Isaqueena Trail Run

This is an unofficial post. Official marathon training has not begun. Today, Danette and I increased our run time to 40min. after doing 30min runs last week. Our hopes are to progress slowly to avoid injury. We ran in the Isaqueena trails today to enjoy the softer trails. Well, the trails were soft, too soft in fact from the large amount of rain we have had in the last 48 hours. Large amounts of the trail were taped of with yellow criminal "Do not pass" tape. And, of course as free citizens, Danette and I went around the tape. Eventually, we realized that downed trees and other obstacles did create an unworthy running trail so we ended up turning back. I guess we will heed these warning in the future.....but, most likely not. The best part of the run was running up a fire lane, rocked, packed gravel with trees bending over both sides to create a tunnel. As if it were the 1500's, 4 horse drawn carriages passed us. We could have been in amish land for all I knew. This is where Danette began speaking in old English about plantations and beaus and tea time. I think she had practiced for this moment because it was very amusing. Ok, 40minutes completed. Achilles feels weird, but no pain. Amazing recoverite and stretching to follow. I'm thankful. Onward and Upward....Let's do it!