Back in the Saddle Sunday

Streak to the beach - Day 56

Time : 44:33 Minutes
Distance : 5.1 Miles 
This Week: 5.1 Miles

Total: 176.35 Miles

I finally got the energy to get out and run again (déjà vu?). The combination of crappy weather, general fatigue and a total lack of motivation on top of a grueling work week led to a vacation from running.

This morning I woke to a bright and sunny day albeit a little cool and headed to the Running Room to meet up with people and feed off their motivation.  It turned out that a few people turned out, it seems that the Calgary marathon  race weekend impacted attendance.

I hooked up with Ed and ran the Griffith Woods, wetlands route which is a fun fast 8 K route with two honking big hills in it.

It was a great run that started out on the pathway system running by fragrant blooming lilacs and opened up to a great view of fresh snow on the mountains before we hit the seclusion of the woods.

By the time that we started back the temperatures were climbing and the run was feeling very comfortable.

Post run we enjoyed a beverage in the sunshine outside of Starbucks. A very nice way to end a run!

I got home and read a Runner’s World tweet about their Summer Streak .  Run a minimum of a mile a day from Memorial day to Independence day!  I’m in, even though I am a Canadian and neither of those dates mean anything to us Great White Northerners.

Good Day a Good Run.

Plod On