Clyde's Comeback!

Looped around Stone Cliff and then down the river trail into B-hills. Then back to the gas station and home. The wind beat me down this morning and with about 2 miles left it started to rain and I got soaked. My bum and quads are kind of sore from the hard downhill on Saturday. Hoping to have a nice consistent week. Nothing crazy mileage wise but just a solid week of running. 

6.6 miles this evening around the middle B-hills loop. The wind beat me down on this sucker. 

Same loop through the fields and around Stone Cliff like yesterday. I remember why I don't run out there much... way too much traffic. I almost to hit by about 10 soccer moms who were talking on their phones and driving too fast. Legs were dead. 

Middle B-hills loop on a trashed body and legs. I almost stopped and walked around mile 5. I'm not sure why I'm so dead but I'd like to move past this phase asap. 

A little better run this morning than what I've been having. Finally got some flow and didn't feel so robotic. But it wasn't stellar and I still need improvement to get back to a normal status. Ran the regular B-hills loop with temps a 35 F. 

Pushed Myler around the inner B-hills loop this evening. Legs were about as good as this morning. I think I need to roll out the quads. 

Did a longish run this morning because I don't think I'll run tonight. I want to watch the BYU game and get myself all Jimmered out. This morning I headed out early in the dark over to the freeway and down into Bloomington. Then I took the trail up to River Road and connected to the other trail back into B-hills and then back home. The first 10 mile felt ok but the last 4 were a lot harder than they should have been. I really don't know whats up with my system but I'm flat. Just don't have any git up and go. Hoping the night off will aid in my recovery. 

Didn't want to take a ZERO today. But Mik'L went out early and I had yard stuff arriving early on a delivery. Then it was go time all day in the yard planting, wheelbarrowing and the like. By the time I stopped I couldn't move and was just dead. I felt guilty about it through the evening but there was just no way I could have ran. 

A.M. DC loop this morning. Hit the first 5 miles in a calm overcast. But right as I hit 5 miles is started to rain and I got soaked by the time I was home. But other than that I felt better than the rest of the week and had a good run. I'll try another tonight and maybe hit some faster miles. 

P.M. Finally got a decent workout in... in a long time. Warmed up over around Stone Cliff and over River Road to where there is a port-a-potty by the trail. Thankfully took care of business there and then started into a tempo. The warm up was 5 miles long. Temp was 5 miles long. Down the river trail across the bridge, then over through B-hills past the golf course to were it intersects with River Road again. From there I did a 2.6 mile cool down back around the park and home. 

Tempo went well. I wanted to hit marathon pace for the 5 miles and not die too bad on the hills through B-hills. Splits were 5:40, 5:36, 5:50, 5:37, 5:50 for an 5:42 avg on the tempo. Hit a 6:24 avg for the entire run. Glad to get the legs and body going and finish off the week semi strong.