Monday Blues

Well, I suck on Mondays. After putting in my 6 miler on Friday, I felt so good about myself that I took the weekend off and did some stuff around the house with Stac. We are trying to move the kids area into the basement so there was some weak mind/strong back work that she had me do. I woke up this a.m. at 4:45 and spent about 10-15 minutes trying to keep my eyes open. I finally rolled out of bed got my wind pants and sweatshirt on and hit the road. Immediately, I noticed that this was going to be a tough run for me this morning. I put in 2.8 miles in 26'23" (9'21" pace) and finished feeling like I was going to die. This was a hill run for me, so I knew it would be hard, but this was ridiculous. When I finished, I noticed that my right calf was starting to get sore (I felt this a little be this weekend, but shrugged it off). It started to feel better throughout the day so I think it is just soreness.

Anyway, when I got home from work, after being so discouraged about this morning, I decided to go get another run in. So I just got back from another 2.8 miler but this time, I ran it in 23'14" (8'18" pace). As soon as I finished, my right calf started to flare up again, so I'll probably rest for sure tomorrow. But, my latest 2.8 helped me shake the blues from this morning. I suppose it helped that for my evening run, it was 65F instead of 34F like it was this morning. There is a big difference in running in cold conditions vs. warm ones. That much I am discovering for sure.

Well, enough blabbering. Here's the totals:

Totals:
Running
D: 5.6m
W: 5.6m
M: 21.8m
Y: 46m
Biking
D: 0
W: 0
M: 0m
Y: 8m

By the way, I'll keep you posted on the calf...