Two Men and a Little Lady

AM: 51 mins. (7 miles)

This morning I had the pleasure of running with Ben Hernandez, a friend of mine from work, and Jordan, who has finally (almost) put his achilles injury to rest. Ben met at our place at the early (for a Saturday) hour of 7:30 for a few miles of easy running, interspersed with a two-mile uptempo section in the middle. Normally I would have a race or predator run at this point in the week, but since Nationals is next weekend I'm preserving the legs and just doing a few quicker miles instead.

The air was cold at the early hour but the sun was shining brightly, making it a beautiful morning to be outside. Our route was familiar, if unoriginal: a jog down the greenway followed by two big loops around Freedom Park, then a return trip on the greenway. We essentially took the first loop easy and picked it up for the second loop, then cooled down on the jog home. I was happy to see Jordan running pain-free and hope that this trend continues in the next few days. As for me, nothing but easy miles between now and next weekend.