Gnats...

I hate them, just in case you wanted to know. Last nights walk consisted of gnats, gnats and more gnats. I did a 4mile walk and my plan was to make one of those miles a speed mile. In other words try to go as fast as I can and hold that for one mile. This plan had its hitch and that was the swarming gnats. With that in mind, I quickly decided mile 2 was going to be it just in case I got smothered by the gnats. The second mile I did at an average pace of 13min 13sec, I'm sure it would have been better without my little teeny tiny friends all over and stuck on my neck, face, hair, and I even found some stuck in my shoe laces - yuk. They really creeped me out, but I kept going to get in all 4 miles.
All in all it was 4 miles in 57min 22.69sec average pace of 14min 20sec.
Left hamstring closer to the knee has been bothering me here and there since May. Trying to stretch the hamstring as much as a can and trying to keep it gentle. Did some Pilates core work and rode my bike about 5 miles on Wednesday. Was trying to mix it up and last Tuesday I was only able to get in 2.50 miles because it was raining.
On another note, gas prices are rediculous!!!