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Another fine run, well actually better than fine. Conditions were great!

I have continued to run without my Nike+ and without even a watch, just my Shuffle for some music. Yesterday there was almost no humidity and the temps were in the mid-70’s with a cloud cover, slight breeze and a misty rain coming down. Its amazing how much nicer it is to run when its not full sun with nearly 100% humidity and a feels like temp of around 100.

The run was just about a 4 miles, and judging from a glance at the clock before and after the run I would have been just around 30-35 minutes. It felt faster and I would guess somewhere closer to the 30 minute mark, would would put me roughly at 8 minute miles. But of course that is just a guess.

I think I am going to stay away from the Nike+ for a while and start running with my trusty Timex Ironman watch.

Another run without any special devices, well other than my iPod Shuffle for some music along the way. I ran just about 4.5 miles and it felt great. My body has recovered from my 50k attempt, other than my feet being sore with some blisters I would say I am back to normal. Nervous but looking forward to my next running events.

I have Disney planned for January, I am running the Goofy challenge and want to PR the 1/2 marathon. That would mean a 1:44 or lower, meaning I would have to average just under 8 minutes per mile, which has been a few years since I pulled that off and is not really smart to do the day before a marathon, but its at least a goal and its all for fun anyway. No pressure.

My 2nd daughter was born September 1st, she was (and is still) happy and healthy and I became very busy very quick

I ran my 50K on the 13th of October and was sick at mile 28 and went DNF. Sadly I had just under 3 miles left. I will be trying again in May, this time with a 50 miler. My feet are still sore and torn up from the sandy course.

I ran today without any watch or tracking. I just went out for a run and it was the best ever. I have no idea how long I was out for but I ran about 4 miles. It was fun!