7 miles, supposed to be 6 but...

RUN 7 miles in 62 mins, 8:51 m/m ave
BIKE COMMUTE 9 miles, or 9.5? whatever

...you can't stop running the loop until you've finished it! Since the loop ends at 6.6, and since I like even numbers, I rounded up. As usual :)

I'm tired, but as I like to say: I'm supposed to be! But geez I can't be that tired if I'm running sub-9's on this run. It felt good, but it wouldn't have felt good or fast without a group. So I'm grateful for them! And as EW and I talked about today, it's good to be grateful.

I'm tired. My legs ache. Yesterday my legs were swollen and felt an extra size bigger. Salt? I'm drinking a lot of water, so it's no mystery of where it comes from. But why does it stay? Oh, it does leave, overnight. When I'm supposed to be sleeping! But in good news, nothing hurts.

I have a decision to make, one I've already made but yet another to go. The Terrain group has another night run on L&C tomorrow night. I pitched the idea of a back-to-back-to-back to TV but he's holding off that to spend time with the wife. He encouraged me to go so I can "meet people". He's right. But the last time I "met someone" he was an angry crazy text-stalker. I'm happy to meet other runners, but I'm a bit nervous on it. Since he's out, I'm left with deciding if I want to drive that far for a 5 or 8 mile run. Eh...not really. On top of that the doggie has a vet visit for her foot injury at 9:15am tomorrow, so my day will be messed up anyway. That's the decision already made: no L&C run.

Oooh wait I just thought of something. Is Terrain running Saturday? Checking email.... Nuts, no. Greensfelder on Sunday instead.

Back to my decision. I also have PT tomorrow at 7am. I can run to PT and get 5 miles in, the same 5 miles I'd get the same 5 miles I would have had at the night run. Reasons for not doing it -- I need some rest, and it could squeeze my schedule of getting to the vet on time. Reasons for doing it -- ... hate to admit it but it would reduce my Saturday run! Ack!

As of today I'm at 29 miles. TV wants 20 on Sunday. That leaves me with 26 miles to fill the gap. If I run less Saturday by running Friday, I'll be fresher for Sunday. If I rest Friday I'll be fresher for Saturday. Oh Geezuz-F'ing-Kriest. Seriously?!

What to I WANT to do? Haven't decided yet.

Why am I so concerned with being tired. I'm supposed to be tired.  And I can't complain be concered with about not being "fresher" for Sunday because this is TV's 100 mile week! I realized this yesterday as I commuted home. That I'm all WAH WAH about being tired, but TV will be running his 80-100 miles Sunday. I've NEVER hit that distance in training, and I'M THE ONE WORRIED ABOUT BEING TIRED?! Ugh.