Ethan Cannon

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25 min. My calves felt a little sore. I have been doing these exercises every day that I got from the physical therapist and I need to be careful to give adequte recovery. So today I still did the calf presses, but I skipped the eccentric drops.

30 minutes. Felt a little pain but it went away, but I still called it there.

35 minutes. Felt some soreness but some of it was in my calf. I have to make sure my calves and hips can recover as I strengthen them.

40 minutes baby! Felt so good. 

45 min

Ran with Zach. Felt alright. 

I think I went 45 on Saturday...

Didn't feel great but the soft surface helped again. 

45 minutes. Felt it, but at least it didn't get any worse 

Great run! 50 minutes. Only issue was my right arch, which I had arched extra to avoid stressing my Achilles yesterday (obviously not completely consciously, to use an old excuse, "my body did it"). With the pain there I obviously didn't do it again today but my Achilles was nonetheless fine.

Great run, my ice burns didn't hurt too bad and my Achilles' were fine, but my right in we arch was still hurting. I'll ice it and take some ibuprofen.

Good day. I tried to back off the pace a bit. I'm not sure how much I actually did. Surely still sub 6:50 pace. My foot hurt again, and my left Achilles felt a twinge. I'm mostly concerned about the foot though. I'll do some more research and take care of it 

I ran hard today! One hour. Didn't get my pace. My plan was to go a little hard. This happened very naturally. Right around 20 minutes I just started rolling. I feel like runners have a mental disorder- we like to hurt ourselves. I was so happy to get back to that feeling of exhaustion and pain that accompany running. Now time to recover and get back into it next week! Let's go! 

Ran with Zach and Tanner. It was fun. My left Achilles felt a little sore. Have to see how I feel domani. 

Felt some stuff on my left Achilles. I was gonna go back at 8 but I felt alright and wasn't limping so I kept going. 

10 MILES!!! YAY!!!!!!! Felt a tad tender but totally terrific! 

10 miles. Felt fine. I'm not sure why my toes are hurting. Perhaps it is related to the fact that I am running without insoles for the first time in years? I'm not sure. 

10 miles with Tanner. A little slower. It's really hard to find the balance of eating so that I don't feel hungry during my run, or like throwing up. Hopefully for my hard long run tomorrow I prepare well! 

13 miles from my apartment up the canyon. 5:48 pace overall. 6:09 pace on the way up, 5:28 pace on the way back. I was definitely chilling a little more on the way out, but you should also factor in that the turnaround point is 300 feet higher in elevation than the start. So they way back felt pretty downhill. Well, I'm super grateful to be back at it! Hopefully I can put some mileage in and get a lot faster. I'm planning on running the Rex Lee Run 5K to see where I'm at in early march. I'll plan on starting workouts next week!

One other note is that I didn't feel like my body was totally crushed afterward. It was hard for sure, but I'm excited to teach myself again to really get at it. It'll come. 

10 miles. Felt ok. Still planning on working out tomorrow!

I ran towards the lake loop to begin my 5 mile tempo. I ended up deciding just to run the lake loop itself since it would be a lot more open than the river trail. However, running 5:20 pace is much different from 5:50 pace, and running the loop all on my own with the wind on my face soon gave me that feeling you get the first time you work out in a while. So I decided to make it a 10-5-3-2-1 fartlek instead, though I cut out the one to avoid hurting my Achilles. I don't have a pace, other than that my first mile was somewhere around 5:06, but I felt a whole lot better on the 5-3-2 than the first ten once my body started getting used to it and I got out of the wind. 

Uh oh, achilles didn't feel so hot. Tomrrow I'll either do a light workout on the intramurals, just run easy, or go to the gym.

Felt some hot Achilles pain so I went on a 25-30 mile bike ride up Provo canyon (past the turnoff for aspen grove- I just had an idea- that would be so much fun to bike up to Timp caves. Hopefully someday someone will do that with me). Maybe I went for a fast workout a little too soon. 

Short little run 

12 minutes 

16 minutes 

20 minutes 

not great

20 minutes

Little more than 20 min

27 minutes in the snow 

30 minutes. Didn't feel amazing to be honest. We'll see how I feel Monday. 

36 minutes. Felt good, as expected. Hopefully it gets even better tomorrow as opposed to regressing as it has the past two Monday/ Tuesdays.

