Damn wind!

Today Amber & I set out to do 13 miles. Well...that didn't happen.

We had our route planned....start behind Sam's club and end at the boat launch in Afton....all bike trails. So I picked up Amber at the boat launch and we stopped in Palmer park to hide some water bottles. We then discover that all of the trails are not plowed. From Palmer down to Afton they are plowed....but not from Sam's to Palmer. Ok... we'll run from my house to Wright Rd to Ruger and then pick up the trails in Palmer. We start out and realize the wind is blowing like crazy and we are running right into it. After 15 minutes....we're wiped out. Running into the 25 mph wind just isn't going to cut it if we want to go for a long run. So we turn around and head to my house. We got in the car and headed down to Afton. The wind is blocked a lot down on the trails with all of the trees. So we ended up getting in 8 miles today. But felt like we ran 15 with the damn wind. Amber's arch on her foot was hurting and I was wiped out. So we were happy with the 8 and called it a day. We feel good that we can do 13.1 and not get picked up by the slow bus. :)

Next weekend we'll do a 4 or 5 mile run and then take it easy the days leading up to the race. This week I plan to get in a couple 3 mile runs hopefully. I've got a tradeshow out of town Wed - Friday so that always throws a wrench into my schedule. Working 7-7 on my feet doesn't allow for much running....so we'll see.

Have a great week!! Happy Running!