The Next Step

A little warmer and more humid this morning but not too bad.  Felt really good this morning after resting up from the long run.  Just ran along easy and gradually picked up the pace as I went along.  Nice start to the week.

1:18:57 (7:54 avg)

It was warm (74) and really humid this morning.  Went to the track to run 6 x 800 at around 6:00 pace with 400 recovery.  Ran a couple of miles to warmup. My left leg was really sore right behind my knee.  Not sure what I did but might have sore/hurt from playing basketbal with some kids at church.  It felt better after warming up so I started the 800s.  My legs felt heavy tired running the first couple so I knew I would have to push through to get these done at this pace.  The last couple were tough but glad that I was able to stay on pace. Finished with a 1 1/2 cooldown.  Here are the splits:

3:01, 3:00, 3:00, 3:00, 2:59, 2:59

Another warm (72) and very humid morning.  I was dragging this morning.  My legs felt heavy and I never got going.  Not sure if it was the workout yesterday or maybe the warmer weather taking it out of me.  Just glad to get this one done.

1:13:58 (8:13 avg)

It was warm (73), humid and rainy this morning.  I still felt tired and sluggish today.  I planned to do 6 mile MP run today but wasn't sure about it the way I felt.  Decided to give it a try.  I did a 2 mile warmup and felt ok then started the MP run.  It was hard getting going but felt a little better after the first mile.  The second mile was ok but I could tell I was pushing harder than I should for MP.  The third mile my legs started to feel heavy and on the forth I was feeling really tired and my legs felt like lead.  Decided to back off after 4 miles as I just didn't have it.  Even felt tired running easy to finish up.  The splits we on target 7:07, 7:11, 7:07, 7:06 but had to push too hard to hit them.

Ahhh! Cool weather.  Great morning with temp in 50's.  Felt a little better today but still kind of tired.  Also, had some pain in my right thigh.  Just kind of tight and hurting a little hopefully won't cause any problems. Took it real easy just trying to recover and get some energy back.

59:26 (8:29 avg)

Beautiful morning for running.  Temp was around 45, sunny and no wind.  Perfect.  I have been tired all week so was a little worried about going long today.  Surprisingly I felt good this morning and after a mile to get loosened up I felt good.  I kept it pretty easy through the first 10 miles then picked it up a bit and felt good.  I did have some cramping in my thigh at about 14 miles but nothing too bad.  Good to end the week feeling better.

2:07:50 (7:59 avg)