Mud Slug!

If I wasn't already running slow enough, it sure doesn't help when you try to run with one to two pounds of mud on your shoes!

I decided to take advantage of the cooler temperature this morning and get some kind of a run/walk in. I walked 1/3rd of a mile and picked up the pace to around 12:00 mpm. I walked a minute after the first mile and kept the pace as comfortable as I could in order not to aggravate my knee. I was around the two and a half mile point when I noticed a new road under construction (still dirt) in a new housing addition. I thought it would be fun to DISCOVER where it went. The road looked solid enough, so I set out to see where it went. It wasn't too long before I felt like my feet weighed ten pounds apiece! I looked down and there was mud caked about 2" to 3" thick on each of my running shoes. I didn't forget that we got some rain this morning, I just didn't think we got that much! I stopped to scrap it off, then began running again.

At any rate, that was the MO for the next 3/4Th's of a mile, jog and scrap, jog and scrap. I finally ended up on AA Highway, where I figured it was going to end anyway, and did a final scrapping on my shoes. By then, my knee was giving me some difficulty, but not so much that I felt like I had to stop.

I ended up running, walking, jogging and scraping 5.2 miles. My knee is still a problem and I'm not sure how long I can keep fighting it. Tomorrow is biking day and I hope to get in between 30-40 miles. Hilly Hundred is a little over two months away and I need to concentrate on increasing my biking mileage...........MIke