April 6, Wednesday

Today was 45* and sunny with a slight breeze.

Headed out with lots of layers of clothing for a road run.  Did all PPP.  (Proper Pre Procedures   – Heat, compression sleves, walk and jog with sweats on.)  Continued to cover 3 miles in 40 minutes.   Legs were heavy all the way.  Never got into a steady, smooth stride.  Thighs felt like weights.  Calves tight,  Achilles tendon not bad unless I tried to pick up pace.  Struggled and felt exhausted at end.  Not a pleasant experience.

Looking for explanation, I come up with the following possibilities;

1-  16 surges two days ago on track    DOMS ?

2- Too cold  ?

3- First run on macadam road in a while  ?

4- First swim and Whirlpool  in months  ?

5- Arl says overtraining to satisfy  new blog.  .?

6- Less than adequate sleep last 2 nights

7- ?NO beer for 2 days   Probably the cause of poor sleep.?

(Definitely time for a beer  blog.)

8- Not on the beach in St. Augustine ?any more. ??!!

So many reasons, I am surprised that I even got up today!

Oh well,  ice,  chocolate milk and rest for a better day tomorrow.

Stats-

a.m. HR  – 54 BPM   Steady

Weight –  #153.5   Steady

I-Mad =  3.5  Slight improvement

Sleep –  6 hrs   – Not enough