Slogging It Out

Distance: 3 miles
Time: 28:50
Location: Mesquite-Nisqually-Joshua-Powhatan Loop

*Note - This run occurred Thursday, June 30th.

This was my last run while living at our rental on Powhatan Road. My runs on Monday and Tuesday were shorter distances and decent times, but I had to deal with a lot of leg pain. So I took Wednesday off to let my muscles heal a bit and on Thursday I set off for a much-needed distance run of 3 miles. I decided to run the loop around my neighborhood which I ran the previous Friday while my wife rode her bike. It's a good route with a variety of terrain to run on, though I usually don't run great times on it for some reason. Tonight was no exception. I took it real slow because my legs still weren't 100%. And I never really got a good, strong pace going. On top of that, I encountered a couple of stray dogs on this run, which broke my flow a bit. Luckily they didn't seem to care about me, but running by them I had to just hope they weren't aggressive and it was a slight scare. By the end of my run I was disappointed to see a time of 28:50, which has been my slowest 3-mile this year. Really though I was glad just to be out there getting in some miles.

On Saturday, July 2nd, we officially moved out of the Powhatan house and into our new home in western Apple Valley. It had been a busy week of getting the house ready. We had a painter there all week along with tile guys, carpet guys, and laminate guys. And this week to come we'll be busy getting everything set up in the house so it's livable. I may not get many runs in, but I suppose it'll be forgivable.