Every day is a new day

Easy day.  Felt better than expected after 14 miles on Saturday.  Only a little sore yesterday and fine today.  So I picked a 9:13 pace on the treadmill and did 8.1 for a little over 74 minutes.  A little tired near the end but it was hot in the gym today and I lost over 6 pounds of water during the run.  Maybe I need to hydrate if I am going to lose that much water.

It was supposed to be a tempo run today. While doing my 2 mile warm up I felt a slight twinge in my left calf. Just off and on, I did an extra .5 mile warm up. I decided that it was not worth the risk to run on a suspect calf. So after the 2.5 mile warm up I switched to the elliptical and did a fairly hard 45 minutes. Calf is just a wee bit sore so we will see what tomorrows warm up does.

Good news calf did not feel sore today.  Bad news is I have caught the lightheadedness cold.  Not much breathing trouble but feel "off".  Decided a run might help.  Did 6.1 miles om the mill at a 9:00 pace with 1% grade.  Calf got irritated right at the end so I stopped.  Felt tired but think it is due to the cold not the run.  Still would like to get a tempo in but not while lightheaded or with an irratated calf.

Easy run 6.6 miles 1:01 or about a 9:10 pace.  Calf only sore the last minute or two but better than the last two days and no pain two hours later.

Still feeling a little lightheaded today.  Long run planned for tomorrow so I held back a little today.  Did an easy 5.7 miles in just over 51 minutes.  Felt OK throughout until I thought of my knee and it of course started hurting.  Went away as soon as I started to slow down.

Easy two hour run planned for today with the marathon ladies. They are early in the training cycle so it usually works well for pace as we are pretty similar pace wise.  Today was fine for the first hour even with slush and persistant snow.  At about 8.5 miles I felt a little light headed a symtom of the cold I have been fighting all week.  The next two miles were progessively getting harder and I was breathing much harder than the pace indicated.  I started to realize I was not boing to make it all the way back.  I had to walk for a few minutes before jogging in.  Surprise, surprise when I weighed myself to find out I was nine pounds lighter than yesterday.  That much water loss really hurts performance and I am now not a bit surprised that I faded so badly.