Ramped Up and Feeling Good

My first week of marathon training went well. I felt a couple twinges in my hip flexors over the weekend as I was logging my five-mile race pace run on Saturday and my 10-miler on Sunday, but today everything feels fine. A short nap on Sunday was the most refreshing nap ever, period.

Voila! 25 miles, my highest weekly total of the year.

Here's how Week 1 went down:

• Last Monday accounted for my speed work, with the Tallmadge Memorial 5-K.
  
• Tuesday was a two-mile recovery run with the Enthusiast as she kicked off her first week of half marathon training, which she wrapped up yesterday with a tough three-miler.
  
• Thursday, was a brutally humid and sluggish jaunt down big Memorial Hill and a sweaty slog back up.
  
• I was worried that my weekend runs would be rougher than they were after that hill, but my legs felt loose and ready go Saturday morning, and I had to slow myself down during Sunday's long run.
  
• The 10-miler only got tough in the last two miles when I had to dig deep to keep up my pace, which was encouraging.

After my nap, I was all ready to go play some banjo.



[Drunkard's note: I'm not the banjo player you can see.]