Week 4: Saturday (1-19-08) 8 Mile Long Run

I really have become quite the weather watcher. After Thursday's snow storm, Friday brought temps in the mid-40s and a lot of melting. Not the best conditions for a Saturday (1-19-08) run on my usual dirt roads -- what a yucky mess and ruination for my new shoes. Good timing for a run down east in suburbia around 3 PM (temps in the upper 30s, low 40s, no wind) on nice cleared paved roads. It was a welcome change to have some different scenery, mostly lots of houses in varied neighborhoods. Although I thought I had plotted out an 8 mile run (on www.runjogrun.net -- great site, check it out) Jen's foot computer clocked us at 9 miles. Nice run, some decent hills, probably somewhere between a 10 and 11 minute pace. Thanks Jen for running slowly with me! Got some stretching in before and after, although probably not enough. Took 400 mg. of ibuprofen but, in general, feeling good. Felt good this morning with minimal soreness/stiffness and actually went and did a slow 30 minutes on the elliptical at Gold's Gym.