I was extremely tired this morning as I headed out for my mid-week 8 miler (on a stepback week). I think that race on Monday really wore me out, because my legs are real sore, especially the top of my left leg (in the front) … you know, the place that always cramps up on me after marathons. Anyway, my hamstrings are sore, my lower legs are sore, and i’m just tired. Ugh, I have a long weekend ahead of me too. I am expected to run tomorrow, Friday and then Saturday and then take Sunday off because of teaching. I’m not sure that I will stick to that schedule, but I guess we’ll see. Alot will depend on how the rest of the week goes. One good thing is that since my wife has a procedure on Monday morning, I can actually sleep in a bit before running and then getting her to her appointment.

I saw the first Steamtown commercial on channel 16 last night, and the race packets are on their way out. I checked the website and its come to life, lots of updates and all … I wish the funny emails will continue to come out, because I enjoy them, they just don’t seem as frequent as last year (but I could be wrong).

Not too much else to report right now, just trying to rest as best as I can while in a stepback. Its hard to tell the difference between this week and normal week right now (except for today), but the big change comes in the weekend. I really need to heal up since I have 2 real hard weeks coming up before starting the taper for marathon #1….