A Day Late...

So I had every intention of posting this yesterday, but unfortunately I ended up spending a great deal of time trying to figure out why my Garmin watch wouldn't sync with the memory stick...still don't know what was going wrong.  I woke up this morning and my watch was completely dead.  I charged it all day today, and then magically it synced no problem this evening.  However, it says my run was some 8 hours and almost 6 miles long, which obviously isn't the case.  Luckily, it recorded it as a split, so my actual 2.5 miles was 28:13 minutes.  I did my usual route down Caliza, but then went through a nice tour of a neighborhood that I had never been through before off of Encino Rio.  I've decided the worst part about running (other than the mental and physical anguish experienced at times) is knowing that whatever distance you go, you have to go that far back as well.  For some reason, I am not a huge fan of turning around and running back the way I came, so I end up like 2 miles from where I started.  Not that walk back is bad (it is exercise after all), but somehow it is still a little unmotivating to go further when you know how far you have gone and how far it is back. 

Yesterday's run was pretty good.  My heal starting out hurting a little bit, but by the end I couldn't feel it at all.  I would say now that 1.25 miles is the point where I start to get pretty tired and it is real effort to keep going.  However, I would still say this is an improvement over the 1/2 mile it probably was when I started.  Also, it is nice that it is physical fatigue that I am mainly experiencing, instead of my lungs and chest hurting.  Being able to breathe is nice :)  Still dealing with bad cravings is not :(

Tomorrow is another 1.5 miles at Race Pace.  My plan is hit McAllister Park after work and do my run there.  It is shaded, so the heat shouldn't be too bad.  Hopefully it won't be too crowded.  All this is pending on Skynyrd's surgery going okay.  If there are any issues, then of course he takes priority.  I am sure Thomas can handle it though.  Today is the 2nd rest day, so I am taking it easy - who am I kidding, it can be hard work holding down this couch...