Chasing my Dreams

Sabbath Day, keep it holy. Man two nights in a row with 9 hours of sleep feels great

Had a really restless night of sleep. Thinking about my engineering project a lot.

I went out with Jeff and the Robber. Jeff took it out fast, like he does since he goes short, and it ended up killing me. I was really feeling it today, probably Saturday's killer good long run. My lungs and legs just weren't carrying me the way they should have been. My quads were killing. I ended up taking a break at the turn around because I was dying it seemed like. I tried to pick it up the last mile, but not sure if it really happened. My glutes locked up the last quarter mile. 6:39 average.. not bad for feeling terrible.

Stretching and some abs after OUTSIDE finally!

It was way too hot today. I tried to make it an easy run, but I can't do that on my own I'm learning. I was still struggling quite a bit today. The breathing feels harder than I feel like it ought to, but I'm not sure. My ankle tendonitis was bothering me a little in the second mile, but it went away. I took one quick break to stretch out the shins and calves. 66min 45sec total time. After my feet muscles on the outside tightened up and I could hardly walk, but it's loosened up now. 

Did some stability work after.

Ran an easy 4 miles with Zach and Will, I was surprised with how slow it felt. After that I ran 2+ miles on the grass around the school. It was a nice easy day, hopefully it will help my legs for the rest of the week. My hips and glutes were sore from the stability routine I did. I did a little biking after to get a little more mileage.

First official day of outdoor track. Buhrley is trying to unite the team, so we had to do this "warmup" as a big group. I like the team building idea, but it wasn't of much benefit for me. It also rained like crazy this afternoon so I'm sure that scared a ton of people away.

After I went on an 8 mile run in the rain, it was quite relaxing. My legs felt quite a bit better today. I almost got hit by a car not even a mile in, that was fun. I ran like two miles ish with the Robber going out. Quads started to hurt a little in the last two miles but not bad. 6:38 average for the whole run.

Did a decent warmup, it wasn't quite as aggressive as I would have liked, but still got me ready to go for the workout. We did the 2x10x30seconds with 30 seconds rest and 10 minutes in between sets. It was windy today though, so that was a factor in how far we were able to make it. I wasn't quite sure how to run something like this yet either.. On the first set I was able to go 1785 meters, and on the second set 1840 meters. My quads started to tighten up the last 5 of the second set. Total I got 3625, which was what I was hitting last year like a month later than now before I got hurt. I know I'm in better shape, so that's not bad considering the wind. Things are looking solid so far. I did a 25+ minute cooldown nice and easy. My right IT band was tight during that. Some stretching and elevating after. 

Going to catch up on some sleep this weekend.

Just a good long run today. I didn't take any stops, so it was a continuous twelve miles. Things were kind of slow today.. I'm sure the tired legs from yesterday plus fighting the wind for like half of my run was part of that. 6:45 average, 81 minutes. Decent but not great. My right IT band was feeling tight. 

I have a good feeling about this upcoming track season.