Week of 8/21-8/27

Mon 8/21 - PM 50 minutes elliptigo arc plus 20 minutes easy and 15 minutes in Walden. Late start cut the overall length of the workout short. Had supreme difficulty waking up from the afternoon nap.

Tue 8/22 - PM 40 minutes very easy plus 18 minutes in Walden. Felt absolutely horrible when time came to run, after a 2+ hour appointment wiped out any time for a nap after work. Desperately tired as a result, and the steambath conditions didn't help any. So tired my head hurt.

Wed 8/23 - PM 50 minutes plus 18 minutes in Lake Cochituate. Feeling much better than yesterday after something resembling a decent night's rest. Much nicer weather than yesterday also helped, sunny and dry with a crisp breeze. That breeze made for some heavy chop on the water though, as the lake is less protected and more of a fetch than the pond. With the start of kiddie practice tomorrow I think I may have taken my last weekday afternoon nap for a good long while.

Thu 8/24 - PM 60 minutes incl. 10x100 (100 jog) and 10x150 (50 walk) on the track. All I could manage after a 12 hour day. Feeling a twinge in the piriformis/hamstring area but surprisingly enough it loosened up some as I was doing the reps on the track. Not timing anything for this type of "work" at this point. Feeling vaguely febrile after a long day with the afternoon spent under a hot sun.

Fri 8/25 - PM 75 minutes elliptigo arc. Mostly in Framingham including a climb up Edmands Road. Feeling less tired. Very nice day for being outside, cooler than yesterday.

Sat 8/26 - PM 50 minutes elliptigo arc plus 20 minutes easy and 18 minutes in Walden. I had thought I would get some exercise in the morning after kiddie practice, but when kiddie practice didn't end until noon that went by the boards. Waited until later in the afternoon, another nice day.

Sun 8/27 - AM 85 minutes incl. 15k progression run, Longfellow loop. In a big twist I tracked km splits not miles. Thought I would start at a very reasonable (slow) pace and tick it down km by km, in reality I started out a bit quicker than that pace and wound up running each lap at about the same pace overall. Overall pace not at all impressive but it was more of an actual progression than almost anything I've done on this loop in the past, so there's that. Original plan was the full four laps and 16k, however upon embarking upon the fourth time around the loop what had been manageable rapidly became much less so. Splits:

4:13/4:15/4:14/3:59
4:04/4:01/4:04/3:54
3:53/3:54/3:57/3:42
3:50/3:48/3:53

Another sparkler of a day, third in a row. Very dry conditions in fact.