Notes
Another hot and humid day. Partly cloudy, temp. 78, dew point 67. Goal was to get 5 miles in to make it 100 for the month. Wanted to stay out of the sun so I ran over to the new MTB trails. Had a GU before I headed out and took the usual way around to the back of the High School. There was new kiosk type trail map there, really nice. I took Tow Rope up and all the way over to the old XC trail. Tried to keep it easy but I felt like I was moving well. Had some sciatic type pain until I got past mile 2 then it was ok. Trail was wet with quite a few puddles from the heavy rain this morning. Ran down the XC trail to the lay down area and took the trail to the left, Fawntastic. Ran that to the other side of the lollipop trail and took Bull Pine down along stream. Stopped to splash my face and continued on out to Scottie's field. There is a beaten down ATV trail along the backside of the field now so you don't have to run through the high tick infested grass. Marched up the loose sand on Scottie's hill and went back the same way. Was getting pretty hot by the time I got to Hosmer, but not as bad as Sunday. Finished easy. Good run, no hip or IT band pain. I think my back might be out a little causing nerve type pain. Hopefully it doesn't get worse during the race on Saturday.
Gear: shorts, ME tank, head band, water pack