[S]he Conquers Who Endures

Blue hills trail run; 61F 88% humidity; Avg HR 140 bpm; AP 10:00 min/mi; 152 ft elevation gain; 4.03 mi in 40:15; calves were super tight and sore from yesterday but felt nice and loose at the end; piriformis A-ok!; stretched then soaked in epsom salts

35 mins easy with 6x100 m strides

Cambridge, MA; 68F 88% hmidity; 9:25 min/mi AP for 2.47 mi then 6x100 m strides AP 6:05 min/mi. Avg HR 158 bmp; 3.57 mi in 35:06; woke up feeling dead tired (7 h sleep last night); I went back to my normal eating routine this weekend - "cleaner food" - I'm wondering if I didn't get enough calories and/or my long run was too hard of an effort

15 min w.u. 3-4 mile tempo, 3 mins rest 8 x 30 secs on, 1 min off 10 min c.d.

Cambridge, MA; 55F 67% humidity; 8:05 min/mi AP for tempo; 6:39 min/mi AP for ONs. Avg HR 160 bpm; 8.38 mi in 1:11:37; Soleus muscles were super tight and sore; effort felt frustratingly hard; Hopefully just evidence that I pushed too hard on Sat; definitely did not feel recovered. This is one of my slowest tempos in over a year. :(

Trying to backlog my blog!! So far behind, ahhh!!!

Boston, MA; 55F 62% humidity; 9:28 min/mi AP; 140 bpm avg HR; 4.23 mi in 40:02; I was targeting a 9:30 AP for this run since my legs have been feeling pretty shot; this pace felt really good and I had a nice spring in my step towards the end.

40 mins easy. 

First session at PT today for my hip/piriformis syndrome. The therapist said it would be ideal if I do not run because I have no control or stability in my hip. But she commented that I do have a lot of strength in my hip - because of all the work I have been doing on my own. This reminds me of last summer when my PT in Chicago figured out I'm not activating my glute. I think I need to run to try to mentally fire my glute. My pain has been going away too, so I will back off running if things don't continue to improve. For now, I'm keeping the faith in my legs.

15 min w.u. 3 sets of 300, 200, 100 @ 5k effort with 200 jog between reps, 2 mins between sets. 10 min c.d.

MIT track; 52F 82% humidity; 300s Avg 74 sec; 200s Avg 51 sec; 100s Avg 25 sec; AP for all: 6:41 min/mi; Avg HR 152 bpm; 5.71 mi in 51:02. My energy felt great on this run! I tried to focus on activating my right glute, I could feel a difference during the cd and my right glute muscle felt a little burnt in a good way.

Chicago lakefront. 14 miles AP ~8:35 min/mi. Right glute super fatigued by mile 11ish. These shoes felt shot and too small. Ordered the new Peg 30 in a bigger size, why not go back to the shoes that I was getting fast in?.