Training Log

6:40 am - ok, this bug is kind of hanging on.  I wanted to do a long run this morning, and to get out the door, I convinced myself I would just start running and see how it goes. Did the usual loop with all the new additions (except for the lake loop which I'll add next time) that I have "discovered" over the past couple weeks.  Down through the park and stopped at the drinking fountain at mile 10, then looped around to the house and got some gatorade and a gel, then did the 4-mile loop over to Peterson Lake Rd - Powell - Byhalia.  Once again, the beginning of the run was rough, but I could breathe better today, and then felt better the second half.  The heat index is going to be in the 100s today, and the forecast is 101 (without heat index) tomorrow.  Mid-South in the summertime!

5:45 am - ran the out and back to the town hall with a loop around the lake.  Watched the sun come up as I was running around the lake.  Beautiful.  It is going to be another very hot day!

6:15 am.  Up last night from about 2:30 on with a sore throat and cough; was tired and got started a little late.  Did the 7.5 mile loop that is now becoming my "short" loop, running through the Oaks neighborhood and down by Home Depot then Poplar and Peterson Lake Rd.  Felt sluggish but finished the run.

5:50 am - shorter run today.  May be able to ride after work tonight.  At about 5.5 miles, I felt a very sharp pain on the lateral side of my right knee (IT band).  I actually thought something had bitten me (like one of the horseflies that had been chasing me the first part of the run), but it wasn't.  I felt the long run from earlier in the week in my IT band yesterday but not a sharp pain like this.  I didn't feel the same type of pain again during this run.

Thunderstorms early in the morning, lasting until after I got to work.   My daughter's new boyfriend came over for dinner, so I rushed home after work to help her make dinner since she had to pick up Jacob who is sick with an ear infection.  "Rest" day from running.

5:22 am - 12 mile loop including the lake loop and watching the sun rise over the lake as I ran.  Felt pretty good, especially the last 1/3 of the route.

6:30 am