Fri 11/12 - PM 75 minutes

Tiger Drive to Longfellow loop, with a side excursion into McMansionville. Feeling antsy despite still having some congestion from the head cold. Toyed with the idea of doing timed reps but decided instead, on the fly more or less, to do a series of 15 minute progressions. Tried to pick it up every 5 minutes within each of the four progressions. By the end of the last one I was done, both in terms of the effort and the left thigh being fatigued and sore. Held up okay overall, still at the point where my reach exceeds my grasp in terms of ability to train the way I'd like.

Thu 11/11 - double, 90 minutes total

AM - 60 minutes easy, Area 51. Back from the mini-break and the left leg felt like crap. Took the better part of half an hour to loosen up. Took a while to get out the door this morning.

PM - 30 minutes, jog over to track, drills, then 4 laps of ins and outs. After getting a massage earlier in the day I couldn't help myself. The work definitely helped, still not perfect though. Fiddled a bit with my stride on the ins and outs, trying to put less strain on the adductors, hamstrings et al. 

Nov 9 + 10 - off

Head cold I picked up over the weekend a bit more severe than I had thought. Following the usual progression of symptoms but with more muscle aches which had me somewhat worried. Really tired throughout, slept more incl. long naps in the afternoon, not feeling significantly better for it until Thursday morning.

Mon 11/8 - PM 50 minutes

Levittown. I'd prefer to run in Area 51 but too many puddles back there today to be traversing it in the dark. Smooth footing also better for the left adductor, not that it was much better or worse than it has been lately. Started out quite easy, planning on doing some strides at the end of the run which I did more or less but it was awkward at best. More work with the stool and lax ball afterward. Got a late start thanks to pesky rain showers which were centered directly over Maynard for what seemed like forever, finally those cleared out only to be replaced by steady drizzle 20 minutes later. Very gloomy weather on the whole. Given leg and sore throat, I chose to keep the duration of the run down, a pattern that will likely continue for the foreseeable future.

Sun 11/7 - PM 60 minutes

Tiger Drive to Longfellow Loop. Something of an upset that I got out of the door today, as I had a tough time getting to sleep with the sore throat and spent much of the day feeling like crap. Gave it a go after a late afternoon nap, after a slow start the pace gradually got quicker. Felt it in the left adductor once the pace dropped of course. The locus of the soreness has moved somewhat away from hamstring and closer to adductor or even quad (sartorius/gracilis). Better than it was a month ago but still not there yet. Ill wind blowing, overcast with rain coming.

Sat 11/6 - AM 80 minutes incl. 5m road race

Combo sandbagging/athletic tourism expedition. Taking out my frustrations from last week. The course was about what I expected for this part of the world. Somewhat concerned about how the early downhill would treat the left adductors, they held up well enough though. The last two miles, mostly uphill, were predictably slow. Not killing myself either by that point, just looking to get it over with. Leg somewhat sore on the cooldown but it's been worse. Cool and somewhat blustery day. The only bummer to the day was the realization by late afternoon that I've picked up a sore throat from the last three days of gallivanting around.