Training Log - Thursday, September 2, 2010

I have been bad the last couple of days and opted to sleep in. As a result, I had to do a lunch run Tuesday and an after work run today. Richard and I logged a short 4.5 miler with a couple of quicker miles sandwiched in the middle. The heat was surprisingly dry, leaving both of our mouths rather dry and wanting water early. I haven't run the UAH loop in a while so it was actualy fun to pick up the tempo here and there during the run, knowing that we were just going for one loop. We kept it short as we plan to do a fun trail run again in the morning, running up to the state park on top of Monte Sano and back. That run has become our staple "hill" workout once a week. I must say, if you are local, that run is much more enjoyable than our longer, and in my opinion much more dreadful, run up Drake Ave in Huntsville, AL. I know it's a hill, but man it sucks the fun right out of you. I just enjoy a steep trail over a steep road any day of the week.