Craig Hudman - Simply Live

AM - 5 Woke up a little late this morning so I only got in 5 with Nikki. Easy relaxed pace for me but Nikki was really struggling. I think she ran her high mileage week of the year last week and her legs have been hurting. I've been silently chuckling to myself each time she talks about it.

PM - 2 with Brytan 

Ran my Shelley half loop from my work. Figured this route out a while ago and it is almost a perfect half marathon. Went a little late so it was hotter than planned. Hit a few miles at pace but that was about it. Feeling fairly fatigued after the run.

Easy recovery day. Hill loop with Hutch. Legs tired and pace was a bit slower than normal but I'm now becoming a bit used to this after harder days/weeks. I was going to run last night but ended up shoveling and raking rocks for two hours so I figure that ought to count as cross training. Now more hard yard work today and some time with the family.

AM - Didn't sleep at all last night. Went from bed to sofa to bed, then I just got up and ran. Didn't know how it would go. First mile warm up ended up being almost at target pace then I kicked in a touch of speed work in the run. Next two miles at HMP then I backed off to MP and threw in fast and slow surges for the rest of the run. Overall 7.2/46:37/6:28

Feeling a bit drained from running right now. I think this 18 week schedule is a bit tough. More so mentally than physically. I'm breaking down a bit right now, body is feeling strong but having a tough time staying there mentally. The schedule is wearing my wife out and she's starting to get really short with me. I'm looking forward to a good race and a good break afterwards. Fishing, hiking and playing and still running but without any pressure. I seem to put too much of that on myself.

PM - Short run with the kids who now think it's fun to run a mile like Dad. It's becoming a daily thing. 

"The mind is always selling the body" 

The Perfect Mile.

Getting out has been tough this week. Seems like I have a million reasons not to run but once I get out I feel better. Slept through my alarm today, again. I swear 90 miles a week is easier than this. You just get in a groove and run but this is tough. 

Started out real easy then as I went along I just went by feel and slowly started picking up the pace until I was around MP for the entire last half of the run. Felt pretty strong throughout but I guess I should by now. The big dilemma for me right now is which shoes do I wear? The ones I was planning on, hurt my feet pretty bad last week and I'm not so sure about my ST5's which is why I've wore them the last two days. I'm leaning heavily towards them but still not sure. I think my PureFlow's are a bit too light and there's no way I'm wearing the Triumph's. This would be a whole lot easier if I only owned one pair of shoes