Week one of mileage pre-ragnar/march marathon?

I had a very solid week of running for a first week back after the Surf City Marathon (3 weeks ago) culminating in a solid/possibly over the top tempo run yesterday. I can't remember if I posted about bonking my knee into a bike rack during a pre mature post race jog two weeks ago, but that happened, and the soreness in my right knee has not totally gone away. Basically just some mild discomfort. I squeezed in 8 runs (9 if a cool down counts) for a total of just about76 miles.

Highlights included:

running a 12x 1 minute hill repeat with the A Snails Pace running club,

a 9 mile cruise in Mission Bay in the vicinity of San Diego Track Club Runners

a new pair of shoes and a singlet from Movin Shoes in San Diego (Adidas Mana 5's/Nike Singlet)

and a 13.1 mile tempo on Saturday in 1:26:36 on a course with elevation similar to an average marathon(+500 feet) followed by a 4 mile recovery

I wrenched my back at one point and felt super drained on my 7 miler tonight, but my body is feeling good otherwise.

Hopefully I can hold this type of 9-10 hours a week of running and get my mileage up by another 10 per cent.

In the race department, I found out I will be running for a Ragnar Relay Team in mid-April, something I have been wanting to do for a while. I think it will be my last hard workout before a mid may - early june Marathon. . . . Rock'n'Roll? Palos Verdes? Pasadena? Who knows. I want to target a 2:55 if at all possible to get me to the advanced tier of Boston Registration, but that may take a LONG time.

until then I will be out on the trail/pavement/track tryin my damnedest