Training in Montana

9 miles this morning, ran to work. This was supposed to be a 10 mile pace run but for some reason my Garmin was dead this morning. I charged it Wednesday but it must have turned on after charging so it wasn't going to last. That was a bit of a bummer. I took along another watch but it didn't have a stopwatch and I don't remember when I stopped running. I know miles 1, 2, and 3 and I was somewhere in the 8 minute range, +- 30 seconds. The effort felt hard today as I played Ultimate frisbee Wednesday night against the youth at church and we have some good athletes who are 16-18 yrs old. I felt the need to chase after them and defend the end zone which meant lots of sprinting and leaping and knocking boys to the ground. The old guys schooled the young guys, 10-6. And I'm paying for it. I really wish I had a Garmin today as my sore legs are a good measuring stick for pace effort. Oh well, it still felt good and I pushed as best I could, not knowing how fast I was actually going. My wife met me at the Y with my bag of clothes as work is across the street from the Y. Nice way to start the day. Doing 20 tomorrow with a sleepwalking 3:35 marathoner. She does the September 16th marathon that I'm doing, then 2 weeks later will do St. George, and almost like clockwork she'll run a 3:35 both times. I can only hope I hit that number in a few weeks.