35 Min Run (Run) --156.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Went up the Los Feliz hills route, but continued up through Griffith Park on Commonwealth Cyn road. Then down Vermont and back the usual way. Map said it was about 4 miles. Interesting change of pace and fun.

32 Min Run (Run) --156.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Quick little jog out on the Hyperion loop to switch things up. Twofer is good. Pace was good. Weather was just fine. Need to get better at running these not-break-neck paces...doing training pace is important to longevity.

Furthermore, I think that's the lowest weight I've ever recorded on this blog. That's nuts.

33 Min Run (Run) --157--

LOS FELIZ -- Did the hills route with no frills and focused on form. Solid and fun. Nice day. Trying to eat more given the impressively low weight. But I've only got 4 more good pounds or so left to lose and I wouldn't say I'm in tremendous running shape yet, so we need a little more to get through peak training if and when it ever happens.

57 Min Run (Push) --158--

SILVERLAKE -- Hit the reservoir trail again and enjoyed it a heap. Really put a huge focus on keeping mentally sharp and rock steady on form. Paid off. Good all the way around.

Let's not have a 2 run week again for a couple months, you DB.

37 Min Run (Run) --158.5--

LOS FELIZ -- First off...bats to taking a week between runs, you jerk. Rain, busy or not, get out there!

That said, this run was great. Did a little grapevine and shuffling uphills on the bully to get a little cross-training and bust the boredom. Ended up great. Ran in the ESPN shirt from Heather, which I figured would be a great running shirt...and it was. Awesome.

A truly, truly, truly beautiful SoCal day. It's like early summer right now. Gentle breezes, not a cloud anywhere and the most awesome blue sky. Perfect running weather. 78 and perfect.

60 Min Run (base)

SILVERLAKE -- Ran around the pond to try and jump start the running. It's been a rough, rough time. Things are good. Running has not been so good. Managed to nearly destroy my almost recovered left knee (wrecked via awful decision to drive Vibe about 250 miles around town for no reason).

Ugh. More down time. More worst. Good run, tho.

37 Min Run (Run) --160.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Now this is what I'm talking about. Started off in a bad running mood, but ended up focusing like a laserbeam on form and walked out a winner. Perhaps in the drive to get faster, the form fell to the way side...like karate when you get in a street fight. I was still doing good form, but I wasn't striving to improve like before.

This one went past quick, easy and fun. The opposite of yesterday.

38 Min Run (Light) --157.5--

LOS FELIZ -- I remember runs like this. Heartburn moments. Pain moments. Heart pounding moments. What the hell?

The nice thing is that it didn't come close to stopping me. I don't remember much of this one worth writing, but I do know this crap got laughed out of the park. Should really do more light runs at this kind of pace and get back into running more often. I'm kind of slipping into running harder but only 2-3-4 times a week. Ideally, we'd have a 4 runs, 2 bikes and 5 run weeks.

OOPS. Almost forgot. Missed a couple runs, including the Firecracker 10k on Sunday due to sore throat and some fairly cold/rainy weather. Combo would have put me down for a full week.

45 Min Bike (Run) --162--

LOS FELIZ -- More Top Chef, more biking. Did it a little harder this time, but shorter as I'm hoping to get one last run in before Sunday tomorrow. How does the weight fluctuate like that? 4.5 pounds in two days. I'm always amazed. Just shows you how much water you burn through when running.

35 Min Run (Push) --157.5--

LOS FELIZ -- Did a normal loop with a touch of speed to get prepped for the race on Sunday. Year of the Ox! The Slothful Ox!!

Nice and hot out today...82 on the bank. And finished kinda whooped for the first time since that hill thing. Nice.

55 Min Run (Run) --159--

SILVERLAKE -- Went around the reservoir and it was awesome. Enjoyed the new path on the east side of it...lets you go pretty much all the way around without running in the road. About flipping time.

With a 10k coming up, Sunday, I think...this bodes well. Not sure what kind of time I could run at that distance, but should be able to cover without any problem.