Training Log

Worked in the yard, clearing out some very tall weeds.  Bathed and clipped 2 of the dogs - it is hot now and they are starting to get fleas.  Worked on homework for the course I am taking this summer - I don't remember relational algebra being quite so hard in my undergrad days!  Lots of distractions however.  Jacob's birthday party in the afternoon which went late.  Just no time to run today.  Still feeling a little tired as well.

8:40 pm - 7.45 miles.

Got out of work late so missed the 6 pm bike shop ride.  7 pm - easy 13.61 mile ride on triathlon bike, then moderate to easy 6.2 run.  Felt a little tired on the run.

8:30 pm - got started a little late waiting for Jacob to get here to have birthday cake for his birthday.  Felt pretty sluggish (maybe from that pure sugar tiny slice of birthday cake I ate just before the run) and had to walk/run the first .3 to .4 mile or so because of what felt like a strain in the right groin, possibly from the bike/run last night.  Left inner calf also feels tight and a little sore - not sure what that is all about.  By the second half of the run, I finally felt pretty good and managed 7 miles, not including the walk. 

Another 8:30 pm night.  8 miles.  Felt a lot better than last night.  No cake before the run this tiime, and no soreness.  : )

7 pm - Gibson Guitar 5K in downtown Memphis.  I had never done this race before.  It benefits the St. Patrick Learning Center that works with inner-city kids.  The race is bigger than I would have imagined - 1400 runners.  It was a little difficult to achieve a fast time - I got there close to start time (it was a spontaneous decision to race), and was pretty far back at the start. It is not chip timed, so where you are in relation to the starting line factors into your final time.  The start was on Beale Street, and there was a lot of good music to be heard while running down Beale.  The route runs past the Civil Rights Museum then turns down Riverside Drive along the Mississippi River.  It was a warm, humid night, and the view was beautiful.  Then you turn back onto Beale and run up a steep hill, then turn the corner at the 3-mile mark back to the Gibson museum and guitar factory.  There was a nice post-race party on the roof of the Gibson.  Fun evening.  2nd in my age group, 23rd female overall, a little disappointed with my time.  Waiting for the "official" time to be posted., which is 24:27. 

6 pm - 12.6 miles - over to the fitness center and back.  Felt pretty good.  Stretched afterward.