Hill sprint day. 2 mile warm-up. Dynamic stretching 8x10 second hill sprints. 2-3 mile cool-down. Missed Saturday. My shins were really tight. I haven't been stretching daily. I also stopped wearing my calf sleeves because they are stretched out and I wondered if they were even helping anymore. I suppose they were doing some good. I think the biggest problem is that the slow pace with high turnover rate really worked my calves more than normal. I think I need to ease into the higher cadence. At any rate, I put the sleeves back on today and am wearing them post run for recovery. I'm not expecting big things for my benchmark on Wednesday. Now that I've worked my way up to 8 hill sprints, I think I'll start doing 400m intervals on Mondays and see what that does. My plan is to start with 5 and work my way up. I'm struggling to get to my goal of at least 40 miles a week for various reasons. I will try to hit 37 this week and get to 40 the week after that. I am down to 197 lbs and my pants are starting to fit, or rather, not fit, like they did a year ago when I was ready to run St. George. I also have noticeably less body fat. I still have a way to go, though. I'd like to get down to 180, but have a hard time envisioning that. I should give running 40 miles a week for 6 months a try and see what happens. If I do that from here on out, I should be able to hit 1,000 miles for this year. Timex
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