On the road to BOSTON!

Very easy recovery run this morning- 12.75 miles @ 8:38 pace. Great start to the new week!

Ran an out and back on the bike path. I had 90 minutes so I went out 5 miles and back keeping the pace even and not pushing. Hammy still has a bit of pain so I don't want to push anything right now. hoping that by Saturday Spectrum 10k I can let things go a bit and have a good race. Averaged 8:15 going out and 8:08 coming back. Most of the way coming back was with a head wind of about 15-20mph...made for a solid workout.

out and back on the bike path-  very slow.....left hammy is sore, just wanting to get blood flowing. going out 9:-8 pace ennded up at 8:46 for the run

16 1/2 crappy miles- But even for being crappy miles, they still look the same in my Boston saving account!

 ran out to Sun River to River Road to bloomington Hill-Chevron to Larkspur Park to the trail to home. 8;56 average pace. I felt like ii was working but there was NO speed at all. The first 7 miles are generally uphill so I purposly went out slow to grind those out with the idea that I would run 7:45 to 8:00 for the remainder....Even on the downhills I was around 9/ My left hammy feels weak, hip was ok and my left calf was tight. This affected the whole legs and it was like i was dragging it the whole time. Massage and rest for me!

10 1/2 slow miles this morning- testing out the hammy.....getting better but no speed in the legs 8:33 average pace

Went over to the Spectrum 10k finish and hoped to get some warmup miles in and be good to race......not! 2 miles of SLOW running. Mu left leg had nothing, I averaged 9:30 pace for those 2 miles and that was hard.....Very hard to take the bib and chip off and go get breakfst while my friends were racing. It was great to see them all come acreoss the finish line-

Time to take a break and remember the big goal of Boston. I actually made the right decision this morning in not racing, sure I could have done the distnace but I would pay the price for sure.....