Rollin' THUNDER

10 miles. I was thinking of going 8 miles today to give my legs some rest. But I have been saying for a couple of months that TOU was going to be a training run for the Layton marathon. If this week was actually a training week instead of a recovery week I would have gone 10, so I did 10. Now I just have to take it easy and avoid injury.

This run was ok. I could feel that my legs still arent feeling 100% from saturday, but I was able to give it a good go today, and I am happy with the run.

6x hill. I run a hill that is about .28 miles long that has an increase of about 70 feet.

After doing the hill 6 times I was only at about 4.2 miles or so, so I ran around a little bit more to get it to 6 miles for the day. I am starting a taper for Layton, but I am worried that I will lose some of my training by doing it. I just need to trust what the experts do.

4 miles with increased tempo in the middle. 4 miles is the shortest run I have done for a while, but that is what the schedule says to do. My calfs are still sore from saturday and I really felt them after this run. The run went well, I was able to get a sub 7 mile in and averaged 7.28 over the 4.

12 mile long run. I took this easy, I am in taper mode. I did have to stop and got potty at Maceys at about 5.9 miles. My legs are incredibly sore for such a low mileage week. I am a little worried about it. We will see how next week goes.