Relentless

morning - 4 Dogtown.  Molly's Mile and Dogtown.  Just an easy-easy run to try and test out the calve.  It is still very tight and I wondered if I should run any more today.  (Triumph 470.25)

afternoon - 7 Hell's Hole.  Went down to Hell's Hole to see the river - it is absolutely amazing.  Huge waves, 100 yards across, giant trees coming down - impressive stuff.  And still raining (5 straight days).  Molly's Mile to finish up.  (Landreth orange 808.35)

morning - 6 Buena Vista.  Cramps still have a grip on my back and calve, but they really are starting to improve.  The run today was pretty decent, still a lot of soreness though.  Molly's Mile.  Still raining; the temps are very nice though.  (Stratus black 745.2)

afternoon - 8 Parkway.  8 more very wet miles this afternoon.  Didn't really want to get out, but once I did I didn't want to stop so I extended the Parkway around a bit.  The death grip from my knots seems to be loosening - shoulder/neck feeling a lot better and a noted improvement in my calve (but still being careful).  On a side-note, the town is about to be washed away.  (Landreth blue 504.4)

morning - 6 Parkway.  There was actually sun this morning!  For a brief time I thought the storm might have broken as the sunrise shown through an opening in the clouds.  Run was nice; I am feeling pretty good.  Back/neck is only just a little sore and calve is coming along (although the left one is a little sore from overcompensating I would imagine).  Molly's Mile.  (Landreth black 974.6)

afternoon - 8 Green Springs.  Started with Molly's Mile and then ran up around Green Springs.  After dropping off Laney in the stroller and the dog, I started a bit of a progression tempo - nothing crazy, but a good solid push throughout the GS section.  Although I missed today's massive rain, the roads were still very wet and gutters flooding.  (Kinvara 229.5)

This afternoon's run put me over 4K miles for the year - nothing like last year, but it has been a good batch of running!

afternoon - 12 Junction/CC.  Molly's Mile and then out to the Junction and back by way of Coral Canyon.  Run was going great and I was really feeling good - didn't run this morning because my hip barely hurt a little and I didn't want to push anything and mess up the gains I had made in the last month with it, and also the calve still is having issues, so I did a good batch pilates - in fact I was even holding back a little so I could have a good hard workout tomorrow.  Then with about 3 left, the right calve just knotted up.  Stopped and stretched a lot and even walked for about a quarter to try and ease it up a little.  Then brought it home.  Started to loosen back up a little, but it is a bummer after spending all week trying to get the dang thing feeling better.  On the positive side, it was nice and sunny on the run.  (Ohana 454.75)

0 - Re-injured my right calve on yesterday's run.  I thought maybe it would be feeling better today, but it is worse than before.  So, I will shut it down for the week.

0 - Merry Christmas.  At least the day, presents, travel to SLC, presents and family kept me busy and my mind off my leg (except as it hurt).

Week was good and bad.  First part was nice, with some doubles and good rain running!  But reinjuring my calve seems to be a major setback for any hope of a decent half at Painters.

Goals for next week: I don't know if I will run or not.  Depends on the leg.