They all can't be "easy" runs.

10.2 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to colonia and back. 7 am start. Many bikes on legacy trail today. Must be an event of some sort. Awesome foggy sunrise over Dona Bay bridge this morning. Congratulations to my sister-in-law for finishing a half marathon in Sunrise Florida this morning.

My first 200 mile month since October, 2016. FACT. 

3.5 hood route miles in some wicked fog. Then 1.5 miles with Boy #1. He's on spring break this week, and is going to run with me every morning to keep in shape for soccer. At @ 200M to go, he said "afterburners!" and I watched him take off and vanish into the fog. If it's possible to be joyous and depressed at the same time while running, this was it for me.

"Wow!"

"sigh."

.8 up. 7.5 miles. Hood route to legacy trail and back. 57:40. 7:41 pace. 60ish degrees, high humidity, low dew point. Breeze from the east.

Then 2 miles with boy #1. I don't think he knew he was running. Talking the whole time, jumping up and slapping signs, running in the grass strip for no reason, you know, like a 12 year old. I kept up with him for the "afterburners" today.

6 pm. At track. Finally, a trip to the track on a day with minimal winds. 1.5 up + strides. (8) x 800m with 400m AR. 1.5 down. 2:59, 3:06, 3:08, 3:06, 3:07, 3:09, 3:08, 3:06. I'm really pleased with how it turned out. I had boy #2 running the last 100m with me for the last 5 reps.i think that helped. Also, coach came out tonight. I haven't had that guy at the track in a couple of years. After the St. Patty day race, i talked him into timing me at the track. I think having both of those guys out there helped.

3.5 miles with boy #1 at 6:15. Very humid. 31:14. 8:55 pace. Given last night, that was faster than I expected. Maybe the kid made me run faster. Everything feela okay, so I won't complain. He pointed out the reflection of the palm tree silhouettes in the lake at sunrise, and how cool that was. I'm like "every morning, kid, and it's always awesome."

If I can get 3.5 tomorrow, and hit my long run Saturday, I think this will be my biggest month ever. Better check the stats, but I'm sure it's close.

3.5 miles. Hood route. 33:46. 9:38 pace. I ran this as slow as possible. I really want tomorrow's long run to be strong. 

I don't mean to count chickens, here, but if I can get 20.75 tomorrow, that will be my biggest month ever. The record before this is 249 miles, in August 2015. That's cool and all, but I'm pretty proud of the quality of the runs this month. There are some snappy-paced miles in there.  

20.75 miles. Hood route to legacy trail to circus bridge to caspersen beach and back. No manatees this week. But I got dolphons, ospreys, and a 4 foot snake. Super humid. It looked like it was about to storm ay any second, but never did. I tried to kick it for the last 5, but I didn't have it. He first mile came in at 8:12. I thought i used to run this whole thing at that pace, etc. Etc. So I just jogged it in.