Fri 11/14 - PM 65 minutes

Area 51. I had been planning to go a bit more time than this but got a relatively late start and in the end found myself matching the time length of yesterday's run instead. Not as quick as yesterday but not a dawdle either. Picked it up particularly in the last 15 minutes or so. All the calf stretching breaks may be having some positive effect as the perpetually frayed area seems to be feeling a bit better of late. Of course no real stress placed on it since Sunday either. The day began with snow on the grass, gone by lunchtime but cold all day.

Thu 11/13 - PM 65 minutes

Area 51. Had I gone at the same pace as the runs back here the past two days it would have taken 5-10 minutes longer for sure. As it was, ran at a rather crisp pace for 20 minutes, brief stop and calf stretch, then 25 minutes of near threshold running before a longer break at the fishing dock. From there a more sedate run to Old Marlboro where I did short pickups with long recoveries. As close to doing a structured workout as I'll likely get this week. Right leg felt reasonably good during the run but somewhat weak afterward. Chilly temps but no wind at all.

Wed 11/12 - AM 50 minutes easy

Area 51. Flipping the usual weekday schedule on its ear with the free time in the morning. Not quite as stiff as I was expecting for the early hour. Feels like I'm starting to come around from Sunday perhaps, finally. Still took it easy, doing the same loop as yesterday morning. While I had originally planned on doing a shorter run in the evening after getting home it became clear that wouldn't be happening.

Tue 11/11 - double, 1:50 total easy

AM - 50 minutes very easy, Area 51. Let the active recovery begin with an easy putter to Otter Alley. Right leg predictably stuck, as a whole it feels quite weak compared to the left. Calf impossibly tight too. Shuffling along as a result. Warmer than normal conditions.

PM - 60 minutes easy, Area 51. Had it in my head to visit the fishing dock which was worth this run being longer than I had wanted it to be. Leg a bit better than the morning but not by much. Just jogging still. A couple of stretch breaks for the calf, hopefully every little bit helps. Fog forming in places, still some residual warmth from a sunny nice day.

Mon 11/10 - off

A doozy. Got home thinking I'd need a nap before an easy putter in the woods, realized after a half hour of lying down that I didn't feel like getting up. Rolled over on my side and woke up three hours later. If I didn't have the next day off from work I would have forced myself up. Certainly, more tired than I had realized which is saying something.

Sun 11/9 - AM 90 minutes incl. half marathon

Alas, a fool's errand where I was the fool. Hopefully I've finally gotten doing this particular event out of my system, as it clearly isn't worth the effort expended. Doing two half marathons in two weeks was in hindsight way too ambitious and I knew going in my only hope of copping a money spot today was that no one else would show up. Of course, three people showed up. Ran 5:50 pace for four miles, the last of which being when I was passed for that final spot, and from then on out it was an inexorable regression to the 6 minutes/mile mean, which was reached at the 11 mile mark. Feeling flat from the very get go which is of course no surprise at all given the way I've felt the last two weeks. Right leg hung in there reasonably well but the calf was certainly stiff and sore afterward. Lesson learned, hopefully.

Sat 11/8 - PM 25 minutes easy

Puttering around Maynard after a long day including a morning spent standing in the field at Wrentham. Feeling quite tired. Right leg not so great after the aforementioned standing, but better after some rolling on the lax ball, both calf and piriformis.