Just flew to Dallas, worked, and checked into the hotel before my run....Now I'm trying to delay a bit because it is still upper 80s AND humid! I'll take running in sub-freezing Boston to 90 in May thank you very much. We'll see how this 'run' goes....

Didn't make it to Valley Forge park after school today, but found another lovely community park less than 2 miles from my school that took me 9 years to discover. Beautiful 1.3 mile loop around the perimeter and lots of other twisty trails in the middle, with gently rolling hills, not those monsters I tried to tackle yesterday. Saw some former students at freshman baseball practice and they weren't even grossed out to see me in my running clothes! Back before I had a mortgage and all of the other bills that go along with home ownership, I used to get a massage on the days that I had evening concerts at school. My little outing this afternoon was much cheaper and just as pleasant. (OK, so taking a "bath" in the faculty room rest room isn't as nice as a shower at the spa, but I got the job done.) Ran 3, walked 2. Took it really easy. I'm finally admitting that I pushed harder than I realized to run that 10-mile race and that increasing my mileage the following week was a really stupid idea. Duh. So now I'm focusing on consistently running 4x/week for a few weeks, with less mileage on each outing and even slower paces. Not quite one step forward, two steps back, but it sorta feels that way. Only enough time to scan the dailies, so I'll just give everyone a general shout out. Next week I get my life back to an extent in that the evening concerts are over. Happy cruising toward the weekend, everyone! Eliz

Back from a relaxed three miles on the college running path. I'm glad it was a recovery day. Between the heat, humidity, and strong wind a focused run would have been tough.

I just dropped my Garmin and killed it! Waaaaaaah! Eliz