AM: Had a really hard time getting up at 6am to get out the door in time to meet up with the group at Reed's house today. My back and neck took an hour to stretch out and still didn't feel comfortable to do the workout I wanted to do. I decided to rest a little more and do some more stretching and then go out see what I could attempt to do. Pretty frustrating that I feel my fitness is down, but its not. I just cannot get rid of the tightness in my chest, back and neck. I have a hard time breathing and relaxing some days. Really weird. Oh well. Got in some easy miles. Might try and do another workout later today...
Afternoon: Glad to get in a double. My goal this morning was to do at least 14 miles (7mile loop around my house). AM workout obviously did not pan out like I wanted with doing a second half loop with 4-5 miles @HMP. So I went and relaxed and ate some food to get some energy I felt I was lacking. After the Bulls/Nets game I headed to the gym to do a TM workout. Again, I felt a little relief from the AM workout, but still my right side of my back and right side of my neck is so tight that it makes it difficult to relax and very hard to breathe. I did a mile WU 7:12. Then mile interval @5:48 then 5 min AR run @ 7:12 then mile interval @5:37 and then 1/2 mile CD. Felt like a decent workout. I have been very inconsistent and it shows. I am a pansy when it comes to working through pain barriers. Glad to get in some leg turnover today, but I am really behind schedule and need to get this tightness figured out. | 