Mon 10/9 - off. Following up a garbage weekend with a mostly unplanned zero. With kiddie practice in the morning and the final ballgame of the Farrell era in the early afternoon that wound up being a 7+ hour experience including travel time, the only time to get anything at all in would have been early in the morning. Got to bed far too late for that type of thing. Hopelessly overtired right now.
Tue 10/10 - PM 55 minutes very easy, Area 51. Late start after sleeping away much of the late afternoon. Trying in vain to turn around a deeply dysfunctional sleep pattern at the moment with little success. The coaching routine is really grinding on me at the moment.
Wed 10/11 - AM 75 minutes incl. 10x1000, Lincoln field loop. Finally something of substance again, squeezed in between leaving work early and the kiddie meet. Had some ambivalence about how capable I would be of shouldering this type of effort given how flat I've been feeling of late but held up well enough. Started each rep five minues after the one before which meant recoveries of around 80 seconds on average. Splits:
3:42.6/3:40.7/3:40.5/3:38.6/3:37.8/3:37.3/3:38.4/3:38.3/3:38.1/3:36.2
If nothing else, saved the fastest one for last. Good and tired by the end but not incapacitated.
Thu 10/12 - PM 45 minutes very easy. Very late start after napping for too long. Soreness and stiffness from yesterday not overwhelming but noticeable.
Fri 10/13 - PM 70 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. I had hoped to do some pickups at the end of the run but it wasn't happening. Made it through the day without a nap at least.
Sat 10/14 - AM 70 minutes easy, Lincoln woods. Ran the first half hour or thereabouts with the kiddies, jogging over to the field and then back after watching them run around the field loop for a solidy 45 minutes or so. From there headed back out into the woods for a fairly short and definitely low key jog over to the school/ballfield area. Sluggish and not particularly awake throughout. Cool to start in the morning but then sticky and warm.
Sun 10/15 - 90 minutes incl. road race. Beaten at my own game this time around at this reliable stop on the sandbagger tour. Flat and sluggish from the jump. Went through the mile in 5:30 trying to maintain contact, became clear over the second mile (5:40) this wouldn't be happening, gave up and packed it in the third mile (5:50). Overall a fade I could feel coming. Conditions didn't help as it was warm and muggy. Went for a longish cooldown along the rail bed into Weston and onto some of the trails there.
