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East run + 2 x 8-sec. hill sprints.

6:01 am, 34° F, 77% humidity,winds 5 SSW.

That 16 mile run last Saturday killed me. I was really sore all day Saturday and I was still significantly sore on Sunday. I felt like I was falling apart. I felt worse than I did after running either of my two marathons. Because my hips were still out of shape on Sunday, I decided to take Monday off. I didn't run or do the shred or anything. But I felt better on Monday, so I got out and ran today. I actually felt pretty good on today's run.

I'm supposed to do 16 miles with Michelle again next Saturday and I have some trepidation about that. Maybe we ran it too fast last week, especially the first few miles. Maybe I can talk them into going really slowly for the first couple of miles.

AP: 9:56. Splits: 10:32, 9:40, 10:07, 9;46, 9:30. Hill sprints: 7:47, 6:47.

Easy run + 2 x 8-sec. hill sprints.

6:18 am, 34-42°F, 34% humidity, wind 7 SSW.

My eating has been out of control for the last week. I am confessing. I did weigh in yesterday and I was up 2.6 pounds. Time to get serious again. I don't know if I can do it. Too much stress at home.

I did manage to get out and run this morning despite that I was up late last night finishing World Without End.

This week I was supposed to run 5 + hill sprints on Monday, 8 on Tuesday, and 5 + hill sprints on Thursday. I didn't run on Monday, and did Monday's run on Tuesday. I didn't run on Wednesday (I didn't even do the shred either). So today I probably should have done Tuesday's 8 miler, but I didn't get out early enough, so I did the 5 + hill sprints. So I've been slacking on my running as well as on my eating.

I took the run nice and easy today. I'm still a little anxious about this coming Saturday.

AP: 10:00. Splits: 10:27, 9:55, 10:06, 10:12, 9:44, 0.61 @ 9:17.
Pace on hill sprints: 6:35, 6:33.

Long run.

6:23 am, 31-39° F, 48% humidity, winds 2 WSW.

Once again, I had to drag myself out of bed early on a Saturday morning to get myself to the Highline Canal Trail. I was a few minutes late this morning, but they waited for me. Michelle and Allie and I all ran the whole distance together. Actually, we ran about 14 miles together, and then the younguns got out ahead of me and I ran the last two miles alone with them up in front of me.

On average, we ran slower today than we did last Saturday. That was my doing. I made a conscious effort to slow us down. However, I ran the last 3 miles faster than I did last week, which means that Michelle and Allie ran those last two files a lot faster than they did last week, since they ran faster than me. (Of course, Michelle was faster than me on the last mile last week too, but Allie wasn't.) I'm hoping that slowing down most of the run today will help me not be as sore tomorrow as I was last Sunday.

My daughter is taking a gymnastics class on Saturdays at the rec center that we park by when we run the trail. So after I was done with the run, I went in to the rec center and took a shower and then watched the end of her class (my husband has to take her to class since I'm running). I had to pay the fee for the rec center since I was using the shower. It was $5.25. That's an expensive shower. Oh well, I guess they also maintain the trail that I use all the time without paying anything, so I don't mind giving them a little money.

AP: 10:02. Splits: 10:18, 10:11, 10:02, 9:52, 10:02, 9;53, 10:00, 10:12, 10:11, 10:17, 10:13, 10:15, 10:20, 9:51, 9:44, 9:09.