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West Side of Petaluma

July 31, 2021 (Afternoon)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 80ish and sunny, but cool enough thanks to low humidity and breezes

Comments:
Drove up from SF to Petaluma in the morning. Around 5pm headed out with Leah and Anna. Ran about 2 miles at 10:30 pace with a leg swing break and some traffic pauses. Went to I Street and 6th and back. Then added on solo with another loop down that way and back along 2nd and up around Kentucky and the creamery. Felt pretty awful for most of the add-on, like I could barely pick up the pace from the first two miles and couldn't get loose or feel fresh. Finally paused to stretch a bit and that helped quite a bit and motivated me to extend from 5 to 5.5 miles. Still, can't say as I was moving well, but at least I wasn't struggling to finish. Also figure four stretches really do help my left knee tendinitis in situations like this. Hopefully the stiffness of the airplane ride will have been solved by this run and I might feel better tomorrow. All in all, pretty pleased with my July and seeing some progress from where I was in early June after a lackluster spring. Now I just have to stay disciplined about running over these next two weeks in CA.