Pounding the pavement....

Friday!!!! No remotes...no work...nothing I have to do...!!!!!!!

Janet and I just came home from a quick little run on the OC&E Trail, and it was really nice. Don't know what the temperature was when we started, but right now it's 29. There wasn't any wind that I could feel, there weren't any clouds, and the moon gave just enough light that I could see the trail if I looked really hard (after the halfway mark it was at my back, and I could barely see my shadow). Since I didn't run yesterday, I felt pretty good, and wound up running 6.5. I wasn't sure where the turnaround point mile marker was and was afraid I'd miss it because I was running so fast, but I saw it out of the corner of my eye as I was speeding down the trail and managed to turn around and head back to Reeder Road before I hit the Jackson County line.

To be truthful, I have no idea how fast I ran tonight. I'm sure it was somewhere around 10 minute miles, which is really slow, but the good thing is that I managed to fun the whole 6.5 miles without collapsing in the ditch along the trail. I think I'm starting to get in shape, because around the 4 mile point I realized that I wasnt' breathing hard...and I was able to do about an 8 1/2 minute mile pace the last 1/2 mile (I'm just guessing on that...the way the wind was rushing past my ears I'm sure that's how fast I was going!!).

Janet wasn't able to run tonight because her foot hurt too bad (she ran Wednesday night), but she walked a little bit more than two miles. It's amazing how quickly your body starts to break down after you hit 50...little aches and pains turn into major ones, and it takes a lot longer to recover from minor injuries.

Regardless of the pains, I actually ran far enough that the endorphins kicked in...it was a really nice night. Another positive thing...the Trailer Trash Terror must have been enjoying a beer with his master tonight...there was no sign of him.