The Next Step

After yesterday's race I wanted to get out and shake the legs out a little today. I was able to get out late afternoon on an unbelievably warm day (70, windy, sunny). When I started out my legs were really tight/stiff but got better as I went along. After a couple of miles I felt normal again and just ran easy the entire way. I think it was a big help to be able to get out today after the race yesterday. Hopefully, I will be able to get back to a normal week of training this week.

49:49

Still unseasonably warm this morning (50) and it was nice to have some help from daylight savings time so I could at least get part of the run in the light. I stayed up late last night watching the Colts game and then had trouble getting to sleep so was a little tired this morning. At least the Colts finally won! I went to Southeastway park and enjoyed running on a beautiful morning. My legs still didn't feel great but pretty good considering the race on Saturday. The loop around the park gives me a chance to run on some rolling hills which hopefully will help for Huntsville. I am going to Huntsville tomorrow on a business trip so I am going to try to preview the marathon course if I can work it in the schedule.

66:05

Nice morning (45 and sunny). Right quad still a little tight starting out but it loosened up nicely. I started off real slow for the first mile or so but then picked it up to a normal pace and felt good the rest of the way. Very nice morning for running. I am going to enjoy these days because I know it will change soon and be freezing out. Now off to vote and then driving to Huntsville.

64:09

Huntsville, AL.  It was a great morning for running (50, sunny).  I felt good this morning other than some tightness in the right hamstring.  After a 2 mile warm up I did 6 x short hill sprints then ran a couple of miles easy and ran the last 4 miles at MP.  The MP miles felt ok which is good since I wanted to see how the legs felt running faster after the race last weekend.  I was hoping to get check out the Huntsville marathon course but it was dark after I got out of my meetings and I wasn't real sure where I was going so may try to do that before I leave tomorrow.

69:19

Huntsville, AL. It was a great morning (45, sunny). I just ran easy around our company headquarters. It was nice because I got to practice running on some rolling hills that should be similar to the marathon course. I felt good the whole way and wish I could have ran longer but had to get to meetings.

80:12

I got back home real late last night (around 1:00am) so I was pretty tired this morning. It rained last night but had stopped and cleared off by the time I got out. It was around 50 but windy. I felt good this morning other than some tightness/soreness in my right hamstring. This has been bothering me some the last few days so will try some stretching/massaging to see if that helps. I did 7 x strides at the end of the run.

63:40

Today was one of those days that I was not looking forward to doing a long run. It was 36 degrees and very windy so I was not excited about battling the wind for 20 miles. I started out easy and just felt kind of flat today and a little tired. I ran out 300S to a section of road with some rolling hills and I just looped around this area for 10 miles to try to get more time on the hills. The legs started to feel tired around 14/15 miles but I still picked up the pace the last 5 miles into a head wind. This felt like good practice for the last part of the marathon because it wasn't comfortable. I am glad that I got out and get this long run in. This run was tougher than I thought it would be but I guess it was the combination of the weather and the fact I haven't done a 20 miler in around 6 weeks.

2:40:16 (8:01 avg)