Ethan Cannon

61 min 

Actuallt felt pretty good! 

Uh, I'm not sure what just happened. A while back I signed up for the Freedom Run, expecting to be healthy by this date. Sadly, as the day approached, I was not. Yesterday I picked up my packet with the shirt and socks and stuff and I figured I'd just jog the race and get some of the free food afterward, which is always really good. I should have known myself better. My goal was to start out slow and then finish a little faster, like I would during some of the long runs I did earlier this year without hurting myself. I figured if I felt good, I could run 36, but I might need to run slower, like a 38 or 40 if it started hurting. When I got to the starting line, I didn't see anyone who looked like they were about to drop a 31 flat like the winner did last year. I thought "maybe even if I Run 36, I could still get top 10". The race started and within a couple minutes, I was in the top group. Perhaps it was adrenaline, but I was feeling just fine and dandy when we hit our first mile, which had been uphill a bit, in 5:20. Mile 2 was at 10:30. At this point it had slowed and I thought I could maybe even win it, though I certainly wasn't going to make a move. Mile 3 we hit on University running on the flat in 15:35. Then came the uphill. By mile 4 I was feeling it. People started dropping, but I was able to hang with the top 2 until the end. I got third in 32:23. The winner ran 32:21. Afterwards I looked up who those guys were, and one ran at Footlocker nationals last year while the other ran at NCAA nationals last year for USU. So I felt pretty good about myself after having run just two workouts in 2018! In 2014 when I first walked on at BYU I ran this race in 35:51. So that was kind of surprising. Tomorrow I'll just bike and hope I don't hurt myself! 

Nice bike ride on that one creek trail. 22 or 23 miles I think. Some heel drops after. 

51 minutes. Brought it back early because it wasn't feeling great

52 min, better

One hour, drops

Felt decent. But I always struggle to recover 100 percent. What more can I do? Getting rest, icing, elevating, running slow, using better shoes, lifting weights and a number of other things which I've done less consistently haven't fixed it. Tomorrow I'll be getting a pair of compression socks. If those don't work, we are considering a medical procedure called PRP. 

53 min. Still some numbness

58 min 

54 min 

Wow! Yesterday my compression socks came. I feel like they are making a big difference. I'm really excited. Felt better today. 

Good Run, feeling stronger but not there yet. 

60 min. I wasn't way dehydrated. Now I feel a little woozy. I had to run at like 5:30 cuz of work this morning. Next time I'll drink more water! 

Another blazing afternoon run but this time I was prepared for it. But my tendons weren't doing so great after getting less than seven hours of sleep and not having a super healthy run yesterday as I recall so I cut it to 50 min.

56 min. Alright.

Just 21 min 

56 min 

56 min 

Im actually not sure. Vacation was rough. A lot of walking hurt my heels. 

56 min. Literally flooding. When I started running it wasn't raining but by the end I was going through rivers, it's a blessing I am safe. 

56 min? 

Went surprisingly well after not feeling good earlier. 

54 min. Felt better at the beginning than the end. But holy cow the dry air felt SO GOOD

51 min. Didn't feel great on the right side