A clydesdale no more!

Drove up to the mouth of Mueller park canyon and ran up to elephant rock.  There was still a lot of snow towards the top and I had to walk for a portion of the run.  The trail is so narrow that if I would have lost my footing I would have slid down the side of the mountain. It was nice to get up there and get in a peaceful run.  I really need to do this more often.

I played soccer last night with my son's soccer team and my quads are thrashed.  It's interesting when you use a different group of muscles to see how muscle specific running is.  All of the starting, stopping and bursts of speed really took its toll on me.

I can't believe how sore my quads are.  The combination of the soccer game and the hilly run really took it's toll on me.  I pretty much cut out hill training while my hamstring has been causing me problems.  Because of this, I think that I lost a lot of my ability to run hills.  I kept the pace during the run relatively easy.

Easy recovery run.  Legs are still a little sore and I really couldn't get in the groove.  My form really feels out of whack. 

Warmed up with 3 easy miles then ran 4 miles at tempo pace. I've done very little speed work this year so I thought that I would throw one session in before the marathon. I felt very good during the tempo portion and was as consistent as I have ever been (6:23, 6:21, 6:22, 6:21). My hamstring did start to ache towards the end but nothing too serious. It was good to have a good run after so many lousy runs.

Another easy run this morning.  I feel like my legs are starting to recover through the taper.

Just putting in the miles. Nothing too exciting. It is starting to warm up and I fear that the marathon may be a little warmer than I would like.

I almost forgot that the SGM lottery results will be posted tonight. I registered at the last minute and am not even sure if I want to run it this year. Good luck to everyone without guaranteed entry.

Ran up to the rec center to meet with the club.  I don't know why I bother because I always end up running alone.  I guess I just like to have some connection with the local running scene.  I felt really good on the way up and for the first few miles.  I was running 7:00/mile and felt very comfortable.  I decided to back off the pace for the second half of the run since I am in the middle of the taper.