Clyde's Comeback!

16 miles this morning as part of a Big Workout. Logan and I met up at the DC at 4:30 a.m... we missed Dave this morning. We decided to do a 7 mile warm up before we started our 7 miles at MP. Stating out I felt fine but as we got into the warm up both of us felt our legs getting heavier and heavier. After last Saturday's workout this was to be expected. We were hesitant to even start the tempo but decided to see what happened.

The 7 miles back to the DC at marathon pace turned out to be very uplifting. I ran an avg of 5:39 pace for the 7 miles for a total of 39:33 for the tempo. I was very pleased with this considering how trashed the legs felt before we even started. Somehow I just took it one mile at a time and worked through the tempo- I tried to keep Logan in view and did so until the last mile and a  half where he pulled away.

It was nice and cool this morning and the moon was out in full force making visibility a lot better than normal. It was almost bright enough that you could have gone hiking or something out off the trail. Kind of a majestic feeling. Then we did a short cool down over by Southgate GC and Logan puked his guts out- Twice! Glad to be done with that one. 

(Black Stratus- 168.5) 

3.4 mile run up around the trails above Middleton. The schedule had an optional run for this afternoon so I just wanted to do a short little loop to test the legs and see how stiff they'd be. They felt stiff but in a good way. I'm feeling really good right now and starting to get excited and a little nervous... Mik'L says it's too early for that. 

(Blue Cumulus- 504.7) 

10.7 miles  this morning. I was slow getting around this morning, and not just running. I slept in until 7 a.m and it took one hour to get out of the house and get the run started. I don't drink alcohol but sometimes I wake up and feel like I could have a hang over from something.  I guess in this case it was the 7 or 8 slices of pizza, and the shake with (2 bananas, frozen yogurt, soy milk, peanut butter, and Nestle Quick) that I had for dinner last night. 

So the run was just laid back and I tried to just relax and listen to the ipod. I only run with it once in a while and today it was a must. My legs felt really heavy and the quads were sore which is rare.

(New Landreth- 139.2) 

7.3 mile run this evening. It had rained pretty hard and I thought this would be a nice time to go up on the trails a look for turtles. So I was running up the trail scanning everything in places where I've spotted them before and I had this feeling like: It would be cool to see a baby one and I started looking at everything a little closer and about .2 farther up the trail I saw a tinny little turtle. Maybe just a little bigger than an egg. It's neck and legs where as little as a straw. I could have stepped on it so easy. It makes me wonder how many turtles that small have I ran by before. It was really cool to see out there in the wild. I hope the little guys makes it.

The running part was ok. My legs are really sore and dead. I'm guessing Saturday and Mondays runs right on top of each other did the trick. I'm really having some delayed soreness. I did a few more today so tomorrow can be shorter as I'll be working in Mesquite... again although it's a different project than last week. 

10 miles this morning in the dark. Out and back up into GS. When I left there was a giant toad in my driveway and I tried moving it with my foot but it was asleep. Then I went for the run and came back and it was gone. Too bad because I was going to catch him and keep it as a pet!

(Landreth- 424.3) 

5 easy miles this afternoon after a grueling day at work. I'm just trashed. This was the old skool GS/ church loop.

(White Cumulus- 505) 

15 miles tonight as I attempted to do the 1000m big workout. What a bust this was. I found out I'm don't have what it takes to do 1000m repeats. We have had three big 1000m workouts this summer and I only made it through one of them... However this has been one of the most physically challenging work weeks ever for me. So the odds of me doing a great workout tonight after a long couple days of working down in Mesquite were very low. 

I talked Mik'L into coming along on the bike. So we started up at the top of the trail where in comes out into the housing development by the river. I warmed up for 4.5 miles down to the restroom by the DC and had a potty stop then started the Tinman tempo of 2 miles. We hit that in 11:53 and that took us down by Bloomington GC and I had to "Go" again so we went down a little farther to the bottom of the trail to hit the porta potty. The I started the 1000's from there back up the trail. I hit the first one pretty hard trying to get a feel for how this would work as I just had to keep an eye on the garmin and stop when it showed .64- I hit the first one in 3:13. Then we worked up to a spot where Mik'L could sit while I did the rest of them up and back. I started the 2nd one and it felt hard as now it was dark and finding a pace was beyond me. I got pushed off the trail by three bikes who wouldn't share and all but stopped- but I finished on out to hit a 3:23. Now back down for the 3rd one. The trail was clear and I should be able to really start to roll... I felt like I was working my brains out and I hit a 3:25. That's all folks! I really felt like this workout was starting to do more harm than good and I was done. Did I ever mention how much I hate speed work? Well I do.

We still had a good journey just to get back to the car and I stuck it into 7:00 min pace back up the trail. I was frustrated and mad but more than anything I was just wore out. I was glad to have Mik'L along side because it would have been too much for me to be down there alone and to have fallen apart like that. I don't think I'll ever start another 1000m workout again in my life.

(Black Stratus- 183.5) 

12.6 mile run this morning to kind of take my mind off last nights nightmare on the trail. I took it easy and just tried to get through the run- the Ipod was a lifesaver today. My diaphragm got tight during the last 3 miles- the first time in like 2 months. I really don't need that to start acting up. 

(White Cumulus- 517.6) 

I'll try an get a few more this afternoon before we go camping.  

23 mile long run with Logan and Dave. Logan and his wife and me and Mik'L camped up at Oak Grove last night and then Dave met us up there and we ran back on the dirt road that follows the base of Pine Valley Mt. This run is a over the river and through the woods type run up and down most the time. We were all trashed by the end. We ended up leaving about a half hour behind schedule and that made things warmer than we would have liked. A good run though and nice to put the 100 mile weeks behind me for the year. I'm really looking forward to some tapering. After the run I went to see April for a massage and she really worked me over good. Note to self: Don't run 23 miles and then jump right on the table for a massage... ever, ever again.

(New Landreth- 162.2)