Mon 8/28 - 85 minutes elliptigo arc. Headed for the hills of Weston near Highland Ave, over to Natick briefly as well. Yesterday's effort left its mark on the left hamstring/glute area, which feels frayed and weak overall. Rolled on it last night and rolled on it again tonight which helped some. The underlying damage remains unmistakable, and not as healed as I had deluded myself into thinking it was. Warm but not hot and dry once again.
Tue 8/29 - 55 minutes easy incl. 6 trips up and down Garfield Road at the end. Left hamstring/glute area tweaked from Sunday and I felt it all day. Not pleasant, and the ongoing woes relating to it suggest that it's damaged a bit more than I'd care to admit. Exhaustion starting to sink in already a mere 5 days of practice into the coaching season.
Wed 8/30 - PM 65 minutes elliptigo arc. Framingham/Sudbury including a trip down Water Row. Glad to have this thing to work out on as running didn't hold much appeal. Dry and cool conditions.
Thu 8/31 - PM 40 minutes incl. short track reps. Super late start after getting home exhausted following kiddie practice that went forever, again. Jogged up the road to the track and dragged myself through 8x100, 8x150, 4x200, and 8x100. Left hammie feeling stuck at the outset, loosened up somewhat by the middle portion, and then started feeling fatigued by the end. Remains the single biggest impediment (among many) to getting any worthwhile training done. Another cool and dry day.
Fri 9/1- PM 70 minutes elliptigo arc. Out and back from the high school to Walden Pond and back, with a slightly out of the way route on the way there. Feeling quite tired overall after a long week but able to muster up the energy for spin down the road. Left hammie feels quite stuck from yesterday.
Sat 9/2 - off. Not a planned zero, only time to get in a run was in the morning and I frittered away that opportunity. Trip across the state after that.
Sun 9/3 - AM 70 minutes incl. uphill road race. Another disappointing flat tired effort, feeling fatigued from the moment the gun went off. Finished with the usual fatigue headache. Not able to tackle an event such as this with as little as I've been sleeping of late, never mind the ongoing issues with the leg and trying to establish some kind of fitness. As an added reminder that the universe can be kind of a dick, heavy rain and wind arrived just ahead of the start of the race. This made for an especially miserable experience. Ordinarily some consolation would have come from hanging out at the summit with the CH and perhaps hiking to a nearby waterfall but no one in their right mind was doing that today. While this event has a strong nostalgic appeal given how many times I've done it and done reasonably well, it seems those days are behind me and it seems likely I'll give it a rest going forward.
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