faster with age

This morning I went for an easy 9 mile recovery run. I felt like I had plenty of energy but my right calf was sore from the race last weekend so I kept it slow and shorter than I had intended. 9:14 pace. Then I went out on the mountain bike and went pretty hard for 15 miles. Did my fastest time this year and my second fastest ever on this course with 4 miles pavement and the rest dirt and gravel. Time was 52:32. 16.9 MPH ave.

Went for a 5 mile run this morning. It was 43 deg. Felt good. My calf felt a lot better but I kept it easy again just to be safe. Pace was 9:06. Then went for 25 miles on the road bike at medium effort took 1:26.

Did 10 miles at 8:15 pace.

Ran 7 miles in the morning at 8:39 pace.

PM  Ran 5 miles at 9 plus pace.

This morning I did a 20 mile mountain bike ride The wind was blowing hard and it took 1:30. Then I did an easy run at 9:14 pace.

 PM Did another short run. 3 miles at 8:43 pace. I still haven't gotten a new computer so I have just been quickly blogging when I get the chance.

This morning I went on a 17.5 mile run up past the reservoir. I got started a little late and the temperature got up to 80. I dunked my shirt in the water 2 different times and it made the run quite bearable. I was a little worried about my right calf which had been a little sore most of the week since last weekends race and was planning to cut back the distance if it started getting sore but it was fine. I ran the first ten at 8:28 pace and picked it up a little faster to 7:52 pace for the next 7. Overall pace was 8:13. That was my first run this year over 15 miles.