On the road again! (can't wait to be back on the road again!)

The last few months have been interesting from an exercise point-of-view; running on the treadmill at the local 24-Hour Fitness. I get there at 5:15 with the same old crowd most mornings, and run continuously at a 5.4 to 6 mph pace. It's interesting, because when I was previously running on the road, I just couldn't go for more than a few minutes before having to walk. Having a speedometer in front of me helped me keep a pace, and the heart-rate monitor helped as well, so in the gym I can easily run for an hour.

This morning it was a balmy 54 degrees, and was hardly raining at all, so I decided to get back out on the road. Put the headlamp on, put on my fast running shoes, and ran the 10K Moraga Way loop. Beat my previous best time by about 13 minutes; and Strava says I did my personal best 1 mile, 2 mile, 5k and 10k times -- the 5k in under half an hour, and the 10k in 1 hour 6 minutes. There are some big hills on this route, too!

Unfortunately, the "fast shoes" were super hard on my feet; big blister on the ball of me left foot and lots of blood on the toes of the right one...don't know if it's the harder shoes or the harder ground. Going back to the clunky Columbia shoes next time!