Clyde's Comeback!

B-hillls, Secret St, LV. HIp started off tight and never felt good. No super sharp pain but not nice either. Just took it EZ and got the week going. A lot of junk built up in the stomach from a weekend of gluttony. Hoping to hit doubles all week and practice the "always on the run" theory. Couple that with some PT stuff and am hoping to be able to get a good long run down the course this Saturday.

P.M. 10.2 miles this afternoon. Grandma had the boys and I had some free time so I did what I wanted to do... run. It was 95 f and fairly humid. Combo that with the fact that I'm not use to doubles and afternoon running. yeah it was a harder run. Hip hurt too. Ran into Billy boy down at the DC and he pulled me back up to Rustic. Glad to get out but happier to get home and drink some cold fluid.

B-hills, Secret St, LV- Same run as yesterday morning. Hip felt a lot better than either run yesterday. Mik'L didn't get home from her run until just before 8. So I was out in the sun and it seemed pretty toasty by the end. Getting my running body back with these doubles. Dropped about 5 lbs in the last 10 days. Feeling pretty lean and mean if not for this hip injury.
 

P.M. 4 miles this afternoon on the treadmill.

Big boys run from my house. 3 mile warm up out into the fields. The guys were doing the summer tempo loop again. I soo wanted to go with them but just didn't dare. Hip actually hurt pretty bad on the 2nd mile of the warm up... However when they took off out into the fields I started back to LV and just decided to run tempo and see what happend. Ended up coming back into Jedora then around the schools and back down River road to the end of the bridge at a 5:45 avg for the 6.3 mile tempo. Was kind of in shock at the times. I didn't think I had it in me anymore...

Rejoined the guys after they came down the river trail and we cooled down back to my house. Hip felt pretty solid on the tempo and cooldown. ??? IDK. I'll take it that's for sure. Hoping to keep moving in the right direction and give myself a chance to run semi crappy instead of totally crappy.

3.5 miles this afternoon on the treadmill.

B-hills/ Secret St/ LV- Finally got the cool morning I've been craving. 62 F when I left on my run and by the time I got home around sun up it was 59 F. It's such a relief to make it through another hard summer here in Dixie. From now until the first of December is the "golden" time of year. With basically perfect weather for outdoor recreation.

Had a decent run. Hip seems to want to feel better. I thought I'd feel some crazy pain and stiffness from yesterdays tempo. But it felt pretty good. Just crossing my fingures and toes that maybe the body thinks it's time to move forward- put this nasty crap behind us:)... please.

3 miles this afternoon on the treadmill

Out around Silkwood then a full loop in LV. Nice morning at 59 F. Just plugged a long. Last night my wife rolled my hammies really hard and there's always some left over craziness in the legs after that. Hip was pretty good. A little "catchy" but no shape pain.

Long run down the marathon course. Started out with Logan and Steve. Dustin and Billy took off early. Temps were perfect and it was a beautiful morning for a run. I really wanted to just get the downhill training in. Didn't want to push the pace at all. I haven't ran any downhill for basically a year and that's gonna be a challenge for me in the upcoming marathon. The good news was that the hip felt good. Got a little tight at the end but nothing like it has been all year. Feeling totally pumped about that. So we got to the 10 mile mark at around 1:10:00 so mayb just over 7 min pace to thre. Felt super comfortable. Took some EFS and a small drink. Then Logan took off. He wanted some tempo miles. Steve and I just took it chatty all the way down. Smooth and EZ. Ended with a 6:37 avg for the run. And I didn't feel jacked up. Happy happy happy!