Gotcha..........................

It's so late in the day I bet you were wondering if I had gone yet another day without running.
Not the case...

Last night I had to go pick up another load of wood chips for the yard so I decided to run on the river trail in the bigger town. As I began to run I noticed the route was the ten mile race I did a year ago. First thing to note was all the people using the trail (though paved it can hardly be called a trail now can it?) and very few of them had a smile or a friendly wave to share with me. That is something I am not used to on my country roads. The second thing of note were the smells. First lilacs (this time of year they are all over my regular routes) then raw sewage, followed by diesel fuel, more raw sewage, then frying donuts. City living at it's finest!

Bottom line I ran for 58 minutes and 30 seconds, doing an out and back and was only two minutes slower coming back then going out so I thought this was pretty good. Had to be close to six miles, and considering I was limping the last ten minutes it is great. I got a new pair of shoes and they were fine for the first while but then my left toes started burning and paining (I think I need to cut my toenails) and then my left knee wanted to be acknowledged. I added a pair of supports to them and will give them another chance tonight. Being in pain, I had fun pretending that I was finishing my marathon and the end was near so I just had to keep going. It worked.

Not all runs are going to feel good. I am watching the difference between not feeling good and injury so don't worry. It's all good.