Running (Street & Trail) 1:08:18 [3] 8.75 mi (7:48 / mi)
slept:6.0 weight:177lbs
Overland Park, KS. After flying home to Bethesda, MD from NH the night before, I went to work as usual, then caught another flight to Kansas. I got there late enough not to need to go to the office and enjoyed the chance to go for a run. Mike Eglinski and Mary Jones were not available since they had to pack up their house. I figured that I wouldn't get the chance to workout on Tuesday so I wanted to take advantage of the time I had by doing a longer run. If I were in better shape, I wouldn't have been concerned about it being right after the Billygoat race but I know that I'm not yet ready to take on a lot of miles yet. I had some good weather enthusiasm going for me along with not feeling so sore after the Billygoat. After I got started, it wasn't very long before I felt like I was slowing and actually feeling the effects of the race. I plodded along. From Woodson, I went to 110th St., to Nall Ave. to the Indian Creek Trail. The trail was disrupted at one point by a road bridge construction. I got off route there but knew enough of the route to get back on easily. I took the right path at all the forks so I covered most of the loop areas. I turned around right at the underpass for State Line Ave.; right on the Kansas/Missourri border. During the run, I felt somewhat stocky; strong on the few hills and not very smooth or efficient on the flatter grounds. Before I ran, I noted that my knee hurt sharply when I turned it a certain way. During the last 1.5 miles it hurt too but not very sharply. I was glad that I got in some distance training.
