Clyde's Comeback!

Ice loop early. It feels like the moon has been big for a month. And this morning it seemed to stay up high later in the morning than even last week. The run was ok at best. I felt super flat. No watch but I know it was slow. Seemed to take forever to finally get home. But it was good to get out and work the junk out of my stomach. No real soreness... just lack of pep.

P.M. 5.6 miles this afternoon. Felt pretty wore out and the hammy/ hip were both tight. Could of, should of, would have... maybe skipped this one. Oh well. Just took it slow and started to loosen up at the end. Went to massage envy this evening where a 60 year old lady had her way with me:). It wasn't even close to as effective as a trip to April. But we've had 3 gift cards that needed to be used up. It was a lot less painful than April though.

DC loop. Slept like crap again. When I finally got up out of bed at 6 a.m I felt horrible. Took like 20 min's to just get dressed and out the door. Really didn't want to run... at all. Hammy and hip are both still tight. But I pushed it out on the road. And after about 1.7 miles or so I started to feel much better. Ended up really enjoying the morning out. So never read a book or a day by it's cover.

6 miles this evening on the treadmill. For some reason it just seemed nicer to stay indoors and sweat it out. Even though I could have ran outside in shorts and a T. ??? Hip and hammy are starting to feel better- that's the other thing the treadmill was easier on them too.

DC loop with Logan. The temp at my house said 30 F but both of us were cold. Nothing real cool to talk abou today. Legs, hips and body are all starting to feel recovered from the race. Still might hold off on a workout of any kind until Saturday... unless I feel SUPA on Thursday afternoon.

80 min's on the trainer after the run. Good to get a spin in. It's all the ride I'll get today but was happy to do it. 20 mph avg.

P.M. 10.2 miles around the ol DC loop again. Same direction as this morning. I know I'm plain. Felt pretty wasted at mile 4 but by mile 9, 10 the legs were turning over pretty good and I felt better... maybe even festive in my short shorts and tee.

144 lbs at the end of the day and super hungry.

DC loop again. I did run it in reverse today so it's baisically a totally new loop:). Slept great until about 2 a.m then I was up the rest of the night. Sucks because I'm wasted and just want/need the sleep. When I finally got out of bed I had zero motivation or energy to run. But I got dressed and headed out. Started slow and felt better as I went. Hope to snap out of this "trashed" phase before the weekend's long run.

143 lbs after the run. The lowest I've been since HS. Either I'm getting into some really good shape or I'm killing myself off slow and steady.

P.M. 6 miles tonight on the treadmill. Couldn't get outside and do any type of workout. And to be honest I really wasn't in the mood. Hip and hammy are still pretty sore. So I kept it uptempo on the machine and hit a couple 5:40's in the middle. Which on the treadmill to me feels like 4:40 pace. Got a good sweat in before lifting my 5 lb weights. Getting buff:)

Middle B-hills with the Secret St and an LV finish. Legs are finally feeling like theres some life in them. But the hip was kind of too painful to say it was great. Hammy felt better though. 27 F.  I'm not sure why but I'm excited to do the long run tomorrow and be done this week.

P.M. 6 miles tonight. Inner B-hills and Secret St. Hip hurt like crazy tonight. It has hurt pretty good just throughout the day. But was killer on the run. I kept thinking it would loosen up but it did not. Kind of took the air out of my sail. Came back and spent some good time with the hip workouts and foam roller.

11 mile warm up

10 mile tempo

1.25 mile cool down

Met Logan at the DC to do my Marathon Training Loop or MTL. We kept the pace pretty chill on the warm up. Temps seemed to warm up a little quicker today and by mile 8 at my house we dropped some layers. Started the tempo wanting to just hit some progressive splits at just  under tinman pace. I've felt crazy dead all week and yesterdays bad hip left me feeling kind of unsure about anything today. But the hip felt good on the warm up (with the heat patch).

First 2 miles were 5:48, 5:42 and the last two miles were 5:25, 5:25. Those are the only splits I remember. Avg for the 10 miles was 5:34. After looking up the avg I accidently deleted the run and other splits. Oops. But this ended up being a very solid workout on some worked legs and system. Glad to have Logan there to hit a solid workout. He helped pull me through the middle miles and had he not been there I'd maybe have bagged it at mile 5. Last time I did this loop and workout I hit a 5:41 avg a few weeks ago.