Bret

AM - 6 miles with Finn early before church.   Relatively decent day with the hamstring - quite cold out in the low 20's.  Yoga in the afternoon.  

AM - nearly 6.5 miles on the trail this morning with Dan and the dogs - just below freezing when we headed out, which was around 8:30 with both of us having the day off for MLK.   Finn was off-lead for the second half of the run - as I did on Saturday, and he stayed reasonably close by.   Hamstring was not as good as yesterday but not nearly as bad as Saturday.   2000 meters of indoor rowing afterwards.  

PM - 2 miles of barefoot running on the treadmill - perhaps a little to aggressive - felt something painful in the left achilles at the end of the run - hopefully nothing too serious. Yoga session afterwards. 

AM - a very careful sore mile on the treadmill this morning.  Both calf muscles and achilles were very tender and functioning poorly this morning.  Since it was raining I opted to just jog a bit on the treadmill to get a mile in for the streak and give the legs a little break.  Wore the VaporFly Nike shoes - then did 2000 meters of rowing followed by a yoga session.   Hoping it just needs few days to settle down.  

AM - 3 miles with Finn in a very foggy / misty morning.   Started out just as a walk, but began to jog after about a quarter mile - very gingerly.  Did not feel pleasant, but I kept putting one foot in front of the other, and though I never got much faster than 10:30 pace - I ended up running more than I thought I would.  The achilles and calf soreness feel like they are likely to subside in a few more days from the very acute discomfort I had from the overly zealous barefoot treadmill session on Monday afternoon.   They are still sore and tender, but much less so than before.   

PM - Dan reached out for an impromtu proposal for midday run; he'd had a procedure in the morning and had not run yet; and I was hoping my legs may be less sore than this morning - so we did a little over 3.25 miles on the trail with dogs and squeezed it in between zoom meetings.   Legs were more improved than this morning - and pace was a little over 9 mins overall, with the last 2 miles in the mid-8's - so I took that as a positive development.  

AM - 3 mile fairly painful (calves / achilles) jog in a light rain with Finn.   Really not feeling all that great about running right now.   I am about 90% sure the calf pain is just extreme soreness versus real injury, which will improve gradually, it is just grinding through the next several days.   The good news is that my hamstring issue is not as noticable and because I am not running very fast, it may be benefiting that recovery.    2000 meters of indoor rowing.  
 

PM - 4.5 miles on the elliptical and then a yoga session.  No pain at all with the elliptical- which is nice - but I am not a big fan of those machines.  

AM - just undert 3.5 miles with Dan and the dogs on the trail.   Much colder today.  Much less calf and achilles discomfort today - plus it was a softer surface.  Literally more than a minute per mile faster pace over yesterday, but still very much a jog.  Happy with some improvement.   2000 meters of indoor rowing afterwards.  

AM - tried to run with Dan and the dogs on the trail, but my calf muscles were really not feeling well so we cut it short; in the last half mile going downhill, something "popped" in my left calf muscle - sharp pain.   Jogged it in.   Did some rowing and then a mile on the peloton bike.  Hopped on the treadmill to test things - and got another mile in.   Planning to only run a mile at the most (solely to keep the streak going) for the next several days and cross train using the elliptical, the bike and some swimming.   

PM - swam 1250 meters at the OneLife gym indoor pool on a free visit.   Not the best set up - as others that I have used in the past.   Only 4 lanes, (fortunately one was open); no towel service, no hot water in the showers, no manual swimsuit spin dryer for my suit; and there was a plastic protuding fastener piece on the pool walls that I slammed my foot into on a flip turn...yes, I am being picky.   Will try two other options nearby until the summer when my neighborhood outdoor pool opens for lap swimming.