Sun 10/11 - AM 75 minutes incl. 5k cross country

Mediocre at best effort on the Wayland rollercoaster course. The overwhelming fatigue coming home to roost, completely flat at the moment. In fact, ran a faster time than last year by a few ticks, but with a lot more company which perhaps accentuated just how unfit and unfocused my running is at the moment. Beaten by people who I have no business losing to which was quite frustrating but given the useless nature of much of my recent training and complete and utter inability to get a decent night's sleep it's no surprise. Warmup was scattered and sparse, as I was expecting since I had to do a lot of meet management related activities. Cooldown happened long after the race was done, but worth the wait as I was joined by the lovely SO for a rambling putter around the nooks and crannies of Greenways. Lots of stops but not really inclined to care.

Sat 10/10 - AM 60 minutes very easy

Lincoln woods with the kiddies. Tired tired tired.

Fri 10/9 - PM 55 minutes very easy

Area 51. Dragging ass and very tired.

Thu 10/8 - 60 minutes easy

Area 51.

Wed 10/7 - PM 45 minutes incl. 6400m in/out 1600s

With the half day at work and a limited amount of time to get things done, the goal was to run 8k alternating faster and slower 1600s of 5:30 and 6:00. Got through the first four of these hitting the mark almost exactly dead on and realized 200m into what was to be the final, faster mile when I felt that it was about to get a lot harder. Spit the bit right there rather than soldier through, not a satisfying feeling but better than beating a dead horse. The faster pace felt plenty fast and it seemed to take 1000m or so of the slower pace to feel the least bit recovered. Overall a useful session though and a type of training I should be doing on a regular basis. The "recovery" pace that's not really recovery seems effective to say the least.

Tue 10/6 - PM 70 minutes very easy

Area 51. Started off at an easy relaxed pace with the hope that things would pick up from there. This didn't happen and in fact if anything it went the other way. Deepening fatigue the reason I suppose but with the current long days I'm finding it beyond difficult to get to bed before 11 and it's killing me.

Mon 10/5 - 75 minutes

Out along the Weston aqueduct to Framingham, back along the Hultman. Planned on going as far as Edgell road but got sidetracked in a woods parcel with a trail that put me out on the Hultman near the Walsh school. Headed back from there. Feeling a bit more spry than yesterday but still overall quite tired. A recurring and consistent theme now that the coaching season has reached the middle stages. A day off or two during the week would help but not something I can bring myself to do it seems.