Know When to Head Home

Today was a hill work out. I was planning on a 2.25 mile warm-up, about 6 miles of the hill work out, then 2.75 mile cool down. But there was nothing cool about today. OK, so I'm a little spoiled with Colorado Summers, but it was in the mid 80's - hot enough to mean times were gonna suffer. Or maybe it was me that was gonna suffer...
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Catching Up

It has been an interesting year since the marathon, but it feels like my training is finally back on track. One week after running Napa, I had minor surgery for a hernia repair. That was 30 days with no running. And a relatively slow come back when I did start back. It was probably good to give my body a break anyway after the marathon training, but I felt like I lost a lot. It really wasn't until June when I began to feel like I had fully recovered. Then I had another 7 day break in early July for another unrelated medical issue. But since mid-July I have been consistently over 30 miles a week, including a long run of either 13 or 15 miles.
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