Relentless

morning - 14 Turkey Farm.  Decided I didn't need/want any more than the team's run today (besides running over and such), so I ran to practice and we ran into Middleton and up the Turkey Farm road.  I was a bit tired, but we hit a very solid pace throughout.  6xbarefoot striders.  I think some of the water I drank hit me wrong because I threw up a bit when I finished, but feel totally fine now.  (Barefoot '10 103.25)(Stratus black 663.15)

weights and plyos this afternoon - took it pretty easy as I didn't feel great and I want to avoid most of the soreness since I haven't done either for a week.

afternoon - 3 Green Springs. Ran up to the club house with some of the boys before weights. Took it easy, hopefully not too bad on the hip. (Cumulus white 800.9)

AM - 13 Clyde's Loop2.  8 miles Tinman.  I should say, attempt at 8 TM tempo.  Went on a new loop from Clyde's, up the Fields, by Dog Pound and onto the Trail.  Started off fine, but about 4 miles into it I could tell it wasn't going to last the whole time.  Tried to work through and delay the inevitable, but by 5 I had slipped too much.  So I just called it a day and ran on in.  I won't overanalyze, I was/am just still tired from the race.  Nonetheless, I was disappointing not to hit the workout.  (Kinvara 99.25)

AM - 10.  Coming back to fill in the end of this week and I don't remember the run or the shoes.  So obviously it really stood out for me.  6xstriders.  (Barefoot '10 104.5)(-shoe ?)

afternoon - 3 XC Camp.  Ran our first easy 3 up at Pine Lake.  Could really feel the 8300 feet.  (Landreth black 895.6)

AM - 12 XC Camp.  Went up to the picture spot and then hit some awesome trails with Clyde.  Felt really good this morning besides the breathing.  (Triumph 547.45)

afternoon - 5 XC Camp.  Went up the hill a bit.  Had planned on running the hill this morning, but it had rained much of the night and it would have been too wet.  Good thing, this wiped me out.  (Landreth black 900.6)

AM - 12 XC Camp.  Ran down to the highway that turns up to camp.  Hit a negative split on the way back up; and it was up the whole way.  Pretty tiring.  (Triumph 559.75)

afternoon - 2 XC Camp.  Actually had though about taking the afternoon off since I was so tired from this morning.  Then I tweaked my right calve playing volleyball, so that pretty much sealed the deal.  But when we went to get pictures a horse was stuck in a mud pit down in the bottom of the canyon.  So we jogged the two down the trail - and it was a way cool trail - and spent over an hour pulling the horse out and then massaging it out of shock.  The jog helped loosen up the calve and saving the horse was a very cool experience for the team.  (Stratus red -2)

AM - 18 XC Camp.  Clyde, James and I drove out 9 and dropped off the suburban and ran back to camp.  I felt very tired and light headed for the first 3 miles and really struggled.  Slowly I felt a little better and pushed on to camp where we tied in with the team and ran back to the car.  The three of us did a little push back, but that only lasted about 3-4 miles and then we were all spent.  The solid miles and many hills at altitude had killed me.  (Triumph 577.75)

What a great week.  Was very busy, but XC Camp was amazing.  The kids behaved great, we learned a lot and the team bonding stuff was awesome.

Goals for next week:  In a way recover from this week, but also I need to hit a good tempo Tuesday.  I've decided it is okay to see 90's for the rest of this training cycle.