Back locked up again this morning. Not unusual for a Sunday, I'm sorry to say. But this time, it waited until AFTER I got up to tighten. I felt good when I got up around 8, but by the time I finished my first cup of morning coffee, it was stiff. I remembered a few weeks ago when it took a little run to get the blood flowing and loosen my back, and decided to try that again. But then the thunderstorms moved in. Still went to run, just went to the treadmill at the fitness room. By the time I finished an easy 5, my back felt better, and it was pouring. So I jogged home to get out of the way of any stray lightning.
Legs feel remarkably good after yesterday's 24-miler, and even felt pretty good last night. I must admit that I briefly entertained the thought of adding another 2.2 miles yesterday just to say I'd run 26.2 in training, but I discarded that notion pretty quickly. Another 20 minutes on top of 3:46, when I wasn't in any real distress the way I was going, probably would have been OK, but why risk it?
Went to do my second 5-miler at the AC after the Masters finally ended, then hit the whirlpool for 10 minutes (it was working again), then went to the supermarket. Then finally got to eat dinner at 9 p.m. | 