Ran an "easy" (as in not much steep climbing) trail today. Goal was to run for 3 hours. I hurt enough that I called it after about 2:40 and 16+ miles and about 2000' of climb. For the life of me, I can't figure out why this hurt so much more than last week's long run of 14 with 4400' of climb (and descent). I could not get into the ice bath fast enough.

(OK, I'm not used to running on pavement and today my route had about 3.5 miles of paved surfaces...maybe that's why my a$$ is so tight and sore. )