Another run ho hum.

My run this morning was pretty uneventful. I started a little later than usual because everyone in the house was able to get a little extra sleep. I did decide to take it slower beginning with the first mile because my legs were a little sore. For some reason the backs of my thighs are sore which is strange. Anyway, it is nothing serious just typical leg fatigue that you experience anytime you ramp up mileage again. The run went smoothly though. I wore my Mizuno Wave Creation 7's instead of the Brooks today. Because the Brooks are a bigger size they tend to rub and give me a blister on my right foot. The only remedy I have found to work thus far is to double up on socks and to wear a large bandage on the left side of my right foot. This works pretty well for low mileage. Today however I ran out of bandages so I went back to the Mizuno's. They've got a lot of mileage on them, about three hundred and fifty miles to be exact but still feel good. This is far and away my favorite brand and model of running shoe although with the exception of the size issue the Brooks have been excellent too. My splits were negative and I decided to run the hill at mile three smart instead of bounding up it which I tend to do. This costs me time in the long run as it wears out my legs. As I approached mile three I began thinking about the March Madness Half Marathon, the serious hills there and how one of the main reasons I stayed fresh the previous time I ran the course was because Brian held me back on the uphills and pushed us to take advantage of the downhills. This is a strategy I will incorporate again this March so that's how I ran the hill at mile three; a slower but not too slow pace uphill and downhill at a decent clip to make up the time.

Regarding my schedule I'm having second thoughts about running again tomorrow. Mostly I feel guilty about getting up early and possibly waking the rest of the house on a day when they can all sleep in. My reasons aren't entirely selfless though, I haven't been getting enough sleep lately and would like some extra rest as well. So I think that I may take an off day tomorrow then sleep in a bit on Thursday, get up and run four or five miles. This way I can catch up on some sleep but still get my runs in and have the energy I need for a three mile temp run on Friday and a long run on Saturday.

4 miles 33:05