Through the Fog and Mist...

Ah, 'twas a foggy morn this day as we gath'r'd fer 7 miles of easy running... A truly small group of folks came out today, nice and early, for our 7 mile recovery effort after Saturday's long run. I think 10 people at maximum. The temperature was pleasant, but it was still 100% humidity after the rains of Sunday. It made for sticky running, but it wasn't anything debilitating. Gilbert told us to go nice and easy today, and once we finished, to do 10 minutes of zig-zag striding (more on that later).

I headed out with Jan, Patrick, and Kim, and we had a nice time of it. The three of them had all gone 20 on Saturday, so they were feeling a little more beaten up than I was. We talked the whole way through, and ran truly easily. A quick water stop at Mopac and a shorter one at about 4.5 miles in broke up the morning a little bit. We eased back to Auditorium Shores after 7 miles of 10:00/mile pace, the easiest running I've done on a Monday in quite a while.

After a cup or two of water (nice and cold!), we hit the grassy fields for the zigzag strides. The idea there is continuous movement, so we would stride up, jog back, and immediately do the next stride. Over 10 minutes, we covered an additional mile, and Jan and I did those as a duo. Totally drenched now, we headed back to RunTex and did some stretching while we enjoyed our post-run beverages.

All in all, a quiet day of training, but it served its purpose, letting the legs work out some of the residual sludge from the long run on Saturday. This week is a pretty easy one, so I'm looking forward to every workout.

Alex is excited because the Tuesday/Thursday folks get to do Wilke's hills tomorrow. I'm not too sad about missing that one, myself. It'll be good to have the full crew there on Wednesday, too. Frank is in New York today for work, but will be back for the fun on Wednesday morning.

For the day, 8 miles of running, all at about 10:00 pace. Super easy, all systems go.