AM: (11 miles, 1:27:45). 26:23wu +strides/22:30cd. 5 x 5` @ 10K effort w/3` recovery. Since I did these on the track I could get 800m splits, and I was at 7:05/7:04/7:06/7:05/7:10 mile pace. It was 89.6F when I finished, hot and sunny. I felt like crud. I hope that the heat was worth about 3-4 seconds/mile. I would expect to be 4-6 secs/mile off pace with no speedwork (I generally get about 4 secs/mile faster each month of specific 5-10K workouts) -- but 10 secs is a lot off. But ~90F (easily felt like mid-90s with the sun). Oh well, that is why today was training and not a race. I am just not used to running at this pace. I should be grateful that my legs remembered how to do it at all ;-) (since I am losing more and more of my long term memory every day). PM: (4 miles easy). I am very sure what is wrong with my leg is not a stress fracture (or stress reaction) ... it is not the bone ... it is the medial aspect of my calf (not shins, but more the belly of my calf - probably Soleus - is just super super sore ...). Back to the salt mines ... have great day!! | 