Relentless

AM - 3 AC.  Again, just ran with the team this morning, but at least I ran something.  (Stratus black 1039.95)

afternoon - 5 2xAC/laps.  Just warmed and cooled with the team and ran some laps while they did their workout.  Joined a couple laps with some of the boys to get them finishing their workout and ended up straining out my bad left hammy.  Started small, but by the evening was really tightening and causing problems.  Had Ally stick her elbow into it and try and work it out.  Just did a couple lifts after practice.  (Boston 1054.25)

AM - 14.5 Tempo.  Almost did get up this morning.  Had quite a coughing fit last night and add that to my bad hammy and it almost gave me enough excuse to not go.  But somehow waking up and going won out - and I am happy about that.  The hammy held up, with just a constant straining pain the whole time, but nothing worse.  Coughed quite a bit and definitely felt weaker and had a tough time breathing.  But again, happy I did it.  Times were nothing to cheer about other than I wasn't sure if I would finish - then made up my mind to do that.  Wasn't sure if I could keep it under 6:00 - then made up my mind to do that.  Wasn't sure if I could finish with a stronger (relative to today) push - then I made up my mind to do that.  Went 1-5:42, 2-:48, 3-:49, 4-:58, 5-:51, 6-:49, 7-:49, 8-:51 - so, pretty junky, but it is a step back in the right direction.  And I am actually coughing less and sounding better as the day progresses; maybe I sweated some of it out.  (Kinvara Lime 397)

AM - 7 Lutheran/AC. Just a normal morning run. Will get up a little earlier tomorrow and get some more miles as I work more toward my normal mileage. (Kinvara3 566.5)

afternoon - 8.5 PV tempo loop. Ran over with the ladies and did their 16 min tempo. Paced Mia to a 6:29 ave. and the other ladies weren't far off. Jumped in with Able and Byron for the last .75 of their 5:30 tempo and felt fine. Then cooled back with the boys to get to 8.5. (Ronin 275)

AM - 7 Lutheran/AC. Jut the basics. (Kinvara3 573.5)

afternoon - 9 Old Man/Home. Ran over to the hill and ran 3 of them with a few of the JV guys. Then as the team did weights I did 25 mins on the elliptical. Finished up by running home. (HyperSpeed 2 416)

AM - 8 Parkway.  Went out and back on the Parkway in the rain.  Planned on running to school, but it was too rainy and would have soaked my stuff that I would have had to carry in a backpack.  Nice to have the rain.  (Connect 696.5)

AM - 22 River Fields Loop. Tried to keep a positive attitude going into this run, but didn't feel that great yesterday, but after a good night's sleep I felt a little better. Ran with the Circle and Steven down the river from the DC to Bloomington then to Clyde's for a quick drop off of hat and long-sleeve. Then into the Fields to startthe 10 mile tempo - which started at mile 11. The tempo miles weren't too much different from our normal miles, so it kind of gave me a pretty good idea how I was doing compared to Tuesday. We did have to continue down Riverside instead of dropping back onto the trail because they are starting to work on the new bridge, so we connected back by the car wash (which gave us a good idea for what we will do on Tuesdays as well). I felt pretty strong for about 1 1/2 miles - the rest was a battle. I can't wait for the run where I actually have some energy and don't wan to drop dead during it. By the last two miles from river rd. To DC I was having flashbacks of the 1/2 and how horribly drained I was. Hopefully a good resting weekend can move this cold and infections out the door. Ended up with splits pretty similar to Tuesday, but with 2 more miles. (Kinvara White 86)

Week was okay. Although the workouts weren't very good, at least I was running and pushing myself a bit.

Goals for next week: even if I am not at full strength, I want the workouts to show some progress.