Step by step, mile by mile

might have enjoyed that break too much...

~10 minutes on the turf field. didn’t mean to start again until tomorrow but i drove by the field on the drive home from work and figured i’d stop by and say hi. felt good.

AM - couldn’t sleep so left for the gym at 3am and did 5 on the dreadmill + legs.

PM - another 10-minute jog after work. could have gone longer but didn't eat anything all day(besides the sugar in my morning coffee) so stopped after 2 laps. legs felt pretty good; i keep bending my leg and expecting to feel pain/soreness in the knee but i'm happy to be disappointed in not feeling anything. gonna start being a real runner again tomorrow! weighed myself after; i haven't gotten under 157 in years so being at 159.2 already is a good place to be at

AM - 5. forgot about daylight savings so i woke up an hour later than i'd want to get 5 in before work, but as i was getting ready i got put on call so i was able to get it in. felt good. probably at about 90% of the fitness i was before the break, should get that back over the next couple of weeks.

noon - another 5 before i got called in. went shirtless since it was nice out and it's supposed to rain for two weeks straight starting tomorrow so i won't get that luxury again any time soon

AM - 5. knee felt a bit sore during work yesterday but felt fine this morning, inner left hip felt tight at times during the run and lo and behold my knee was sore after. i've been about 90% sure the problem is because my hips got put out of alignment when i did that 35-45 two day combo when i wasn't in great shape, i think all 80 of those miles were ccw loops. anyway the hip tightness upped that to 99% but since i'm what you call "blue collar" i'd need to save up for a couple of weeks to be able to afford to see someone who can pop them back into place. dammit, just dammit. i'll take today off since i work later and maybe try stationary and weights tomorrow

AM - 5 at the gym + lower body/core. knee felt good, bc that’s made a difference

sotd: rape me - nirvana

AM - 5, first 3 miles a bit faster(under 20 minutes), then the next two without a watch. surprised the knee was totally fine with this, but really my thoughts on the next week of training are just run what i can until i get my paycheck next friday and get professional help.

sotd: very ape - nirvana

AM - 5. did a nice lil' progression

think i'm gonna stop blogging for about a month. i'll still be running, as the strava homies will attest to, but i'm in a rut right now and having to write about training when absolutely every ounce of enjoyment has been sucked out of it these past couple of months isn't helping. that being said, i'm still hopeful that this is an issue that'll be solved by basically just having my hips popped back into place. also lost 5 pounds in 5 days and i'm sure that's good for me. anyway see y'all in a month, hopefully i'm in way better shape than everyone else by then

sotd: all apologies - nirvana

oh and i've been wanting to say this since january; the coronavirus is some overhyped bullshit that can come kill me at my hospital job if it's so dangerous. i'd rather die than live with this zombie-apocalypse ass world i'm finding myself in anyway. and rudy golbert is a moron

off

AM - 5 before work

PM - 5 after

AM - 5

AM2 - 10. first run was faster bc no coffee, and being a little out of shape; RHR is under 35 which usually only happens when i’m knee-deep in high mileage so that’s invigorating. i’d say it’s 50/50 whether i weigh in under 150 at some point this week(i have it in my head 145 is the magic number, but anything under 150 is excellent)

assuming my occasionally crazy training inspires people rather than makes them think i have something wrong with me, realized i’d probably owe it to them to show them me climbing back to that craziness in real time. i’m nothing without my fans after all

AM - 5

PM - 10. was more hyped than i've been for a run in a long time, so kept it honest the first couple of miles, then thought that it'd probably be better to just skip the long run this week. i'd rather undertrain until the chiropractor and i can easily run a triple-digit week so i'll just do that and do it next week. last half-mile in 2:42. nearly 80 degrees, stressing bc i have no idea how i'm gonna be able to do a 30-miler when it's about 20 degrees hotter this summer. might just do it for a couple months and switch the long run day to a 4-run day in june; i think it'd have similar benefits but since no one right in the head does that i'm sure there's not too many studies on it.

sotd: facts(charlie heat version): kanye west

also i was kicking myself over the weekend because i called rodeo by travis scott the peak of trap music in my end of the decade albums list and realized it's totally not, droptopwop by gucci mane and metro boomin was. i wouldn't take rodeo out of my hm section for it though bc rodeo is way more progressive. please listen to it if you're a fan of hip-hop, it's easily gucci's best post-prison work and it slaps like hell. i love every song on it but if i had to recommend some they'd be 5 million intro, dance with the devil, met gala, and both eyes closed

AM - 5. slept on my left arm weird.

AM2 - 10. last half mile in 2:36. under 150! now if i just keep the diet up through the weekend i'll be close to 145 and get my paycheck to restock on food and be able to eat something other than overnight oats

AM - 5. currently rewatching breaking bad for like the 4th time because better call saul season 4 was that good

AM2 - 10 easy with a couple strides after. the kenyans showed up towards the end, those guys know how to jog

sotd: wicked world - black sabbath

AM - 5. same old song. saw an opossum 

AM2 - 10 keeping it honest for 6 miles at 6:22 pace, but unfortunately my morning coffee decided not to do it’s magic so the last 3 miles were all about surviving.

sotd: it could happen to you - ryo fukui

AM - 5. slept in... woke up at 3:59!

AM2 - 10. worked down the pace a bit those last few minutes. easiest 100 mile week ever!

sotd: see me on top - big krit

AM - 5. stomach didn't feel great and my coffee didn't expedite the process like i hoped so i'll just do the other 5 after work tonight.

PM - off. stomach still hurt.

AM - 5

AM2 - ran a quarter-mile and bagged it. started pouring the second i got in my car so taking that as a sign.

so 99% sure the reason the knee thing has been persisting is that the peg pair #4 are past their usability. my legs felt completely normal all last week, and when i wore them on my saturday morning shakeout it felt a little sore after. it hasn't really since then, but my 6th sense says give it a couple more days off just to make sure that's out of the way, never use the pair again and i'll be okay. so i'll be back wednesday

also throat is super scratchy this morning, i think i might have some sort of virus, if only every news channel and social network could tell me what it is. jk, i was throwing up last night and it's probably just from that

AM - 3 easy before work. been super consistent on my strength-work so dropping a 6:20 last mile took nothing out of me

sotd: break ‘em off - 8ball & MJG