Chasing my Dreams

Training in the dark is here to stay. Took a while to get the legs going this morning. Second half was with Tom. Calfskin still a little sore, but good. Kicked the last half mile down the hill as well

Nice and slow mile and a quarter warmup followed by some stretching and drills. Then I did 3 miles at goal 10k pace, with splits of 5:25, 5:25, 5:29 for 16:20 total. Jogged for 5 minutes and then did 5x1k at goal 5k pace with 2 minute jog recoveries. Averaged right around 3:15-16s, which I was happy with, but they were pretty hard. It was hard for me to keep that pace rolling on those repeats, and I wasn't really breathing through my nose at all. I felt like I had to poop on the last couple as well. Really easy mile and half cooldown back home where I had some pretty crazy allergy reactions, which stinks but also is a sign that I ran hard.

Side note is I played a little bit of ultimate frisbee this afternoon/evening. Haha Greg Hoffman also asked if I was still running, and when I said yes, his response was, "Yeah you look like it!"

Legs are definitely feeling yesterday, but luckily the calves aren't destroyed because I did the workout in trainers. Pretty slow start, and then my communication with Tom was poor. I waited at his place for a few minutes buy it didn't look like he was up so I just left. Had to poop a little for most of the run as well. 6:51 average

Was supposed to meet Tom, but he didn't wake up again, so I ran like half a mile back and forth by his place waiting just in case. Not super fast today, just taking it easy. Things felt decent, but my feet did hurt a little. Probably a sign the worn out shoes need to be retired. 6:57 average. Probably should have done more for recovery yesterday as well.

Hit the shoreline and highline trails with Tom. We probably had the first three miles int he dark with our headlights. Legs didn't feel super strong, so it was probably a good thing to hit the trails. I did another 2.5 miles after up and down Green Canyon. My feet didn't hurt today, so the shoes probably have been the issue since I wore different shoes today (my trail shoes)

Ran the causeway with Tracy and some of the Ogden Crew guys. Honestly the best I've felt and the best long run I've had in a long while. Makes me kind of excited for a marathon again. 6:21 average, I did through almost 14.5 with Tracy, and then he told me to do about a mile and a quarter hard and then cooldown the rest. I was able to run about 5:25 pace for that, which was nice considering how hard I'd been running previously. The causeway is long and buggy, but running with a group of five guys made it seem effortless.