Clyde's Comeback!

DC loop. No watch but mostly slow and EZ. Didn't want to run this morning at all. Once I was out my opinion didn't change much as I drug myself around the loop. Kind of soreish and achy. Not the best start to the week but better than if I'd have stayed home. 

3.6 miles on the treadmill tonight. Mik'L had a late meeting and I felt the need to run again. So I jumped on the machine and let Myler ride his bike in the garage next to me. He got sick of it even faster than I did.

I've felt like a paper weight the last few days and not even as useful. Just super fatigued. Like dead. I told Mik'L to just let me die and not waste a bunch of money on medical bills. Anyways she took Myler to grandmas today so I ran around 11 a.m. Nice to go out and not be freezing. Still felt pathetic and sloppy. Just tried to keep the form square and ended up feeling better out running than I have felt at home. Not to say I felt great but ended up with a 6:57 avg and before the run I'd have guessed catching the 8 min guy wouldn't happen. 

Came home and made a big lunch of 4 eggs, with cheese. 1 avocado, chips and salsa, 3 bacon strips, 1 sausage patty, 4 slices of toast, juice straight from the carton and a imported Areo chocolate bar from England at the end. Then I tried to nap but couldn't so now I'm blogging.

Club run early here at my house. Billy boy even joined us. No watch but pace wasn't very fast. Not supposed to be when it's this early and cold. With lots of spitting and moaning we all made it back. 

I'm in a totally different place than 3 weeks ago. Then I was feeling great and looking to really hammer the spring. Now I'm totally trashed, my sports hernia hurts worse than it's ever done before and for the most part I just ache thinking about running. Hopefully this will pass. But because of the present situation I haven't registered for LA and am having second thoughts about doing a marathon this spring. Because as of today- there would be no way I'd be running anything close to 2:30. 

Same run as Tuesday. Around the park back up River road then down the secret street over by the GC and round B-hills. Then up the trail to River road back down to the DC and back around home via the park again. Wanted to keep it  uptempo and try and shake out the system a little. Hit a couple miles at around 5:55 from River Road down to the DC but for the most part just "uptempo". Ended with a 6:36 avg for the run hitting the 14.3 miles in 1:34:32 beating Tuesdays time of 1:39:25. Didn't feel good, but felt like I could do it. Groin pain as related to the hernia was pretty bad at the start maybe 7 out of 10. Just found a way to run with the pain as it's still here after the run. Guess I'll make do with whatever I can and hopefully this never sidelines me... but I'm too cheap and hate the medical field too much to go get it checked out. Anyways glad to get the run in and was surprised to see the avg as low as it was. 

6:57 avg. DC loop extended back down into B-hills and home via the secret road. Hernia hurt pretty bad the first 1.5 or so but by the end I wasn't thinking about it. Tried to keep it honest but not overdue things. Actually a really nice morning. Cool at 28F but calm and clear as the sun came up. 

5 more miles this morning after Mik'L went to work. Pushed Myler out and back into B-hills. It was less than thrilling for sure. That extra 5 miles I've been fighting all week... just had to finally get out and get it done so I'm caught up for my weeks goal. Should have just did a few more Wed and Thurs night. 

Dog Town half course. Started out running from my house over to the park where the race finishes. Got there a little early so I looped around a little more before everyone else showed. Hit 3.4 miles before we drove up. I didn't save these miles so I'm not sure on their pace but I'm guessing pretty slow as I felt really crusty early on this morning. 

16.7 miles from the start of the half course up in Coral Canyon down the course then extended at the end around that neighborhood and back to my house. 6:40 avg on this section. Ran with Stephen, Billy, Dustin and Scott at the start. There was about 25 total runners. Once we got down in the Hell's hole canyon Steve wanted to do a 5 or so mile tempo. I didn't have any goals at all for pace and so I just stayed by Steve over to Washington Dam road. We hit around 6:00 pace for a couple then once on the Dam road I picked it up a little and hit 5:30ish pace for a couple. Then I backed off going up the hill in the fields and Steve caught back up. We just ran smooth and EZ from there until Majestic Dr. and there's a big steep hill there. Steve's hammy started to tighten and we really slowed down for a couple miles or so over past the farm. I knew I had to get going so I finally told Steve that I was going to pick it up and finish off the run. Finished off from there back home at around 6:15 pace. Felt pretty good for the last 10 miles. The first 10 I was super tight and the groin pain was at around a 7 again. 

Glad to finish the week off strong. Could have bagged it around Tues or Wed's when the pain and fatigue really started to creep in. But I just kept pressing on... hopefully these lyrics are true:" N-n-now that- that don't kill you can only make you stronger".