"If we don't suffer enough we won't remember it."

4 miles avg 7:01 pace.  I could hardly walk after my run Sat because my Achilles hurt so much.  I rubbed myself for a while then got a massage from a girl in my neighborhood who is a massage therapist.  I iced my Achilles and took Ibuprofin before I went to bed Sat.  Sunday it felt much better.  Today it only hurt a tiny bit on a 4 mile run.  My left but/hamstring/calf still feels a little tight, but the rest of me felt better than I usually feel on a Monday after a 20 mile run. 

I think I caused this problem on Thursday when I was pulling weeds.  The ground was so wet I couldn't resist the temptation to get rid of a few of them.  It was right after my run so I was all dirty anyway from running in the rain.  I didn't want to strain my quad more because I've been having issues there so I was bending over funny to get the weeds, favoring my left quad, etc.

I think a good solution to my problems would be not do any yard work or any other work, only run, eat, sleep, and get massaged, oh and a little TV would hurt.

10 miles, but I stopped about every 2 miles to stretch.  Still having some problems with my left Achilles/ankle.  Avg 6:53 pace.

8 miles avg 7:05 pace.  Still pain in my left ankle.  I got a massage later in the morning so hopefully that will help.  The rest of my body sure feels good. 

3 miles avg 7:25 pace.  It was nice to finally not hurt while running.  This whole week was painful.  I think I finally got the tight spots rubbed out enough to be able to function properly.

17 miles with Brent up/down Provo Canyon/South Fork.  Avg 7:15 pace.  I was going to go 20 and run home past my house to end at the baseball fields three miles away, but cut it short and stopped at home. 

I ran pain free for about 13 miles.  Then I started having a little pain in the inside of my left leg, down by my ankle.  This hurt me a lot Tues/Thurs.  I rubbed out a spot clear up on the inside of my leg at the top of my quad right by my but to fix this problem.  I was supper tired from not enough sleep and started running sloppy.  I kicked myself right where it was already starting to hurt.  The spot was still a little swolen and tender from earlier in the week.  The kick hurt so bad and it bothered me the whole last 4 miles. 

I'm still a little nervous about how my body will hold up for the UV Marathon.  I think if I can finish working out all my tight spots so I don't have any injury pains, and sleep good so I feel well rested I can have a very enjoyable and fast race.