A clydesdale no more!

What a great day for a run.  Weather was absolutely perfect.  I felt a little clunky during the first half of the run but loosened up and felt really good during the second half.  The last 3 miles were at sub 7:00 pace and felt really comfortable.  Stopped by my dad's grave during the run.  I felt kind of bad because I forgot that yesterday was the 33 year anniversary of his plane crash.  

Total Time: 1:08:50 (7:24/mile) 

When I woke up this morning I was really light headed and couldn't keep my balance.  Felt better after awhile so I headed out the door.  Took it easy for the first 3 miles then thought I would give a tempo run a try.  First mile felt weird but was right on pace (6:29).  I decided that I felt good enough to finish the planned 4 miles at tempo pace.  I was able to hold the pace and the effort didn't feel that hard.  My left hamstring started to ache towards the end of the 3rd mile and I considered stopping but was able to complete the run without too much trouble.  Average pace for the 4 miles was 6:26/mile.  Cooled down with 2 easy miles. 

Total Time: 1:05:54 (7:19/mile) 

I just wanted to get the miles in this morning so my pace was very slow.  I may have ramped up the mileage a little too much the past couple of weeks because my legs feel trashed right now.  Tomorrow will definitely be a recovery run.

Total Time: 1:53:08 (8:05/mile) 

Took it very easy today to allow my legs to recharge and recover.

Total Time: 1:00:05 (8:35/mile)

Pretty uneventful run.  My legs feel much better than yesterday but they still have the fatigue associated with increased mileage.  Weather was nice except the wind started to pick up last 2 miles and it started to rain.

Total Time: 1:33:45 (7:49/mile) 

Woke up late and had to cut the run short so I could be home in time to take my son to orchestra (this seems to happen every week).  When I got home he told me that it was canceled so I headed out and added 2 more miles.  I felt really good this morning.  The pace felt very comfortable and smooth.

Total Time: 1:08:15 (7:20/mile) 

Woke up a little late so I had to drive to the rec center to meet the SDRR instead of running up.  Ran solo again but half-way through the first loop I saw a few runners from the club ahead that were running a shorter loop.  I sped up to catch up to them and ran a couple of miles under 7:00.  After the first loop, I stopped at my car and put on my fuel belt and headed out for the final 10.  Felt really good except the last couple of miles my groin started to hurt.  I finished up about the same time that I would have finished the WRC 10 miler this morning if I would have run it.  I was thinking how glad I was that I didn't run the race.

Total Time: 2:18:15 (7:41/mile)