8 miles on Rodota trail. 9:30am start and wonderful foggy weather, perfect. Took until mile 3 to get in breathing groove and then felt awesome. No side aches, minor hip ache but overall felt fabulous...until mile 7 and then I started to slow down. At 7.5 was dragging, still running, no walking but my quad muscles up high near hip joints were feeling so stretched like rubber bands, felt heavy and I was really laboring to finish but now feel great although tired. Stretched a lot and walked around town before going home which helped cool down.

Have a good plan for marathon and very excited! Need to stay on schedule and also drink tons more water and eat well.

1.5 loop ~ felt great, easy run. Great weather, small hip pain.

2 loops at 6:30pm, great weather, fog rolling in. Took a while to settle in but felt really good. Still slow a bit and nagging hip ache. Thought a lot about Nie Nie and just grateful to be out and enjoying the fresh air and being alive. Stretched well when I came home, gotta keep that up

Did two loops, ran one and walked the other. Felt so creaky and slow and not great. Walked the second loop to keep the legs moving without quitting. Later realized that I did not have much lunch or sleep, was running on empty and it felt like it.

1.5 loop with walking on the return home, it was about 101 degrees out and I was dying of heat, drinking so much water, shoulders were burning and felt like I was jogging in place, too hot! I really need to make time for long runs, not be too rushed and get my miles and ease of running back up. Also need to see Chiro about hip soreness.