36 minutes. That's a success considering what has happened before on Tuesdays. It was definitely thanks in part to running on grass. It's incredible how much better that is on my Achilles.

Didn't feel half bad. Interesting how I still can't do heel raises per niente essentially without pain, whereas I used to be able to do lots when I wasn't even running. I feel like there might be two seperare issues, one of which was taken care of well by taking out my inserts, etc. and the other is still there. But then again, if I keep on being able to run longer while feeling looser, I don't feel a need to change anything.

47 minutes in the snow. Didn't feel quite as good as yesterday at times and might have been limping a bit, but in the end I felt good and even sped up a little bit.

54 minutes. Hmm. Felt about the same as yesterday. Feels kind of like I'm not using my Achilles on the liftoff, but that I'm just lifting my whole leg off the ground. I should probably ask the doctor. 

64 minutes or so plus some elliptical. Didn't feel perfect but I was able to definitely pick it up a good amount. Yay! 

63 minutes. Felt good, as I expected. Didn't overdo it.

Didnt end up going as quick as I had imagined because of how my Achilles felt, and the mud. But that's ok! I'm feeling pretty good.

9 miles, felt ok. A little tired and sore, which I like! Hoping to beat this Achilles problem

Provo river trail. Felt alright. Picked it up at the end because surprisingly I had actually gone out faster than I had been coming back.

Still felt a little sore, probably in part I think my hips have been compensating for my weak Achilles. On the bright side, today I started doing eccentric heel drops on the calve press. Since it was hurting to do even a few on the stairs, my physical therapist recommended starting with less weight and building up on the calf press. I did 70 pounds and it worked quite well!

Wait what... Do I need to recalculate? I didn't even feel that insanely good. I meant to run 12 miles but apparently ran 12.9 at 5:40 pace... Holy chipotle. This is exciting. Goal for next week is to get stronger, still no workouts yet. Don't want to hurt myself again. Woohoo! This is exciting! (5:54, 5:26 pace)

Felt good. My Achilles felt a lot springier today which is good.

Felt solid. I'm not all the way recovered for sure but I'm getting there. The three miles I checked my pace on were about 6:20 average. That would be really bad on a real recovery day, but I decided that this week I could run a little quicker in tuesday/ Thursday in anticipation of real workouts. 

Didnt feel much better today. Moved up to 90 pounds on the eccentric drops but that was hurting a bit.

Made a concerted effort today to keep it to 7 minute pace as I didn't feel great yesterday and I was running on more pavement today. I think I did a pretty good job. I'm not sure how I would have felt bad I run faster, but I was feeling pretty good.

Felt pretty good. I think taking it easy yesterday helped. I had some GI problems near the beginning but thankfully they went away!

Well, you can't win them all. I'm really excited for when I can do competitive workouts other than long runs. I'll try to start that next week. 14 miles on a cold, stormy day. I tried to go out at a much more modest pace this time. 5:50 average, with 5:28s on the way back and 6:12s going out. My hips are feeling the burn right now. That being said, I'm really grateful to have gotten in another week with solid mileage! Still felt the Achilles but as I've seen in the past, it went away toward the end. 

Little over 10 miles. I'm feeling more comfortable running on pavement, but at the end of the day the tightness is still there. I'm planning on doing a light workout this week or maybe instead just upping my mileage to 70, since running slow doesn't seem to be a problem.

Good run. I'm not all the way better, but I felt strong doing 90 pounds on the eccentric drops on the calve press. 

Still felt it, but at least these days I feel fine running on concrete. 

AM: My first morning run in a long time. It was dark outside and a really enjoyable experience. It's hard to describe, but I really liked it. 

PM: 10 miles on a nice rainy day. It's a miracle I made I through all this and then was able to do heel raises afterwards (90 pounds) and have it go fine! 

Felt alright. 

15.3 miles up the canyon. I had wanted today to be really chill after a tough week. It was going alright for the first half. To be fair, I had left some room in my mind to run faster if I felt good. I did the first half in 48 minutes (6:16 pace). I probably sped up a bit when I wanted to "check my pace" once I got in the canyon. Soon after I turned around, I saw in the distance some long boarders I had passed on the way up. Most times, I quickly pass other runners. Fast bikers will pass me. But these guys were going the perfect pace that I was barely inching up on them as I ran. So I pursued them, ratcheting up the pace as much as I felt comfortable. I was even running with them for a few minutes before they finally took a different route around Tucano's. At that point, I slowed a tad but it was too late to go back to easy running. I kept telling myself just not to go to the well. I did feel pretty crappy afterwards but it was more I think a) my breakfast wanting to come up and b) me not being used to 15 miles right now. That was 42 minutes on the way back, or 5:29 pace. 5:53 pace overall. 

