Nothing much to write about for this weeks wrap up. After last weekend this week has been predictably boring. I took a few days off after the marathon, but by Thursday I was itching to get moving again. So I started off SLOWLY with some recovery runs. I used to think that I couldn't even run slow enough to maintain a 9/mile pace...but this week 9/mile was about as fast as I was going get. On Thursday and Friday my muscles were feeling a little strained but nothing to worry about. However on Saturday and Sunday my left IT Band has been 'twitchy', for lack of a better term. In general it feels fine, but if I take misstep or land too much on my forefoot then I get that twinge of pain. I will be icing it this week, and will adjust mileage this week to make sure that I am ready to start training next week.

This year's USC marathon team is a lot more enthusiastic than last years. Discussions have been flying around FB about trying to BQ and upcoming race schedules, which is awesome. Seems like San Diego or LA are the next race of choice for most (although good luck to David and Abhi at Big Sur). I was planning on running SD by myself, but now I know of 5-6 people who will be there with me including my OG racing homie Erin (what up Erin!!!). No doubt that having friends there will make the race more memorable.

I mentioned before that I lost my continuous glucose monitoring transmitter during the marathon. I purchased a replacement, and will be

happy to have it on Monday. I am amazed at how much I came to depend on it, but it really is incredibly informative. Since I am switching to all morning runs I will have some work to do to figure out my basal insulin adjustment patterns, but I think it should only take a few

weeks and will help tremendously for future races. 

Funny thing I noticed this week was that I have actually dropped a little weight even without running much, and little caloric adjustment....crazy!!!

Alright that is it for this week, easy week this week and then it is back to the hardcore training. Next race is gonna be OC half marathon...warm up race for SD. Don't plan on a PR though as it will be in the middle of a 60 mile week and I am planning on running 15 the day before. 

Last weeks training:

• Thursday - 1.90 Mile Recovery Run - 8:42 pace

• Friday - 2.83 Mile Recovery Run - 8:59 pace

• Saturday - 5.95 Mile Recovery Run (Trail) - 8:24 pace

• Sunday - 4.88 Mile Recovery Run - 8:33 pace

Shoe Mileage:

• Asics DS Trainer 13.2 - 156.98

• Asics DS Trainer 13.3 - 120.97

• Asics Gel Bandito - 121.28

• Mizuno Wave Elixir 4.1 - 47.78

• Mizuno Wave Ascend 4.1 -  5.95

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