As a quick update this week was filled with meeting out of my office. While I was still able to maintain my training schedule, time to post was nonexistent. To summarize the week:
Monday: rest
Tuesday: Track workout - 400 meter repeats. Great workout but what a tiring experience.
Wednesday: a gentle 4 miler.
Thursday: Tempo run. Total of five miles, mile warm-up and cool down with a 3 mile tempo wedged in the middle. Felt great during the run and immediately after it. But haha, Friday my legs ached, must be those fast-twitch muscles telling me they really got taxed.
Friday: gentle 5 miles. Oddly my ankle started to bother me. Now that the shin pains are under control it's a bit disturbing that something else would start to hurt.
Saturday: yeah that's today. Supposed to go 5 easy miles, but I've decided to take the day off. Why? Well it just so happens I signed up for a 10k race that takes place on Sunday. This race was kind of a surprise, it just so happens that I need a 10k in my set of races this year...and on Wednesday night I found out about one in my town. Of course there isn't time to train, but that's OK I just need to run it and finish without embarrassing myself. In addition to the race, I'm taking the day off because of the whole ankle thing. I think saving my juice for the race is a good idea, and I'm hoping the day off for my ankle does wonders.
Tomorrow: 9 mile long run/10k race. I figure with a proper warm-up and an extended cool-down I can a total of 9 miles for the morning.
