Chasing my Dreams

Went out for the 8.3 mile loop. My first two miles were way too fast, which was a combination of being excited at the beginning of a run and seeing the university guys doing their workout as well. I got a gnarly side stitch right before the long uphill which may have slowed me down there a little bit. My breathing was off the whole first half of the run. Luckily my foot didn't hurt like it did last week. Towards the end of the run my lower legs started to hurt a little, and the last two miles I had to focus to keep my form together. The temperature really dropped though so I think that was part of why I lost my form. 6:18 average.

The run was aerobically more challenging than I wanted to be. I mentally told myself to relax but the hills and cold didn't really help me in that regard. My right arch hurt a little on the couple of the downhills, but it never got very bad. The fact that I averaged 6:11s probably attests to that as well. I can't wait for some new shoes to come, as well as Tom to get healthy again.

My calves have been killing me the last couple of days, which I'm pretty sure is the shoes. I tried to not push too much on the run and make it an easier effort. I'm not very good at doing this on my own though. 

Ended up running later than I had planned because I studied chemistry with a guy in my ward. However, NEW SHOES!!!!! I ran 7 miles in the dark in the snow, so I didn't really care how fast it was. The effort felt about right aerobically, but it was probably a bit slow because of the snow. My left lower leg on the inside bothered me a little, but otherwise things felt good.

Went out in the morning, and my first mile was slower than normal. Things were pretty slushy so my feet got wet. The snow patches really messed with my momentum though. My legs were tired at the end of the run, so hopefully they will have more energy tomorrow

I tried to time my run so that I wouldn't have extreme problems as a result of the rain. Luckily it didn't start to rain hard until the second loop of my run, which at that point I didn't really care if I was wet because I knew it wouldn't really hurt me at that point. My right arch did bother me a little on the first loop on the downhills. The uphill by the stadium was just as hard as it always is. While running south on 8th East I had to fight the wind both times, and on the last mile between the wind and the rain, I couldn't really breathe through my nose, but I was able to finish it out. The time was just under 80 minutes, averaging 6:09s.