Monday – Came home from work and shot with the girls. Pretty soon it as dark. So I fixed dinner, (Burned the Burgers), and was pretty darn grouchy to every one around me. Finally at 9:00 pm, I figured out why I was in a funk….I had skipped my run. So I threw on my shoes, and stepped out the door at 9:05 pm , with my headlamp and reflective vest. 22 minutes, and 2.5 miles later I was huffing and puffing at the top of the hill on Walker road. Felt a lot better too!
So I turned around and flew down the hill cranking out what felt like a 7 minute mile down the grade. Just before I hit mile 4, I neglected to pay attention to the uneven asphalt and turned my left ankle and knocked myself rolling. After dusting myself off I was back into my rhythm, just glad it was dark and I didn’t have any witnesses.
My 40 minute timer went off about 2 minutes before I hit the end of the driveway. So I finished up with a time of 42 minutes for a 5 mile run. As I walked into the house my wife raised an eyebrow when she saw the blood from the scraped knee but was kind enough to not say anything…I slept very well that night.
Tuesday – The ankle was defiately sore this morning, but seemed to loosen up as I walked on it throughout the day. we will see how it holds up tonight. A couple Ibuprofen should help. I ran alone at Schollenberger for 2 miles, then stretched until, Scott from the Triathlon team showed up. Ran another 2 miles with him and then finished up the last two miles by myself. Solid 10 minute mile average for the whole period, with the last 4 miles in the 9 minute mile range. Ankle held up well throughout the workout.
Thursday our track workout was cancelled, so I took Erin to Novato to shoot her bow. I expected her to shoot about 5 or 6 ends, then call it a day. 15 ends later, we had completed a Vegas 450. She ended up with a 195. My 423 with 8x’s was not my best day but I sure got a kick out of Erin shooting there with the guys from 18 meters.
Saturday, I met up with Joel and Kristen at McNear Park for a 2 hour run. Joel quickly out paced me, and I seemed to really struggle for my breath. I must have walked 3 of the 12 miles. My legs felt great on the hills but I just couldn’t get a rhythm and my breathing was pretty shallow and inefficient. I chalked it up to a bad day and finished the run in 2 hours 15 minutes.
Weekly total 22 miles
Total to date: 120 miles
