This morning I left the house for my run at 7:15. It was already getting warm, so it was a good thing I got the early start. Since I got the early start and I was by myself (I never connected with my running partner) I decided to do my favorite run, Mt. Tabor. I usually do this by myself cause it is long. I also love it up there and the peacefulness of the solitude is wonderful. Mt Tabor is an inactive volcano, apparently the only volcano within the city limits of a major city, and is just over 2 miles from my house. Once I am at the park, I have a five mile trail I run, that winds around the caldera of the volcano (now capped with a basketball court), up the mountain to a 3/4 mile circle around the top, then down the back and around one of the several reservoirs on the mountain. I love it there, it is also very shady and cool on the trails which makes fr a great run any time of year (even during the wet seasons, the trails stay much pretty mud-free. The hardest part of the run is not the hill climbing (of which there is a lot) but the last 2+ miles home. Coming off the mountain it always seems extra hot and I haven’t found a good shady route back. But it is totally worth it.

I ran over 34 miles this week, which was more than I really should have. This week I probably should have only done 30 (according to limiting increases rules) so I figure I’ll shoot fpr that next week. Plus my watch seems to give me more miles than I actually run (I think my Tabor clocked at 8.5 last year on my Ipod, this time 9.3). But I can handle having the extra miles especially if I am not really running them!

BTW I took my rebif last night and seemed to only have a few shadow spells; one at the start and several during the last mile. I also didn’t take any ibuprofen before I ran. My leg muscles did feel a little achey while running and that was probably some light flu-like symptoms, or it could very well be the result of the amount of running I have been doing. I also read a post about joint pain and rebif. I am trying to spot it, but also be highly aware that I am exercising. My right knee has been occasionally achey while running, I am doing some pain-free Chi-running visualization where all my pounding joints have cotton in them absorbing the beating.