October 27 - 5.5 miles

After feeling fine yesterday from Saturday morning's run (and lots of sleep after going to bed at 9:15 Sat. evening), I played tennis and shot hoops yesterday morning (taking advantage of the excellent weather) and went for a 2 mile walk. Got a fantastic massage yesterday afternoon which had me practically screaming bloody murder during certain parts of the massage targeting my beloved IT band and piraformis. But I felt fine this morning, sides of shins a little tired, and aimed for 3-4 miles on the treadmill. Was greeted by slightly cooler temps as I walked outside - about 65 this morning! At the gym, I warmed up for 5 minutes then jogged a leisurely 6.1 to 1 mile, then walked 1 min, then another mile, walked 1 min, then jogged on and off to 5 miles in about 54 minutes and totaling 5.5 miles with the warm-up. My friend Katrine, who is an awesome runner and tri-athlete, joined me at about mile 4 and I tossed around the idea of bribing her to run the last part of the marathon with me. She hasn't decided between running the full and the half, and of course I'm hoping she does the half.