Nice TM run with Cinemania 2 again. Calfs were tight at the beginning, but they loosened up without having to stop and stretch. Last couple of minutes I increased speed a bit:
1min@9.5K, 10K, 10.5K and 11K with a 1 min recovery @ 9K inbetween. Felt really good!

Raced in a small 10-miler this morning.  I went out with the intention of running a positive split: go aggressive in the first half and then, if I fell apart, so be it.  Thought 10:00 was an aggressive pace so that's what I ran for the first half.  I felt great and the course started down hill at that point so I picked it up and wound up breaking 95 minutes and 9:30 pace.  First time I think I can honestly say I gave nearly 100% as there wasn't much left in the tank at the end.  First time I ever felt good about coming in last in my age group.

Huntsville Half Marathon today. It was a well-done race (despite starting 20 minutes late as the Police Dept. requested). A mostly flat, rather boring course, but then I'm spoiled after my last three races. Pretty nice race overall and definitely good bang-for-the-buck. $20, and you get pizza at the finish and a nice long-sleeved tech T. They were overwhelmed because they expected 650 runners but got 1000. They handled it well, though.

I ran OK, considering. 2-mile splits 8:29 to 8:49, and I was trying for even pacing. Considering my recent problems and lack of training I feel OK about my time (1:53). But considering that a few months ago when everything was going well I was planning a BQ (3:35) race today, not so good. Oh well.

This put me at 1367 miles, which is the goal for that Marathon-a-week User Group. Next goal: 1500!

Where's Trey?

First, I took the doggies out for a run run. Only 2 kilometers, cause it had been a while since I took Spike out running.

 

Then I hopped on the TM. Planned 1h10 easy, but changed my mind and ran a negative split. Just to see if I could. Ended up running 11 kilometers. It was a hard run, but it felt good.