Then he tells me that "people should only run every other day" and "running every day is extremist!" END of conversation! Turns out he's a massage therapist who works with a physical therapist I know who thinks I'm "an adrenalin junkie" because I like to run every day! I don't think she realizes how slow I am. But STILL, people like that make me crazy.

 Hey Perfessor...I was running in SF as well.  Ran my favorite fire trail route in Berkeley and yesterday completed the SF Half marathon.  No great time but what a great place to run (it is my hometown so it was like a run down memory lane). 

Funny, even though SFM was my first marathon and still a favorite, I forgot that the race was Sunday until I saw the road closure signs and portajohns along the route. Then I was up really early for work and there were some runners in the hotel lobby leaving for the race, I was jealous, I really want to run San Francisco again. BTW I'm feeling good about Humpy's next month (now called Great Wildlife Runs).

Dutchie, I tried to find out what became of the guy, but couldn't, which leads me to believe that he didn't jump. That's such a strange place, on the GG Bridge there are signs saying, basically, "Don't jump off the bridge, it's OK, call this number for help". I guess they have a couple dozen suicides every year, and a lot more that change their minds. 

Anyway, I'm doing long runs but taking plenty of recovery days too, we'll see how that works out.