Chasing my Dreams

It was an average 6 miles, nothing too crazy. My legs started to feel heavy with about two miles to go, but things didn't feel too bad considering it was a Monday. Around 6:20 average.

Was hoping today would just be some miles and I wanted to run at what felt comfortable really. For the first two-thirds of the run my breathing was really off so I didn't feel comfortable. The last two miles or so my legs got really tired. Overall things felt really tired today, and it may all be because of how poor my nutrition was after my run yesterday (eating rice krispy treats for a few hours and not eating until 9:30 at night). My left foot felt a little tender in varying places today as well. I ended up averaging 6:20s still though.

I ended up getting my run in in the morning today because Tom's achilles is still bothering him and he isn't runing. I did the 6.3 mile loop at a pretty average effort. I didn't end up wearing my watch. The legs still felt tired, especially the uphills towards the end. I did 4 strides afterwards, and those felt pretty good on the last two. My left foot is still hurting, I think it's probably some bruising or something.

Things did not feel as good as I wanted them to today. My glutes were really sore/tired on the uphills, and my legs overall didn't have much pop. My lower legs even gave me a few aches and pains, which was a little concerning. I'm going to have to be careful as my shoes may be going out.. I stretched afterwards and hopefully that will help. Averaged 6:24. Oh yeah, I also almost got ran over half a mile into my run.

Ran a comfortable four miles this morning before school. I really like running in the mornings as it is much easier mentally. Things all felt pretty good; breathing, legs and all. 

I got a little bit more running around at the mountain regional watching the races. It was fun to watch the men's race, and all I can say is nationals is going to be real tasty. It was also to see some people at the race, specifically Coach Buhrley.

Mentally I wasn't sure about this run, but it ended up being a good one. The first hill starting out my glutes felt like they were really going to bother me. My lower legs also had some minor aches around 4-5 miles in but it went away after that. My legs felt relatively tired the first six miles, which I averaged 6:32ish through those. I felt really good the last five, and actually was able to hold on the last two miles better than I thought I would be able to. Ended up averaging 6:21 miles for the entire run, which I am happy with.