Start time: 7/26/03, 7:00am
Location: W&OD Trail
Activity: Running
Distance: 8 miles
Run:Walk ratio: 3:1

Well, it’s been two weeks since the last report, and you’d think I’d have a lot to say. Nope, not really. Went to San Diego, probably walked about 40 miles (minimum) in the five days I was there, but didn’t do a lick of running. Nor when I got home. So it had been two weeks since I’d gone running (a 7-mile recovery run) when I got up this morning for the 8-miler.

We had a pretty small group; Julie was there but just water volunteering to let her knee rest from last week, and a bunch of other group members were also MIA (Madelyn, Michelle, Asha, Dave, John… you get the idea). So it was just six of us that headed out for this week’s run. The temperature was pretty hot, but not unbearably so. We went down to five members pretty quickly since one group member was still getting back up to speed from an IT-band injury, and Mary decided to drop back to a slightly slower group for the rest of the run.

The remaining five of us hoofed it pretty well, though. After about half of the run one of my leg muscles felt a little stiff (from non-use) so I made sure I didn’t push it too hard. I happily Scott and Beth take the lead and they blazed a good trail for me, Lisa, and Lindsay to follow. By the last quarter mile I was feeling beat enough that the final hill was too daunting to run up, so I walked it instead, but other than that had a strong-enough finish for my books considering I’d been a real slacker.

Next week will be concentrating on getting back up to speed (where has my drive gone this year?) and preparing for the 18-miler. Woohoo! In the meantime, check out the newly-updated pictures section of the website and enjoy!