Hope To Run Again Before End Of The Year

Went out for 8 today.  About 3.5 miles in I realized I was feeling pretty good.  The pace seemed controlled, the breathing was good, and the legs felt fine.  Well there is still that twinge of something in my left femur/quad area.  I wonder if it will ever go away.  Hopefully it just does not get worse.  My split on mile 7 was a little fast.  It just happened.  Of course then I tried to hold it on the last mile.  I could feel the extra effort then.  I need to just keep plugging along, getting in the miles with slower paces.  One day the legs will be ready to try more, but for now I will take anything I can get.

8.02 - 8:08, 8:01, 7:56, 7:50, 7:54, 7:56, 7:39, 7:36, :10 - 1:03:15 - 7:53 avg.

Had no urge to get out the door today and run, and I am not sure why.  Probably because tonight starts my week of working Midnight's...which I really hate.  Tomorrow will most likely be a rest day as my body will be out of whack from the sleep disruption.  Then I will try to adjust and get some miles in Wednesday.  But going back to today, I made myself go.  I wanted to get in 8 but figured 6 would be ok.  No set route just ran along and let the Garmin keep up with the miles.  After 4 miles I knew I could do at least 6.  The at 5 I decided instead of turning towards home I would keep going another mile.  So I ended up with 8 in the end.  I also found myself running a little faster.  I think it is because I thought I might stop earlier than I expected and figured I would make the most out of what I did.

8.05 - 7:54, 7:49, 7:46, 7:57, 7:43, 7:46, 7:39, 7:34, :24 - 1:02:35 - 7:46 avg.

Usually after working the 1st Midnight I do not feel like running at all.  But I slept in longer than normal today and it helped me gain and extra 1.5 hours of sleep.  Then I took my daughter to her dance class.  After getting home and everyone going to bed I decided to go out.  For the 1st time in a long time my legs felt great.  My house in on top of small hill.  I usually warm up by running down it about .1 miles and then walking up the other side which is another .1 mile.  Something about starting a run uphill has always bothered me.  Anyway, I could tell right away on my mini warm up the legs had a bounce and no signs of any pains.  The left leg twinged from time to time in the later miles, but other than that it was a good run.  I also felt rushed towards the end as well.  I had to come home and shower then get to work.

8.39 - 8:06, 7:50, 8:03, 7:59, 8:00, 7:53, 7:51, 7:49, 3:01 - 1:06:36 - 7:56 avg.

Ow ! Ow ! Ow !

I got my flu shot this morning when I got off from work.  It hurt.  And it still hurts hours later.  I hate shots.

Woke up earlier today and could not fall back asleep.  Waited a little over an hour and went for my run.  I was trying to keep it easy and not go sub 8:00 per mile.  Still did so a couple of times, but I could tell this was an easier pace for me.  Legs still feeling good this week.  The new shoes must be helping more than I realized.

8.05 - 8:17, 8:13, 8:10, 8:06, 7:56, 7:57, 8:12, 7:59, :27 - 1:05:20 - 8:06 avg.

Today was the 8th day of running without a day off.  Over the last 7 days I had put in a little over 59 miles.  Which is much more than I have ever done.  But even so the legs still feel good.  But I still need to be careful in over doing it to fast too soon.  Still ran today though.  I decided it would be a shorter run.  After the 1st mile for some reason I decided I would run the next 3 fast, and see what kind of pace I could hold.  I guess this is a tempo run, but not sure the exact definition of a tempo.  Recovered the last mile.  On the 3 miles, splits were consistent with one another and just a little slower than my pace on my 10K last month.  The last mile had 2 small hills which made the split slower, but I think the effort was about the same as the previous 2.

Tomorrow will be a rest day.

5.34 - 8:22, 7:13, 7:09, 7:17, 8:38, 2:44 - 41:26 - 7:45 avg.

A planned day off and an extra hour of sleep. In the last 8 days I put in 64 miles.  That is the most in a row for me.  And the legs feel pretty good considering.  I am happy with that.

One day of no running = 48 hours of rest.  That is some weird math.  Must be the same as my schedule showing a day off on the same day I have already worked 8 hours on Midnight shift.

Ran 8, and on the last 4 tried to catch the 8:00 guy.  Got him good over tha last 2 miles.

8.11 - 8:22, 8:11, 8:04, 7:58, 7:55, 7:50, 7:40, 7:38, 1:02 - 1:04:43 - 7:58 avg.