A clydesdale no more!

During the first half of the run my legs felt very dead.  They were numb and sore.  After warming up they started to feel better and I was able to get into a better flow.  While running I was thinking about a couple of 5k's that I was going to run this month.  I am not really feeling like I have much of a competitive streak right now so I may skip them.  I'm trying to get back to the place where running is fun again and I think that a running a race right now will do more harm than good.

Blah.  Just wasn't feeling it today so I cut the run short.  My legs still have that overall dead feeling for some reason.

It was a little wet and slushy but the temperature felt good.  I still cant' seem to get into a decent groove when I'm running.  It is probably due to the extra 10 that I'm carrying around.  I think that I would rather have the extra 10 and let the running suffer a little than be as thin as I was.

I could tell it was going to be a lazy day so I ran up to Mueller Park canyon to force myself to work a little.  Even if you run slow going uphill it is still a good workout.  Felt like it was a good effort going up but I had a hard time coming down.  I couldn't get into a groove and I started getting a nasty side stitch.  I seem to get these a lot when I run downhill.  It must be from my insides bouncing around so much.  I'm heading to the U game tonight and expect to freeze.  I don't have a good feeling about the game.

I got home late from the game last night and had to get some work done so I stayed up late.  Woke up early to get some more work done so I was very tired this morning.  I drove to the LPT and put in an easy 5.  Spent half the run on the dirt preserve trail and half on the paved trail.

I was so tired last night.  I have no idea what time I fell asleep but it was early.  I vaguely remember telling my son that he could sleep over at his friends house.  Since he wasn't there to watch my girls in the morning I had to cut the run short.  I'm kind of glad I did because I had very little energy this morning.  After the run my girls wanted to go running so we went out for a 1/2 mile run.  Emma surprised me a little and built a bit of a lead on Gracie.  Gracie is very intense and competitive so I told her to catch up to Emma and she kicked it into another gear and closed the gap and eventually caught her.