An actual recovery run.

I'm not good at simply running (well, actually, it can be debated if I'm good at any kind of running!), especially as the training weeks wind down. I feel like I need to train at a certain pace, or a certain HR, or work my legs to get them sore. Today, still feeling sore legs from this weekend, I simply ran. I put a book on my Shuffle that was an hour long (How to Ruin Your Life, by Ben Stein), and made what I felt was about an hour's worth of running. I did pretty well, too. According to mapmyrun.com, my loop was 7.48 miles, which I completed in 54 minutes. Those stats initially make my upset that I didn't run faster. But you know what? I've got two hard workouts coming up this week. Tonight was just fine. I can handle it.

For my Thursday workout, which will be the last real tough one before the Quad Cities, I've got a book already downloaded and ready to go: Worst Case Scenario. I'm pretty excited for it too! Ha Ha, hopefully I don't encounter any "worst case scenarios" when it comes to running and preparing for my events this fall while listening to that audiobook...

It's a pretty funny website...here's to the book having a chapter on "How to run a 3:10 marathon!"

How to disarm an irate golfer, from the website.