53 and Counting

February 21, 2013: 53 and Counting..... 8-mile recovery run - treadmill (66:50) - got up at 4:30 am for another recovery run/Sportcenter session.  My legs definitely seem to function differently in the early morning hours.  It takes much longer to work the speed up on the treadmill, and the lower speeds seem much faster.  That's what recovery runs are for though.  My goal for a recovery run should be to run as slow as I need to in an effort to facilitate recovery.  If 7:30 pace is what feels easy, then I run 7:30....if I have to run 9:00 pace for the run to feel easy, then so be it.  I certainly do not want to have to recover from a 'recovery' run. :-P