Running, our sport, any other sport's punishment

Today I ran to the coral canyon entrance and back it was a tough run but well worth it. On the front side of the hill I could really feel the burn in my calves but once I started going down the other side the searing pain left and it was all good. It was a slow run but it was a good long run and it definitely makes some of the other hills i've run seem like a cinch to get up. It was a good workout for working 2 different sets of muscles as hills work different muscles. Later today I'm going too run 2 miles before work. I'll update after that.

Early Pm- around 2:50 I headed out for my second run of the day, the one in the heat. I headed out to the park with the rock wall and around the little paved trail. I stopped at the fountain to get a drink and then headed back, running through my neighborhood a bit so it'd be a 2 miler. The first part of the run felt really good and then on the way back not as good but still not horrible, but when I got home the heat hit me and i got a drink quickly and got drenched in cold water. Now I feel a bit better and the worst of it should be over now hopefully tomorrow's run will be better.

Today we went out to the park on the parkway and did six barefoot striders to get another mile in and then headed back. The run itself was pretty good but for the first half of the run I could really feel the extra miles from yesterday and the hill. On the way back it wasn't quite as bad though just a nice run.

Pm- I ran the 2 miler bank and back but since its a little further from my house than the school I cut off a little early. It was a bit better than yesterday and It can only get better.

Today after our warm-ups we headed out for the middleton run. Jr. showed up today and I ended up running a 5 miler with him. Really slow, stiff miles today. I can feel the extra miles that i've been adding on in the afternoon. Hopefully by the end of this week I'll be a little less stiff and sore. Next week we meet at the high school at 8 so that's a plus and along with that next week's miles shouldn't be as bad because I'll have made it through this week. I have a class for work until 3 but after that I'll run my miles for the afternoon. Today I bump it up to 3 miles in the heat but it should be alright.

Pm- 3 miler from my house, an elongated bank run. It was pretty hot outside but I ran with water so it wasn't that bad. Other than being sore on my right side it was a decent run, lets hope the afternoon and early evening stay that way and then improve as far as runs are concerned.

Ran 5 mile green springs run. Really slow,tired miles but I ran them and I got the miles in. Hopefully I can speed things up next week and I'll have more sleep by then. I stayed awake all yesterday but still didn't sleep well at night so tonight I'm diverting to sleeping pills,I hope they work because if they don't work nothing will.

Pm- 3 miles, the same way as yesterday. It was still pretty hot outside but i made it through. shorter morning run scheduled tomorrow. 4 miles instead of 5 it should be a nice little rest before an 8 miler saturday.

I ran a 4 miler today after I warmed up. I had to run alone this morning :(  because I work in a few minutes and had to be home and able to get ready quickly. It was a good run, a little slow but hopefully next week I can pick up the pace a bit.