Better than not running

I made it out for a 5.2 mile run today - not that my cold is much better. Well, maybe a little better. After the Portland Marathon my legs took what seemed like forever to recover, then I caught a cold that dragged on. By the time I got back into my running routine, it felt like I'd lost all of my fitness and I spent a good chunk of my Tokyo Marathon training just getting back to where I was before Portland. I'm trying to prevent that from happening again, and am having some luck so far. My legs recovered much faster this time, and even though I caught a cold again I've managed to get a few runs in here and there without going for long stretches of not running at all. Today's pace was 8:35 which was good, although the heartrate was on the high side. Probably should have run slower but I was just so glad to be out running again that I pushed it too much. Spring seems to be here all of a sudden, and it was so nice to be running in shorts outside again. Makes me realize what a drag it was to run in the cold and rain all winter, so I'm looking forward to nicer conditions for this next marathon training cycle.

Other than the run, yardwork is on the agenda for today. We picked up two apple trees and a peach tree yesterday so we have to get those planted. Our neighbors probably think we're insane because we've removed 3 big trees since we moved in two years ago. It's not that we are anti-tree but two of them had been planted too close to the house and the other was a fig tree that made a complete mess of the backyard. So we're now getting around to replacing them (with better positioning this time) but it will be years before they're decent size. Chrissy swears we're never moving again, so maybe we'll be here to see them grow up.