Second Wind

Just a nice easy day of rest.  Beginning to feel the muscle soreness in the quads and calfs that is our gift from SGM.

Just walked today.  Quads are pretty tight but I expect them to be feeling pretty good by tomorrow.  Meg and I walked about 2.5 miles at a fairly slow walk.  I may try to run tomorrow or Wednesday if things get feeling better.

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Feeling better today but still decided to keep the pace at a walk.  Meg and I walked 3 miles.  We are hoping to go for a run tomorrow if the sore quads agree.

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Four really slow, not so easy miles this morning.  Just took it really easy but looked really good in my ALL black attire including the new SGM shirt that actually fits.  Probably not the smartest attire to be wearing in the morning darkness.  Quads and calfs are feeling better but still a day or two away from being back to normal.  Man those downhills really beat me up since nearly all of my miles are on the flat.

Time:  38:30  9:38/mile

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Another slow easy run today.  Legs are feeling much much better todady.  Actually felt like I could have done more, a lot more, but know that this week and probably the next couple of weeks need to stay really easy.  Temps here in Vegas are finally starting to cool off in the mornings.  This morning it was around 65 and by the weekend the morning lows might be in the 40s, what happened to fall?  Might have to start breaking out some of the long sleeve shirts by the weekend.

Time:  44:56  8:59/mile

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Uping the mileage a bit each day but keeping it pretty slow.  Legs still don't feel totally fresh but I think that is to be expected.  Temps were in the mid 60s today and it was pretty windy.  The wind used to bother me much more than it does now, I would rather run in some pretty strong winds than miss a run altogether, am I an addict or what?!?

Time:  53:04  8:51/mile

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Windy day today and temps were at 48 degrees, coldest of the year so far.  I imagine with the wind chill we were probably in the low 40s.  Everything felt really good today despite the less than ideal weather.  I ran with gloves and a stocking cap and was able to stay warm enough once I got going.  Legs didn't feel much fatigue and I felt like I had it in me to go faster but resisted the urge and kept the pace pretty conservative.  It's tough to hold back when the legs want to go and everything feels good.

Meg and I are officially entered to run the Las Vegas marathon.  She isn't sure if she will actually run but I think she will train with me just in case.  Her knee has been bothering her since the marathon, so today I ran solo while she did the elyptical.  She has been diligent about icing and taking ibuprofen so hopefully she will be good to go on Monday.  I think the 9 weeks between SGM and LVM should be plenty of time to recover, build and taper for LVM on December 7.

Time:  1:24:05  8:24/mile

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