Clyde's Comeback!

8 mile morning run with out a watch. It was pounding rain most of the run. I got just soaked, but it was way fun. I could use more runs like that. It felt like being a little kid out playing in the rain.

My calves are a little sore from Saturday but other than that I'm feeling pretty good just a little behind on some sleep after a long weekend.

7 mile run this afternoon. It was humid but the temp was down a little from regular. Just tried to run easy and kick all the cob webbs out of my system.

9.5 mile run this morning up into the reserve. Down through GS and extended to home. I got the distance confused on Monday's morning run so I had to check things out. My new little extension to my runs is only 1.5 miles longer- I had it as 2.5 longer and today on my run I was trying to figure out how in the world that could be 2.5 miles- It wasn't you dork. Sometimes I feel like I'm just running in this maze and I don't know why or how I'll never get out.

4 miles tonight on the treadmill. It felt hot outside and I was feeling trashed from a long day of working. Very busy week this week so I took an easy day today.

8 mile morning loop around GS and back home. Still feeling a little stiffer than I'd like to be. This afternoon I'll have to give myself a "Stick" treatment. That thing works pretty good but when your sore it can be pretty painful.

6.4 miles tonight up over the hill and down into GS then on golf course to road that brings me home. Feeling pretty trashed; stiill haven't got the sleep I need this week.

Here is an interesting read on the age of Elite Marathon runners. Tell me what you think?

http://runningtimes.com/blog/?p=34

9.5 mile morning run. Golf course/Powerline extended in reverse. I didn't get out until just after 8 a.m. so by the time I finished up it was hot! Every run this week has been taxing. I hope to snap out of it and be able to run a good workout/ marathon paced half marathon this weekend.

I posted this late last night and found it very interesting. I'll bring it up again today just to get some more feedback.

http://runningtimes.com/blog/?p=34

10.7 miles tonight with Dave. Oh...finally a good run for the week. About 20 min's before we left it as raining like crazy and cooled it off from 104 to mid 70's in just a short time. So that was nice. When we left it was still raining and we headed up the trails. Bolts zapped from the sky and we almost feel victum, but we made it up to the powerline. We hit that trail and somewhere along the line I went down. Just hit some mud and my feet went right out from under me, luck for me I landed on wet sand- so for now I was just dirty. We made our way up to the top of the Middleton trail and then started hitting some steady miles all the way home. Nothing crazy but a good pace to move us along. We went around GS and back to my house. Felt good and had a really good run. Cooler weather is a plus, and I think I was finally hydrated for the first time all week.

This run puts me over 400 miles for August. That's a first. I've came close a few times but never broken the line. I still have Friday to add to it so this will be the biggest month for me all year. I don't think I'll go that hight again until next summer, so I guess it's all downhill from here.

5.5 short morning run today. I got up thinking about doing the same run as Dave and I did last night. Then I headed up the trail and two miles into it I talked myself out of it and decided to take today a little easy. I'll try to get a few more this afternoon but I want to have a good workout tomorrow. Not really a taper, just more of a rest. Plus I wanted to keep this weeks mileage a little lower anyways.

3.8 miles on the treadmill today before we start a busy evening.

So that will end August with 417.5. I think this month was laid out good to get good mileage.

The plan for the day was to get a good marathon paced training run in. I wanted to run it at marathon pace no faster, and hopefully no slower. So I'm pretty happy with the outcome. Pace felt very comfortable and I think I could have did one more half. Hopefully!

Three miles warm up with Dave. A few cool down as well, some alone some with friends. Very, Very hot and muggy. Just think about your grandmas green house. Pretty much all day.

The first 6 miles or so felt a little sloppy, but by miles seven I was really feeling good and could have really pushed things. I made an effort to stop and drink at two water stations because of the heat. My splits were pretty consistant at around 5:40 other than the one mile that was a long climb (6 min or so pace) and then the two miles or so that were downhill (5:20 pace or so). The course was flat and rolling for the first 8 miles then uphill from around 9-10. Then from 10 down to 12 it is good fast downhill. The last mile was about half mile of hard uphill and half mile of flat...give or take.

Good workout. Not really a race but glad to have ran goal time.