as the weather turns

so... I've not been doing a very good job of keeping up on here. Last week, I think I kept relatively close to a taper plan. I ran 4 miles on Tuesday, 5 on Wednesday (but I was with someone who is just getting back into training, so some of it was walking...), and then did a run/elliptical combo. equivalent to 5 miles on Thursday. I walked about 2.5 miles on Friday for a little rest / cross-training. Saturday, I was supposed to run 9 miles, but plans changed. I ran 8 on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. Today is a rest day. PTL. :)

Yesterday's 9 miler was a really good run - we ran in the evening, and it had rained hard in the afternoon. This made it quite much cooler than it often is in the late afternoon, although the humidity was still quite an ordeal. We went on a new route that I really liked - Highland (from Ralph McGill area) up to Amsterdam, to Piedmont, up 14th street to Peachtree, and finishing back at Ralph McGill at my house. Its a pretty cool route. A few hills, not too many, and a great tour of Atlanta. We did it in about an hour and a half, I think. Could have been closer to 45. Either way, I know I can run faster, but it was just a nice run.