You never slow down, you never grow old

7.1 miles in 1:04:04 [9:01 pace]

Tried to take it slow today, my knee is still not feeling good and I haven't run much in a while.  Felt alright but not great and had to run into the blowing wind for the last 2 miles which surely slowed me down too.  I am really glad that I did the whole loop and got in the miles no matter what the time.  

Now icing up and stretching for volleyball playoffs tomorrow.......

Today was my rest day but I had playoffs for co-ed 6's volleyball.  It was supposed to start at 7:30 but when the gym was still filled with high school basketball players at 8:45 and Team No Show was down to 4 players, we decided to go out to Union Street for beer and nachos!  Hey we weren't going to win with 4 players when everyone else stacks their teams for playoffs anyway!

4.3 miles in 35:20 [8:13 pace] at work during my lunch break.

Wanted to get in a few easy miles during the day since I have volleyball tonight....

My knee is still bothering me especially up and down stairs and ramps...bummer!

I have no idea how 4 pretty darn good volleyball players can suck so bad when they are on the same team!  I know I am more of a 6's player than 4's but god!  4 x 30 minute games

Tried a "speed" workout for the first time since high school (eek...a long time ago)

1.7 mile warm up running to the track in about 8:58 pace

Than ran at a pace faster than I normally run by a lot (but progressively slower as I got tired):

100M x 4

200M x 2

300M x 2

200M x 1

100M x 2

And I mostly jogged but did a little walking of the same distance I just ran (and occasionally 100M more just to get to where I wanted to start the next set) after each.  I think it was 2.5 miles on the track total if I calculate right.... Then 1.5 mile cool down running the long way home from the track.

So I tried wearing a knee brace today and that didn't last past the warm up, it was slipping down my leg and I pulled it as tight as it would go and it bunched up behind my knee and was bulky and made my knees rub together....that's going back to the store!  I was also pretty tired from volleyball last night and I felt it a bit today for sure.

Switching up my day off tomorrow for today so I could hang out and have a yummy Mexican dinner with Kevin and change my flat tire.....  

going to do some good deep stretching tonight to get ready for 3 good days of running to come!

10 mile run on the river in 1:29:40 [8:58 pace]

Nice sunny and warm day in Boston...seems like maybe spring is on it's way?!?!?!  Lots of people coming out of hibernation today out and about along the river....

Jenny doesn't really want to run anymore and it makes me not able to have a good run so I might have to start running alone.  The Cambridge side of the river was super windy for the first 2.5 miles or so until we crossed to the Boston side then it was hot because it wasn't windy for about 5 miles then windy again when we crossed back into Cambridge at the Museum of Science. Ah....