August 9: 11 Years and 14 MILES

Scene: 7 am Portola Valley, 2 miles south of where my dad lived in the late 50's and the start of today's 14 mile run.

Conditions: blue skies, smooshy knee.

Pre-Run Coach's Consult: Smooshy knee appears not to be anything serious. Reverse run walk interval to take it easy on knee, so I did 3min walk/2 min. run while listening to that knee throughout.

Run: Running partner Jen and I enjoyed gorgeous scenery through Portola Valley trails (narrow at times), 3 tough hills, switch backs, deer running across trail, quiet, peaceful. Jen would periodically ask, "How's the knee." No, it wasn't annoying, I did appreciate the concern. We gotta look out for each other!

Post-Run Coach's Consult over Coffee: examined knee to determine damage which was NOT serious. HUGE sigh of relief! It's just aggrevated - ice, ice (baby), elevation, foam roller. It's likely I will skip track training this week. Coach said the most important thing was completing those 14 miles and the rest of this week can be spent in recovery mode - easy cross training and STRETCHING.

So what's this about 11 years? August 9th was also an important date as it's my 11 year wedding anniversay :) 14 miles and 11 years.