Clyde's Comeback!

87 F here at our house in STG today. 

Inner B-hills loop. I've been way less sore than any other marathon... ever. I can feel soreness but more equal to a Saturday workout rather than a full marathon. Nonetheless I told myself last week that no matter what I'd take this week very EZ and try and recover smart. Too many time have I jumped back into training and have felt like I was in slump plus got sick for about the next month.

So today's run was nice and EZ and the rest of the week will be similar.

Spent the rest of the morning watching the Boston Marathon. Mik'L had it going when I got home. She paid to have it stream on our computer. It was so fun to watch. Fun to see Ryan Hall do so well along with all the other super fast times. The woman's race was a thrilling finish in which we were yelling at the screen like a football game. The little American girl almost did it! Then most of all it was AWESOME to actually see Paul Peterson run the last 100m or so and finish his AMAZING 2:17 PR marathon. He was waving to the crowd and smiling all the way in. Good stuff for sure.

Inner B-hills run with Brother and Sister Harmer. Nice and EZ pace on a beautiful spring morning. One potty stop for me at the golf course. Legs feel pretty good too. 

5.5 miles this afternoon with my uncle around the inner b-hills loop. I pushed Myler as well.  I wasn't planning on going twice today but planned to go with Paul then after that Don asked me and I said yes before realizing about the other run. But both runs were really EZ. 

Pushed Myler around the middle B-hills loop. Felt pretty good too. Enjoying the recovery week just as much or more than the taper week. 

Club run. I did the mile down to the gas station and back waiting to see if anyone showed. While doing this Ty drove by. So it was just she and I. We hit a pretty honest pace against a good headwind over to above the river. Then she was having some chest issues and so she stopped and I kept going around the loop. Once I got down into Bloomington by the driving range she came back around the other way and was feeling better. We then ran back to the DC. I extended around the parking lot to hit an even 10 miles on that loop. Legs felt pretty good for a harder than EZ push tonight. I didn't have a watch but would estimate we were in the 6:45 avg range. 

Ran my tempo loop course this morning... but not in tempo gear. Still kept the pace a little faster than EZ. Legs are continuing to show signs of a good recovery. And I'll continue to milk out this nice recovery phase before stepping back into training.

I woke up Saturday morning with a spitting headache and basically had it all day. Just never found the desire to go out. I kept telling myself to just do 5 miles but then I was like it's 13 or nothing... ended up being nothing. But a great cap to the end of my recovery week.