Nothing falls like London Rain...

Well I'm not really in London (even though I wish I was there), but it is definitely raining. A good saturating spring rain. What better to do, then a nice easy six miler over lunch? After a four and eight miles with some strides yesterday, today's run felt nice. I have proven my theory correct, I'm slower on the crushed limestone. I was running about 8:10 on it, hit the pavement and the same effort resulted in a 7:55. Little too fast for a recovery run.

I was surprised this morning to see a bald eagle flying over my street this morning. My dog seemed even more startled. There is a very interesting collection of birds in the neighborhood, including a woodpecker, blue jays, cardinals, hawk, and now the bald eagle.

I posted before about Kevin Beck's blog. I've been addicted to it the last few days and completely read the whole thing. He's a very good runner and writer. I was supposed to run the Space Coast Marathon in November, where he won the half and was a guest speaker. It would have been nice to be able to talk to him and Bill Rogers. I really like picking the brains of runners that are so accomplished.

This weekend is my last really long run of training (22 miles) before training. It's supposed to be a balmy 50, with rain and 20 mph wind. I'm hoping for around a 7:55 pace, maybe throw a couple faster miles at the end.