I'm retired from racing. Really.

AM- Intended to do a very challenging, technical, hilly long run at Caesars Head State Park.  Got a bit of a late start and was feeling tired even on the drive up.  Saw a trail I thought connected into the park so ran up it, but it was a dead end after less than a half mile.  Went back to my car, drove into the park, had to find a place on the side of the road to park (park doesn't open till 9 am, annoyingly).  Immediately felt bad- tired, sluggish, no energy, plus a new pain in my right hip.  And found the trail was basically unrunnable- not really fun to slowly pick your way around things.  Cut the run to less than 3 miles and called it a day.  On the drive back to town, I decided to add a few more miles on the trails around Cleveland Park.  Ran 2.5 more miles in about 25 minutes... on flat terrain.  Yup, that's my day.  5.5 miles total in 1:04 with ~1000 ft climb between the 3 runs.  Gone over 4 hrs including driving, just for less than 6 miles!

Now to spend a day with the family and resting.  I've been pushing hard... maybe too hard, so having an easy day isn't a bad idea, though I missed my planned 100 mile week.  Hard Mon-Thur, then petered out Fri-Sat.  I need to get more sleep and recover better.  2 more hard training weeks, then taper for UROC.