Every Run is a Great Run!

Six miles in the early morning. Felt better than Saturday but still have annoying pains in the lower calve area. Hoping they'll be gone before the end of the week.

Also got to the gym in the afternoon for 30 min XT + core.

8:56

Normally around 10 or 11 days before a marathon I'd do my last speed workout. But since I'm still recovering from BCM that wasn't seeming very smart. Decided to do some not-too-intense hill repeats just so I could get my heart rate up for a while without pounding my legs.

Ended up doing 8 repeats and I'm feeling quite pleased with how my legs are feeling through the day. The lingering calf pains are almost gone and in general the legs are feeling much lighter than they've felt since BCM. I did start out feeling pretty sluggish warming up but ended up feeling pretty good by the end. So nice to start feeling 'normal' again.

8:37

Easy 6 mile run in the morning then 30 min XT + core at the gym just before lunch.

9:04

Went out early on a dark, cool and drizzly day. Very light rain was falling but it was barely noticeable. Ran 3 miles with Kimi then 5 more solo. Couldn't ever seem to get my legs warmed up and wanting to move, seems like I always have this problem when it's cool & humid. Legs felt like lead pretty much the whole time so I just took it nice & easy.

9:14

A bit on the BRRRRR side today. Got up bright & early with Kimi and headed to the stake center. Chad was the only other one there so the 3 of us headed out into the darkness. Later Hal joined us for a few miles and brought us something to drink as always. 

Felt pretty good today the best I've felt since BCM. Tried a few strides and 1 mile close to MP pace just to try and gauge where I'm at in my recovery/taper. I'd say I'm currently around 80%, so with a another taper week hopefully I can get that close to 100%.

8:44