9.3 miles with 2 warm-up, 4 at near MP and 3+ warm-down.  Felt sluggish to start but tempo went surprisingly well. The continued mild winter weather (27 degrees, no snow, little wind) sure makes it easier!

Happy hump day!

I need to go to the track at lunch and do a workout, because if I don't start soon (like now) I'm going to have to pass on a spring marathon.

5 easy miles done before work.  Bike workout tonight.  Coach has been working me hard on the bike lately.

I have started my pre-vacation hydration.  I'll be spending a week at 10,000'+ elevation, so extra hydration is needed.  I don't understand the science behind that, but it seems to help.

5.5 miles. Weird how while I'm running what is supposed to be an easy run, I think my HR is getting too high, and then after the fact I look and it ... wasn't. It's a little frightening that I'm so bad at sensing these things.

My watch sometimes is off (although usually when it doesn't read things accurately, it locks into my cadence...except for one 15k I ran, starting out at a high effort, and it recorded my HR at 110 bpm ).

5 easy miles done before work.  Bike workout tonight.  Coach has been working me hard on the bike lately.

 

I have started my pre-vacation hydration.  I'll be spending a week at 10,000'+ elevation, so extra hydration is needed.  I don't understand the science behind that, but it seems to help.

Isn't that the truth?! I once didn't do that, when I was in my mid-twenties on a work/fun vacation at Beaver Creek, and boy did I pay for it (and we were only at like 8k ft elevation...10k would scare me, haha!).

Rest day, 30mins gutter walk.  My latest [ probably delusional] belief is that I’ve been too aggressive trying to fix my weak right ham; by trying to run most days I was making it  perpetually irritated... sooo yesterday was 12, off today, Thur run, off Friday, Saturday run.... Run on my off days from work

Kind of makes sense? My PTs have told me, when rehabbing from an aggravated Achilles, to not run everyday. I do know some people who run through things (depending on the severity, of course), but that just affirms that everybody's bodies have different needs, and you need to do what works for you.

 

which marathon would you run?

It would be the one I ran last Spring (3:00 flat). The course has changed a bit this year, but it's in the same town, so essentially the same thing. It's on the south shore of Montreal, about a 20 minute drive from my place. It's on May 17th. I would either get a $20 discount on the race, or get a free entry.  If I want to race a spring marathon, that would most probably be the one.

There is also Ottawa available, which is a big marathon, and arguably the best in Canada from an organization stand point. But that is a 2 hour drive away from my place, would require a night at the hotel... I've never run it. I like local. Still not completely out of the question, yet.

Still alive! Still not running! Foot improved dramatically and then just like, stopped, so I'm still waiting. It's only been a week so whatever. PT or massage or something might be up next. In the meantime I'm still knitting and playing guitar and writing bad song lyrics and will probably go pool run tomorrow.

<3!