Chasing my Dreams

I had a hard time falling asleep last night, and then I feel like I tossed and turned most of the night. 

I got out the door this morning and felt kind of lethargic, but it got better the longer I was out. 6:44 average. I had to stop and poop because I couldn't beforehand. My feet were bothering me, probably because my shoes are about shot. My right quad felt especially tired, and the left ball of my foot into my toes hurt pretty good. 

It was a tough morning getting out the door and getting going. I much rather would have stayed in bed. I took things fairly easy the first couple of miles and then naturally picked things up after that. This run definitely helped me have a better attitude aboutt the day. My shoes actually treated me fairly well until 9 miles in, and then my left foot/toes started to hurt like they did yesterday. So I'll probably break out the new shoes tomorrow. It was pretty nice out this morning as well. 6:43 average

Unfortunately it was cloudy and I couldn't see the Super Blue Blood Moon. For the first like three miles my breathing felt like it was harder than normal, so I mentally knew I probably should run easier, but my legs didn't want to cooperate. However, once I hit like 6.5 miles, I could tell my legs were feeling pretty tired. 6:38 average.

I broke out the new shoes today as well. My right ankle feels bruised almost I think from my worn out shoes.. It went away after a mile though

Today I was committed to controling my effort and making it a true easy day. I actually did a pretty good job, other than the last two miles were a little faster than they should have been. 7 flat average pace. My left hip was feeling pretty tight/sore this morning, and I felt it the majority of the run. About 9.5 miles in my left ball of the foot/toes started to hurt a little, but I think it's just lingering stuff from the old shoes and nothing to worry about.

More than anything I couldn't get my legs to work this morning. It was a struggle just to run the pace I was running. My life burdens may be influencing my recovery and may have also been that they were sluggish after yesterday's run. My right ankle and left foot bothered me slightly during the first mile, but felt great after that. They should go away here in a comple of days. 6:48 average.

Yesterday my legs apparently really were tired, as my quads especially were feeling it today. All of the uphills on todays route certainly didn't help that in any way. It did make me wonder if my legs don't respond well to foam rolling though. I ran by feel today (turned off the mile splits on my watch) and just tried to get in a good effort based on what my legs were giving me. Not an awful effort, 6:26 average, but the second half was actually decent. From miles 10-12 my left ball/toes area was hurting and it had me concerned, but I'm thinking the hills must aggravate it more than the flats, because it kind of went away after that.