Monday - 7 miles around the house. Went from feeling really like death yesterday to feeling totally flat today. I took off from work early and it was great to go for a run during the middle of the day. Feel like a real load though.
Tuesday - 7 around the house feeling a lot better. High points included the following exchange with some punks:
Them: Hey, I'll give you 5 bucks if you suck my dick
Me: What about those guys; your friends look like they suck dick
--Unfortunately it didn't end there--
Them: OK, 6 bucks
Then I had to take a dump (thanks Mexico) and couldn't make it to my favorite Starbucks dumping location and I had to crap in a drainage ditch. Tough juice. But a good easy run.
Wednesday - 11 on the greenbelt with Owen. We headed out around 4:55 but by the time we turned around we were racing to get home before it was too dark to run. And by "racing" I mean talking about speeding up while running 7 minute pace. My back has been killing me, but after a rough first mile things felt ok. I think it's just a case of me sleeping on it funny, but I've still had to do stiff robot moves all day. Back notwithstanding, felt good going for a relaxed 11 miles, which is a good sign.
Thursday - 10 quasi tempo run on town lake. Hauled ass after work to get out, but by the 2nd mile of the tempo it was too dark to see my watch and a little after 4 miles it was a little too dark for anything quick. I wanted to run 6 miles at 5:40 pace, but even coming two miles short it was an OK introduction to tempos. With more daylight in the coming weeks, I should be able to do more soon.
I did the same plyos I did last week about 9 miles into the run. They didn't seem to take nearly as much out of my legs this time. It's worth mentioning (although I'm ignoring it) that my left foot has been sore for a few days.
Fri - no running - we went out right after work. If this wasn't a training log, I'd have a good story.
Sat - 4 painful 4 miles to run down and get my car. Tough juice.
Sun - 16 with the Texas guys. Slow first few miles then settled in around 6 minute pace. Cranked the last 3 in 5:40, 5:48, 5:25. I fell off on the last mile but I managed to get back on it. I was in a little over my head, but it was good 'get tough' training. I've got the freedom to take a little longer to recover if I need it.
Week 55 in 6 runs. I've got mixed feelings about the week - one big night out essentially killed 2 days of running. I did get in a good long run, some plyos and tried a tempo. I'm not sure where to take my training at this point. I think running 7 days a week is going to be tough- I've essentially been trying to get my milage up for a month and it hasn't happened. Maybe I'd be better off staying around 60 and trying to start working in some quality.
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Maybe your back is sore from sucking dick. because the funny thing about your back is that it's located on your cock.
2008-Nothing is sacred!
huh?
tell us a good story!!!
I'd say keep the mileage to 60ish if that's what you need to do to get in workouts CONSISTENTLY. Pretend like you're in high school again if you need to...you didn't run 80 mi/week then, but I'm sure you worked out and RACED a lot. Just get in some workouts, keep doing the weekend long runs with the team sometimes (those will keep up your endurance, and, probably more importantly, your morale!). Then enter some races, get drilled (probably), and then instead of getting down about it, use it as use that as motivation to get in more workouts and improve the next time. Repeat. Repeat.
Once you can consistently workout (at least 2x/week) and race again, you can up the mileage. For now, just try to keep it simple, and don't let your ego get in the way of what you need to do, whether it be your weekly mileage, 5K race performance, or whatever.
Just my humble advice. Keep up the good work.
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