If only....I'd listen

  I talk a big talk...."listen to your body" I say. I really need to practice what I preach! I was tired yesterday...should've rested ran instead....it was butt ugly. Today I felt pretty good and went out earlier...ran like the wind! Did 10K in 56 minutes! Really pleased with this run today. I wonder how much better today would've been if I had just rested yesterday? Oh well I try!:)
  Hope all is well with you!!! Peace!

Zapped part Two

  So today it wasn't the heat that zapped me...no...I did fine putting in a nice little 4 miler today...nope , I had a battle with a couple of red wasps and I killed one and one nailed me right in the collar bone....wow it stung! I have a nice welp and some stinging pain but I'm alive! Wasp one...me one...we're even! Hope you are doing well! Peace!

Dangerous Roads

I have to run on a highway...Highway W. It is a highway that technically dead ends, it is very curvy, banked, and the speed limit is 55. It is not a highly traveled road but I'm sure many cars traverse it daily.
  I have learned to "try" to get off when a car comes because people drive so stupid and are so often distracted by their electronic devises. It can be very risky running these roads. Today I am saddened because a young lady, 18yrs old or so, who lived on my road was killed on highway W last night. Her car went off the road and she was thrown from the vehicle. A terrible tragedy. As I ran today I had to pass by the location and many people were there paying their respects. Life is so fragile! We must value each moment!! 3.2 miles in the raging heat on the dangerous roads...peace!

Zapped!!

 Wow...I was planning on an 8 miler today but by 5 miles I was in terrible shape! I was sucking air bad! I guess the heat-86 degrees and humidity-high- really got me today. Normally I can handle this but I am not acclimated to Summer time yet...I barely made it home and it is taking forever to cool down...I was zapped by the heat! Still got 5.8 miles in and lived to tell about it!:) Peace! (It's a good day to be at the pool....too bad I don't have access to one!)

Some easy miles

   Easy miles today...just felt like enjoying the day so I took an easy jog instead of the day off. 3 miles today, hope to get more in tomorrow. Peace!

Charge the hills

   I continue to enjoy running and the joy of being back on the roads. Yes, the treadmill is a great tool but the road is much more appealing and demanding.
  I decided to warm up very slowly...not get in any hurry....by miles 2 I was loose and the body felt pretty good...I decided to have some fun and charge each hill...take it!
  I'm reading a biography about J.E.B. Stuart so I'm being influenced! :)!
 Anyway....a couple of really good miles! 5.15 total today. I have decided to run a couple of weeks in the 20's and then begin to build for a race....whatever! Peace!

Adding Hills

  I continue to rebuild...I am adding 2K hill into the mix...a very steep hill that runs 2K...I went 7/10th a mile down today and worked it back up...I kept the effort the same when I arrived to the top and my last mile was an 8:37! Kinda tweaked the lower left calf? Odd...probably heal up as fast as I tweaked it....4 miles today! Peace!