Little over 10 miles going out and then back on Carterville. I should look that up. But I just really like the route. It feels super easy for some reason. Felt prettt solid, I'm planning on a light workout domani!

Wow! Nice day for a WORKOUT! So far I feel pretty good. We'll see if over the next couple days I stay this way. I went to the intramural fields for the grass. Plus I don't mind the fact that I don't know my exact pace for this first workout. I think the soft surface really helped. 5 by 2:30 with 1:1 recovery. It's hard to tell without cones, but I think I started a hair slower than 5 minute pace and finished a bit faster. It was tiring, but each one was faster than the one before. It's like my body is "learning" to run fast again! 

This is probably the first time I've actually run 7 minute pace in a while. I just ran around on a grass field and then Kiwanis park because my Achilles' weren't feeling too hot. I mean, I should be grateful that I didn't "rip it open" like I did last time the day after a workout. Perhaps had I gone 10 miles on the road and done weights it would have. I just hope to be able to recover by tomorrow. That'll be way better than starting from scratch like I did in February. 

Yikes. I ran the carterville loop, finishing at the fieldhouse. My left heel felt some pain right at the base that went on and off. It was mostly eccentric pain. So I did concentric lifts. We'll see how I feel tomorrow. 

Yep, I didn't run. Just elliptical. The glimmer of hope is that the heel drops went well. I literally only did 50 pounds on the eccentrics. I plan to do those really agressively and hope to be back with it quickly. This time I will make sure I can easily do bodyweight drops (150 pounds) before I do a workout. 

weights felt good 

20 minutes. Not that I felt fine, but that was about as good as I could have expected it to go! 90/70 weights 

17 minutes. Pain didn't go away. 90/70 weights

25 minutes, didn't feel so bad. 110/90

28 min 

36 min. 110/90

44 minutes. Felt sore on both sides, but it went about as well as it possibly could have. It's been a quick recovery. 130/110 weights. I really hope to rid myself of this for good by the end of finals since I won't have access to the gym after that. 

Definitely still there, but not a bad day at all. 53 minutes.

60 minutes, fast and strong. At times I nearly forgot I was injured. Mostly my calves and Achilles just felt sore, especially on weights. On the concentric ones my left calve was shaking all over the place, it was kind of weird to watch (130/110). 

65 minutes. Didn't feel incredible, hopefully I'm getting better.

Holy cow it was pretty windy. Felt some tightness on both sides. I really want to be good by the end of school!

13 miles at 5:55 pace. Didn't mean to go fast, it just sort of happened. 

One of the windiest days I've ever run. It was a good idea to wear sunglasses! I ended up with dirt on my face, in my teeth... Achilles were both sore. Hmm. 130/130

My legs were slapping the ground a bit. Not super healthy.

Really don't know what happened on Tuesday. I felt alright during the run but overnight things got a lot worse in my Achilles. Today I was back at it. I wanna be ready to workout by June. But I can wait longer if needed.

17 minutes 

21 minutes. Kind of hurt.

26 minutes. Pain was on and off. 

31 minutes. My new shoes felt good! I'm excited for them. I hope the additional cushion will make a difference. 

37 minutes. Hurt more than I was hoping. 

40 min. I went in the morning so I could get to work later. It was pretty sketchy. Normally the past few mornings my Achilles has hurt pretty bad just walking. I made it, and it got better later, but I'll have to be careful. 

Rather miraculously felt good today, notwithstanding the fact that after my run yesterday morning I was on my feet all day at 10 hours of work. 45 min. A common feeling of numbness as I didn't run my full range of motion to protect where I'm injured, but not nearly as bad as it could be.

49 minutes in the morning. Thankfully, I felt pretty darn good for it being a morning run.

52 minutes. I didn't have to go in the morning for work, but I decided to anyway. Hopefully that wasn't a bad choice. It hurt at first but the pain mostly went away. 

55 minutes. Felt good.

58 minutes. Doing well! 

Its still there. But no complaints.

