Chasing my Dreams

I took things pretty easy even though I've been feeling well, because I'd much rather be safe than sorry. I did a total of 60 minutes worth of rotating between biking, running(jogging really), and the ellitical. The physical activity in general made my mouth ache a little, and the jogging made it worse. It wasn't unbearable. My first five minutes of running my left knee/ITB was hurting a bit, but it's most likely from not running for a few days and not warming up.

Coach Buhrley didn't think I should lift yet, and neither did I. So during 4th period I did my "running" workout. I did about the same thing as yesterday. I cross trained and ran for a total of 60 minutes, 20 of that was running on the treadmill. The mouth wasn't nearly as achy today, so that's good. I hope to be running full strength by the end of the week. I know the rest is important right now though.

I basically fully ran today, which was good because I had some stream and stress to blow off after see how poorly I did on my Stats test. I ran for a total of 40 minutes, and about 35 minutes was on the treadmill. I stopped after twenty minutes to use the restroom. My feet were bothering me on the treadmill, but felt fine when I was running in the hall. My legs also felt better then. I was going medium to easy pace, but was glad to run. After the 40 minutes I did some dynamic drills and then a brief cooldown on the elliptical. I missed the time trial today, and I hope I can do it some time next week, because I've been feeling pretty strong lately.

Finally out on the roads, I didn't care what the weather was like. It's so much better to actually run and be outside. I took things what felt pretty easy today. I ran out with Tanner and Jeff. I came back faster than we went out. I think I averaged about 7 flat pace. About 4 miles in I got soaked by a passing car, but I felt good. My "toe tendonitis" was acting up, but that isn't even a real thing.

I ran 5.5 with Zach and Rob. We averaged about 7:10 pace. My legs felt like they were going faster than we acutally were, and that was disappointing. They should come back to full strength soon hopefully. It was funny because Rob was dying. Zach was doing well though and I'm waiting for him to have a huge quantum leap. After I did a fast couple laps on the indoor track and then a few minutes easy on the bike.

I was feeling kinda tired and had pressure in my head beforehand, but I knew I just needed a good run. The weather felt great which was awesome, the roads were just a little wet. I was feeling really good, especially my breathing. My right IT band felt a little tight, but it didn't hinder me at all. I know that at 4 miles I was around 6:40 average so I think I really killed the last three miles downhill since I averaged 6:20 for the whole run. Excited to put in some great work after this rest week. Back on the grind!