The Next Step

My daughter was home sick today from school and my wife had meetings so ran on the TM today.  It was a real easy run to shake out the legs after the 20 miler over the weekend.  I had some soreness in the legs but otherwise felt pretty good.  I am still trying to shake this cold I have had for the last couple of weeks.  Felt better today but not completely rid of it.

63:24 (7:56 avg)

I have still been struggling with this cold.  I got better for a few days and now the last couple of days I have felt bad again. Now it is mostly chest congestion.  I sleep in today hoping to feel better.  I did feel some better today and ran at lunch easy.  It was warm (78) and humid.  I just ran easy because I really want to kick this cold and get to feeling better.  I think my wife is coming down with it now so that is not good.

55:04 (7:52 avg)

It was warm (71) and very humid this morning.  Today was the best I have felt health wise in about a week.  I think I am finally about to kick this cold.  Even though I felt better my legs still felt flat and didn't seem to have much energy.  I wanted to run some faster miles so opted for a MP run instead of a harder tempo.  I ran 4 miles then ran the last 5 at MP between 6:52 and 7:10.  I felt ok running the MP but the legs just didn't have much zip in them hopefully as I continue to feel better the legs will come back as well.  I have a one day trip tomorrow so will not be able to run.  I would like to get in a second run today but our schedule is packed so that might not happen either.

9m in 66:20 (7:22 avg)

I had a very early flight to Norfolk this morning then meetings all day then I flew back tonight.  It is good not to be gone overnight but no way to get a run in.

It was 60 and cloudy this morning but didn't start raining until my last 2 miles.  I felt pretty good this morning but didn't want to push too much since I am going to run long tomorrow.  I was a little tired from the long day of travel yesterday and slept in a little bit this morning which helped. 

68:55 (7:40 avg)

It was cloudy, 63 and very humid this morning.  Starting out today I knew it was going to be a tough run because my legs felt tired from the start.  I am not sure what is going on but my legs have just been fried for the last couple of weeks.  I started out real easy to get into it and felt ok through the first 12/13 miles.  After that I was tired and my legs just felt like they had no energy.  I had to push myself the last 5 miles but glad to get another 20 miler in.  Hopefully, I will start to adjust and I can add some MP miles to these longer runs.  It seems I am a long way from that right now.

2:40:31 (8:02 avg)