60 minutes. I'll see how things go after my weekend break and next week perhaps, but there's a small concern in my head that I am not getting healthier running for an hour plus at the speed I am going. My goal is not just to "survive", I want to get healthier. 

I really disciplined myself to go slower. It was hard, but I might try it again tomorrow and hopefully I will see benefits from it. 66 minutes. 

Same as yesterday. No huge differences yet but yesterday I felt good enough to play knockout for the first time in forever, so that's good.

No complaints. 66 minutes. 

Yesterday I went to Runner's corner to get new shoes. Awesome place. Their price matching policy is incredible. Very knowledgeable staff. I ended up going for Saucony Ride 10s. They are kind of ugly compared to the tempos. And I love how you don't even feel your feet when you run in the Tempos. But they have more padding so I'm hoping they will work well! This morning was alright, a little pain on the right side today.

66 minutes. Didn't do weights cuz my right Achilles was feeling a little strained.

Like usual, it hurt right off the bat, and then mostly went away, although I was checking myself the whole time because I was concerned about both sides. 6:30s ish on the way out, 5:40s on the way back. 

Didnt feel too great on either side. Maybe cuz I didn't sleep very well last night. 

Felt better today. Still tried to keep it pretty slow. Yesterday I signed up for the freedom run! 

Ran up in the mountains which made it a little harder, and then I never really settled down. Oops. 65 minutes.

Good run. I didn't sleep super well last night (someone accidentally turned on the heat haha) and I played ultimate frisbee yesterday (in my church clothes! Long story) so it was nice that I was able to run without problems. 70 minutes. 

9 miles. 

12.9 miles. 6:12s on the way out, 5:25s on the way back. Should be noted that my first couple miles were pretty slow as I warmed up, maybe like 7:20 pace. Pretty soon after that I dropped it down quite severely to six minute pace or faster. 5:49s overall.

Hmm. I could feel my right side was tender at certain points. I'll try to be careful and avoid a big problem. 

Because of how I felt yesterday and this morning, I chose to take it easy and do eliptical. There's probably over a 50 percent chance that I could have run 9 miles and be fine, but I can't afford to take risks like that. 

Felt kind of cruddy. It's good that I stopped when I did, because I was limping a bit to avoid hurting my left side. 

Lot better than yesterday. 51 min

Not so great. 54 min. 90s

8.5 miles in the evening in between two hikes 

63 min. Left was pretty rough. 

64 min. Didn't feel much better until the end, it felt a little smoother.

65 min. Better. 110s

66 min. Better still. 

67 minutes. Felt a little stiff on the left. Eventually it felt better so I sped up, but I gotta be careful cuz that can come back to bite a few days later. 

70 minutes. Didn't feel up for weights though

Left side felt numb. But weights went well (110-130, 130)

Same as yesterday. 

Because of my new job at the MTC, I've been very busy. I wasn't able to run until 8:30 or so after institute. Because I was feeling very loose (as it was late in the day instead of morning) and I was trying to get my run in and then get to the gym before it closed at 10, I ended up going much faster than I should have. Hopefully it doesn't come back to bite. Miraculously, I got to the gym at 9:57 and was able to do by eccentric (110) and concentric (130) drops. 

Thankfully, I felt well today. Ran pretty slow. I felt a little tired after running 19+ miles in 12 hours, but mostly I felt a little cruddy today because of dehydration. It is so hard to stay hydrated! I gotta stay more on top of that. 

9 miles. In wondering why I still don't feel better, I'm thinking maybe I need to turn down the mileage and do no more than 9 a day. 

63 min 

60 min, 130/150s

60 minutes, first half with Tanner. Felt a little better.

Feeling better! (130-150, 150)

Feeling solid.

61 minutes. Still feeling it. One other thing is that this morning I was exhausted. Last night was my first full shift at the MTC. Wow, that is exhausting. I got home at 9:30 and was ready for bed!

60 minutes

62 minutes. Then a hard weights session. (150s)

60 min... hmm. Just not getting there. 

I felt kind of junky with my tendon and was wondering If i should run at all. I decided to turn back after five miles and watched my friend open her mission call.

One hour. Felt better than yesterday. 150s

60 minutes or so. Did some legit heel raises tonight, I think they could help. They feel like they are strengthening my Achilles in a way that doesn't happen on the leg press. 

