First things first:
Happy Birthday Oak! I know this is a BIG milestone year--and I hope it is a GREAT year for you!

So I ran 4 miles last night after work. Temps in the low 70's now. It was a very nice run. I felt good. I felt "fast". (My version of fast). So 4 miles, 45:30 min. NOt bad. Now keep in mind I had a personal trainer workout that AM. I was not feeling tight or sore yet. It is those darn lunges.

I had to run 4 again today and needed to do it in the AM. I really hate runs in less that 12 hours. I did not sleep that well. Go up and I felt the tightness setting in. I also knew I was tired. So this was a "quantity" run not a "quality" run. It was slow. I did not feel smooth...my gait felt jerky". So 2 minutes longer this AM. So it was slow and I felt slow. The worst part was that when I got home everything was so tight I almost could not sit down or bend over to get my shoes off. I had to move very slowly to get things to start stretching out. So took my warm shower and then stretched.

I am moving a bit slow and walking like an old lady. So more stretching tonight!!!

Colby, difficulty making up teh 2000 cal deficit from the long run? Never my problem. I wish I could lose some weight w/ all this running. I decided not to the weight loss challenge, but try and eat "descent", not big splurges and hopefully as I increase my mileage I'll get some weight off.
Now that I say that I DID indulge in a gingerbread panera bagel this AM after my run. YUM!

4 miles Sat and 7 on Sunday is the plan.

K