Spring Maintenance

Distance: 1.53 miles
Time: 15:07
Location: Yucca Loma to Rio Vista School

I took a relaxing week off after the R.O.C. Race on May 10.  Now it's time to settle into a period of maintenance while I figure out what my next race will be.  I may only get two or three runs in per week during this time; but I just want to make sure I don't let all my previous training go completely to waste.  I'm hoping to get my next race in during the summer.  As for now, it's nice to run and not feel the pressure of keeping up a strict training regimen.  This evening (Monday, May 19) I elected to run a short 1.5 miles and Deborah and Nathan both came along with me.  The one drawback was the wind.  It's been severely windy up here lately, and today was no exception.  I probably shouldn't have taken Nathan out.  I originally wanted to get in 2 miles, but the weather forced me to cut it short.  We headed west on Yucca Loma, directly into the wind and sun, so I sped my pace up so we could turn around quickly.  Once we reached the school we turned around and ran (or biked, in Deborah's case) back, away from the sun and wind, thankfully.  At that point Nathan was fine and he did well the rest of the way, it was just too gusty for him in the beginning.  As far as the run went, nine days off did my body well.  I felt great on the run, full of energy and strength.  My pace was faster than usual, though it was a short run and I'm sure my endurance took a hit after resting for over a week, and a longer run would have made that evident.

I had hoped to get more runs in later in the week, but things got too busy.  On Friday, May 23, I had to have cataract surgery, which will set me back.  I can't run or do anything physically strenuous for 5 days.  After that I'm going to ease back into it, to play it safe.  So things will be taking a break in the running world, for now.  But, God willing, I'll be back in full swing in a few weeks and training for my next race.