As always the morning run does it's job: clear the head

Dear James, Daniel and Emily,

Did my 4 miles today, got a little tight at the end, but I did push more at the beginning so that is still progress. One of the things I love about the morning run/walk is how it clears the head: literally & figuratively.

As the weather turns cooler my nose starts to run a little, but when you start the week feeling you might be catching a cold, and then you around someone who most definitely is sick, that is a good thing. Clear some of the gunk out with a little runny nose, keeps the body working.

And it is a good feeling to start the head with that time to clear my head of everything, so I'm not thinking/obsessing about what happened yesterday or last night. I think one of the problems I had Monday was I didn't get out to clear my head, so I was more on edge in the morning.

Today I was also thinking through what my plans are. My goal is to get back to 20+ miles a week. And I think that will be doable here in the not to distant future as I rebuild my leg strength. Since I run 4 days a week, and walk at least 2, and my walks are always about 2.5 miles then that's 5 miles to start, and if all I did was 4 miles each run I would have hit that 20 mile mark. Of course I want to be able to do more, but I need to be patient and wait for the recovery to progress before I can hit that number. I mean it was only a couple of weeks ago that I couldn't hit 3 miles without pain.