Workout Wednesday and ez Thursday

I got back from Chicago in time Tuesday. AOM meeting was again an interesting event. Yesterday we ran an easy 4+ miler and in the evening I met guys on trail. I think that I PRed on both hills (Mt. Slayer and Nasty). However, during the last couple miles both calves were really sore, and later in the evening I was barely able to use my right leg. That's bad news because it has been my main support while running due to the problems with left achilles. So, the next run will be interesting...

This morning included a core workout. In addition to that, I'll run something easy later, since we decided to run 10k at the Dewey Beach on Saturday. It will be interesting to see how damaged I am currently. More interesting fact is that WCs are around the corner. Already on Saturday we will know who is the Nr. 1 woman of 10000m for the next two years.

Another morning in Chicago

This morning I felt pretty sore and tired, but luckily I had time only for a 6-miler. Legs felt amazingly sore during the first half of the run, but on my way back I kept the pace at 6.30s, and then I felt fine. Another funny thing is that even in Chicago, in the Windy City with couple of million inhabitants, you may still run across with runners from Columbia, MD.

Tempo reps in Chicago

Oh yes. Morning run (5x1000m with 2 min. rest jog, 3.21-3.16) on the Lakeshore trail in Chicago. Sun was rising, many recreational runners (including me, that's my category) around, some triathletes doing their swim in Lake Michigan. Life's good!

No race

No 5k for me. Damn it. CTA's Brown Line metro was late by 30 minutes and after taking Red Line, I got lost in the "Northern" Chicago, but found my way to the starting line only 5 minutes late (registation was closed 35 minutes earlier). Winner ran 15.17 and third place ($100) was around 15.55.

Instant punishment (12 miles) is completed. I'm exhausted.

Chicago

Chicago is warm and humid. I've heard stories about this and now I know that they are true. Tomorrow morning I'm most likely running that 5k race, if I find where it is, and if this weather is not getting crazier. Luckily, I was able to run around 9 miles in the morning under way better conditions.

Now I'm watching the lights of Trump Tower across the river. I normally dislike heights, but I find 19th floor as an entertaining alternative for the normal 4th floor. Oh, and this evening's Entrepreneurship Social meeting was fun and nutritive.

Easy Friday

I had to change my plans. I ran this morning the normal 7.5 miler, but I will skip this evening's XC race. I planned to run it as a moderate tempo run, but after Sunday's bike "crash" my right ankle has been slightly out-of-order. In addition, Tuesday's track workout is still around... I might have an opportunity to run a faster 5k in Chicago on Sunday morning, so that's enough effort for rest of this week.

Same ol' Thursday

Alan Webb moves to Oregon, the number of scientific articles is still growing fast, Paula Abdul left the building, and interest rates decline. But every Thursday I feel the same - tired, sore and filled with some kind of pain which is probably related to aging. Today I enjoyed these feelings for 7.5 miles (7.05/mile).

The usual Wednesday medley

In the morning I ran an easy jog with sweetie. I included some short steep hill sprints which felt pretty heavy. It meant that afternoon's trail run was going to be heavy as well. And it was. Even if we decided to run the normal loop backwards, I still got my ass kicked. Weather was again enough humid. After all, it was a good day.

Workout Tuesday

Sunday was a day off and instead of running we drove down to WV and mountainbiked for 2.5 hours - in muddy and wet conditions. But nice views they have over there... Yesterday legs were still hurting from Saturday's long run, and accordingly, easy 6+ miler was pure (good) pain.

Today I found myself on track already at 6:45 AM. Weather was much more pleasant than it has been during the last couple of weeks, and maybe that was the reason for extremely rendo feeling during the workout. I did 10x400m with 300m jog at faster pace (73.3-67.9) than 1.5 weeks ago. Nice!

Long run

Today has been a good day and I'm sure that it will continue as such. 21 miles of running (6.49/mile) with Bob, Paul, Mark and Stephen, and now soon sweetie and I are heading for a hike or mountain biking somewhere in WV. Oh, and last month was around 300 miles. I'm actually feeling pretty good now.