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Tough 15-Miler

Today’s run was my hardest to-date. I went skiing on Friday and still hadn’t recovered completely from that. Yesterday, I skipped my first scheduled run in seven weeks because my body was screaming “no”. It was the smart thing to do.

On top of sore muscles and an achy Achilles tendon, I had to deal with 40 degree-weather and pouring rain during the entire run. It was a rather miserable affair and I’m glad it’s over. I was so cold at mile eight that I decided to pick up the pace to get home faster. I would normally stick with my long distance training pace but not today. Oddly, I felt much stronger during the last five miles than the first ten. That’s probably a good thing!

Feeling comfortably sore and tired now and should be able to sleep like a baby tonight.