I'll try to keep this short. A very good week of running. I had to move Tuesday's workout to Wednesday due to an ice storm but other than that, the weather was pretty cooperative for December. I was even able to run in shorts a couple of days.
Wednesday, 8 mile hill workout. It was still icy and wet so I took it easy, 8:49 pace.
Thursday, 5 mile recovery run, 9:07 pace, legs were pretty sore.
Friday, 10 miles at GA pace, 8:30. Pace felt comfortable, piriformis felt OK.
Sunday, 13 miles, 3 miles of hills, then 7 miles on the bike path, and finished with 3 more miles of hills. 8;20 pace. Strong run, finished strong from mile 9 forward.
Quads were very sore on Friday and Saturday. Partly from hills, partly from running 3 days in a row this early in the training cycle. But sore quads are actually part of the plan for this training cycle. I need to strengthen the quads like never before. Otherwise, the Boston course will destroy my quads again.
The piriformis is holding up pretty well. I still have to ice it after each run and I still feel a low level pain most of the time when I'm running. But the pain is nothing like it used to be. Let's hope that trend continues.
Week 3 adds a 5th day of running and will land me at a 40 mile week as we gradually build toward 50-55 mile weeks. Starting to get my legs back already. I just have to be careful not to over do it.
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