10 Miles!!

Run: 10 miles on Sunday

Time: 1:44:40

Temp: cool

Quality: 8/10

Once you get into the double digits, you start to feel like you are accomplish something. We did the run on the Arizona Canal, which is a concrete river running through Phoenix. Only in Arizona would you find that the river is on concrete and the bike path is dirt. Shouldn't that be the other way around?

If you have joint problems, RUN ON DIRT!!! My knee felt better than any run I've had to date and this was my longest run. Unless it rains, I'll be doing my long runs there from this day forward. I felt so good at mile 8 that I wanted to overtake a runner who was about a minute in front of us (Brice and I); however, we decided that it'd be better to not be crazy.

After the run I was talking to Eric and he asked me how my toenails were doing. Why would he ask such a silly question? Well, when you start tickling 10+ miles, you are bound to lose a toenail or two. And it looks like I'm headed down that path with one on my left foot. Eric also said that I'd now realize exactly how often my kids step on my toes through the course of the day. Fun, fun, fun.

Now get back to work!