running for my mind

It is warm out there ladies and gentleman!

I have been wanting to run from our house to my mother-in-law's on a Sunday afternoon for a while now to test back to back long runs. I was just waiting for a Sunday we were planning on dinner there.

I left at 1:49 in the heat of the day with a small race pack filled with ice water. After yesterday's run, I had no pace goal. I didn't look at my watch and turned off auto lap. I had a couple low points and almost pulled the plug with about 3 miles left.

I want to just sit and watch a movie now.

80 miles in the last 7 days.

6 easy on the parkway with Josh. Was tight in my right soleus and my hips for a few miles.

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Stretching and some PT at home. Needed a good night's sleep and finally got one. Hoping to make it to a hot tub tonight for a good massage of the legs and then back to running tomorrow. Goal is to get the legs feeling pretty good by next Thursday for DesNews.

8 with Josh on the avenues loop. Did 8 strides in the last 3 miles. Fun to have some faster turnover. Josh had some compression wear on and it reminded me to put mine on today for work to see if it can help with my lingering soreness, mostly in my right calf. So, I currently have full length compression tights AND compression socks on. Hope the a/c runs all day at the office!

Last workout before DesNews. Planned on doing a 4 mile tempo at roughly 6:30 and if I felt decent I would push the last mile to get it closer to 6:00. My legs have felt pretty sore lately and I have not run much at the 6:30 goal marathon pace so I didn't know how it was going to feel. Felt alright.

6:25, 6:24, 6:20, 5:56

I am a little nervous about DesNews and don't know how my leg will hold up on the several slower sections. Only easy miles for the next week and then going to give my all.

6 easy on the parkway with Josh.

Easy on the parkway in the heat. Started just after 9 and it was warm. There was a slight breeze on the way back that made it more tolerable. Now, back to the heat to mow the lawn.