Just run

My first Stripes run.  I beat all of the walkers and the one guy who started way late because he was using the restroom.  Other than that, this was a hard run.  I thought I would be feeling good, but my shins hurt and it felt muggy.  Just another complaint.  Complain, complain, complain.  I'm good at that.  I didn't complain once I finished though.

This one was a race.  We all bunched up at the starting line.  I made sure to stay well in the rear out of the way of the fast guys.  I was one of the last ones to finish, but surprisingly I managed to out run a few younger runners.  I could tell they were just out for fun and not really trying to run hard.  Finished in 27:27.66.  This makes me doubt the length of the course because it would put me at about a 9:09 average per mile.  Highly suspect.  I will go and drive it later to see.  It did feel good to finish though.

A series of sprints that culminated into a mile and a half.  Of course, half of that was walking as part of the recovery phase.  The last couple of sprints were 200m with a short break in between.  My shins disliked the sprinting because they are used to the slow jogs.  Oh well.

Felt really good this morning.  I think I could have just kept running and running at that pace.  Fun run this morning and it was truly enjoyable.  I saw one other runner out there who branched off and took a different route.  That left just me and the road all to myself.  I just don't think there is anything out there that can compare to the quiet of morning before traffic and all the other noises of the day drown everything out.

51:42.40