60 min, felt good

Right one wasn't doing great. I did my drops on the stairs afterwards.

60 min, a little better

Felt better. New shoes. 

Pretty fast. No real improvement. 

Didnt feel great. Pretty strained. Fast 63 min

53 min 

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 

50 min, was hurting a lot

Actually felt a bit better today 

Better still. I've been doing drops every day. I guess it's a least not hurting. 

60 min, felt really good actually 

61 min. Felt alright but I think I will plan on proceeding with PRP.

60 min pretty quick, but still not feeling all the way better. I think it's time. 

60 min, better than ever. Still planning on PRP

I saw the orthopedist today. He said some interesting stuff. Apparently my injury isn't really that bad. Ran 9 miles in the heat, really quick.

Crazy day... went running at 9:45. Ran really fast and felt great, just a hint of a strain a couple times.

Felt a little sore, but altogether alright. I went around 11 to get a little more recovery. Didn't mean to go fast, but without feeling very quick at all I clocked miles of about 6:25 and 6:23.

Hmm. Not super great on the right side 

TBH this felt pretty hard for only being 6:10 pace. 

Not great. Could have been a lot worse the day after a harder effort. 

Not as bad as yesterday. 

Better.

Ok. First day using the night splint. 

Great run. Felt really good.

Didn't feel as good today. Maybe because I started really fast.

Slower and better than yesterday. 

61 min... a little sore but better again.

Didnt feel amazing 

Really good considering that that I ran about 12 hours ago. Last night at some point I decided to take off my splint. I have no idea why. These things happen when you are semiconscious. 

I went slower. It felt really pretty good.

Pretty fast tonight. It was a long day and a good de stress but I should have gone slower

Earlier my left side was hurting pretty bad, so I only went 50 min, but thankfully during that time it felt fine.

Felt better.

Fine. Usually the leg that had the splint feels fine the next day. I think I'll choose the Ride 10s for my next shoe.

Alright. 

63 min, not as good as I hoped for. 

Felt good today, 62 min

Ugh, not super good. I don't like running at night with the injury.

A little better than ieri

Not amazing 

10 or 10.5 with my roommate Bryce. Felt really good. It may be better for me to run in the morning when I use the splint, of exercise the night before.

Solid day! 64 min evening

After yesterday's effort I expected to hurt more today, but although it felt fatigued throughout the day, I was fine on my run and ran quite fast on accident.

Not as good tonight but still went 67 min, I measured two miles in 12:40. Need to back off.

Went slower today, which was necessary and felt good. 67 min

Smoky day from the fires. But then it got better. So I ran around the indoor track and then eventually decided to run outside. Right side was not feeling amazing.

Treadmill run because of the smoke. Of course on treadmills you can be running a light jog and it will say "4:20 pace" or you can be totally hauling and it will say "8:30 pace". I just tried to run what felt right. Didn't feel perfect but I did a couple strides afterward. 

Really nice run on the river trail, 67 minutes and then three strides at 90 percent. I didn't feel like I could do a whole workout yet but that felt fine. Strength.

71 min. Office park loop. I thought that maybe I need to shift more Gradually into workouts, so I would do a bit of a fartlek. I ended up doing three hard sections of one minute each. The third one I quit a little before, I hope I didn't push too hard.

Ran in Orem along the bike path there. I'd like to go back. It would be great for tempo runs and you can run along the gravel on the side for easy days. After yesterday I felt a little rubberbandy/ floppy on the right side.

Not sure how to describe how it felt today. I think it is inproving though. Perhaps I should start building up by gradually doing longer portions faster, like 6 minute pace, then 5:30, etc.

Alright.

Typical long run where I get up to "hardish" pace by halfway to halfway. Thus it was a pretty hard effort. I wonder why I can always do that. Maybe I need to implement that in my training and do other hard efforts as buildups rather than immediately going to 5:10 pace. 

I think it was about 5:48 pace overall.

New socks, new shoes, and I am grateful to be ready to implement my new game plan by degrees. It went well for today but we'll see tomorrow how it really went. Went to Murdock canal trail to run my only "workout" of  the week, a progression run. I have a long way to go but it was a good start. Not including the warm up and cool down, my miles were: 5:31, 5:27, 5:25, 5:14, 5:10. Average: 5:21. 

Uh oh. This is very reminiscent of the last couple times I tried working out. I only went 56. Hopefully I'll be ok tomorrow.

