New distance PR on Sunday: 10 miles. It is not getting any easier. I have had aches in body, especially my left calf, which almost made me stop. It got a little better (paradoxically) by the end of the run.

To top the pleasure, there was a thunderstorm and pouring rain from mile 6 to mile 8, and light rain to mile 9. It didn't matter too much. My only worry was the lightning, because I ran along trees by the river, but the thunderstorm actually wasn't that close, only the rain.

I spent yesterday recovering, and today a 5 miler "easy" run is waiting for me. Some speed training on Wednesday on the high school track, another short maintenance run, and then a replay of this brutal weekend (5 miles fast on Saturday, 10 miles slowly on Sunday).