Quest For Boston

After having foot issues for most of the week I cut my long run way back today.  To make up for it I increased the intensity some.  All miles at 7:37 with 3 tempo miles at 7:10.  Foot felt fine.

Easy recovery day today. A little soar after yesterday's run but I loosened up after the first mile and felt fine.  My left hip was a little achy last night when I went to bed but felt good this morning and during my run.

I felt tired out there today. The first mile was a real struggle. I seriously thought about turning around and cutting my run short. I decided to stick with it and felt a lot better by 3 miles. I seem to have a pretty serious case of tennis elbow for some reason and it stiffens up quite a bit during my runs.  It's pretty painful when I have to bend it afterwards

When I went out the door i saw a couple of snow flakes falling.  By the time I got home the ground was covered and the roads were slick.  We're looking at 6-9 inches today so I'm glad I got the run in early. I was a little concerned about my foot when I left the house but it was fine by a mile in. Maybe I'm getting a little paranoid about injuries. Happy New Years Eve to everybody.

Not feeling the greatest after a late night celebrating the New Year. The annual New Years day run was today. It consists of a nice easy 5 miler with members of the island running community. A great chance to see people that you haven't seen in a while and shake off the new years eve hangover.  Turnout was lower than the past couple years.  I imagine it had to do with 8 degree temps a snow storm last  night and terribly icy conditions.  We still had over a dozen hardy souls show up.  The run started out pretty bad with stiff winds and cold but after about a mile it actualy felt good.

I actual enjoyed a treadmill run today. Cranked up Blues Traveler's Live- What You And I Have Been Through. A great album to run to.  Worked some hills.  Started at 3% and increased the % by one every 1/4 mile till I got to 10%. After that I dropped it back to 5% and stayed there for 30 minutes. Cooled down at 3 %. Felt great to tell the truth.

I got out the door for a nice easy run today. Temps were comfortably in the mid 30"s.  Did a lot of dodging of ice on the bike paths but at least they had been plowed today.  I felt pretty good. Hoping the ice melts today soI can have a more relaxing long run tommorrow.