After yesterday’s aborted run I decided that I’d better get out to the trail this morning and make sure that there weren’t any lingering problems. There weren’t. That’s always good to know.

I showed up at a little after six, right as the Tuesday speedwork group was heading off to do mile repeats, and set off to do the seven mile loop by myself. Normally I appreciate company but this time I was glad for the solitude; it let me think through a couple of technical issues, and it let me run slow. I mean like 10:30-11:00 slow. Hard to imagine that I was using that as my “goal” pace when training for Motorola 2004… Anyway. I let myself run smooth and easy, and it felt pretty good. No issues from my legs at all.

I picked it up a little to around 9:45 after stopping at MoPac for a drink. As I was going over the footbridge at the one mile marker, I saw a thin shadowy figure move past - it was Gilbert, running back to RunTex for a change (he normally drives). He yelled out to me and I sped up to catch him; we ran together for the last mile (this time at a really comfortable 8:30 pace) and he gave me some form tips (of course). My triceps were too tense: repositioning and relaxing my arms made me feel better all over. We also chatted a little about IBM on Sunday, and he felt that even though I’m tired a 7:20 goal was perfectly reasonable - depending on the weather.

For the last 1/2 mile or so we caught up with Jay and Alex, running with someone I didn’t recognize. That got us all to speed up and chat, and Gilbert actually admitted that it was too damn hot here. I mean, this from a guy who wears long sleeved shirts up into the 90s! I try not to harp on the weather, but it really has been miserable this weekend - new records in bold:

Nope, those aren’t typos. Today should be nice though, its only supposed to hit 100 - which would be another record, but nothing like those 107s. 103 for tomorrow, but starting Thursday we should be back down to 85-90 for the high, a welcome change. While we didn’t get any rain this weekend, we were certainly feeling the hurricane’s power. Phew!

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