Zelanie, jump squats. Haha. 2 days later and my quads still burn.

Morning people!

Congrats Ami!

Started the day with a couple hours of yardwork, then took a "break" & did 10.1 miles at 8:50 pace. Felt great after some sluggishness earlier in the week (SRD - it does a body good). Original plan was 8 but decided to stretch it a bit; wanted to keep going & make it the LR, but need to save that for tomorrow...stick to the plan....

Now back to our regularly scheduled yardwork.

And here's a man who knows how to carbo-load:

10.7. Did go over to the next neighborhood. Got some misty rain but not too bad.

Quick flyby - looks like rain, rain, rain for the weekend, so any running will happen as the radar allows. DH and I have a busy social butterfly day. Meeting some friends for Iron Man 3 and food, then this evening we're going to catch a show DH's friend is playing. Should be a fun day.

Have a great Saturday!

flarunner--hey, 9 miles is a lot.  Nothing to 'blah' about.  Money in the bank, right?

Oski--whew, bacon before a long run?  Have fun with that.

April, DOMS is a b*tch.  I feel you on that today, yerk.  It'll go away soon I bet, and hey, at least you know you worked hard!

MarjorieAnn--hey, not bad.  Managed to dodge the yard sales?

LRB, I coulda used some coffee myself this morning...

Baboon--15 minutes absolutely counts.  I get it, though.  Until you get up to your old minimum distance it can almost be easier to think of it as 'not real' because it requires a certain... humility?  Personally I didn't want to think about my runs until I got back to 4+ miles per. :P

Bruce--yay sleeping in!  I only made it until 6:20 this morning, bah.

Jack Klompus--have a good rest!

Hey AmiK, 1st AG in a 5k is NOTHING to sneeze at.  Just as good as a half marathon.  There will always be more of those, and you'll be healthy for them.

Zelanie--what quad exercises were you thinking? for your knees?  I'm a big fan of old-fashioned leg raises. (either on the ground with your other knee to your chest, or standing with your leg extended straight in front of you, lift it up 10 x for 3 sets).  I have to get my dad to do them to protect his bad knee.

Dave--glad the rest paid off. Cumulative fatigue is the WORST.   Nice 10.1.

Brr--sorry about your toe.

Hobbitlegs--meep, I hope Iron Man 3 is better than 2.  That was such a disaster.  (Juvenile and lacking in the sincerity of the first one, I thought).  Hope the rain lets up, too!

Luke--read your RR, CONGRATS on a super speedy 5k!  Niiiice.

This morning I woke up and I was like ugh, I have to run today, and then I googled 'can I do sprints after leg day' but honestly, I did sprints yesterday too, and heavy weights, and.... yeah, couldn't even get myself to do it.  So I did 5 miles in the low 8:00s and called it a day.  Also did core (planks and such).  I hate being so sore and tired.  Wish I could sprint every day!  But I do need to get my mileage up, so I slogged through.

I set out for 2 miles. Really sore still (adductor muscles the most) but no pain - just DOMS. At around 1.3 an older gentleman came outside and we said hello, and he said "run an extra mile for me, would ya?" So I said "HA, sure, no problem." Then I thought hmm, I'm feeling a little better...

So I ran 3 instead.

Now pushups and crunches, then maybe a beer. It's a good day for one.

Had a fantastic run this AM with the running group. My oft-RP was thrilled, she was able to run the full three no stops and no pain. Well, we stopped once, but I had to get a picture of the view. I was happy for her, she was over the moon. Then we ate pancakes

Holy moly, Rick. You are a beast!!