Short and sweet

The run, not the dog, though he is kinda cute for a Bagel. He's also quite bossy and demanding for his size. We've been dog sitting him and after only 3 days, he's moved into our bedroom at night, barks at us when we ignore him, run's away when we show him the leash and is just plain silly most of the time when not sleeping.

Did get a short run in that was hardly worth mentioning normally but as my 2nd recovery run and 2 days in a row, well it deserved a few words. Another perfect spring day here with sunny blue sky, light wind and temps in the teens which is absolutely balmy for us sun starved Canucks. Headed out the door after church despite raised eyebrows from my wife 'I thought you ran yesterday? What happened to the rest period or are you back to normal already?' Do you think she'd make a good coach? But then again, how many athletes really listen to their coach and sneak in extra workouts etc? Actually, I've just been dying to try out my new Garmin on all my 'standard' running routes just to see how accurate they are or aren't.

The legs were tight and stiff and the pace was slow but it was sooo nice to jog along at my own pace once more. Did the standard Point loop from the house which I've always called 5 miles and lo and behold it was 5.11 mi which was a nice bonus (hate to think I'd been overestimating all those years)! Included 2 stops, one to give directions to a tourist and another to say hello to a long retired co-worker I haven't seen in years. It was really nice to see Billie as she was going into a restaurant for brunch with her daughter and friends. She remembered me right away (had a stroke a few years ago) and I was able to make her laugh with a little story about work and my running in Boston.

So cruised right along, the legs were a bit sore and got progressively tighter but it was a good run with no after effects worth mentioning. I think I'll be doing alternate days running for the next week and hope to get out with Andrew on the weekend for his last longer run before his marathon at Holyoke. Here's the gory details from the Garmin toy which I'm still figuring out.
So you can see it's hilly and my pace spiked 2x when I stopped. Total for the week was 34 miles of running with the marathon and 9 miles of walking as part of the recovering. Recovery is going well, the feet are more or less healed, the legs are feeling better every day and the spirit is more than willing and anxious to get back into it.