Friday was SDO since I did classes all day. (It wasn’t at Chautauqua, but held at a nearby community college. Classes are made up of retired people.)Classes were interesting in content, taught by well informed people (all of whom had some trouble with their technical visual aids).

Saturday I did 40 minutes of cardio DVD.

Sunday Buddy and I did 55 minutes out on the trail. We started in the dark, so it’s a good thing we’ve been running that asphalt for almost 18 years. At home I did 20 minutes of cardio DVD. Then in the afternoon I laced up my trail shoes and did 40 minutes on a wooded trail with a friend. Woodland trails can be such a joy!

Question: My feet get sore overall when I do trails wearing my trail shoes. They are the least expensive New Balance variety. Are there really comfortable stability/cushioned trail shoes out there? Or is it a typical thing for shoes that have hard soles to protect our feet from nasty rocks, etc.?

Happy runs, All! :::HUGS:::

Good Morning!  Group Power class had a new routine this morning.  Nice to do something different.

Tropical Storm Karen was just a a big thunderstorm by the time it got to my house.  Did get alot of rain.  IDK how much, but my yard was flooded.  There was so much rain on the driveway the big ice chest was floating.  Jake must have thought it was an alien or something--he kept barking at it.

Party for my running friend's recent Ironman race went well.  15 showed up (and my house is not very big).  Pizzas were a hit, the smoke detectors did not go off, and a good time was had by all.  Jake and Ben were so calm and well behaved--good thing, because it was too wet to leave them outside.  When everyone left I said good bye at the door and Jake snatched some pizza slices off the stove!  Stinker!  At least he left me two slices for lunch today.

Cooler weather blew in sometime late last night.  Nice and breezy today.  Finally got a little fall weather.

Tessa--luckily Deuce was not present for the party.  Woulda been just too much dog!  Deuce has not taken food off the stove...yet.  Jake is the master counter surfer!  Keep smiling!  Been keeping you and your family in my prayers.

Rest day here. Weather forecast for Sunday continues to look good. I kept myself busy today with some of the painting I've been putting off for the last few months - nothing like waiting until the week before going back to work to get all those unemployment projects done! I wanted to ride my bike on the trainer (rainy day here) but I didn't...not in the taper plan. My only exercise was the painting, walking the dog and walking around Target to buy some things.