A clydesdale no more!

Went out early this morning with plans of running 16-18.   Last nights run took  a little out of me so I just trudged my way through 14.  I was pretty worn out.  Running last night was obviously a bad idea.  I didn't take any water with me and every park that I stopped at had their drinking fountains turned off.  I was pretty dehydrated when I got home.

My legs were very tired at the beginning of the run.  I think that I am going to start cutting back in preparation for Park City.  I was only planning on a 1 week taper but my legs have felt trashed for quite a while and I think that I need to give them a break so I am fresh going in to the meat of the Grand Slam.  The scenery was a lot better than usual this morning.

Super easy recovery run.  I'm going to start throwing in a couple of recovery runs each week.  My legs probably feel trashed all of the time because I haven't been very good about following the hard/easy principle.

Warmed up with 3 miles then ran 3 X 1 mile @ 5K pace with 1/2 mile jog in between each.  First one felt really good (5:56).  Second was a little more work and my form didn't feel as good but still came in a little faster (5:52).  Third felt about the same as the second.  I picked it up towards the end and came in at 5:53.  I almost bagged this run this morning but am glad that I did it.  I wished that I would have had more focused training the past couple of months.  Cooled down with 2 easy miles..  

Recovery run.

My legs were a little clunky for the first mile but then felt really good for the rest of the run.  I'm glad that my legs are responding to the reduced mileage this week.  Running is so much more fun when your legs don't feel like a ton of bricks all of the time.

Ran up to meet the SDRR but not many people showed up so I just ran alone.  Felt alright until the last few miles when my legs started to feel crampy.  Not sure what the problem was.  The temperature was perfect this morning but it was very windy.  I'm glad that the Park City marathon wasn't this weekend.