oh, pout

Guess my body is telling me that it's going to take its own sweet time recovering from my recent high mileage Ultra!

Yesterday, I met up with some other runners for a training run for the upcoming Mountain Mist 50k. I can look at it as I had a nice 13 mile hike, but as a training run on the Monte Sano trails, it was pretty dismal. I just had no energy or any speed, and any number of various aches and pains. I couldn't even keep up with the "old guys", and got outpaced by everyone in the group within the first mile and half. And then I lost my way on the course and ended up running opposite to the others as well! (ha- which at least meant I got to see them all again). Felt like a slow dumb bunny!.

And today I am limping around with a sore foot (right tarsal area) to boot! Am RICEing it, and hoping everything evens out in the next two weeks before the trail race.

Tuesday 3.5 miles
Wednesday 8 miles
Thursday 2 miles/gym
Friday 3.5 miles/gym
Saturday 13 miles trails

Weekly Total: 30 miles; 2 gym sessions. (not a stellar start to this year, but guess I'll take it!)