Running Again

 After a few shorter experiments with my post-surgery ankle, it was time to give it a real test before Ironman St. George 70.3.  Though still running with a brace, this was ultimately a successful 10 mile effort with some faster intervals mixed in.  It started with a few miles of easy warmup at 8:30/mile pace and then we did 4 X (1' Z4 (7:30/mile), 2' Z3 (7:45/mile), and 3' Z2 (8:30/mile)) followed by a nice cooldown.  One of my coach Eric Kenney's other athletes (Rachel) was my partner for this as we were running about the same pace.  The run also featured some fairly crazy weather leading to this fairly impressive picture of the storm clouds looming over us.  Eric also provided car/coaching support during the long run and made sure we were following the plan.