Today the angels must have been singing praises upon the earth to bring such amazing weather to Washington, DC. It was a dazzling afternoon with the sun shining, a moderate temperature (for which I'm grateful after the UAE last week) and more flowering trees showing their glory to the masses (I speak specifically of those fantastic lilac trees up near Lincoln Park...I really wish I had a camera with me). As the sky begins to cloud over, I'm happy I got out over my lunch break to loosen my legs on solid pavement for the first time since leaving town. It was also a blessing because running gave me the opportunity to run into my great pal Rich, who is in town on R&R from Afghanistan...his last day before shipping back over. I've traveled a good deal of the world with Rich and was sad to have missed him during his brief time at home.
As I was running, I catalogued in my mind what's upcoming and what goals to set. So, on my 36th birthday (in two weeks) I have a metric marathon. This will be the first metric marathon I've run since the back injury in 2010. I've been running really solid and, with a few sub-2 hour half marathons under my belt, think I may be able to accomplish the metric in 2:30-2:45. It should be a ton of fun with Brie keeping me company and motivated. Then, in June, I've decided to bite the bullet and try my back at the marathon distance again. I'm not going to set a time goal for this one...its on one of my favorite trail courses in the region, which boasts some monster hills, logs to jump and a few other potential obtacles I prefer not to discuss. Again, I'll be doing it with Brie, so life should be good and a finish with no pain in the back will be more than enough to make me happy.
Here's to getting back to my routine and over the jet lag! Happy trails!!!
Stats-
Miles: 4.08
Time: 33:56 (average pace of 8:25 per mile)
Location: Capitol Hill, Lincoln Park, Stanton Park
Feeling: decent, heavy and tight in the left shin though
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