Over 8 hours of sleep last night after a long weekend full of physical labor and running. I was still tired and didn't even want to run at all. But I did, and I was flat, flat flat flat. and tired, plus I vomited my Chinese food before bed last night so I might just have been weak. But really lately I haven't been looking forward to running in the mornings it's more like it's becoming a chore. I don't know if I need a break or what. I try to stay motivated and want to go to the track and do speed work yet my body and legs just feel sore and I just don't do it, but I know I need to. Right now I just feel slow and off and think I need to break down and get a massage. Will see how this weekend 10k race goes. Anyway enough whining, but I had to use something as a sounding board to get my feelings out. I ran 12.3 miles at an overall 7:04 pace in 1:27 this morning. The first three miles were a gradual uphill to Satterfield St. and I was slow ( 8:00, 7:39, 8:00). I did get faster as the run went on when I did my uphill and downhill 200m hill repeats (7:13, 6:59, 650, 6:43,) now were just talking about a 3% to 4% incline nothing that real difficult at all. Last few mile splits (6:29, 6:44, 6:44,6:42,6:46). Right now I don't have a training strategy and I'm just running on how I feel each day, and that's usually been a tired feeling (Saucony Grid Trigon 4 - 525 miles)
After work: I ran 4.3 miles at an overall 7:15 pace in 31:22 minutes from my office around our campus. My legs were still tired and really didn't have any juice like they usually do in the evening. I think that a definite sign of fatigue. Oh well at least I put in some more miles. I did do the last one in 6:40. Now time to go work at the daycare..... (Avia Lites 4 - 588 miles)
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