9 miles

We ran a bit over 9 miles this past Saturday and I felt pretty good afterwards.  I'm not sure I could have gone much farther but I wasn't feeling any bad pains.  The weather was sunny and humid and a bit on the warm side.  Having a running partner really makes the runs so much more enjoyable and they do seem to go by faster than I'm sure they would if I was running alone.  It's a good feeling to know that each new long run is a new person record.  This week's long run will be 10 miles and it's at this point that I think I'll begin to feel like a runner.

I did experience some tightness in my lower left leg, on the top of my left foot specifically.  I'm not sure what this pain is or what I can do about it, but I did feel it once we started out running and after each water stop.  I think it went away shortly but until it did, the pain was annoying.

Up next is a 6 mile run followed by two 4 mile runs.  This is the last week we'll be running less than 5 miles on a short run day.