overtaking haynes

6.75 miles on trails, 1.1 miles on a dirt road and the rest on sloshy pavement. 1hr 55 minutes. legs feel kind of tired so i decided to take endurox r4 for recovery despite how gross it is. we'll see tomorrow if it worked. 

1.5hr run with headlamp. Saw a deer and the air either was really dusty tonight or there were tons of tiny bugs everywhere. i think something swooped at me once but not sure what it was. no contact though which was good. think endurox definitely helped. i decided to only have 1/2 of the recommended serving tonight though because i wanted to save room for chinese food later. 

night run, went first 3.9 with brother around 9:30 pace then finished in 1hr 23 minutes. 3.3 miles of dirt road. heard an owl hooting and saw a deer shadow. so much dust in the atmosphere it's really gross thinking about breathing it all in. 

71 minutes in the dark. 3.3 miles on dirt road. i think it's time to get some new road running shoes now that i run on the roads. they're not very comfortable right now. the worst part of night running is putting on the gear.

every once in a while i get creeped out but i have a 4 mile circuit that seems to avoid as much creepiness as possible. it's all relative i guess. every once in a while you think you hear something...i think the bears may be hibernating now but in reality it's the owls you have to worry about.

 took half dose of endurox. seems to be working well. unless i run over 2hrs i'm only going to take the 1/2 dose. seems to be aiding recovery. i definitely recommend it. just drink it fast.

got a late 8:15pm start. Had to pick up my brother and take him to dinner and eat at 6. Stomach was questionable to start but didn't feel too sick. started with brother. he bailed after 2 miles. something swooped down at me from a tree. my brother saw it too. it was as if it were a flying squirrel trying to attack me. whatever it was that glided then scurried like a demonized mouse. strange and unsettling. i ran the rest by myself. saw lots of eyes tonight. i guess it's later and more eyes come out to watch you. goal was just to do enough miles to not make hitting 70mpw too daunting over the next couple of days. will be able to run in daylight tomorrow which will be nice. 3.3 miles on dirt. 1hr 3 min. 

Got to miss work today b/c i had to do something business oriented out of town. Got back home around 2:30pm today so got to go for a trail run in the light. started off slow (as usual) running the first 6.3 miles in an hour. I then ran the next 5.7 miles in 47 minutes and definitely was pushing it. Felt pretty good. Right hamstring felt a little tweaked which is nothing new. time for a little stretch i guess and also can't forget the endurox. 1hr 47 min run.  Saw an entire deer full of fur just left on the side of the trail. pretty gross and lame that someone would just leave that there.
 

1hr 51 min trail run at a pathetically slow pace. very tired from yesterday's effort.