And...

All of a sudden I'm not able to run. Again. My right ankle started hurting just like that. Now it's swollen and does not allow running. No worries, this takes only max couple days...

F or C - it does not matter, it's cold

Yeah man! It's still pretty cold, but running feels ok. On Tuesday I missed stairs routine, but surely didn't miss the core workout. Even today I'm still hurting. Yesterday it was too cold to run fast, so I shorthened and moderate the pace accordingly. Tempo part was only 3.1 miles but that's better than nothing, I think.

Today morning my legs were pretty sore, so no double for me today. In other words this is the deceptive tenderness of running without a specific schedule. Later this year, I will start to follow some sort of plan. Berlin Marathon 2010 is approaching - slowly.

Beaten by Mt. Nasty, beaten by this weather

This weather sucks. Big time.

Morning shake out (6+ miles) was quite usual - not bad, nothing extraordinary. But in the evening I hated every single stride that I took on trails. Mt. Nasty took this round. Easily. Yesterday I felt quite good, but today.... today was really much about balancing those feelings (back to normal?). WC's 1500m was an insane race, really typical championship race one could say.

Sunny Wednesday morning

Morning jog was a 5-miler on a new route. For us that is. That was a positive add-on to otherwise ordinary Wednesday morning. Negative side is the sequels of whining continue. Hamstrings are not there yet. This seems to be the August-October's mystery all over again. I kinda dislike it. To be honest I purely hate it. BUT nothing is lost yet. I started to do new stretching exercises in order to get that relaxed feeling back. This desperate I am...

I just heard that the Finnish Foreign Minister - with whom we had a chance to run when he visited D.C last year - has world class companions during his runs nowadays. Today he was running with Haile G in Ethiopia!

In the afternoon is again a time for group run. We had a good group there, and we ran the Instant Classic from last week. In all, afternoon was 10.5 miles for me and day was 15.5 miles.

Slow and aching

Monday's only athletic effort was an easy 5-miler with aching legs. But no worries - the ache is only temporary.