Today was a tempo run.  To be honest, my legs were not feeling it this morning.  I was able to do the tempo miles around 7:50 with some of them in the 7:30's, but I did not run as well as last week.  To be honest, I didn't feel like I should push too hard.  I think my legs need to get use to the amount of miles I am putting on them.  Last week I had a lot of miles and I was not suprised I felt tired.  To make things worse, I swallowed a bug and started to dry heave and had to stop a couple of times to do that.  Gotta love those little bugs that start to show up here in Havasu.

Well, I think all my miles caught up to me a little.  When I got done with my run yesterday I felt just fine, but while I was working I started to feel a little pain in my left knee.  It did not get any worse over time, but I could feel it every time I walked.  I also had some popping with the knee, but none of that hurt.  I had to pick up my little girl at 12:00 last night after a soccer game and so I did not sleep very well last night.  With all that combined, I decided to take today off and give my knee a day of rest.  I rolled it last night and stretched, but it was still a little painful this morning.  I will run tomorrow, but the rest of my runs this week with be recovery runs at an easy pace.

I took yesterday off and decided to let my body rest.  My knee felt much better yesterday afternoon and evening.  I decided to run this morning and take it nice and easy with my length dependant on how my knee was feeling.  For the first 2 miles I could tell that the knee was not "normal" but it did not hurt at all.  At mile 2 I stopped and gave the quads a good stretch.  I started running after that and whamo, the knee felt better.  I think I had some tighness in my quads that was causing some tension on the knee.  I stopped a couple more times and just stretched and the knee felt good for the rest of the run.  I kept my time around 8:45-9 minute miles so I was not pushing at all.  Now I am at work and it feels just fine still.  I am hoping a recovery run and a good stretch of the quads was what my body needed.

I had a very good run this morning.  My legs felt really good, much better than yesterday.  I felt like I had taken a week off and my legs were really fresh.  I did the same distance as yesterday, but I was able to run much faster.  I kept most miles around 8:00 (except for the hiss on the way home), but a couple of the miles I was around 7:50.  I tried to slow down after those miles to stary around 8.  Overall I was really happy with the run and my knee and legs still feel really good.

Today was my long run.  My goal was 19 and I was able to get all 19 in, but it was tough.  It was a really windy this morning so the run was not as enjoyable and much more draining than last weeks run.  I wanted to increase my pace for the last 5 miles, but basically the last 5 miles I was running into the wind and so my pace stayed the same.  My legs felt good and I did not have any aches and pains, so at this point in my training I am just happy with the distance I was able to run.  I am trying to not focus on speed at this point, just building up miles.

AP:  9:05

My goal this week was to reach 50 miles and I was able to do it this weekend.  I waited until after Trevins soccer game and the weather was a little nicer instead of running first thing in the morning.  It was nice for a change.  My run was at a comfortable pace and I just tried to enjoy the run after my long and windy run yesterday.  My legs never felt a burn, even up the hills, so I knew my pace was very comfortable.  Looking forward to another week of running on Monday.

AP:  8:23