Notes
Easy w/ E. Unbelievable humidity. Went glacially slow because my left leg has been aching since just after my run yesterday. It seems to be my quadriceps, especially up high and toward the outside, though initially I thought it was my old hip problem. I surmise two causes: 1) last week I increased my mileage more than 10% over any previous week, a classic no-no. And 2) Sunday's long run was too fast. I must scrupulously avoid both of these in the future. My schedule has my mileage increasing at a safe rate. But if I back off mileage one week for any reason (as I did while traveling two weeks ago), then I need to adjust the mileage of future weeks. And long runs need to be absolutely no faster than 8:30 average pace. Increases of pace at the end, when they occur, should not bring the average pace below that, which means running especially the first half slower.
I think my leg will be ok. Today's easy run seems to have helped. But I may back off tomorrow. The weather is supposed to be atrocious, and I have a tempo run scheduled. I'll get the mileage in, but perhaps at a slower pace, and I'm even tossing around the idea of visiting Vida's treadmills.