20120909 Week summary

Monday: rest

Tuesday: more rest

Wednesday: Black mtn carmel mtn loop: so so run. legs are a bit flat and i'm a bit tired, but it seemed to go ok.

Thursday: wanderings: my legs and energy have absolutely fallen through the basement. a poor nights sleep combined with whatever riddle is plaguing me resulted in an incredibly slow run today. i almost turned around after 1/4 mile, but decided to plug ahead. during the last 2 miles i decided to really press the pace and see if i had anything in the tank. i was able to muster a couple of 7:30 ish miles mainly downhill and some flats. a very dissappointing day.

Friday: Black mtn carmel mtn loop: i decided to press things a bit today and see if i'm tired or just complacent from running slowly for so long. things started out very lethargic, heavy legs low motivation and it looked like another slog. then a little over a mile into it, starting into the climb up to black mountain i was holding a decent pace. i was pleasantly suprised and kept on it, at the top i was a bit tired, but continued to press through, knowing the back half was primarily downhill. i held a decent turnover through to the last 1/2 mile at which point i could feel my legs fading quickly. i settled back slightly and cruised in for my 1st sub 40 run of this route in a long time.

Saturday: El Capitan mtn alternative: today started out with the intent to summit el capitan mountain. only to find that neither my legs nor victoria's legs were interested in the elevation gain. so we turned around and explored a bit on the west side of wild cat canyon. there were some wanderings on the trans county trail and a meager attempt to get to san vicente resevoir followed by some good old bushwacking. the run turned into a fun filled escapade. a welcome variant to the usual quest for elevation gain or high mileage.

Sunday:

Retrospective: another week of lethargy and non responsive legs.  outside of friday's run, everything was pretty lackluster and pointing towards a real need for big changes, perhaps rest and an evaluation of my current diet.  i've scheduled an appointment to get some blood work done and see if that turns up anything

Summary:
Total Time: 3:48
Run Time:   3:48
Distance:     25.23
TSS:             245
Climbing:    3,186'