Close Monitoring

OBJECTIVE
4 mi. slow ( > 8:38/mi.)

ACHIEVED
4.01 mi.@ 8:34/mi.

5:29 AM 63° 83% 7 mph

It seems I've got something developing that I need to keep a close eye on. During the St. George marathon my calves got really tight around 19 miles. I thought this was from the wind and rain. Of course, I was expecting my quads to be burning which thankfully didn't happen but the calves were pretty bad. Since then I've had similar tightening with my calves. I've mentioned it a few times in my blog. Again today, the problem flared up. It's never been bad enough to stop me but it's fairly unpleasant. Last year at this time, I was feeling good about completing my first marathon, cranked up my training intensity and injured myself. I'm leery of the same thing happening so I'm going to keep a close handle on what's going on here. I don't want it to get away from me.

Today's run was pretty good. I covered the distance too fast; hopefully that's not a problem tomorrow or Wednesday when I'm trying to go farther and faster.

It was warm this morning and it's supposed to rain later today then off-and-on over most of the week.

*** REMINDER *** I need to blog about my shoes, telegrams, and potential shake up to the overall training schedule (this is a good thing!).

PRE RUN
weight = 158#
Clif bar & water

POST RUN
water, multivitamin & 5-grain hot cereal w/brown sugar & 1% milk