Winning Back What I Lost

845PM: Easy Short Recovery Run on my new 7 days of running program. Very warm, 90+, today so I waited til dusk to make it tolerable. Started slow but once the legs warmed up I was able to finish the last 5+ mins at goal MP.

615AM: Headed over to the MVHS track for some aerobic + speedwork: 30 min warm; 5 x 800M @ 10k pace (6:40ish on the first 4 & 6:15ish on the last one); 20 min cool.  Could not get the legs to warm up but they started to feel better after the first 800M repeat.  I'm a little dubious as to whether this speedwork will transfer over to the marathon, but if nothing else I think it helps mentally to break up the monotony of long slow aerobic training. 

525AM: Easy Medium Long Run. Didn't get much sleep last night but it seemed like I had enough energy. Hips felt tight though, especially the right one. I've got a couple of easy days in a row so hopefully its not something that a couple of good nights sleep can't cure. 

620AM: Easy + 10 x 100M strides. Almost getting to the point where my shorter runs are completely in sunlight. Legs and hips bounced back today. Feeling much lighter and springy even though my weight loss has hit a plateau recently. Using the Lose It! Iphone App to track calories consumed and burned through exercise. I should be losing 2 lbs/week but it seems to come in spurts rather than gradual loss. A little frustrating to eat less than 2k calories per day & run 60-70 miles/week and still gain a couple of lbs. 

1230PM: Easy 4.7M on the GB. Partly sunny w/ a slight breeze and temps in the mid 70's.  Kept HR at 140 or below. Ran past Bronco Stadium. Exciting to see them moving earth and beginning the new construction on the North Side. It'll look a lot different this fall w/o the track and the North Side enclosed.

830PM: Horrible stomach pains kept me up last night so I put off the run to this evening. Rain finally let up & got in a short run. Still feeling queasy but not quite as bad as last night. Hoping it's just a 24 hr bug as I feel like I'm starting to make some breakthroughs in my fitness and I'd hate to take a step back now.

630AM: Cool (upper 30's) temps this morning. Perfect for a hard tempo run: .5M warm; 6M @6:58/mi avg (6:53;6:55;6:57;6:58;6:58;7:03(ugh!)); cool. Still battling stomach flu a bit. Felt like I was going to hurl the last quarter mile but I held it together. Any run that brings you to the edge of vomitting is a sign of comittment. Also, purchased some Balega Soft Tread running socks and they are awesome. That is all.

5PM: Legs a little bit trashed from yesterday's hard workout. That and I was on my feet all afternoon coaching my son's TBall team & team picture day. Got it done though. Very comfortable temps to run in but it was a little breezy. The most exciting development was that I tried a new fuel source for this long run and it didn't cause any stomach issues- Gummi Bears. They tasted good but it was hard to choke down more than 1 at a time. That could be a problem since it takes 10 of them just to get 90 calories.