Off Schedule

I was a bit lazy this week and didn't take my Thursday run until Friday evening. Even then, I ran a conservative three miles, though I did pick up the pace a little. The shin felt great, but my calf muscle suffered a slight strain. One side effect to runing through the shin problems, is that my knees and calves are taking more impact than they would otherwise. Still, better a sore calf than the dull pain of muscle pulling away from bone at the shin, and the calf seems already back to normal. :-)

Then I missed my Sunday run altogether and I now feel so far off track, I'm not sure how best to pick up again. That 7 miles I was scheduled for yesterday seems farther and farther off. I haven't taken a run longer than 3 miles in almost two weeks. I'm tempted to try a slightly longer run today (5 miles?), let up a little this week (maybe 3 or 4 miles Thursday), and then see how 6 miles feels on Sunday. Too ambitious? I'll find out after the run tonight I guess.

This weekend, my mom and I drove up to Yuba City for an uncle's 4oth birthday party and quite a few of my uncles and aunts were there (my mom is the oldest of 10). I was surprised and pleased to find out how many of them have been runners. A few even have some marathons under their belts.