It's always something

Tuesday, October 16th

6:00 PM - Mixed Workout w/ Ryan C, Fenton, Brad, and Maloney
BC Reservoir
22 min warmup
~2 Mile tempo -10:20 (8:54 for the loop split), 4 min jog rest
3 x (90s, 60s, 30s @ slightly faster than race pace w/ jog rest identical to time just run), 3 min jog rest between sets
16 min cooldown
Total = 12 Miles, 77 min


Wednesday, October 17th

12:30 PM - 8 Miles, 54 min
River loop

So things have been going ok. Other than a tough loss recently, my body has been holding up with the increase in mileage and intensity. The good news is I haven't had any pain in my heel or patella over the last few days, which is great. However, I am having some recent trouble with my right hip flexor. It started tightening up on me at the end of monday's run but I didn't think too much of it. Then I felt it all through the workout on tuesday so even though the workout was fairly easy, my legs were not feeling great. Today, I started the run VERY SLOW and let things loosen up a bit before I started picking up the pace a little more in the last few miles. The legs were still pretty heavy so I kept the pace moderate and cut the run short of what I had planned. I'm trying to tend to it more now and see how it feels tomorrow. I'm not overly concerned about this and it's something I can deal with but it's just another annoyance that I'd rather do without. I guess with the work I've been doing, I can't expect everything to feel great everyday, so I just have to keep rolling with the punches and hopefully see the benefits later on.

Quote of the Day:

"This is the point where it gets interesting, you sort of ride the line just below being injured (hopefully), and I personally am lucky if I have two runs a week where I actually enjoy myself. This is what it takes to compete in the trials though, and most of the guys are willing to do it, I just hope we can walk in ten years."
- Brian Sell