Thu 2006 Nov 23 Thanksgiving Morning, 5 mi, 34 deg

St Croix Valley Runners 5 mi, 45:00, pace 9:00. Whoopee - no comment from the hamstrings. I'm back in the saddle again! Some minor soreness in both knees after the run, but that's probably normal after 18 days off; I'm not worried about it. I feel so GOOD! And what a morning: crisp with the rising sun peeking through floaty wisps of ground fog. Lots of runners on this 2nd annual Thanksgiving Day run: Mike, Al, George, Dave, Roy, Mary, Candy, A & S, Paul, Doug, Sam, Patty, & Gauss. Great run, good fellowship.

What's next? Set a target of maybe 20-25 miles for the upcoming week, build carefully after that (20%/week?) up to 40 MPW again, building the longest run at a similar rate. Hold speed down because speed means long strides which may over-stretch the hamstrings again. Just say no. Helps if we have a major race in view, then build toward that. So we're thinking about the Miami Marathon at the end of January. Only issue is whether we can afford to be traveling to so many marathons.