Here we go..

Early morning run in the windy city

I got up at 5 today to do my workout. Bright and early. I'm not much of a morning person but I've been forcing myself to be while Riley is injured so I can get my runs done early. I drove and parked at my in laws house and did the South Ogden tempo loop today. I ran a 2.15 warm up. The plan was to do a tempo run based on feel. It turned out ok for the early morning 6:34, 6:33, 6:37, 6:31. I jogged for 4minutes then did 4x400s with 90 sec rest. 81, 80, 82, 83. That last 400 was into the wind and it felt sooo hard. 

I pushed the kids this morning really slow. My legs were sore from lifting yesterday. Hoping to get at least 3 more miles in later..

3 more easy miles to get 9 for the day.

Ran early with Allyssa and Angie in South Weber. It was really nice to run with people this morning.

The intention was to do my long run today. I wanted to get 17 miles in with a 10 mile aeorobic builder in the middle. My achilles has been sore for the last two days but I thought it would warm up and go away. I ran a three mile warm up and the plan was to average 6:45-6:50. I was feeling really good except for my achilles. After about 3 miles on pace and feeling relaxed it started effecting my stride and speed. I was compensating on my sore achilles too much. I went back and forth for the next few miles still wondering if I should stop, I really wanted to do this workout and I was feeling good but I decided I couldn't put up with another 8 miles with a little limp. It felt like I sprained my ankle. After about another 3.5 miles I decided I needed to end it and take tomorrow off. There is some swelling on my left achilles so hopefully some ice over the weekend will help and I can run on Monday. Here's splits for my 7 miles of aeorbic builder 6:43, 6:44, 6:44, 6:56, 7:00 6:55, 7:11. The 4th mile was when it started effecting my stride and then my pace.