Clyde's Comeback!

Regular old GS loop this afternoon. It was windy but not too bad. I felt really Mondayish and fat but after getting going I ran pretty well. The hammy was mildly sore but runnable. Looking forward to getting the week going and again just being somewhere in the 50 mpw area. 

Up the trial to the water tank and back down turkey farm road through industrial then back to the house. Way too much junk in the system to run well so this one kind of sucked. I had some bad headwind and that sucked too. Anyways I was just glad to have gone out and got through it. The hammy felt pretty good- some small background pain but runnable. 

8.6 mile run this evening. Up to the new overpass then down into GS and home. Felt pretty good with just a hint of hammy pain. I'm sick of wind but that is what comes with this time of year. I through in some little surges at around 6:10 pace one of which was .75 miles long. I just needed to see if I could even go a little fast. It didn't hurt too bad but longer would have resulted in big pain. 

9.35 mile run with the club then .05 up to the mail box and back when I got home. I felt really good tonight. Hammy pain maybe only at a 2.5 or so out of 10. It was the best I've felt in a few weeks. I get really excited about running when it doesn't hurt to do my day to day easy runs. Anyways we will see how things play out the rest of the week with a long run on Saturday. We did the parkway loop from the store tonight and it was cool and windy but I still had on shorts and a tank. 

Glad to see that Pitt pulled off the will. Now I just need Memphis, Vil, Mich St and NC to all advance.

Ran the inner GS loop this afternoon. It was less windy today than it has been and that just made me feel good. Plus the hammy was at a stable 2 on the pain scale so I really felt good. Nothing real cool to talk about. I'll try a long run tomorrow on the course but with no temp stuff just nice and easy. I also have the cutest little boy ever and it's March Madness Baby!

Well today I ventured out on the STG marathon course for the first time since the gloomy day back in October. I've been wanting to go back and work through a long run down the course to see how things were and I finally felt like the hammy was good enough to try it. I didn't go very fast... I think somewhere in the ballpark of 2:25 for the run. It was good to get out. I had a potty stop and could have been done at around 17 but overall I felt pretty good. 

It made me really want to race hard again. I just want one more good (PR) type race. The frustrating part is it seems like the stars have to align just right for me to run well. There are so many variables that come into play on race day... oh it stresses me out just thinking about it. I guess for now I'll stick with my plan of easy mileage and try to really take this year off from really racing. At least for the most part. I may feel like something a few months down the road...