Is It Fall Yet?

I've been following former Woodlands Fit Blue/Green runner Vince Gayman's summer trek from the west coast to the east coast starting earlier this summer. Vince and his wife have biked over 4,000 miles in 60 days. They started from Seattle and are somewhere in New Hampshire as of their latest post. While they've had heat and humidity, they have also had cooler weather as well. I found myself wishing for mid 30's at the start of the Chicago Marathon during the second half of my long run this morning. Actually anything under 60 degrees and 60% humidity would be awesome!!! We are nowhere near that here in north Houston.

This whole week has been a cutback week for me. I had a 12 mile run scheduled for this morning compared to the 20 miles that I ran last Saturday. I decided not to set an early alarm and wound up getting a 6:15 start this morning. I felt pretty good today; I'm pretty sure that I ran a negative split as the average pace for the run kept dropping; I don't track pace per mile but focus on my average pace instead. I ran into the other Fall Fit Chicago marathon runners around the 2 and 10 mile markers this morning. They also had a cutback in their mileage as well today and also opted to run from their homes instead of running the unofficial Woodlands Fall Fit run from Lukes Locker.

I took a quick ice bath when I got back and then cleaned up and watched the LSU/Appy State game. The 10 am start was the earliest start ever in the 80+ year history of Tiger Stadium. The early kickoff was due to preparations for Hurricane Gustav. The rest of my weekend will be impacted by Gustav as well as I will be assisting with checking in and preparing crews to be staged and ready for the storm.