It ain't Chinese algebra!

Around Mt View HS, Target, and Walmart. First 7 easy, next three in 5:51, 5:41, 5:17. Then slow .6 home.

Grass Valley to Wells loop.  Left achillies a little uncomfortable.

Big loop around Evergreen HS on a bunch of roads I've never ran on.  Woke up at 5:30 and couldn't sleep so I headed for my run.  Ran around Union HS, Timbers, and then north on a road before the church.  Only other time I've been on that road was when driving with a realator and looking at houses to buy.  Not pleasant memories...

Eventually connected up with 164th to 4th Plain, then took a gues on which street to head south on.  Otherwise, I'd be stuck on some major roads/free-way interchanges, etc over by the mall.  Anyway, I selected to right road and came past Evergreen HS and Winco before heading home via 172nd and Mill Plain.  I was planning only 17 with some tempo sections, but I wasn't feeling up to the quicker pace and I figured the time on my feet, at a slower pace, would be just as beneficial.

Averaged 6:48/mile for 20 miles.

Ran around Timbers and to the park in 172nd, then home the same way.

Target, Evergreen HS and Timbers, then home.

2 miles by myself, 5 with the oldest on his bike (half with #2 and half with #3), then 3 miles by myself.

Timbers to 164th, then looped through neighborhoods to Mill Plain and home.

Not feeling it today. 

I hit the wall. Last 4 were tough... Lack of food yesterday? Who knows. Similar route to last week. Up around 164th and Evergreen HS, across I-205 to SW Hospital and then home on McGilveray.

11 easy, then 5 miles averaging 6:00/mile exactly. I was going to jog 1 mile, then hit 5:30's for 17-20 but my body refused. Slowly jogged home instead. Averaged 6:58 for the entire run.

Union HS and Timbers. Feel better than Saturday but not 100%.

Ran over to Chucks, then around Target and home. 

Mt View to Target to Timbers. My body feels like junk again, just like it felt from September 2013 to February if this year. Not sure why it's regressed... Right hip and hamstring, left achilles.

Yesterday felt like junk. Today felt much better. Ran 9 easy then pushed the pace the final mile. Hit 5:10. Half mile cool down. Timbers, Target, Mt View and home.

3 miles in Sunriver. Haven't been sleeping well this week and it finally caught up with me. Just couldn't get up in time for a run before work started. 

Beautiful run in Sunriver as the sun came up at 5:15. Had the roads all to myself. 

Timbers, 164th to Target and home. 

Timbers and home. 

Union HS and Wells loop. 

164th dog park and home.

Walmart and many loops around the neighborhood.

Massive loop around 4th Plain to the Vancouver Mall, 87th TVC and McGillvery. Didn't hit the wall today so an improvement from two weeks ago. 

Ran the first 10 miles easy to the Best Western by the mall.  Around mile 7 I tried to eat a Stinger brand energy gel.  It made me want to puke and I could only eat 25% of it.  I grabbed a drink at ten miles and then started a 9 mile tempo back home.  The first was 6:08; typical for the first mile after easy ones...  Mile 2 was 6:28 as I gained over 150 feet in half a mile.  The next 7 miles were consistent between 5:50-5:30 each.  I was planning on doing ten tempo miles but with basically no fuel and just one small drink of water, there was no way I could muster out even one more mile at that pace.  Final mile in 8:something.  Averaged 6:38 for the 20 miles.

8.3 miles by myself and I struggled. Felt the effects from Saturday for sure... Came home and grabbed Ryan and he rode two miles on his bike as I finished my morning. 

Dog Patk to Target and Highway 14, then home through secret street in a Fishers Landing. Allergies are out of control....

2.5 mile into my run, I felt a sharp, searing pain in my left foot. I immediately slowed down and looked at what kind if rock I'd stepped on. No rock...but instead, it was a screw that went directly through my shoe.  I untied and took my shoe off to see that the screw was sticking through the sole 1/2 inch and my sock was bleeding. Good times... Luckily it happened across the street from the local gym in Camas and I hopped over, called Andrea, and got a ride home. Now I'm at urgent care getting a tetanus shot for the first time since 1999. 

Nothing.  My foot hurts worse today than yesterday.  It's to be expected, I suppose, but I'm dissapointed nonetheless.  Hopefully tomorrow...

Only made it 1 mile. Foot just doesn't feel ready to run on and I tend to err on the side of caution. 

Good long run. No tempo...just a long run on my legs. Finished just over 2:33 and now I'm tired. Foot is better (not 100%, but better). One more long run next week and then Seattle.