Relentless

AM - 6.25 6x3mins.  Ran with the girls on their workout today.  We did a Pizza warm up and cool with 6x3mins (w/ 3 mins rec) on the 800 loop.  Felt nice to get a little quicker running in.  The calf was a little iffy at first - it really bugged me during the night last night, so I was worried - but then it wasn't even bugging.  The girls did great.  (Hyper Speed 2 196.5)

afternoon - 8 2xDI 6x3mins.  Ran a little more than I wanted to - hard paced.  Just did the warm/cool with the team, and I had just planned on running around as the team did their workout.  But then one of the Varsity girls had no one to run with so I ran most of her workout with her; then, the Varsity boys looked as if they could use a push so I jumped in with them.  Their pace was harder than I wanted to run today, but it actually felt pretty nice to get out and push a little and help them out.  Hopefully it doesn't have too much of a negative affect on tomorrow's tempo.  (F50 288)

AM - 13 Tempo.  Logan agreed to meet me at Clyde's and run our Tempo Loop early this morning.  I had hoped to get around 6 maybe 7 miles of tempo in, but I was a little tired as we started out and the heat (over 80) with the humidity really drained me - it shouldn't be that brutal at 5:00am.  So we just got 5 of tempo in, but the pace was solid since Logan was there to pull me along for most of it.  Next week I would like to add two more miles to it.  Leg felt pretty good once it warmed up, but was a little iffy at first.  I'll take this afternoon off and let it, and me, rest a little.  (Rocket 399.75)

AM - 6 AC/DI.  Hello, rain.  I heard the storm come in last night, but I had no idea how much it was raining until I went out to practice.  At home it was like a sheet of water - the gutters were overrun and the roads were totally flooding.  Over at school it was a bit less, but still a downpour.  I wondered how many kids would be there, but most still came out.  Pretty awesome how dedicated a lot of these high school kids are.  (Hyper Speed 239.25)

afternoon - 10 River Run.  Good news... its raining still.  Started back just as we started practice and didn't relent throughout.  Ran the River Run with an extension out on Mosquito.  During the run hit 5x1/2 mile fartleks.  Pace was between 5:40 and 6:00.  Just a nice stretching out of the legs for me and the team.  Leg is getting a little better each day.  (Boston 878.5)

AM - 7.25 2xDI/AC.  Ran the DI on my own sandwiched around AC with the team with a little extension.  Leg feeling a little better each day so that is nice, but it still hurts a lot during my sleep - waking me up many times through the night.  (Connect 266.75)

afternoon - 5 GS. Easy recovery run up into Green Springs. Not going to lie, my legs weren't spent, but the pace was nice. The a nice set of striders - I wasn't too quick, but the grass was great. I need to find time to get out there and do a bunch of miles on it before it gets to junky. Did some lifting today, but no plyos yet. (Barefoot '12 81)(Kinvara3 55.5)

AM - 7.25 2xDI/AC.  Same run as yesterday and felt about the same as yesterday; just a little tired but not too bad.  Not looking forward to waking up super early tomorrow - blah.  (Landreth blue 831.9)

afternoon - 5.5 Washington. Ran the warm up with the team, which I can rarely do with all the administrative work of coaching. The four into Washington and 4x200. I really don't like those and thought about using my calf as an excuse not to do them, but then decided that I could use the turnover - I barely got warmed up before they were over, but they were good for me. Now I am all jacked because of Michael's great race up north today - he nearly pulled off The upset and beat a top 25 ranked runner in the nation - yup he is looking really good! (zero 29.5)

AM - 19 Green Valley.  Up super early to run before heading up to SUU.  Ran the Green Valley run from school so I could get ready quicker.  Added a bit by dropping down to Vernon Worthen and then up the last few miles of the course.  I tried to push a little bit down Valley View and got about 5 miles in of Tinman.  Stopped off at the Dixie Center to fill up the water bottle and wanted to get moving again, but I was a bit tired and really didn't have a lot in me.  After stopping at the rock climbing park to get more water, I had a little more in the legs and picked it up the last couple back to school.  (F50 307)

It was great to get back to running a bit and trying to push a few miles.

Goals for next week: I have decided that currently breaking 2:40 would be a reasonable goal for the marathon, hopefully a good month can bring that down a few minutes.  So, having a good tempo session would be nice.  And of course, get the leg back to 100%.