Monday watery blues

Biked Sunday.  Practiced the "full circle" drill - I've stated it before - the idea of clips on your bike allowing you to use muscular force throughout the complete pedaling circle - not only do you push down on the pedal, you pull up on the pedal as well, allowing each leg to power through the complete pedaling cycle.  

To note, this really works your thighs - right above your knees.... it gets very tiring very quickly.  I could only concentrate on that for short periods at a time, but it is amazing the speed that you pick up.  I added 2 - 3+ mph on average - over 20 miles, that is quite a time savings....

Ran this evening.  It took about 10 minutes to get over the aches and pains of recovering from yesterday's bike ride.  Knees and thighs were complaining the most, but seem to give up after the 10-minute mark.  After that it wasn't smooth sailing, but certainly no more difficult than normal runs.

Ultimately, not too bad - went to where the in-laws used to live*.... the run turned out to be a 5k.... I'll have to stalk the old place more often.....

Still at an 11-minute mile pace..... I thought I was doing better than Saturday, but the pace remained the same - had to stop at street lights due to rush-hour traffic, so I guess that added up to the stop I did in the middle of Saturday's run.

*Hey, the food there was great, too...... again, that pattern!!!! Have to channel Freud soon....