Clyde's Comeback!

Secret St and middle B-hills. A lilttle more sore this morning than I thought I'd be. Not too deep but I can feel it for sure. Legs were heavy. But it was a super morning out. I'd take these all year long.... but then I'd live in San Diego with millions of crazies. Sleep is off. Need to get better at it in the next couple weeks. 

60 min's on the bike for 20 miles. Kept it honest but never hard. Tried to work the legs knots out the best I could.

7 miles on the treadmill right after. 37 seconds transition time between the two. Between the bike and the treadmill I got through all of School of Rock. I don't like Jack Black but I laughed today.

Tempo Tuesday/ Workout with the Circle

I didn't want to do the same old tempo loop. Just sick of it more than anything. So I talked the guys into meeting at the DC and we did a 2x4 mile workout with 6 min jog in the middle.

Warmed for 4 miles out and back. Temps were ok. 70F. By the river it felt a little cooler. But I'd still like it much cooler when I try and run hard. The plan was to go clock wise from the DC up the river trail and around the mayors loop to the 4 mile mark. Then jog 3 min's out and 3 back. Then come back counter clock wise for the last 4 mile set.

I didn't reset my watch after the first set so I just have the avg for all 8 miles at 5:33 pace. Goal was to be about 5:30 pace. So a little slower and I'm fine with that. The bad thing was I just felt forced almost the entire workout. The 4th mile about killed me and I was soooo thankful for that 6 min jog to recover. Legs just cramped way too fast. But I knew I wasn't totally recovered from Saturday as the calves and quads are both still sore.

In the end I'm just glad I didn't bail early. Pushed through. It wasn't pretty. Nothing special. But for me most aren't.

145.5 lbs after run.

30.2 mile ride on the Venge this afternoon. Left a little after 2p.m and it was 100F and when I got back it was 103F. Not complaining. Just facts. Out through the fields to the big hill before Sand Hollow. Then back around the airport. Another pretty honest ride. I did take the last couple hills EZ in the small ring. But I was basically out of water and what I had left was boiling in my non-insulated clear (green house effect) bottles. 

Decided to pass on another run this afternoon. Was short on time and just couldn't be bothered with it.

147 lbs post ride.

DC loop this morning. It was like pulling teeth to get out the door today. Run was so so. Warmer today at 74F. Just got through it.

144lbs after.

5 miles on the treadmill this evening. Didn't get out when it was raining... for the 7 min's it rained.. It came down!

DC loop. No watch but I tried to keep it honest rigth out of the cul de sac. Haven't officially started any taper per say. But my overall weekly mileage will be lower this week and next. But I'd like to up the overall cruising speed on regular runs for the next couple weeks.

144.5lbs

6 miles this afternoon. Hit 2 miles on the treadmill and then got to do the other 4 outside. #easypeasylemonsqueezy

Big boys Marathon Prep class today.

Last week I ran the same course at a 5:48 avg for the run and felt smooth and rockin. Today I ran a 6:05 avg and felt like crap. The whole run. From the very start. Temps were warmer today than the last couple weeks but overall I just felt wore out and run down. Glad today wasn't race day...

Anyways after a 4 mile warm up we started the 4 mile, 8 mile, 4 mile workout.

I didn't want to do it from the start and let the first mile slip by at 6:21, Tried a little harder on the next to hit 5:48. By then the guys were way up on me. Tried harder on the last couple miles hitting a 5:24, 5:15 to almost reel them in before stopping at our water and GU.

8 mile set at 6 min pace. Nothing fancy here. Just rolling a long but the pace didn't seem to be that fast. I just felt like I couldn't go fast at all. But we basically hit our marks.

On the last 4 mile set I didn't feel better. But wanted to "push" out whatever I could and make the best of it. Went 5:16, 5:12, 5:12, 5:27. On the last mile I almost got hit by not one but two cars while I crossed the blvd and slowed down. After that I never got the same flow again. But overall happy to have closed it out and logged something for the bank...

144.5 lbs after

7 miles on the treadmill. Busy, busy, busy last couple days with kids, yard and other projects. #TRASHED