I definitely was feeling it today. But at the same time, I may have been able to get over the hump of doing a workout and then having to revert back to elliptical. I'm not planning on doubling tomorrow, but I think I'll still be able to run. We'll see. 63 min of loops at Kiwanis park. Probably pretty slow but that grass really slows you down.

Wasn't perfect but it felt better. Glad to have been able to rebound without losing too much mileage.

5 miles in the AM. 10 miles in the afternoon. Didn't feel too bad. I started getting that exhausted feeling where I get really hungry, but that's way better than being injured eh. 

Well... that was something. I think 28 plus miles in two days took a tole cuz by the time I turned around I didn't accelerate much more. I almost made it to the water fountain. My Achilles wasn't do amazing near the end either but it's Saturday so I finished it off, albeit slowly because of how tired I was. My feet felt like they were really slipping around in the Pegasus', so I tied them up a little higher just now. 

ADAM MADE VARSITY!!! 18:09 at PRENATS!!!!

I felt like I was slipping around less with my shoes laced up today. I think my body is not only rested but adjusting as well because I did 10 miles (and two strides) today and it didn't feel taxing hardly at all. Aerobically a bit, but there was no fatigue hardly at all. My tendon did fairly well. 

I was really winded today- literally. I had planned on doing a cutdown (six miles going from 5:50 to 5:00 or so). I even paced my warm up miles. I really tried to do it the way I had planned. But I didn't notice that it was quite windy, but that once I started running, the wind seemed to disappear. Every runner knows that on a windy day when you can't feel anything it's because the wind is at your back. My first mile was 5:34 and it felt amazing. I decided to run about the same for the next mile- I hit 5:32. Its hard to say because I know sometimes I overestimate my ability to hold a pace, but I felt so good. Then I turned around for the rest of the run. Wind was blasting my in the face almost the hole time. When it wasn't I would sometimes "forget" to speed up, so I don't think I gave it my all, but I do think if I could have been consistent without wind my time would have been much faster. Anyway, my splits afterward were: 5:35, 5:33, 5:31, 5:26. Oh well. Hopefully tomorrow goes well! 

Went to Kiwanis again. I had planned on doing 9. It's hard to remember how I felt last week exactly but I want to say I felt better than last week! I'm planning on doubling tomorrow at the current rate.

AM: 5 miles, a little sore achilles.

PM: Wow, this actually felt really good. I was pushing it a little much (6:27 pace or so while running it mostly on grass) which I tend to do on the provo river trail. But I'm excited, to feel this way after pushing it as much as I have is awesome!

I feel kind of bad for stopping at my friends tailgait. Oh well. Despite me not feeling amazing (and a newer pain that seemed less threatening in my lower and upper rather than middle parts of the tendon), I was surprised to start running again and not feel sore. 

I ran out to the airport for the first time. That road that goes around the airport is really straight and no one is out there. It's almost boring. I'm not sure if I'll do it again. Averaged 5:55 miles. I felt pretty tired and slow. Hopefully I am capable of more than this but it's just that my body is adjusting to the higher mileage. I didn't speed up much, it was probably 6:30 for the first couple miles, then a 6:10, and then 5:44s the whole rest of the way (that was my average coming back).

11 miles including 3 strides. Felt tight at the beginning but good for most of the run. STAY CALM SQUAD I AM BACK IN BUSINESS :)

Another workout in Orem. Not to be a baby, but I might stop going there since this time I felt like I was running into the wind the whole time! Maybe it's just the stormy weather. I didn't run as fast as I had wanted, but I am not (overly) concerned since I had a similar issue in my summer 2014 and 2017 training blocks where I would just stop getting faster for a few weeks. Both seasons ended up being successful for me however. So I will be patient. Goal was: 3 by (5:40-5:45 mile, 5:00 mile). I ran 5:36, 5:13, 5:46, 5:12, 5:45, 5:08. I felt like at 5:45 pace I was recovering very slowly, but (aerobically speaking) I was recovering, which was good. 

The greater portion was at Kiwanis. I think that really helps.

At times I could have felt better. But after I warmed up this morning, I felt really loose for a morning run.

I felt kind of like garbage on my run today in St. George. Sweat was getting in my eyes, I felt tired and my calcaneal tendon (proper anatomical term) was hurting. I could see into Arizona and last night accidentally drove there.

