runnin with a friend

Had a good sleep last night and woke up ready for a nice run. Temps in the high 30's with no wind. Great running weather. Took off at 6:30am. Best run of the week. Strapped on my hrm and got an idea where I am at with my fitness. Keep plugging away...Easy miles at 8:15 and the rest avg out 7:15ish

I sure hope that I made some gains this week, I'm beat! Great running weather this morning. Temps in the low 40's with just a slight breeze. Ran 4 with Hanna then took her home and tried to get  over to the new running store, Teton Running for their group run. I was late and met a few of them along the walk path on Sunnyside. Good week of running. I was able to fit a lot of stuff in this week. Might cut back the miles next week. Wait and see how the body feels this week.

30 degrees this morning with a slight breeze from the south. 6 miles to work on a great morning. Winds are suppose to howl later this afternoon which might be a problem on the way home. Warmed up for a couple of miles and picked up the pace for the last 3.5.

Ran home on a breezy day. Temps about 40ish. First mile was a struggle. Everything went well after that. Sped up my cadence and felt pretty good for most of the run.

4 easy miles with Hanna on a cool (40) degree morning with  10mph breeze. Took her home after 4 and then finished up the run to make 8 plus miles this morning. This will be my only run today due to working a double shift today. Co-workers wife had to make a trip to SLC to have her kidney checked out. She had a transplant a while ago and its playing havoc with her right now. Run felt nice this morning. Wish I had more time!

Took forever to warm up my old body this morning. Once warmed up the run felt good. Just a bummer that once I was warm it was just a mile to work and I had to get there earlier than normal. Looking forward to the run home this afternoon.

Let's see....I ran in wind, hail, rain, sunshine, and snow today on the way home. The wind was constant. Felt good this afternoon. Wanted to stretch out the run a little longer but I started to feel phantom pains in my left knee. Didn't want to chance anything. Avg pace 8:20

Took yesterday off for some reason. Can't really think of why, but I did. Ran at the middle school track. Ran easy for the most part, felt pretty good at mile seven so I picked up the pace the last 2 miles. Ran the last two miles in 13:05. Which at this point in my training is pretty good for me. Planning on a 16 to 17 miler with Sheridan up in the foothills tomorrow morning. He is training for the Poky 50. I'll probably slow him down.

Had a nice run with Sheridan today. We met on Crowley and ran up Sunnyside for a nice climb of 1450ft. Thats what my watch said. Felt good on the way back. Just took it easy. It has been a while since I have ran this far. So all in all, training  is going well.

Nice morning for a run. 35 degrees and just a slight breeze, maybe 5mph. Ran up sunnyside over to Snake River Parkway and around the greenbelt for 10 easy miles. This will be the only run of the day due to family stuff going on directly after work. Good start to the week. Hope to be in the mid to upper 60's by weeks end.

Long route to work in the morning. Nothing to special this morning.

Very nice afternoon! Got some mp miles in.

Blustery winds this afternoon. Didn't feel like running with all the wind and managed just 6.5 miles.

Family is gone to Moscow to visit my daughter and I had to stay and bring home the bacon. Ran after work on a nice day. Sun didn't shine but temps are nice. Ran up sunnyside and over and around and back through and up and down......It was a nice run. Sheridan and I are planning on a long run tomorrow.

60 degrees and a lot of wind. 20 + from the south. Ran with Sheridan on sunnyside to snake river landing and around the greenbelt and back home. Tough day. Legs felt like lead pipes. Hope next weeks run is better.

Ran after work on a pretty crappy afternoon. Winds around 25mpn but there was some sunshine. Was able to kick up a notch after three warmup miles.7:45 avg for the run

Temp about 44 degrees and a breeze around 15 mph. Good day for a run except for the fact that my right ankle is a purple and has increased in size. Last night around mile 4 I felt a little discomfort in my ankle but just brushed it off. Well, that was a mistake! I had trouble just walking last night after the run.This morning it felt better but quite tender but swollen and bruised. We have a retired orthopedic surgeon at work and I got the once over from him. He is a runner too, so I felt confident that I would get the green light in a few days. He told me that it was the anterior something tendonitus. We all know the drill. Rest, ice and drugs. I just wonder if I have been putting too many miles too fast. I have felt pretty good overall. I hope that I can resume running shortly. CRAP!

Not the best news. Friday was a difficult day. I took a walk with the dogs and I was limping pretty bad after just a mile. Swelling and constant discomfort.... Saw the doc and was advised to wear the dreaded boot for a couple of weeks. He believes that there is some partial tearing of the tendon and that the only way it will heal is a couple of weeks in the darth vader boot. I wonder if I am going to make it 1 week in this thing. I attended the new running stores grand opening saturday. I left pretty discouraged thinking I won't be able to run for a couple of weeks. Did win three pairs of sweet socks!

The boot seems to be working. The swelling has finally gone down and it is finally feeling better. Hopefully in a couple of weeks or less?????

Well, I guess that I will update. I took the boot off this morning, or I should say that I didn't put it on. Curious to see how it feels. I am pleasantly surprised. No pain at all at the moment. I think that I will monitor and see what happens by monday. May try to run 3 or 4.