Welcome America!

What a fun weekend! We had our friends, Alison and Derrick, over on Friday night, waltzed around the city on the 4th, and did a lot of relaxing. Oh and our wine-blending party (good times, guys!) was a success, but it resulted in the need for the lots of relaxing. My first week of training went well. My midweek runs are about 9:15-9:30/mile, which I'm happy with. Michael and I did the loop at Cooper River yesterday. We went slow, but I felt great. Then we played at the driving range for a while. Note to self: wear sunscreen when on the top deck of the driving range!

My spinning instructor was finally back this morning. I don't know if it was the 7-8 miles of walking we did on Saturday or running yesterday, but my legs are exhausted! It's fun to be back in training. It's also interesting to train alone. I've never done that. I can always find people to run with, but I'm actually doing a program by myself. It's kind of cool.

And my thanks to Derrick for showing me his crizazy textbook about everything running (http://books.google.com/books?id=wAa9qq9kbncC&dq=lore+of+running&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=7zlSSubqNYPLlAfC-6GUDQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4). What a good reference guide, and I'm impressed with Derrick for getting it. If you ever needed to know absolutely EVERYthing about running, here it is.

Apparently my black Hurricane 11's are at the new shoe shop in Northern Liberties for under $90. I might have to get them...again...