Today was one of those rare occasions where I overestimate my mileage. I shouldn't complain, I had an awesome run. I got back from St. George and immediately left for a cold, windy run at 7 pm or so. Coincidentally, it was the third time in a row when I just happened to run past the stadium during a football game. Anyway, I had really not been pushing it for most of the first miles, and I guess I forgot about that, because I turned back earlier than I should have. I was only going 6:34s on the way out. Then on the way back I just felt awesome. Lots of energy, I think I had the wind at my back, it was great! 5:22s. 5:58s overall. 

Carterville with Derik and Aiden from the farm team. 3 strides. 

I feel like I might be a little lighter now. That's good. It might take a few more weeks to get down to where I need to be using this method. Today I planned to do a 7 mile "power" run along the river trail . The past several workouts though my first mile has been in the 5:30s so when I went out in 5:08 I thought "uh oh" and kind of reverted into "go hard until you break" mode. Miles 2-3 were 10:25. Miles 5-6 were 10:34 (I stopped to go to the bathroom real quick at halfway). I could've done all 7 miles but decided just to accelerate near the end and call it there. Hmm. 5:13 pace. Still a really good improvement. 

Hmm. Grass loops at Kiwanis. Didn't feel amazing. Reminder that I need to be careful as I step down the pace over the coming weeks as I get faster but particularly as my workouts change and involve running at faster paces.

AM: 5 miles.

PM: 10 miles.

I think I felt a little bit better today. Hope to see continued improvement. 

Ran Carterville with the boys again. Still not where I'd like it to be so I didn't do strides. Hopefully I can get a good weekend of rest and then pump it next week. 

Wow. That's one of the most grueling runs I can remember. I just felt tired pretty much right from the getgo. With the wind blasting out of the canyon on the way up, I was exhausted. Then on the way down I sort of went into a subconcious state where I told my legs and arms to keep moving and then just checked out. Near the end my vision started getting weird and I was battling to maintain what I'd guess was 6 minute pace. Oh well. At least I have a long time to recover. These things happen. I ran 48 minutes out, 42:30 back for 90:30 overall but I was just estimating 15 miles so it may not have been exact. 

I didn't feel amazing today, but for some reason I decided to do strides and felt fine. It was a beautiful rainy day. I saw a double rainbow. This was my first time running down south and then out to the airport (I turned around right there at the airport). This was also my longest "easy" run ever. I tried to be careful not to push the pace. 

We Did a 5-4-3-2-1 Farrell with rest equivalent to whatever we'd run next. I was pretty nervous since it would mean I'd have to run fast in order to get a good workout. Isaac and I made a plan this morning to just do long stuff and work on my lactate threshold for a couple months. So this workout kind of surprised me. Anyway. I planned to go out in 5 minute pace. First 5 minutes was 4:56 pace on the track. After that I ran on the grass. Somehow I was able to make the workout decently hard. Idk how fast I was going, since the fields can be super deceiving. But if I had run just as hard on the track it would have been pretty fast. I hope Derek just had a bad day because he dropped off pretty hard partway through the four minute one. Aidan did his own thing.

 Ran almost the whole thing at Kiwanis. As monotonous as that is, I think this may be something to continue even when I am fully recovered. It just encourages me to run slowly. You can still get your heart rate up decently high because of the hills and grass but in reality you are going really slow. The opposite of this is the Provo river trail. For whatever reason, when I run there, I feel a need to run super fast (note that this is where I run the first day I felt my injury a year ago). Anyway, it felt pretty good. Better than last Wednesday for sure. I was concerned that because of the fast pace yesterday it would be worse, but maybe the short overall length of the workout (only about 3 miles hard) and the fact that it was Mostly grass helped. 

AM: Beautiful warm cloudy weather, I felt a bit tight though.

PM: Felt great!!!! Didn't really feel any pain and I thought I was going slow but I was actually moving pretty quickly. 

This was a little more taxing than I had hoped, both for my Achilles and my body in general. Oh well. Hopefully I am ready to go tomorrow morning! 3 strides 

What a day and what a week! This is my last week of  continual two month long increase in mileage. I am very grateful for this blessing! (Next week I will go down to 75 miles or so before pushing up again). I felt pretty slow at the beginning. I'm not sure what happened but although I felt tired, I never "fell apart" and I ended up going pretty fast. It was no slower than 5:55 pace overall but my have been down to as low as 5:40 pace. I purposely don't find these things out sometimes. I get too competitive with myself. Last night I felt a tweak in my LEFT Achilles which was weird and not good. Today I was reminded of it, but I hope not will be better by Monday! 

