Remember me??

Yes, I know its been almost a month since I last wrote.....I am so sorry! I wish I could say that I was too busy doing other things to write, but that's not true.....I've just been lazy! I took two weeks off running after Vermont City. I rode my bike a couple times (including one mountain biking session with Bryan!), practiced yoga, and enjoyed the mental and physical break from training.

Of course the weather warmed up just as I was getting ready to run again. During our first heat wave of the year (4 days of 95 degree humid days...yuck!), Bryan and I waited until 8pm to run and it was still unbearable! I was questioning how I could run 26 miles two weeks earlier when I couldn't even get through 4 miles that day!?!?

Its cooled off some (let's just say its going to be a rough summer!) and I've still been running mostly easy miles. My calves have been really tight, but not in the same way I have felt them before. My massage therapist says that its built up connective tissue and scar tissue that needs to be broken up. I guess this makes sense because it doesn't really feel like muscle tightness. I've been stretching, foam rolling, and icing after my runs to help it.

Bryan and I ran in the Reggae Ramble 4.2 mile race on Thursday night. We've done this summer race series for the past couple years and its a fun, non-stressful race. I definitely wasn't going for any PRs but it felt good to run a bit faster than I have the past couple weeks.

So I have one more week of easy running before I start training for the Hartford Marathon on October 11th. I am still figuring out the details of my training plan, but I am looking at adapting the Pfitzinger 18 week up to 60 miles per week plan I followed last time to a 15 week up to 60-65 MPW.

So I promise to write more often as my training starts back up......just as I needed the break from running, I think I also needed a break from blogging! Its good to be back now :)