Clyde's Comeback!

7 treadmill miles...

8.7 miles on the treadmill this morning

5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon

4.4 mile warm up

4 mile tempo @ 5:40 avg

6.2 mile cool down

Ran the fields tempo loop starting from Stucki Farms. Hip really hurt today. Like a 8 out of 10 on the warm up and it didn't feel any better on the tempo. Kind of limped out of the gate to start the tempo. I don't know what to think about this. But I got a workout in... Goal was to hit a 5:50 avg. So I did that. But there wasn't anything glamorous about todays run. The cool down seemed to last forever too. 75 F when I went outside at 5 a.m. Bummer about that too.

3.1 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. Had the ipod running on shuffle and heard some quality Stone Temple Pilots... Plush and Sex Type Thing which I haven't heard in years. Good stuff from the 90's. :)

Dave and Logan conned me into doing a speed workout this morning... last night Dave asked me if I wanted to join him and Logan for a "run". I agreed only to find out 1.7 miles into it that Logan had plans to run hard. Ugh!!!! I almost just let them go. But decided to fight off the pain and see what happened. It was hard and the hip hurt like crazy but we did 5x 180 second sections @ 5:20-5:10 pace (for me). Like a 2 min recovery I think. Anyways I'm up in the air if it was a good or bad choice. But it's done.

4 miles on the treadmilll this afternoon

Ice loop. Although it wasnt icey. 77 F at 5:30 am and breezy. It felt hot out under the full moon morning. Kept it smooth and ez but right out of the house my hip felt way better than the last couple days. I'm such a different runner when I'm not in crazy pain. Emotionally better too as it takes it's toll day in day out. Hope it feels good tomorrow for the long run.

4 miles in the afternoon on the treadmill. Jammed out to some RHCP video's and music. Sir Psycho, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, CANT STOP. It was all loud.

Long run with the circle out around the fields town loop. It was hot and windy.. it seemed. Kept the pace smooth but not too fast. Did pick it up to about 5:35 min/mile pace on the last two miles to finish off. Ended with a 6:36 avg for the run.