Run

• 19m 06s
• 1.50 miles
• 13m 38s /Mi

Ran down the back side from the top of Thumb Butte. Not as fast as the last time, but just took it easy at a nice relaxed pace. Good quad muscle work.

Sport

• Hiking
• 18m 20s

Power hiked to the top of Thumb Butte. Felt better than the last time, still pretty winded at the top but covered the 0.8 miles in 18:20 which was 40 seconds quicker. 10:33 split to the hairpin turn at the bench. Rested a couple of minutes before doing the relaxed jog down the back side.

Run

• 24m
• 2.00 miles
• 12m /Mi

Ran 2 miles around the lake trail. Felt a lot better than when I did the exact same run last week. This time I only walked for 2 short sections, one of them being the upper stretch of the steep hill. And I was 4 minutes faster for the loop this time as well. Running is still not fun and I doubt that it ever will be, but at least I didn't feel like I was 2 minutes away from coronary thrombosis this time!

Run

• 40m
• 3.10 miles
• 12m 54s /Mi

Trail run around the Willow Lake area. I actually split this up into 2 runs. Did the first 2 miles, ending up at the parking lot where I ran into a guy who had a flat tire on his mtn bike. He was a student at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University and it was only a 2 mile drive from there, so I gave him a quick ride back to his dorm. Returned to the trail lot and ran an extra 1.1 miles, and did a bit of walking on the steep hill sections on both loops, hence the slower pace. Even without walking, I don't think I'm running much faster than around 11:40 per mile tops. I'm good with that though, at my age. At least I didn't feel like I was totally wasted today, so maybe things are getting better. I've dropped 6 lbs in the past few weeks, and I'm sure I'll feel better after I lose a lot more.

Still could feel that calf muscle pull but it didn't feel any worse at the end than it did when I started, so I'm not worrying too much about it. Trying to keep my stride short and quick...I think my past issues with PF were from over-striding.