A clydesdale no more!

Started out with the intention of running a very slow 18 miler.  The kids were at grandmas and I had a few hours to kill.  The first couple of miles felt good.  At 2.5 miles, I got a call from my wife saying that she spun out of control on the freeway and totaled her car.  I turned back for home so I could go pick her up.  Running a couple of miles at 5k pace the day after a race wasn't what I was planning.  Ran the last 2.5 miles at 6:00/mile pace.  Went to pick her up and she was surprisingly unhurt.  Her car, on the other hand, is quite a mess.  I really wanted to get the mileage in today but sometimes you have to sacrifice the running for real issues.

Other than a little tightness in my left hamstring, I felt really good this morning.  The pace felt comfortable and I didn't feel as clunky as I normally do.  It kind of surprised me because I felt like garbage this morning after eating too much junk food yesterday.

Total Time: 1:06:00 (7:20/mile) 

Just the usual.  Nothing exciting.

I couldn't sleep again last night.  Woke up at 2:00 and worked for a little while.  Couldn't handle one more Brett Favre highlight on ESPN so I headed out the door a little earlier than usual.  My Garmin was acting up which is weird because it did the same exact thing last week when I ran this same route.  I kept the pace nice and easy and just enjoyed the run.  My mind was working a mile a minute so the run seemed to go by pretty quickly.

AM: 7.2 miles

Went out with the intention of running a few miles at tempo pace but the dry heaving as I walked out the door convinced me that today was going to be a recovery day. Kept the pace really slow. I'm hoping that the nausea doesn't turn into anything more serious.

PM: 5.0 miles

Since everybody seems to be running doubles I thought that I would give it a try.  I was home alone with my girls so I had to do it on the treadmill.  To break the monotony I made this a progression run.  Started at 8 mph then increased the speed 0.5 mph every mile until mile 3.5 where I went from 9.5 mph to 10 mph.  Ran the last mile at 7.5 mph to cool down.  The treadmill wasn't as bad as I feared and I only had to stop once to break up a fight.

My legs were sore from yesterday's double.  I feel like such a wimp but I guess my body just isn't used to it.  I've run this same route 3 times this week and I am getting progressively slower.

It was raining this morning which is actually a good thing because it means that it wasn't cold enough for it to snow.  I wanted to get in a good long run today just to see if I still had it in me.  I wasn't concerned about the pace, just about getting the miles in. I woke up at 3:30 at couldn't go back to sleep so I got ready and ran 9 miles before hooking up with the running club.  I figured that if there was a group running 5-7 miles at 8:00-8:30 pace I would run with them.  I was able to run a few miles with Lora at 7:45/mile.  After she turned back towards the rec center, I continued on at maintained about the same pace.  Around mile 16 my legs started to get tight and tired.  This is usually when my legs start to protest so I wasn't concerned.  I actually felt really good during the run and was surprised since I haven't run longer than 16 miles in a few months.

Total Time: 2:38:03 (7:47/mile)