6 miles. First Ceresco run.

I am so sore all of the time. Part of it is the moving. Part of it is the regression of my body from so little exercise and no stretching. Time to get back into the groove.

21 miles (M/T/W) Marathon week

Between the 14-day sickness and the house problems, training took a huge hit. And with the hot weather and high humidity forecast for Sunday I don't think I can achieve even my fallback goal of setting a PR. But, time to look ahead. I need to get back to strength training, start running at morning or night to avoid heat, and find a suitable marathon in the next couple of months. When I last looked there weren't many that fit my criteria. So, back at it.

Mon (6) Tues (10)

Still sick. Very tired.

Mon. was trail and Mopac...some fast times in spite of everything.

Today was hills and some tough gravel. Good overall.

Will do easy 8 tomorrow and then challenging 20 on Thurs. That will be my week, due to a wedding.

Fri (19)

Windy and fresh gravel. I am beat up. The kind of weather and route that makes you wonder if it was worth the effort.

But at least my mileage is back up to a reasonable level. I'll be hoping for better next week.

Tues (8 miles) Wed (10)

Just trying to get my routine back. Crazy couple of weeks and too much heat.

Tuesday was just a slow effort to get my legs back.

Wed. was one of my fastest training efforts ever, even with two warm-up miles and two slower cooldowns.

Hoping for a solid long run Friday but I appear to have a cold.

Tues (8 miles) Wed (8 miles)

Yes, a long break. Too much running around and too little sleep. Stupid cranes.

Tues was weird, legs felt brand-new...no tightness or soreness anywhere. But they felt heavy, too. Wed was horrible due to the 80 degree temp and sunshine. I am not ready for this kind of heat, but it doesn't appear to be leaving anytime soon. Looks like winter is already way over with.

Tomorrow will be a short run. Lots of work to do.

Hoping to get enough done that I can head out Friday afternoon for 20. Busy again on Saturday.

Mon (8) Wed (14)

This is my off week so I'll only be at around 30 miles total.

Monday was a solid training pace run.

Wednesday was a long-awaited marathon pace training run. My heart rate was too high for most of the run and I got tired too soon. By the last two miles I was spent.

Humidity was at 100% and it was in the 60's, which is still warm considering my body is used to 40's. I'm hoping that these were the reasons I got too hot and tired so quickly.

In addition, I suspect that my hard 20-miler last week affected things. Still trying to figure out the facts on glycogen depletion.

Finally, I started way too fast. Max. heart rate was at nearly 210 in the first mile, partly due to nerves. Much different from my usual slow start. In addition, my watch was lagging a lot in showing pace data so I kept running faster...at times I was running a 6:00 pace thinking I was at the 7:15 shown on the watch. No wonder I got so tired. Thinking cloud cover or precip must affect watch reception.

Regardless, my poor performance shows that I have some learning and investigating to do. Surely I can do better than 7:15 pace on a flat trail...especially after a 7:50 pace for more miles on a much, much harder route last week.