Got out for a good 7 miles tonight. Body is starting to feel human agian after the hard efforts last week. Actually running tonight rather than shuffling along. Amazing how long it takes to recover from an all out effort or two. Felt about 80% tonight, ran moderate with a few pick up's (fartlek) mixed in. Had to put in the word "fartlek", another roadie word like "strides"that I don't really know what it means, but I figured Lilly might say "fartlek this" which I thought would be hilarious. :)
***NOTE TO ME** I think the mistake I made, which seems minor, was the couple of miles I logged running barefoot while shagging golf balls on the beach at Bear Lake on Sunday. Usually this is my total decompression day, no physical activity, no stress, lots of rest. A couple of miles in deep soft sand, while not a major workout, meant I didn't get the deep rest my body needed. That and the Oreo shake, cheetos, Diet Coke o.d., chocolate chip cookies, bad Asian food on Saturday night, potato chips, and what ever other junk I could scrape up (Geeze now I'm sounding like a few brothers that hang out on this blog :) )
7 miles, 850 vert, moderate, knee tweaky, but not as bad | 