Getting back into it...

Well - there isn't anything to start with except - Man - I did NOT want to run today. I did not want to contemplate a 30K race and why the heck was I thinking I could still do it with all the time off I have had.

Good thing Marlene didn't want to listen to me and said to meet her at 1pm. So there I was - pretty much even keel when I saw her and not a lot of the negative Nellie I was on the phone.

We had a minimum of 18K to do but I felt like we need to get 20K to be able to build the distance towards the ATB - 30K.

We met Dana a Perry at the 5K mark and then continuted along Lakeshore until we hit the hills of North Shore. Even if a walk break beeped we ran the hills. ALL the hills - no walking them. I ran the long slow steady leading up to LaSalle. My goal is to run it each time and NEVER walk any of it. So far so good.

We could have turned back at the top near LaSalle but we added another tough hill with more mileage before we started heading back.

It was so nice to get back to Dana and Perry's van. They had oranges and who knew an orange could tastes so good. Marlene and I still had 5K to get back to her place so off she went.

The last 2K were TOUGH but I got through it and we ened up wih 21.6K and an average pace of 6:53. Not too bad considering the hills an lack of training.

My legs are pretty sore so let's see what a good nights sleep will do for recovery.

I really need to get my 2 or 3 weekly short runs in...... Maybe I will make that my goal this week...