11 windy miles including three pretty fast strides out by the airport. Didn't feel amazing but it was better than last Monday.

Well, I didn't break any records but if I'm patient I'm sure it'll keep coming. My watch actually got so many laps that it stopped recording them. But I was able to accurately record the following: 75, 75, 74, 75, 75, 75, 76, 76, 75, 75, 75, 76, 75, 76, 75, 68. Those were 400s punctuated by running from the finish line to the 400m start of lane 8. For the first half of the workout it was a brief jog and then I started again: 12-14 seconds. By the end of the workout, it creeped to 15 and eventually 20 seconds as I went really slowly. 

10 miles at Kiwanis. It's wintertime now! Felt pretty good. 

AM: 5 miles. Felt fine. 

PM: Office park loop. I ran a fartlek of 5 minutes off, 2 minutes on. Since my warmup was nearly 4 miles, I actually only got in 10 minutes of hard running. The idea was to get my body accustomed to running at faster paces, since I think I have good aerobic capacity but don't have speed yet, and also to remind my body what it's like to run two workouts plus a long run every week. In a way it was hard, in other ways, it felt super easy. Hopefully my achilles and body in general can recover quickly and get faster. 

Oops. I ran bonneville shoreline today. I miscalculated and ran farther than I wanted to. On the bright side, it was a gorgeous day and a nice run. It probably won't be very runnable here very soon, but when Spring hits, I'd like to run that more because it's nice to shake it up (went by really fast) and it's a good aerobic workout on those hills while your legs are barely moving! My Achilles felt a bit loose, but overall it was ok and I think I'll be good for tomorrow.

Good end to the week. I did a "Tour de Provo"- ran out to the lake on the river trail, then around Lakeview parkway to the freeway entrance, then past the golf course and passing the state hospital back up the hill to home. I spent an inordinant amount of time planning this to be exactly 16 miles, and then I had to stop at a certain point to make sure I hadn't missed a turn, but it was worth it. Not that cold, which was a blessing. Idk where I have in my head this idea of me being able to run super fast long runs without getting tired at the beginning, but this was the fourth week out of five that I started pretty fast and by mile 5 I was feeling "uh oh".But thankfully, like last week, I felt a bit of a second wind at some point and was able to keep on plugging. Overall I was a little under 5:45 pace, which is my fastest recorded pace ever on a run of 15+ miles. Just like last year, the aerobic stuff has come first, now it's time to get some speed. I've never run a really good 3K before, nor have I ever run a fast race on the indoor track, but I am optimistic and would like to shoot to run 8:30 in December at the indoor meet. 

Wow, 500 miles on my Nikes and it's time to shoe shop already. What a great blessing that I'm hitting so many miles. Today I ran 12 with Aidan nice and slow on the river trail. He talked to me about running long runs slower. I might do so for multiple reasons. I'll research it first. 3 strides. Beautiful day. 

Idk what just happened, and not in the best way. We did 5 by 1000 on the track with 4-5 min rest. I was supposed to go out in 32 on the 200 and then run a 42, 32,42,32. Definitely not ready to run fast 200s but my coach said he wanted me to do this workout so I did. I'll definitely need to start running fast at some point if I want to run 8:30 in December. The key will be to do it in a smart way so that I can peak at a good time (idk when that will even be, since I don't know if I'll be on the team or not). I ran 3:02, 2:59, 2:58, 3:01, and 3:08. I started feeling kind of cruddy on the fourth one but the fifth one Mason lead and he didn't know how fast to do the slower parts, so that's why that was so slow. Usually I'd go out in 29-30 and then hang on.

10 miles at Kiwanis. 

Ok, this has been a good learning experience. I should have known better than to run 30 second 200s on Tuesday. Today I planned to do a 4-2 fartlek, but after two of the two minute segments, it was feeling too shaky at that pace. I felt alright running slower. But I need to recover tomorrow and hope to be better by Saturday. Next week I'll be smarter. 

This morning I ran 5 miles. Felt a bit tight which would make sense given my run this afternoon, but not bad despite supposedly being like 23 degrees outside.