Every day is a new day

Well I should not call this a race report since I only ran it to get some miles in. The seven weeks of injury inteuption caused a lot of endurance loss so I knew there was little point of worrying about time.

Started off on this very hilly out and back course with 7:24, 8:03 and 8:23 miles which was way too fast for my current shape and the large number of hills on the next seven miles.

The next four miles were more reasonable until the larger hills really started wearing out my legs.  It was weird, not breathing very hard but nothing in the legs on the longer hills. Miles were 8:16, 8:25, 8:35 and 10:00 which included a pit stop.

The next three miles were slow and difficult even with the motivation of the person just ahead of me having an up close and personal visit with a brown bear (less than five feet away).  I never saw the  bear but was probably too tired to notice.  Miles were 8:50, 9:05 and 9:10.

The last three miles I just held on to finish.  Miles were 9:25, 9:20 and9:10 and missed the final .1 time.

Not the greatest day ever, but the really good news is my S.I. joint hardly bothers me two hours after the finish.  And that is worth way more than the time in any race.  I feel like I can start to train for real again!

Just did a very slow 3 mile jog to loosen the legs.

Went for a six mile trail walk in the afternoon.  Felt good with no S.I. joint issues on the uneven terrain.  I think I can return to proper training and will start with a tempo run in a day or two after a slow run today.

Did a slow increasing and decreasing workout.  Started at about 9 min/mile and went down to 8 min/mile and back up to 9.  Ended up with 7 miles in 60 minutes then did a 1/2 mile cool down.  No issues except I feel really out of shape.

Sore today, no doubt due to suddenly running again.  I can't bring myself to start over and add 10% a week so pain, short of injury, is to be expected.  I hope to end the week at about 45 miles and be back to 50-55 miles next week.

To reduce stresses I ran the treadmill for 63 minutes or a little under 9:00 min/ mile.  S.I. joint a little sore but does not hurt.

Since it was a nice day I ran between the cruise ship tourists to get in 8.2 miles in 73 minutes for an 8:54 pace.  Felt really good until the last few minutes when all my energy seemed to disappear. Only 4 hours of sleep last night might have played a part.  No hip issues today at all.

Hip just a little sore today.  Decided the treadmill was a wise choice to reduce the pressure on the hip.  Mostly ran at an easy pace with 2.5 miles in the middle at 10 K pace for fun.  Still feel out of shape and thus this workout seemed fairly hard.

Ran the park loops for 8 miles.  Just a very slow relaxed pace of 9:00min/mile.  Quite a little soreness today so will rest tomorrow.