Old Man Still running

Treadmill 7x8:15x4%.   Nice to be in training mode again.  The left quad still a little sore, but is manegable.  Should be OK in a few days.  Noticed that Javalina Jundred is in mid-November this year.  That is very tempting, would be recovered from Pony Express and the later date would bring a better chance for cooler weather.

Tough hill workout on the TM.  7x8:30x10% (average)  Half of that I was at 15% incline.

I thought I had been gaining weight with my lazy last ten days, but surprise, I'm still at race weight.

Looking forward to getting outside again, but now another storm is coming.   Best wishes to those going to Moab Redhot on Saturday.  I decided to skip it this year.  Hopefully there is a lot less snow that last year.  That was crazy.  One of these years, I'll really try to race that one hard.  Each year it has always been a recreation run for me.

Treadmill 8x7:30x3%

Knee complaining for some reason.  Quad almost healed.

Easy treadmill, weights and core.  Noticed my right achilles is creaking.  Hadn't noticed that because it isn't sore.    Looks like Moab Redhot could have some interesting weather tomorrow, wind and storm toward the end.  Jealous, looks like fun.

As the sun was setting went out and did a run south of Lake Mountain.  Ran up the Soldier Pass road, very pleasant as the sun was setting, had a good pace going.  But down the other side, the roads were muddy and slower.  Down in Cedar Valley, I turned south on the Power Line road which was very slick and muddy.  At times I had to jump up on the desert floor to make better time, dodging the bushes.  I kept telling myself that I was building character.  But after 1.5 miles of slipping and slogging along with heavy shoes, I had had enough and turned east a mile early.  Once I made it to the top of the ridge, the trail was much better.  On the Utah valley side the soil isn't as much clay, more sandy.  Running down was fun again.  It became dark and then the full moon rose on the other side of the lake over Hobble Creek Canyon.  It was spectacular and huge, reflecting off Utah Lake.  What a sight!  I hadn't planned for that, but I was at the perfect location to view this.  Finishing up was discouraging, I felt slow and old and my left quad hurt and my right achilles too.  I had orginally hoped to do two loops, but one was enough.  This area just needs to thaw out to be more fun.   Drove to get some pizza and then went home.

Map of run: http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/28472844

I guess it is going to take longer than usual to recover from this last 100, probably another two weeks this time.  Oh well, I'll just enjoy the rest.

The tendon wasn't creaking this morning, so went and did 6 boring TM miles.  Afterwards it creaked bad.  Still have a lump on it from the high back heel from the Hokas.  With 450 miles on the shoe, I'll try cutting the back heel down for Buffalo Run.  I think I can get 100 more miles out of them.  But I need to heal this tendon, they heal really slow.  Good sign that it doesn't creak after a night's rest.

Well, now I understand why I have felt slow the last three days.  Low blood pressure for some reason (99/56).  Usually I'm on the high side, so this is different.  My brother has spells of low pressure too during exercise. I think I've had this before and it just goes away.   I noticed it when running on the treadmill hard, then stopping, and a short spell of almost fainting each time I would stop.  We have a blood pressure checker, so that confirmed.  I'll just take in more fluids, avoid dehydration.   If it doesn't get better, I'll run with a sign like my brother when he passes out on the trail.  "This is normal, just leave food."