Hmm. Starting to develop some theories about last week's case of dead legs. Did I need a stepdown week? Absolutely. But was that the only issue? I doubt it. Seems like I had gotten into a rut -- running the same types of workouts at the same speeds, recovery/GA/MP+20/MP+10. Needed to do something different. So last night I did my whole recovery run at basically MP plus 10, and tonight I turned my GA run into an MP run, first one I've done in quite a while.
I think my nutrition and hydration is still not where it should be, although I'm working on them, so tonight was probably tougher than it should have been. But I managed to hold MP for more than four miles tonight, then did some strides at the end at MP-minus speeds. Then I got in the pool, which felt REALLY good (oh, I got the new fitness center code today, so back to the TM).
Tomorrow I'll do a slow four, then another eight on Wednesday, four more on Thursday, then 13 Saturday before I go to Fayetteville. | 