3 miles: all better

My back is fine again and I went on a run this morning. Good run overall no back pain. Was a bit humid compared to last few days but nothing compared to the south.

Thursday: 2.5 miles "the back"

Thursday I went 2.5 miles. I ran 1.25 before my back was hurting too much to keep running. I'm not exactly sure what happened. It could have been from any number (or all) things from the day before. I was throwing frisbee, kicking a soccer ball, swinging a bat, hauling boxes of rocks, moving 5 gallons jugs of water and moving stuff around the garage. I also may have just slept wrong.  Anyway, my back hurt and I took two days off.

3.5 miles: Morning campus run

Today I ran 3.5 miles around campus. It was great as the temperature was in the upper 50s or lower 60s and it felt cool because the humidity was low (relative to Franklin).

Edit: "Turns out" the humidity was not actually low; it just felt that way. The humidity is still at 91% as I make this edit.

3 mile campus run

This morning I did a three mile campus run. The campus is not that big but I am still finding some new views.

Sunday evening run and Monday bike run.

This last Sunday I did a half hour run in the evening and then Monday I did a run with the kid on a bike. Both runs lasted about a half hour.

3.9 miles: Rain run

(Experimental video above - text reads "Me")
This morning I went on a 3.9 mile run around a rainy campus. It was a good quite run. No pictures today because it was raining, not hard but hard enough to leave the phone at home. I used my Garmin instead.

2.6 miles: Wifey run

Today I did the single loop run down the trail with the wifey. I had planned to stay up on campus but she wanted to see the trail and had time to run with me. Good run.

3.7 is not five

Today I did the trail over the hill twice. I ran to one end and turned around and ran back home. It was an out and back.  Either end of the trail is rather steep and long enough for a good workout. The elevation gain and loss was 1220 feet. It took me just over an hour although I wasn't trying to race. I just ran when I felt like it and hiked when I wanted.

The goal will be to do this run once or twice a week until I get it under an hour. I'll then add distance somewhere and then try to get that under an hour.

Tomorrow I'll have less time to run and so I'll just stay up on campus.

This trail will not be passable at certain times of the year and after rain storms. It cuts across what is now a dry creek bed twice but clearly would be to much to cross when it is full. So, since I can use it now - I will.

2.5: Half of five

Today I did another short run. When will the errands end after moving into a new house? Well, not this week.  This was sort of a trial run to see what the distance would be if I went on the shortest loop possible down the trail and back to the house. The idea being to do it once going one way, and then turn around and do it again going the other way.  So that is the plan for tomorrow. I may have to add a little bit of distance on somewhere to get to five because I am not going to run all the way home before turning around.

2.9 miles: The fog

This morning I did a quick run around campus. This run took about half of time yesterday's run of nearly the same length took because I did not go down the trail but just around campus which is nearly flat.  The fog was heavier than it even looks in these photos.

3 Miles: Trail run

Today I did the trail from yesterday but took a slightly different path there and then took an extra side trail.  It was a great run/hike. The change in elevation makes it more difficult than the distance would imply. I could train on these trails for a trail marathon by running this loop a few times.

3.7 miles: Two foxes loop

Today I went 3.7 miles. I found  great loop to run and hike. There is running to and from the trail head and then some running at the bottom of the hill and fast hiking down and up the steep sections.  I could probably get to the point of running most of it. Not there yet, but this could be a good loop to do once a week to test my progress.

In the wooded sections of the run I saw two large foxes. I thought they were coyotes at first due to their size but then saw them move more like foxes and saw their colored tails as they bounded away.

Tuesday and Wednesday: quick runs

Tuesday and Wednesday I went on quick runs (< 30 minutes) while running next to the kid on his bike. Faster than normal runs with some stopping and quick starts.