AM. I ran the water tank hills with Larry and Wayne. On hills 2-5 I would charge the hill then jog back to the others and run with them until the next hill then I would charge that hill. It was a pretty good work out. I ran easy with them on the way back until the last mile, my traditional "fast mile". I was pretty tired so I decided to see if I could run 6:20 pace (my goal for downhill miles on Saturday) with tired legs. I managed 6:19 but it took some effort.
I plan on some more easy miles at noon and our normal 10 miler tomorrow morning, also at an easy pace. I'll probably taper by playing basketball on Friday.
PM. Ran 3 easy miles with Tom (avg 8:46/mi). The conversation was far more pleasant than the (he warned me in advance) boring 3 mile route we ran (it wasn't really that bad). It's good the run wasn't much longer. I made a bathroom stop just before the run, but I still had some stomach distress by the end.
I guess I should record a milestone of sorts. The scale in the fitness center is the standard "doctor" scale with sliding weights on a bar. There is a big weight that you set on 50, 100, 150, etc., and a smaller weight that slides within a 50 pound range. My weight has been hovering around the low 150's for a couple of years, down from 170+ in the preceding years. I've been wanting to drop under 150 so I could set the big weight on 100 instead of 150. Today I set the big weight on 100 and the little weight on 49 3/4 and the indicator on the scale achieved separation. It's good to take time to enjoy even small victories. I don't really feel like I want or need to lose too much weight, but our Wii Fit said my "ideal" weight would be around 145. I ran St. George last year at around 150 and my goal has been, and I guess still is, to run this year at around 145. There's still time (and it's not that big of deal anyway).
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