Good morning runners! Sunday: 10 miles 1:28:00 - 8:48 avg. pace - easy > moderate + 2 mile cool down [9:25 pace]. Had every intention of sneeking in my 1st double in two weeks but got wrapped up in my FF draft. Not complaining as I had a very good week of running considering everything and I received an "A" on my draft. Doctor appointment for the kiddo this morning, so I'll run this evening since there's no game and it's been blazing hot during the day. Should things improve / remain stable I'm hoping to transition into my half marathon schedule this week - we'll see. Make it a great start to your week!

Speed / Specific Endurance / Threshold / Hills / Neuromuscular / Moderate

Week 34: 55 miles
Monday: 2 miles 18:45 - 9:22 avg. pace - recovery. Best I felt all day.
Tuesday: XT A.M. / 8 miles 1:07:23 - 8:25 avg. pace - steady state P.M.  Fastest time this year!
Wednesday: 6 miles 57:09 - 9:32 avg. pace - easy. Meh.
Thursday: 8 miles 1:14:54 - 9:22 avg. pace - recovery. That was easy enough :>
Friday: 9 miles 1:22:40 - 9:11 avg. pace - recovery / easy A.M. / XT P.M. Encouraging.
Saturday: 10 miles 1:27:50 - 8:47 avg. pace - easy > moderate + hill sprints. Last mile / fast mile.
Sunday: 10 miles 1:28:00 - 8:48 avg. pace - easy > moderate + 2 mile cool down [9:25 pace]

Morning!  I feel like the that kid.

I feel like that lady, ha!

Today is an off day for me as I get ready for a big run tomorrow (those seem to be common these days), but I am looking forward to this bad boy.

My legs are feeling much better today thank you, which speaks to the body's amazing ability to recover when given what it needs.  I have another tough week on tap and maybe even a race, which would basically be a glorified tempo run.  We will see...

Happy Monday!  Today is Aug 26.  Holidays for today are:  National Dog Day; Cherry Popsicle Day; Women's Equality Day; and in England and Scotland,  since August 26th is the last Monday in August, it's a Bank Holiday, celebrating the end of summer

 Mmmmm....cherry popsicle!

Nice weekend of running for me. 

Saturday, I went to explore the running area around another of our regional YMCAs.  This one is in Boerne, TX, about 30 minutes from San Antonio.  What a nice area to run in!  I headed out from the Y on some nearby local streets, connected with 'Trail 9', a running trail that used to be an old railroad line for Train 9,  hence the name of the trail.  This trail took me to the local city park, and one of the park roads took me to Cibolo Nature Center, which has some really nice off-road trails.

So I was running on one of those trails and then I hear someone ahead of me shout "Scottydog, you better hurry up, the girls are catching up to you!"  What the heck?  I look behind me and there are about 50 to 60 or so high-school age girls chasing me.  Ahead of me there was a small tent sent up and underneath that were water  coolers, folks in chairs doing timing, checking, etc., and the guy who had called to me, a guy I knew from local San Antonio races. I stopped to chat with him - and to get the heck out of the way of the girls - and found out there was a summer X-country meet going on of girls' teams from several various high schools around the area, using the city park and the Cibolo Nature trails, and my bud was one of the organizers of the meet.  So when I came ran onto the Cibolo Nature trails, I got caught right in it, lol.    My bud was laughing and said "Only you, Scotty, could go for a run and find 60 girls to chase you."     My friend let me get some water from a cooler, we had a nice chat, and we cheered all the young ladies on as they passed us by.  Very pleasant interlude in my run.

Then I was off again on my own run.  I did a bit of x-country myself, going across the park grass, making sure not to interfere with ladies on their course, and got back onto Trail 9.  From there I went back to the Y on River Road, which was a very pleasant experience, going alongside a river to my left.  Very pretty area with grassy banks, walkway with picnic tables for people to sit and enjoy the day and the river, restrooms and water fountains along the way, ducks and geese near the water, and so forth.  I finally got back to the Y, initially having planned when I first left the Y to do an easy 3 miles or so, 34 minute run and I ended up with 50 minutes and 4.5 miles of running and exploring...and had a blast doing it.  Trails, scenic river area, chased by girls...Very nice outing, and will definitely run this area again.

Sunday followed that run up with my 48th race of 2013, a 5K which I ended up finishing in 33:37, surprising myself by doing under 11-minute miles, even with my photo stops and a big hill to climb near the finish.  Report and photos here:   http://www.runningahead.com/groups/BF_and_Beyond/forum/2afe426514e340e58dae8361956571dd/resume#focus

Today after work, Gail and I are heading to a local Y to do a weight training session.

Even after skipping Saturday's run, I still kept Sunday as a SRD. But I did get out for 6 very warm, muggy miles this morning. It was already 77* at 5 a.m., with 75% humidity. We've barely seen high temps like that all summer, and now today is supposed to be 97* with a heat index close to 110*. Damaris - Come take your weather back!

Good morning everyone! I feel really good considering thha crazy half I did yesterday, but no running anyway. Going to go for a bike ride and then do a T25 video.