Buttsweat Towel© season has begun

52F.  2 w/u, then 13.5 @ 6:53 AP.  Followed that up with 2 cooldown miles.  Ran with the guy from the race yesterday - he is trying to qualify for Boston at CIM.  I don't think he'll have a problem, as you only need ~7:03/mile.  This was good enough for me to count as MP as well, so I can adjust my schedule next week and do something else.

AM:  65F, 79%.  6 @ 8:19 AP.  Legs felt nice and crushed from this weekend.  Good.

PM:  managed to fit in my TM plod today....4 mi

AM:  67F, 90%.  8 @ 8:04 AP.  The sunlight at the end of my run makes me feel like I'm late for work.  I'd like to get in a MLR tomorrow but it'll be more of a swim if we get as much rain as they're predicting.  My beloved creek trail will be underwater.

PM. 4 TM 

AM:  57F, raining.  14 @ 7:39 AP.  Against my better judgement, I headed to the creek trail.  Usually when we get this much rain, it all goes to Leon Creek.  After clomping through some shin-deep stretches of water, I found a good 1.25-mile stretch on some high ground that only had a few ankle-deep puddles.  I had to turn around when I got to a lower-lying thigh-deep section, which was flowing pretty hard against me, toward the creek.  Amazing how 1-2 inches of rain turns a normally-dry creek into whitewater rapids.  Anyway, just ran back and forth on the higher ground until I got sick of it.

PM:  Spurs game!  

Stomach bug.

PM:  63F.  4 miles in the neighborhood after sunset.  Didn't feel terrible, which is amazing considering the hell I was in yesterday.  These stomach bugs really hit hard, but leave quickly.

54F.  8 @ 7:25 AP.  Slept in a bit, and really felt good today, back to normal.  Even thought about keeping the LT / Big Workout on the schedule for tomorrow, but that's probably a little silly.  I've tried to come back from illness too fast before and it's never pretty.  Maybe 90 min easy tomorrow, recover a day or two, and LT on Tuesday or Wednesday.  I had a useless speed workout planned for next week that can easily be dumped.  If I get nothing but LT and MP between now and Dec 7, I'll be just fine.