Winning Back What I Lost

6:15AM: Went off the reservation yesterday for the Super Bowl. We had a nice spread for the game and I did partake. So I had to follow that up with a big workout on the TM this morning. Pfitzinger's LT workout- Warmup; 4M @ 7:27/mi avg pace; Cooldown. My running economy seems to have improved over the last week. My HR was definitely elevated but this workout was more comfortable than last week.

8PM: Medium-long general aerobic run. A pretty good run.  Legs and lungs felt really good but I have a really bad tootache. Concentrated on improving my knee lift and back leg extension. The running actually distracted me from the pain in my tooth. So I guess it served its purpose. Going to the dentist tomorrow so hopefully it'll get sorted out.  

Short recovery run on the TM. Got my shoes (Brooks Launch) back after I returned them last week for a smaller size. The fit and feel is awesome. Felt like I was running on air. Almost effortless. Part of it could have been that I went to the endodontist today after the tootache I had yesterday got worse. He numbed it up pretty good and sent me home w/ some narco and antibiotic. Gotta wait a couple of weeks for the infection to calm down in order to get in there and repair what looks to be a failing root canal.  Good times. 

Laid up the past two days with an infected root canal.  I decided that I was feeling good enough to get out there and knock out a long run.  That would give me 2 big workouts this week and make sure that this would not be a lost week.  I felt really good given the layoff and circumstances. Slowed down in the 2nd half of the run coming back uphill and against the wind. I'll take my normal day off tomorrow and hopefully I'll be 100% on Monday.