Saturday Night

So it is Saturday night, and I am sitting on the couch with my feet up, listening to music. Not a bad Saturday if you ask me, though it may not be sexy and exciting, it sure is relaxing.

So...lets recap running the past few days. Today (Saturday morning) I ran a fairly relaxed 11 miles. Ran the 6am route with a 1 mile addition. I thought I set my alarm last night, but it turns that I did not. It is a good thing that motorcycles were racing by my place at 645am today. I suppose that is just as good as setting an alarm, though I doubt I can rely on that every morning.

I decided not to run on Friday. I was not sore, or hurt, but simply did not feel like running. It felt much more relaxing to take a nap after work...so I did.

Now for the Willow River run on Thursday with, Finch, Mike, Tony, Wynn, Chris and Kyle. That was fun!! I have decided that I need to start running the downhills a bit harder, faster, and this held true for the run at the park. So I would run down the hills fast, and settle back into pace on the flats. The only issue that came up, was that I felt pretty darn good running up the hills too, and Mike seemed up for running some of the hills hard. The pace picked up a bit after we ran past the waterfall for the second time. Tony decided to get a few steps in front of everyone, and Finch quickly went up to join him. I was feeling pretty good at this point, so I tucked in behind them. When we ran up the final hill into the campground, I decided to run the hill hard, and when I got to the top, I decided to just keep on running fast. Felt kinda bad doing that, when nobody went with me initially. Mike quickly caught me, and we hammered the pace in to the the finish. I can't remember the time for the loop, but it was a good run, mainly because the hills (up and down) felt good, felt strong. We finished up the run with a soak in the Willow River with the beer that Tony owed Mike.

Now I need to get out to Afton and run the ski hills. Running up a hill at a state park is one thing, running up and down a ski hill is going to be a entirely new/painful experience.

Song of the Day: Gold In The Air of Summer - Kings of Convenience