March 12th & 13th – Sunday & Monday
Sunday – Resting and sleeping all day. Multiple muscles are still feeling quite sore today. It has become apparent to me that the workout of repeats on Friday was quite a stress on my total system. I have to remember that DOMS for older runners means a 36 to 48 hour delay. Also for the first time I am feeling tightness in my hamstring muscles. That is a sure sign that I have upped my training level. I used to tell my runners that as training level intensifies, muscle soreness rises up the legs from calves to hamstrings, and reaches the gluteus maximus (butt) as the highest levels of fitness are achieved. Most middle-distance runners can remember that excruciating pain in the butt during workouts at the end of the season. I can!
Monday – I arose refreshed after about 12 hours of sleep. With hamstrings still sore I chose to run some totally aerobic, 11:30, miles for approximately one hour today. Walk and slow jog for 20 minutes and then 3.5 miles in 40 minutes. It seemed like just what I needed to get back in the groove.