OK, so the weeks start on Saturdays now???

V, I found that when I went back to running after cycling I was stronger and faster than I had been when I took my running hiatus. You are such a strong cyclist that it makes sense that you will be a strong runner. Just be careful...in my experience, the overuse injuries tend to show up a little later in running than they do in other endeavors. Be kind to your connective tissue and resist the urge to bump up your mileage too much!

Well, I did something yesterday that I haven't done in about 10+ years...I ran a 5k race. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would! It was definitely on a whim; a friend of mine is the administrator of a private school that was one of the cosponsors for the event, and when my first plan for the day fell through (I let myself be talked out of a long ride...let's not go there), she suggested that we come up and do the 5k. So another friend and I went up to Park City to do the race. What made it appealing is that it was a trail 5k...no pavement. It was a Cinco de Mayo gig so they gave all of the finishers sombreros and had a lot of fun music and stuff going on. I used a pseudonym because I really didn't feel like being me ...so I ran as Speedy Gonzales. There was a guy there that actually ran in one of those furry Speedy Gonzales costumes (hard core)! And there was a woman pushing a 3-baby stroller (hard core!) and several really little kids that ran the whole thing (hard core)! And the weather was perfect. I really had no idea of a finishing time and really didn't go in to it with any sort of expectation other than hoping to finish in less than 30 minutes (I had done a 10 mile trail run the day before and my legs were t-o-a-s-t). Well, even though I got stuck behind the throngs of kids and strollers and dogs and other happiness at the start, I still managed a pretty good time; I think the forced slow start kept me from going out too fast. So Speedy Gonzales wasn't the speediest of them all but she did alright... 24:31. The trail was gradual downhill on the way out and gradual uphill on the way back, but overall really pretty flat.

But, really, that is the last running I will probably do for a while, esp since DH should be able to start riding here in a couple if weeks (road only...no mountain for a while still).

Thanks for indulging me, ladies!