Relentless

morning- 6.05 Well, I am spent.  Way too sore for a 1/2 marathon.  Grapevine with the team (Landreth 302.75)

mid morn- 3 on treadmill (no incline) at an easy pace to loosen up. (Cumulus 438.7)

afternoon - 6.65 DinoTracks.  Thought it would start raining on me, but it held off.  Still tired and sore.  No way I could run the 10K tomorrow.  (Cumulus red 169.8)

mid morn - Started the day by going to Enterprise to watch my wife run the 5K (her 1st race!  33 min and 3rd in her division!) and a few of my XC kids.  Got home and ran in the overcast and HUMID weather on the Bracken's Loop.  Tortoise Sighting!  I hadn't ever seen a tortoise on this trail before it was very cool.  The trails were great with all the rain last night, and I really enjoyed the run even though I was still sore and slow.  But by the end of the run a lot of my tightness and worked its way out.  We will see tomorrow.  (Cumulus orange 244.5)

AM - 9.3 on Washington Parkway before practice and then 6xFireStation Hills with the team.  Hills felt good.  I think they loosened me up a little and told my body that it was time to start rebounding and some serious training was coming up.  (Cumulus red 179.1)

evening - 5.6 went out to Bloomington Hills area and ran on the River Trail down to Dixie Center and back up through BH making it a loop.  Finally hit my first sub 7 minute mile since the race.  I was quite pleased.  (Landreth 308.35)

morning - 7 MillCreek Trail (2 w/ team, then split off).  Left heel has been giving me some on and off again pain since the race.  I am pretty sure I have a bone spur (all the signs point to this: the little round bump just off the heel, the history of PF on both feet actually, the extreme pain is sometimes brings) but it is on-again off-again so I am in denial and have been trying to ice, massage, and take care of it as best as possible.  But after the race Saturday, I could barely walk.  During the race, I had no trouble, but the downhill pounding and the lack of cushion on my flats added up to a lot of pain.  And this has set it off for a painful week.  (Glycerin 456.95)

evening - 7.5, 2 before the guys showed up around the store and then a club run up into the desert on the Castle Rock trail.  Slow going up, but hit a few good miles coming down.  (Cumulus red 186.6)
 

morning - 13.5 Ran out to Riverside Elem in the fields, where we had practice this morning (4.5), then ran a good 4.5 course with my 2nd girl (Ashley) and we talked about her upcoming season, then finished with the 4.5 mile run home.  As it has been all week, it was muggy.  It has been nice to have a little lower temps, but the humidity has been killing me.  I already sweat like a dog. (Cumulus orange 258)

morning - 18.65 Went up to Leeds and then ran up to Anderson Junct. and back through Leeds and home. At first I had a little trouble getting my mind and body into it. After about 5 miles, however, my body started to cooperate a bit. My mind, however, was back and forth throughout the whole run. Sometimes I was really liking it; others, I just wanted to stop and be done. Nonetheless, I ran very well, considering. Ave for whole run was at 7:03. With pretty much everything after 5 under 7, except one of the hill miles. A good course that I really like (wish the rest of the club could have made it). I really enjoy the section through Leeds. And the downhill training is good, but the run still has three hard hills on it. (Landreth 327)

Good recovery week.  Went through all the phases of recovery, I think.  First I wanted to get out and run a lot, but my body was too beat up to let me.  Then I didn't want to run.  Now, I am feeling a bit more energized both in body and mind at the end of the week.

Goals for next week:  Get back over 100 miles.  Keep the foot feeling good.  Have a strong hill workout and speed workout.  Get back working on stride count.  And MOST IMPORTANT in this middle section of the summer, have some fun and run with a smile!