Rich's Running Blog

I was planning a 20 this morning until I woke up to a pretty rainy morning.  Rain is one of my weaknesses, fortunately I don't live in Seattle because I wouldn't have a chance of reaching 3,000 miles there.  I have only had like 4 mornings this year that have had major rain.  This morning I did however make a pretty brave venture into the rain and stuck to my 6 mile course and I got pretty wet.  I would have done 3 or 4 more if my partner would have showed, but I felt good about 6 wet miles and my pace was decent even though I ran with my dog and she slows me a little.  

Easy training run just trying to build miles back.

Another day just trying to get the miles recorded on my body, still getting back in the groove after gaining 6 lbs on vacation and missing a week of solid running.

I am feeling stronger but still just taking the pace smoothly and not to hard.

Nice easy run I know tomorrow is race day so I had to take it nice and slow.

So I got up and did my usual early run with my dog which was a very smooth and easy run not fast at all.  Then my friends were planning to meet with me before the race to do what I thought would be 2 or 3 miles and it turns out to be almost 7.  I was very nervous about the race but I felt great in the race and felt good about my performance.  I hope it translates into success in Top of Utah and St George.  I don't really have lingering soreness or problems.