Training Week 6

Last Saturday's 10 miler was encouraging. The weather was much cooler than it was on the previous week's 9 mile run and thus Liz and I were able to keep a better pace and stop less often for water. It was great to see familiar faces on the path. Jessie and Erin Tobin, my mom and Dorothea and a number of Loras grads whose names escape me. I keep waiting for my IT band to start acting up but thankfully this hasn't happened yet. Sunday I could definitely feel the previous days run in my legs but there was a certain sense of satisfaction that the slight pain was the result of a solid 10 mile, double digit real run. Something I had not done since the Country Music half Marathon in early May, 2005.

This week is a cut back week, which only has us scheduled for 7 miles on Saturday. I'll be in Dubuque all weekend for Justin's bachelor party, with paintball early Saturday morning so I'm not quite sure when I'll get a run in. It may have to wait until Monday evening.