Training Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: 5 kilometers

Comments: A very nice little run, thank you very much.Instead of the planned 4 miles or so I just put int the regular half-hour. I'm being extra cautious this week and my left knee was feeling a bit achy all yesterday.Started cold and very slow but got into it very quick. By the halfway mark I was having to rein it in a bit, which is a nice change.

Training Run

Time: 45 min
Distance: 9 kilometers

Comments: Up to my butt in busy these days and got out the door way late. But got out there and cranked out a good one.I did the stretching thing hoping to loosen up the left calf but to little avail. Despite that I got started strong, dropped into a brisk pace and held it the whole way. I may have even gotten up to the 3/4 race pace I'd like to be at in a month, but I'm not sure.

Training Run

Time: 30 min
Distance: 5 kilometers

Comments: Very much a recovery run. More like a jog than anything, to be honest.Yesterday was pretty tough. I woke feeling like a bus had hit me and was out of it all day. Then, last night, I didn't sleep worth a damn. All signs of overtraining. So the need to cut back this weeks is pretty clear. In fact, I considered skipping this run but I decided it's prolly best to keep on the schedule but reduce the distance and intensity of the runs.All that said, it was a pretty good effort. Felt strong, no major issues and, overall, wound up rather invigorated by it.

Marathon Training Summary: Week 8

Time: 4 hours 20 min
Distance: 46 kilometers

Comments: Veerah veerah tahrd. Veerah tahrd indeed.After two weeks of intense training my body is feeling the toll of the miles. That's 56 miles or so over 14 days. The most I have done since the massive runs in December of last year that did me in. And lordy my bod is feeling it. Got a two-and-a-half hour nap in this afternoon quite by accident. I meant to rest a bit and get off my feet and POW - before I knew it - I was out.Given the lack of progress the prior month this has been a welcome relief but, at the same time, putting this much mileage on all at once is rather perilous. So I'm actually needing to be more wary of injury than when I was fighting off the litany of aches and pains.Injury update: Surprisingly, very little. Just a huge amount of exhaustion and the threat of a nice little bout with DOMS.

Long Run

Time: 2 hours 5 min
Distance: 22 kilometers

Comments: This one was tough. I knew when I got up that I wasn't in peak shape for it but I laced them on and got out the door before I could talk myself out of it. There wasn't any injury keeping me from doing it (see below) but I knew I was tired and the workload of the last two weeks has taken it's toll. But, this is what the long runs are for - training yourself to push through being tired and wanting to give up. This is my battlefield now. I know how to handle this bastard.Anyhow, the run went relatively well. I took it down to Chorillos first which gave me a few hills and pavement work. Then, after getting all the way to Playa Herradura, I turned around and ran the length of the seafront to just about M,agdalena del Mar. Then ret