Fri 10/28 - AM 60 minutes easy

Major slugabed morning, great difficulty in peeling myself off the mattress. Still getting over that gd town meeting. Planned on doing some sort of threshold pace workout on the Longfellow loop this morning, first real workout of substance since the marathon, but I knew before I had gotten 3 minutes down Waltham St. that it wasn't to be. Turned off at Old Mill and eventually made my way over to Area 51 for an easy jog back there instead. Right medial knee area was gripping and tight all day yesterday, felt like crap, somewhat better today but still majorly stiff to start. Overall not feeling particularly spry. Clear, breezy and unseasonably cold, definite chill in the air.

Thu 10/27 - off

This zero caused equally by the exhaustion from going to that stupid town meeting last night and the abysmal weather all damn day, cold hard rain that turned briefly to snow. Barely made it home from work without falling asleep at the wheel, straight to bed after that. Disgusting weather, rained harder and longer than I thought it would.

Wed 10/26 - PM 60 minutes

Area 51. Started out easy, pace progressed somewhat over the second half of the run but stiff legs kept the speed modest throughout. Dragging during the day at work once again, even though I thought I'd slept reasonably well the past two nights. Apparently not. Spending 4+ hours participating in democracy isn't going to help this one bit either, no chance to stretch post-run and got to bed far too late for a weeknight.

Tue 10/25 - PM double, 80 minutes total

Another split afternoon run, earlier in the daylight with the wildcats, 5x800 at progressively faster pace starting at around 3:30 or so and ending at 2:45ish. Longish recovery between each rep with a 10 min jog warmup and cooldown. Right hammie tight during this, also feeling some tightness over hip trochanter. Later on in the evening, 45 minute easy run through Area 51. Toyed with the idea of doing hill drills but decided against it. Did some work on the right hammie beforehand, made it feel a bit better. Afterward though both hammies sore. Blustery conditions in the afternoon, wind calmed down a bit after sunset. Otherwise cool and clear.

Mon 10/24 - off

Laid low by tiredness, to an unexpected degree. Tempting to say the post-marathon hangover has asserted itself, but more likely just fatigued from the weekend in particular Saturday.

Sun 10/23 - PM 60 minutes easy

Walden woods, with drills and strides on the track afterward. Planned on running much longer, but took forever to get out of bed and get going, so much so that it was already the noon hour by the time I hit the trail. Legs still stiff and dead although maybe not as bad as the past couple of days. Took a brief break at Devil's Staircase, dismal overcast took the edge off the view though. Did drills to try and get the legs looesened up and feeling a bit of life in them, passably successful at this.

Sat 10/22 - AM 80 minutes very easy

Lincoln woods, with drills on Pine Hill. Both legs sore in awkward and unexpected ways. Stiffness in upper hammie area appears to be the lasting legacy of last week. Easy jogging until further notice, hopefully I can fit in some strides here and there as well. Probably shouldn't be running this much so soon after a marathon. Tough to stay out of the woods at this time of year though. Cool and breezy conditions, pleasant overall.