March 31st: Rest rest.
April 1st: I had a later start so was able to run on the morning at a reasonable time. I did six, planned seven, and it went fine. I feel like I may be over whatever calf issuei had if I keep on top of the easy stuff.
April 2nd: Here was the real test. The plan was 6x1mil @ 7:51. The funniest thing about a small injury is how everything see So Big. Overall, this went well! I did 5x1mi as the calf started saying “hi” around the 4th set and, when the cooler temps started to settle I knew it was best to call it.
Splits: 7:42, 7:40, 7:42, 7:36, 7:44.
April 3rd: 👋🏻 rest day
April 4th and April 5th: I usually don’t love the idea of combining two days of running but they really were pretty similar. Both were easy time on the feet, moving and seeing how everything felt. Both went well about and happy to keep the miles up.
April 6th: The goal of the long run workout was 4mi-4mi@MP-1mi-3mi@MP-1mi-2@MP-3mi
The reality was all that minus 1 mile of the cooldown. Overall I’m happy with this in retrospect but it was hard in the moment. The warmup was sluggish, maybe the podcast, maybe just life but it wasn’t the easiest mental start. Then I started with the up tick which were hard BUT I held on. I had some stops after the tempos to change clothes or deal with the teeth but I think I stopped at better times then I had in the past. The weather was its own thing so I started narrowing in on my route to make sure I had a option for warmer clothes or even a nail out which I didn’t need it turns out. I ended a little early as the calf was starting to show up and I was beginning to drag and suffer in form. Overall, this was a win although not a grand slam. Running, turns out, is a challenge.
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