Little Buddha

Ran over to Hurricane city park and then up to the ball field and back on 600 North.  I didn't feel very good this morning, pretty hot and humid outside.

Did 4 more miles this evening, felt ok.

Ran over to Walmart along 600 North.  I struggled on the hills, but was able to finish strong and got the overall average to 7:54, still not where the goal was at 7:42, but still a good 7 mile run.

Did 5 miles down through Confluence Park, didn't feel very good.  I'm having some issues with my right knee.

Later this evening I ran 3 miles home from Hurricane Middle School, went and played basketball for a couple of games then ran home.

I didn't run today, my right knee has been bugging me.  I did lift weights for about 30 minutes and then did 20 minutes on the exercise bike pretty hard.

Ran over past Howards then up the Overlook Trail to the top, quite the climb.  Coming back down I felt pretty good.  My knee felt a little better after about 2 miles.

Came home and did some easy lifting for 20 minutes.

I was going to go do a run down the marathon course this morning with the club, but I just couldn't get myself out of bed at 4:00 am.  Anyway, I ended up heading out around 10:30 when it was nice a warm and did a 5 mile tempo run from mile 6 marker out by Anderson Junction.

I did a two mile warm-up

1-6:22

2-6:16- this is supposed to be a fast mile, but I couldn't get anything going

3-6:35

4-6:47 most difficult mile

5-6:21

32:25 (6:29)

Two mile cool down

I really wasn't all that happy with this workout.  I just seemed to struggle, legs felt heavy the entire time.

The week was better than last week, but still not where I need to be.  My right knee has still been bothering me quite a bit, so trying to be careful with that.