7 mile recovery run at 8:44/mi pace, followed by 6x100m Striders w/ 100m rest. Despite blogging in the forums about using my Garmin 305 HR monitor to keep my HR low for recovery runs, I blew it on the uphill stretch and pushed a bit too hard (as reminded by the constant beeping which I evidently ignored) so my overall recovery pace was on the fast side. Overall though, the effort was very light. Still some 'twinges' from my left quad....this time in the center of the muscle, not the top. Strange, but didn't affect my run at all. Also some left achilles stiffness...need to watch that since that was an old injury site back when I started running. Striders were in :16, :18, :18, :18, :17, :18. Weird, since the first one felt the slowest. Followed up with some core and upper-body exercises and a healthy dose of stretching. | 