Winning Back What I Lost

9PM: Went camping yesterday w/ my girls so I had to push my weekly long/big workout to Sunday.  I wanted to wait until it cooled off but I could only wait so long.  When I left the house it was 90.  Felt pretty good until mile 11 when I had to stop for a Gatorade.  Downed it in record time.  12.5M @ current MP (7:40/mi).

9PM: No workout yesterday. Had to take my wife to the ER last night after she had a gall stone attack.  Not as warm today. Temp in the mid to low 80's when I left the house.  Speed workout: 1M warm; 6 x 1200m @ current 10k pace w/ 800m jogs in between; cooldown. 

Lunch: Beautiful afternoon, temp near 80 and sunny. Easy run on the GB from AM Park to Willow Lane and back. Felt queasy, out of breath and lethargic but I got through it. 

930PM: Sometimes I really regret not getting my arse out of bed and getting my run in before work. Today was one of those days.  Just couldn't stomach the 5am wakeup so I told myself I'd get in my mid week medium long run in the evening instead.  As is often the case, life intervenes. Got a call to help a young single parent family move their belongings into a storage unit which meant that immediately after a long day of work I'd be: a) on my feet lifting heavy objects; b) sweating in the 90 degree heat; and c) unable to run until really late.  This combination sometimes leads to a missed run but I hung in there and pounded out another easy, medium LR.  I've got a 20 miler planned for early Saturday so we'll see how well I recover in the next 36 hours.  Back up over 200 miles for the month after a 1 month respite for June. 

Lunch: Easy GB run on a very hot afternoon. Out and back from Municipal Park.  Supposed to get up to triple digits tomorrow so hopefully I'll get out of bed early for my weekend LR.  Getting down to crunch time w/ just over a month until Pokey.  I've only shed a pound or two since Utah Valley in mid-June but I do feel lighter and tighter. 

8AM: First 20 miler of this mini-training cycle. LSR on the GB from Glenwood Bridge to Barber Park and back.  Temp was warm but not as hot as it's going to be this afternoon (102).  More or less pleased w/ this run. Started to fade around 17 mi but then I picked it up and finished strong w/ the last mile at current MP.