Winning Back What I Lost

Lunch:  6M at MP on a great day; temp in the high 60's w/ sunshine and light winds.

PM: Played w/ the kids at the park adjacent to Mountain View HS then wife took then home; .5M warmup then a little bit of speedwork (2 x 1600 @ 7:10/mi pace) on the MVHS track w/ 800 cooldown in between and 2.33M at comfortable pace to get home.

PM: Late evening slow run.  Legs felt a little sore from last night's workout.  I'm developing a little soreness in my left heel.  Not sure if that's due to the increased mileage or that I'm heel striking more.  Swallowed a bug tonight and it made me hurl during the run and when I got home and started to reflect on it again.  Just noticed that I'm up over 1k miles so far this year. 

AM:  Easy, early morning run.  I'm listening to "Born to Run" by Christopher McDougal.  The author is a frustrated, oft-injured rec runner who seeks out and ultimately finds a reclusive tribe of super-human long-distance runners from Mexico's Copper Canyons, the Tarahumara.  It is so good that I find myself recommending it to all my friends, runners and non-runners.  The book is more of a study in social science/dynamics than sport. 

PM: Late evening run at slightly above easy pace; picked it up the last two miles around current MP.  Legs bounced back from this morning and I feel pretty good.  Need to get more sleep though especially when I do these back to back early morning and late evening runs.

AM:  Early morning easy 4.26M run.  Been averaging about 5 hours of sleep the past couple of weeks its really wearing on me.  Ran into the same group of mad, hissing geese again.  I can't wait until these a-holes fly south or something. 

AM: 8M progressive run.  Started off real easy.  Didn't run last night because I've been so tired and figured that a really good night's sleep is worth more than 5 easy miles. 

PM: 6.15 easy miles; finished strong w/ the last 1.5M @ MP - :10/mi.  Took my girls fishing today.  They weren't all that interested in the fishing but they loved playing in the water & turning over rocks to find rock caddis.

No long run today. In SLC, UT for my wife's family reunion and squeezed in 3 worthless miles on a horrible treadmilll inside a fitness room that was slightly cooler than the surface of the sun.  Been a LONG time since I logged some TM miles and its not too hard to remember why.  Still made 53 miles for the week which ain't too bad but well below my goal of 63-65 for the week.