Workout: Tempo Run – 4 Miles – 1 mile warmup / cooldown, 2 miles tempo

Times: 8:38, 7:44, 7:17, 8:43

So yesterday was National Running Day, and not one person yelled at me because I wasn’t running or blogging about running yesterday.  Shame on you all.  I count on you to keep me on the ball and keep me honest.  I actually didn’t feel well yesterday, so I did not go and visit my girlfriend…but I still didn’t run because I wasn’t feeling well.   So, either way, I missed out.

Swag from Dentist

So I squeezed in today’s run in between the dentist and doctor.  The dentist fixed a tooth I broke/chipped the other day.  Good deal for that, except now he wants me to come back and get a crown on another tooth…and my insurance only covers 50%.  Not fun.  My run went well…I started out a comfortable pace, picked it up for 2 miles, then cooled it down at a comfortable pace.  It’s amazing how your comfortable pace gets faster and faster the more in shape you get.  So yeah, run went well and I walked away unscathed.

Doctor gave me some somewhat good news.  While the MRI showed a slightly herniated disk in my lower back, it does not require surgery.  Thank goodness.  He’s having me do 4 weeks of physical therapy, then he thinks I’ll be good.  I’m glad to hear that.  And I’m definitely glad to not hear him say “No Running!”.   Those are the worst words you can ever hear come out of anyone’s mouth…well, that and “The baby’s not yours”.  Ha.

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Run on friends!