Our view atop Monte Sano Mountain State Park this morning.

Another day and another fellow training partner has rejoined the running training after LV. I met up with Ed at 5AM this morning to get in our usual ranger station run. I was pretty sore from running and playing soccer yesterday, so I was only too happy to keep the pace slow. When Ed and I reached the top, we got a spectacular view from the mountain, but as usual, photos never do it justice. As we made our way back after stopping at the water fountain, the sun was rising. It was a beautiful red color and this was one of those moments again that I wished I had proper camera equipment. Regardless, it was a rewarding view half way through our run. In addition, the temps were perfect, low 60s with low humidity levels (at least as far as I could tell).

I am going to so some flat road running tomorrow, in an effort to give myself some "active recovery" before either hill repeats or some other challenging hilly run on Wednesday morning. Hopefully, most of my usual running crew will be eager to get running again by Wednesday.