Clyde's Comeback!

Left the house and headed out on the middle B-hills loop. Once I got over to the park I saw Logan with his team. I beckoned him to come and he said he needed 10 min's. So I ran a mile around the park and waited for him. Then we ran the loop. Legs felt pretty heavy and I asked what pace we were going. Logan said 6:40... faster than planned but good to see the legs can handle it. I'm guessing by the end of this week I'll feel normalish again. 

This weeks goal is to be around 70-75 miles.

P.M. Ran the middle B-hills loop again. It was at 5 p.m and felt really, really hot. Plus my lungs wouldn't open up and I just couldn't breath. I'm wondering how long this will last. I also decided I "blew up" my quads at UV. Their just blow up.

DC loop in reverse. Mik'L didn't get back from her run until later so I didn't get out until about 8. It warmed up but the run was ok. I could breath better than last night.
The quads are still blown up.

Pushed Myler on a out and back run into B-hills. It was hottish because we didn't get out until after 8 but my legs felt the slightest sings of improvement (which gives me hope). Myler sang me "wheels on the bus", "doggy in the window", and "give said the little stream". It made the second half nice. 

Inner B-hills loop. Just not really into running and don't really want to "jump" back into real training too soon so my mileage may be lower for a while. The body felt kind of stiff but overall the quads are working themselves out. 

10 Club run tonight. Today officially begins the HOT summer running. We've been really lucky this year to not have anything really hot until this late in the summer. But today it was the full metal jacket and then some. I pulled into the parking lot and my trucks digital gauge said it was 106 F. When I got out it felt like it was even hotter. We ran the loop in reverse and had a opening 2 mile headwind that felt like a blow dryer in your face. I did ok until about the last mile then I started to really feel the heat and dehydration. We ran it fairly fast too... 6:40 avg. 

Up at 4:55 so I could get my run done before Mik'L went to her run at 6:30 a.m. It was a struggle this morning so short after totally depleting myself in last nights club run. Not to mention that the overnight low was still over 75 F in my yard and over 90 F out on the blacktop. It took about 3 miles to get going and then about 6 miles in I was done. Now I'll spend the rest of the day working out in the yard and heat laying 100 lb diamond blocks to build a retaining wall. 

Had my alarm set to get up and go run with the guys but... I woke up at 3 a.m and could barely hobble to use the restroom. So I decided to bag it. Turned the alarm off and went to bed. I had spent the last two days lifting 100 lb diamond blocks and making walls up and  down my ditch by the chicken coop. Now I was just too sore- running wasn't even an option. Plus I had to spend all day Saturday working on than project and others around the yard and house to get ready for a little neighborhood BBQ here. 

Not running ended up being a good decision because it was already peddle to the metal all day long until I went to bed at around 11 p.m Saturday night. I just needed that little extra rest to get through and finish off 3 straight days of very hard work.