Time: 67:45
Distance: 10 mi.
I ran by my new digs at Brookings on Massachusetts Avenue near Dupont
Back at it and feeling positive. My left hip flexor was more sore than I would've liked, but I was happy overall. I ran down through Rock Creek Park and popped out in the city to run through Dupont Circle and back up Florida and 16th Ave. In order to get a full 10 miles, which was my goal for the run, I added on a bit to Spring Road.
Time: 40:00
Distance: 5.75 mi.
Easy morning run with Max and Pat Murphy looping through Rock Creek Park and the Zoo. Hip flexor tight by the end.
Time: 62:30
Distance: 9 mi.
Easy run in the Glover trails from George's house. The trails were a little bit sloppy, but we got in a decent effort. And I raced George at the end... We're still waiting for the determination from FAT timing.
Time: 49:24
Distance: 7 mi.
Easy morning run down Florida Ave. to southern RCP and back through the park with Ben Clark and his friend Jeff. I was a bit tired from a long week, but it was good to have company. Good brunch afterwards.
Time: 63:00
Distance: 9 mi.
Evening run with Peaches, Ozzie and Ben Clark. We looped around a bit through the city, ending up on east U St. and ran back through Shaw and up to Petworth.
Time: 31:13
Easy loop through RCP. Hamstring was tight the whole run. Hip flexor okay.
I haven't been stretching enough this week.
Time: 34:51
Easy afternoon run through Adams Morgan and the Zoo with Peaches, who just moved back to DC over the weekend.
Stretching: Hamstring
Time: 30:43
Easy loop dipping into RCP and around Mt. Pleasant. Felt okay, considering I was running early to miss the harder rain that hit the District later in the day.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 26:00
Morning run down to Midas near Mt. Vernon Square, where I had some break work done on the car yesterday. I felt much better than the morning run earlier this week, though I was still a bit tight.
No stretching, headed right to work.
Time: 33:23
Easy evening run towards Adams Morgan, through the Zoo and back through RCP. I thought this loop was a bit shorter, and I have been bored doing out-and-backs in the neighborhood so I figured I would do something a little different. Legs weren't as bad as I expected--hamstring was tight but not sore, and hip flexor started to get sore and tighten up at about 25 minutes.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 25:52
Easy run around the neighborhood. Pain/soreness on-par for recent days.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 22:56
Easy morning jog with Nick towards RCP and on the Piney Branch trail. Hamstring and hip flexor both tight and a little sore.
No stretching, because brunch was a bigger priority.
Time: 21:05
Easy jog after work. Colin added on after his workout for the first half. Hamstring sore.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 22:26
Easy jog north of Columbia Heights on 14th. Hip flexor seems to have responded a bit to the massage. Hamstring sore.
Stretching: Hamstring stretches with the rope.
Time: 21:35
Easy evening run around Piney Branch Park and the neighborhood. My right hamstring and left hip flexor were about as tight/sore as they have been recently, but I didn't start to feel the hip flexor until about 15 minutes.
This was a pretty good day to get mentally started with the come back, as I got pumped up watching the Boston Marathon this morning at work. I was happy to see Nick Juravich ran a PR (2:51:32). Taylor caught the end of the race in Boston and got this great shot of Ryan Hall:
Time: 38:33
Distance: 5 mi.
Easy evening run with Colin. This is my first run in 17 days, which is the longest I've taken off as long as I can remember. The weather is finally starting to return to normal, and I'm hoping this is the last run I go on this winter in long pants. And by return to normal, I mean that we had a blizzard last weekend and this weekend it is supposed to be over 70 degrees both days this weekend.
Time: 42:00
Distance: 6 mi.
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Easy evening run with Colin on his "opulence run." My foot was a little bit sore towards the end of the run and afterwards, indicating that I should probably keep things below 8-10 mile days through the marathon.
Time: 135:00
Distance: 20 mi.
I managed to find company for all of my last long run before the Austin Marathon. I met up with Max at the beginning of the run, and we picked up Rosen at about one hour into it. Max dropped off around 90 minutes and I ran with Jon most of the way back to his house. I first went West in the park, then once we picked up Jon up and down Beach Drive.
I felt fairly good throughout the run, except for at about 100 minutes when my left sesamoid became quite sore in a very short period of time. I definitely had to alter my stride and foot strike to keep the pressure off of it. I can't think what might have brought this on, other than the more minimal midsole of the Lunatrainer catching up with me after having worn it for the last week. I hope this is not the case, as the shoes have seemed great so far.
