Chad's Runs

9 easy miles in the afternoon.  I put 2 in my Altras in the middle of these 9.  I really like 'em but I did start to feel some soreness in my ankles toward the end of the 2 miles.  Maybe I'll put another 2 on them later in the week.  As for my ankles overall there wasn't much soreness for the rest of the run.  I keep saying ankles but my right one seems to be healed completely.  When I have a day off between runs all is good.  I'm going to run Wednesday and Thursday so I'll be curious to see how I feel during Thursday's run.  I think I'll notice an improvement over previous consecutive day runs so I'll probably add a 5th run each week here in the next month.

No running today.  I didn't get to bed until late so I chose sleep instead of run.  I won't be able to get one in later today either.  It's just too busy.  So why was up late?  Mario Kart Wii.  I'm embarrassed.

I finally got in another run this week.  I already talked about Wednesday's missed run in a previous post.  Yesterday I just lost my resolve when looking outside at 4:45am and seeing the wind howling.  It turned beautiful later in the day but I just didn't have any time to do it.  So today I decided that since I've had plenty of rest I'd put a few extra miles on the end of my planned long run.  It went well, no bonk.  My feet and legs are wiped out but my ankle is fine.  It will probably hurt going down stairs for another day but it is definitely getting better.  I haven't run that far since the 2010 Top of Utah.

I ran 6 north of my house on the JRP and 12 down south into Saratoga Springs.  I can't just run direction out and back because each path dead-ends before 9 miles from my house.  It was cold this morning.  I started at about 6am and my hands didn't warm up until about mile 8 or 9.  Once the sun came up things warmed up.  I took a Hammer Gel at 10 and 14 which really helped me bring it home.  My legs were pretty tired by I had energy and I finished strong.  It was a fun run.