L-Five Trail Run Report (14.25 Miles)

My trail run today was my longest to date, just over 14 miles. Also, I had the distinct pleasure of running with a few other people from the North Texas Trail Runners club: Steve Barlow, Jay Teinert, and Kay Scott. I met a few other runners at the MADD shelter but didn't capture their names.

I am two weeks away from my first milestone race, the Rockledge Rumble 15K trail run. My run today was 4 miles further than the 15K distance, so I am more than ready and I am confident I will complete the race strong.

Somewhere along the Northshore Trail.

Almost Tapering

I had a good run today, a little over 7 miles. I wanted to see the starting line for my upcoming milestone race, the Rockledge Rumble 15K. So I asked my wife to drop me off at Rockledge Park, the furthest south east point of the Northshore Trail, and I started my run from there. I'm not really sure how they plan to route runners from the starting line to the trail, but I'll figure that out on race day.

I ran the trail until my wife was finished her errands. Then she met me at a road near the trail to give me a ride back home. If I didn't have to get back to work, I probably would have kept running. I'm at a point now where my available time, not my legs or my lungs, is becoming the limiting factor in my distance. I am pretty excited about that. The transformation is actually happening!

Map from dailymile.com

Bend Impossible

"Now bid me run, and I will strive with things impossible."

Running With Your Dog

I wanted to change it up a little bit for my trail run today, so I run with my dog, Tucker. We only went 2 miles as our test run. He did awesome! He stayed close the entire run and was very responsive. I will definately take him out on future runs.

Tucker, running on the Northshore Trail

Seven is Heaven

I absolutely loved my run today. I took a rest day on Monday and had to travel for business yesterday, so today was my first opportunity to run the trail this week. Of course, I headed out to the Northshore Trail.

I ended up running just over seven miles and it was almost heavenly! The temperature was in the mid-60's, there were very few people on the trail, my legs and lungs felt great, and my pace is still improving. And the best of all... STILL no injuries!!!