Clyde's Comeback!

Around the Stone Cliff loop with a short extension around Little Valley at the end. Just felt flat this morning. Running was hard. Never got warmed up but felt trashed only 3 miles into it. Something just doesn't seem right with my body and running right now. Grim.

Tempo Tuesday

Warmed up for 3 miles with Bill and Logan

6 miles of tempo with Logan. We both didn't seem to want to push it so we didn't. Started out slow hitting the first mile in 6:16 and the second mile in 6:06. Ended up hitting the last two in 5:37, 5:32 respectively to finish with a 5:48 avg but nothing super speedy today. I'm glad. I just don't feel it right now and forcing a workout would have only hurt in the long run. Hope to drop the weekly mileage to around 80 the next 3 weeks and really try and get some speed back in the legs.

Bloomington/ River Trail/ Morningside loop. Out early and enjoyed cooler temps (68 F when I left and 64 F when I got home). Just plugged along today. Didn't feel like a million bucks... maybe more like 50 cents. I'd love to turn the corner anytime soon and start feeling like a runner again. Rather than someone who's out forcing a run. 

5 miles this evening. Out and back into B-hills. 96 F when I left the house and 94 F when I got back. But it felt considerably better then weeks past. Had a big potty saved up when I finally got home. Should have stopped at the park. 

Mini workout this morning. 

2.5 mile warm up in to B-hills

1 mile at LT pace in 4:57

4 min recovery or .3 and a little walking

1 mile at LT pace in 4:54

A little over a mile and a half cool down back home. 

I've just felt like junk all week and needed to just see if the legs could even still function at a faster pace. The workout wasn't long enough to tell me any good indicator of fitness but at least I can get out of the hole. Hope to feel better in the few short weeks before STG.

10 miles at Club tonight. Aaron, Steve and I. The cooler temps help. 6:35 avg and we all had jacked up stomachs with potty stops. Even with the stops the legs felt better than they have been. Best club run for me in a long while. 

Logan came over early and we did the DC loop. I was really sore and slow this morning. Felt like an 80 year old. Just didn't recover very good from yesterdays two runs. So anyways we started slow and never really sped up. That was good. Glad the run is done and that I don't have to do it again until tomorrow morning. Hoping some rest today will help. 

20 miles down the marathon course. Stared in Veyo at the gas station and ran to the park of the marathon finish. Actually had to turn the corner and run down to 700 S to hit 20 miles. Then .5 mile cool down back to the park. 

Started out with Stephen just slow and EZ hitting the first several miles at chatty pace. 7:30, 7:47, then some 6:50's. Then by mile 6,7 we started hitting 6:02, 6:03. Last 13 miles splits were: 6:13, 5:46, 5:38, 5:33, 6:00, 5:25, 5:18, 5:35, 5:29, 5:30, 5:26, 5:16, 5:22. A solid 20 miles in 2:00:48 or  a 6:02 avg for the run. 

A pretty solid run for me. I didn't go into the day wanting to pound it out and kill it. Rather just keep it honest and let the legs flow on the downhill. It seems like I get less sore just letting it roll than I do running slower and trying to put the breaks on. Never went into "ATTACK" mode. Just milked it on the uphills and really stayed loose all the way... and only looked at my watch once. At mile 17 I glanced down and saw I had a chance to hit the 20 miles in 2 hours. So the last 3 miles through town was the only place I tried to push the pace. Very happy to get those miles rolling at the end of a long run and what's felt like a horribly long and hard week. Anyways very thankful for a solid run after a summer full of junk. It wasn't my fastest 20 miler down the course but it might have been my most laid back and smooth one. Actually enjoyed running for a change.