Today’s Run:  6+ miles

We ran 6 + miles today.  Most of it gravel.  Asphalt is my friend.

I have a bum knee.  Gravel irritates it, so I baby it as much as possible. However, every now and then a run on gravel is unavoidable. Today was one of those days.  Actually, the past couple of weeks it has been unavoidable.

Enter the running group.

We run with a running group on Saturday mornings in a town adjacent to ours (about 25 miles West of us) in Mississippi.  Being in Mississippi means that the towns are not very large and no matter where you go, if you are going to run any great distance, you are going to run on gravel.

Two weeks ago was a 15 miler.  Ten of those 15 miles was on gravel.  That was tedious.  Last weekend was 11 miles and 6 of those miles were gravel.  This week here at home, two of our three runs have been on gravel and tomorrow’s run with the running group has another 5 miles of gravel out of our scheduled 11 miles.

Asphalt is my friend.  Ice and Advil are my two new best friends.

Maybe next week I’ll get a break?