Saturday August 8th - an 11 mile cut back run

Hello Full Tilts- Did you realize this Saturday is the "half-way" point in our 18 week training? We are proving once again that step by step we can achieve our goals.

I thought I'd send us out around the Airport for this 11 mile run but when I looked at the weather forecast for Saturday I changed my mind. The temp for Friday night will be a low of 70 degrees so its likely to be a little warmer than we've been used to the past few weekend runs. I'll save the Airport route for when the forecast is more favorable for a no-shade route. I think it would be kind of fun to see a few planes taking off while we run around the airport. I'd like to thank Anne for looking over the route to see if it would be safe. We both have concerns about a 1/2 mile stretch on the northeast side along Rt 29 and the 1/2 mile stretch along Browning Rd., so we thought we'd get comments from everyone else and see. Let me know if its something you might like to do on one of our long runs later in the training. (see link at the end of the blog).

Anyway here's another Moxo to Washington Park to Leland Grove loop that should be shady and a little challenging in spots. Pay attention to the turns since this isn't a standard route.

We'll start at 6:35 am in front of Moxo's Cafe.

www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=311803

Oh, by the way, I've got the 20% off coupons from Springfield Running Center. I realize that no one wants to run back to their car before a run and put the coupon away so I'll email a scanned copy to each of you (I'll let the Running Center know what I did). Just print it out and take it in with you. They had an expiration date on them originally but when I picked them up Derek told me to cross out the date and we could use them anytime. Fantastic!

See you Saturday!
-Bill

p.s. here is the Airport route. If you have any comments please post them to the Blog.
www.usatf.org/routes/view.asp?rID=311727