Relentless

morning - 2 AC(short).  Ran with Colton out toward Arctic Circle and back.  I stop in at the PT and had him look at my leg before to evaluate if it was a tear.  He said it didn't have the misshaped look of a tear and he could feel anything, so probably just a nasty knot that may have set off some nerve stuff.  Felt decent this morning, but there was a lot of tightness and I won't do anything else today despite really wanting to get out and just "run it out".  (Landreth blue 824.65)

I read some of Meb's stuff about his training and overcoming injury this spring that has given me a little hope.  Sure I am not at his level, but I have a very large base and perform pretty well even when I haven't hit a lot of hard stuff (like this winter's halves), so maybe 6-7 weeks of hard work can take me to a decent time still.

morning - 4.5 2xDI.  Warmed up and cooled down with the boys.  A little better than yesterday... maybe?  (Triumph 843.5)

AM - 5 Parkway.  Out on my own today as school starts and the kids have all sorts of different schedules.  So I went running and was able to see the fam before the kidos headed off to school.  Leg felt good.  Still a fair amount of pain, but so much better.  Running was actually enjoyable.  Maybe I'll join the team for their cool down this afternoon.  (F50 280)

afternoon - 2 DI.  Just cooled down with team after their workout.  It is plenty hot out.  Leg felt okay with the double (albeit a very short double).  (Kinvara 669.75)

AM - 3 AC.  Usual morning practice run with the team.  Felt decent in the leg.  It is slowly starting to improve.  (Oregon 413.25)

afternoon - 4 Dog Pound.  About the same as the last few runs.  (Kinvara3 51.5)

AM - 3 AC.  Super hot out this morning.  Blah.  Leg: sameness.  (Free 674.45)

afternoon - 4 GS.  Team had an easy run, so I joined them.  Didn't hit the 200's after as to not put the stress on the calf although it is improving a little each day.  (Connect 259.5) 

AM - 10.5 Wendy's.  Up pretty early to get the run in before heading off to the meet.  Right off the bat I noticed a big improvement in my calf.  Although there was still pain every step, it much more isolated to the area instead of having the whole calf beaten with a baseball bat and then thrown into a vise.  So that was nice.  Then I noticed that my paces for the first two miles were pretty decent and I started to think maybe I would throw in a little tempo.  So amped it a little to test it out and thought about the risk of pushing it against the gain of a tempo and then decided to do it anyway.  So 6 miles of Tinman pace and it felt great and relaxed and not hard, but quick just like it should.  It was quite fun.  Then cooled down a mile with the dog.  (Rocket 386.75)

I can't say the week was a total waste because my only goal was to run and I was able to do that - with improvement, and with the leg feeling actually runnable today.

Goals for next week:  Keep it feeling better so I can get some workouts it.