Week of February 4, 2008

the plan:


tuesday 5m
thursday 10m
saturday 5m
sunday 5m


reality:


tuesday- 0- snow stormed dumped 3-5". took an extra 25min to get home from mile's school


thursday- 9.75 in 1:04:59 (6:40). this really couldn't have gone better considering this is my longest run in at least 4-5 months. had a little pain in righ calf, which worked up to tight hamstring. but all in all it was a non factor. the first 20min or so the route i chose had snow plowed onto it from the street. so i was in snow that covered shoe up to mid calf for a while. so add that unplanned resistance and the time is even better. quads were tired at the end, but since my avg run has been 3-4mi that was expected. and in reality, within 20mins of finishing i they were basically recovered. i was starving, so i plowed down my burrito, and amp drink and then started on the fulfill post drink. going to make a real effort to drink a recovery drink after each longer workout. glad to get this first longer run, need to keep it a weekly occurence!

friday- 30:00 recovery run at lunch. quads were thrashed, as i expected, from yesterdays longish effort. felt pretty good running, just sore when before and after. ran 15:00 on the bike path, then stretched quads a little, and ran back to work. unseasonably nice weather (pushing 40d), felt overdressed. *note* this weekend is looking pretty hectic, so have to see what happens.

well the weekend was two full days of parenting (some of the parenting I even did right!). really didnt have time to run on saturday and sunday the weather turned miserable. so not a great excuse but didn't run a step.