Relentless

AM - 7 Buena Vista.  Could feel the Y in my legs this morning.  Finished with Molly's Desert run in the Five Fingers and foot felt fine.  (Free 224.2)(Five Fingers 308.6)

afternoon - 11 WT/PL/GS.  Ran up to the Water Tank and down the Power line trail.  Still a decent bit of soreness in the legs.  Foot fell asleep which was weird.  (Landreth blue 348.25)

AM - 7 Parkway.  A little sprinkle greeted me for this morning's run.  Wore some old XC racers.  They may be just a little too small to wear again.  I might try them once more and see if they stretched out.  Finished with a two miler with Molly.  (Five Fingers 310.6)

afternoon - 10 River Trail.  Ran an easy 5 out and back on trail.  Legs still feeling a bit down.  (Stratus black 629.2)

AM - 15 Parkway/Wendy's.  Plan was to run 5 warm up on the Parkway and then go into 8 at Tinman tempo on Wendy's.  Got into the tempo and was working much harder than I should have needed to to hit pace.  Felt worn down and was running "in the bucket".  Got to the top of the Wendy's hill around 5 into the tempo and just felt horrible, so I stopped for a second.  That turned out to be the wrong thing to do.  I felt hideous and about puked.  After waiting for a few minutes I started walking since I had to get home somehow.  After a couple minutes I started up again and tried to work back into some sort of decent pace, but that wasn't happening.  So maybe a touch of the flu is what has been bringing me down a little.  (Boston 167.5)

Pool Running - 15.  This afternoon decided to run in the pool instead of hitting the road.  Two years ago I ran my best marathon after a good summer of pool running (3-4 times a week), so I am going to try and be pretty consistent in it this summer.  5 min warm/3x2min hard-1min easy/2 min cool.  It is a good workout.

AM - 7 Washington Loop.  About didn't get up this morning, but somehow did.  Hip felt the best it has all week.  Molly's Turf run to end it.  (Cumulus gold 532.25)

evening - 8.5 Club.  Everyone waited as James and I were a little late, then we ran Bloomington Hills loop.  Felt good to be out with the guys again.  Ran well and at a pretty decent clip (no watch, but I am sure most of it was around 6).  Finished by going up to the corner to round out the mileage.  (Triumph 485.25)

AM - 7 Buena Vista.  Slept in just a few this morning, but it was nice.  Molly's Desert run.  (Free 229.2)(Five Fingers 312.6)

afternoon - 8 River Run.  Took a nice easy run around the River Run loop.  Decently warm out, but nothing compared to years past.  (Landreth orange 654.75)

AM - 20 Utah Hill.  Good group for a run from Beaver Dam side of mountains up 10 miles to the summit and back 10.  This run is always a great workout.  Plan, like usual on this run, was to just run up at whatever pace and then go get marathon pace on the way back, with maybe a few at sub-MP.  Run up was fine.  We got it in 1:19 - I don't know the average of that but it seemed like if I looked at a mile it was around 7:20-40.  Worried about my hydration a little (over), because I drank half a bottle of chia on the way up and at the top drank a whole gato (20 oz. bottles, I think) - also hit a GU.  But it sat pretty decent even when I added a bit more water on the way back.  Aaron and Haydo took off right off the bat, and Clyde, Logan and I eased into it: 5:40, 5:31 for the first two; and I was a little worried because we are already hitting my sub-MP for UVM.  But even as I tried to back off we hit a couple miles in the 5:20's.  Granted it was down hill, but I think we were all feeling pretty good (meanwhile Aaron and Haydo were rolling!).  I sat back a little on the fifth mile down because I didn't want to bonk and Clyde and Logan put a hundred meters on me (but still around another 5:30'ish).  Then I felt like I have rarely ever had before and things just started to click.  I put the 16th mile in at 4:56 and let out a little yell as I caught Logan and then Clyde (because of the time and the way I felt).  Moved the next down to 4:48; followed by a 4:59.  I hadn't hit a sub 5:00 in a while let alone three in a row near the end of a 20.  And I realized I had a chance at going sub 25:00 for the last five, so I just tried to keep calm and flowing even though I did feel a little queezy and tired in the legs.  Held on to a 5:07 on the 19th and realized a 5:09 would get me to a 24:59.  By this time Haydo was near so I used him to help push me; and I held up to a 5:04!  So I ended up with a 24:55 last 5 miles; 52:03 last 10; and during those real quick ones a 15:10'ish 5K - all of which are PR's!  I know it wasn't a race (although this reads like one), but I felt so good and was pretty stoked about it all.  (Ohana racers 239.05)

Good end to an up and down week.  Interesting how you can feel like junk one day and so good the next (or even in the same run sometimes).  Also, first 100 in a while - and it felt very easy.

Goals for next week: another 100 week.  And again a couple good tempos.