Step by step, mile by mile

PM - 3 miles. held off the waistline pretty good over the break; felt about 15 pounds heavier though. since my timer was off overcompensated on pace and ran the 3 miles in 20:00. that’s 1:01 faster than my 9th grade PR. strength routine after

another shakeout before work, no watch. gilbert kigen showed up towards the end

AM - one last shakeout before work. did a lap(1200m) pickup in 4:22. felt smooth

AM - 5 easy before work. definitely not in shape but didn't feel as out of shape as i thought i'd be. 7:02 pace

AM - 3. wanted to do 10, but since all the parks are closed and it rained yesterday i knew intramurals would be flooded and didn't feel like driving up to Sandy so just drove aimlessly until i found a secluded road and ran all the extensions for 3. very hilly. would have done more but didn't want to deal with the dogs again, plus 97% humidity and over 400ft elevation gain mean i got more fitness out of it than a normal 3-mile shakeout. would do another run tonight but it's supposed to rain; still might though. realized during the run that this was the first route i've ran in over a year that wasn't Sandy, Hilton loops, turf loops, or intramural loops.

sotd: chop suey - system of a down

AM - did some chaste lewis and clark roleplaying by trying to make up a 5-mile shakeout route since the park is closed and i'd be cutting 10 minutes out of my morning routine by skipping the drive to and from it. doesn't seem like much time but when you wake up at 3am and have to get in 5 before your 6am run there's no time to waste. ended up being 5.04 with no extensions, loops, or turnarounds which makes me think i knew sacagawea in a past life. saw lots of lightning during it so stopped at 5 which was a good move since it started pouring right after i finished.

sotd: somebody changed the lock - dr. john

also finally set up my chiropractor appointment tomorrow. knee isn't hurting but probably 5 times yesterday i felt it, just for about a second at a time when i bent my leg suddenly or stood up but still, i've lost a lot of the fire these past few months and getting my hips realigned and getting back to normal(aka running 3 times a day), i'm sure it'll be back in no time. i can't believe i ran 140 miles on a bum knee in a mormon week of mileage in february; i think that's more impressive than any week of mileage i've ran besides the 200 one.

also was thinking about back in 2008 when i saved up enough to get an ipod touch my dad let my buy 3 albums for it and i picked late registration by kanye(12 years later and it's still my favorite album ever), futuresex/lovesounds by justin timberlake and in utero by nirvana. i was 10 and wanted to listen to albums with songs called crack music, futuresex and rape me and 12 years later and i think it really shows

AM - 5 after the chiropractor. ended up being right and my hips were out of alignment; i thought when my knee wasn't sore these past few months it meant i was 100% but after how i felt on this run i know i wasn't... i was today though :) went unintentionally quick, had less to do with getting my knee fixed and more to do with a conversation i had with connor baller yesterday where he asked if i was ever gonna run faster than 6:30 pace. at the time i thought he was just being a horse's ass but really he was lighting a fire under my own, so s/o to him. 6:39 pace, i'll get under it soon homie. eugene's back!

sotd: the payback/untouchable - django unchained soundtrack(2pac and james brown)

AM - off. woke up to a gnarly charlie horse in my right calf so i'll just get a run in after work. even though i could still get 25 miles in the AM with the knee bugging me, post-work runs were nearly impossible to do without making it feel much worse so i'm very excited to be able to do that again. my weight this morning makes me think my goal of getting down to 145 by the end of the month might have been an undershoot

PM - 10 minute shakeout after work. wanted to do more but i was tired from working overtime this week and had to be back at work 11 hours after i got off. supposed to storm really bad tomorrow so probably no running but monday real training starts back up.

12AM - 5 miles after an 18-hour shift. about as fun as the last 5 miles in a 45-mile day. as mike can probably attest, this is not said sarcastically! 

10AM - 5 before work. body was beat from yesterday.

Noon - 5 before work. night shift cancelled so i had to work my second 18-hour shift in 48 hours, but the difference with this one was i only got 6 hours off after it before i had to be back at work instead of 12. so got home at 7am this morning, slept for 3 hours and ran 5 miles before going back in. might run another 5 after work if the body isn’t too broken down, hopefully don’t have to work my third straight night shift either

PM - off. felt good enough to run but figured i'd rather just get a bigger mileage day in tomorrow. about to do my strength routine and get some much needed sleep. s/o to connor baller for calling me (probably) to wish me happy bday while i was sleeping this AM. we making big moves this summer bro

a very special edition of my song of the day series: my 22 favorite songs to commemorate the 22 years i’ve been on earth. it was an incredibly hard list to make; i had to whittle it down over about a week from a list of about 300 songs

bob dylan - simple twist of fate

bonnie “prince” billy - i see a darkness

d’angelo - untitled(how does it feel)

david bowie - changes

DJ shadow - midnight in a perfect world

joy division - passover

kanye west - jesus walks

madvillian - all caps

marvin gaye - i heard it through the grapevine

the microphones - i felt your shape

nas - the world is yours

nirvana - all apologies

ol’ dirty bastard - brooklyn zoo

otis redding - (sittin’ on) the dock of the bay

outkast - B.O.B. 

outkast - she lives in my lap

pete rock & C.L. smooth - they reminisce over you(T.R.O.Y.)

prince - when doves cry

radiohead - decks dark

radiohead - everything in it’s right place

stevie wonder - never in your sun

talking heads - born under punches(the heat goes on)

AM - 5 before work. wanted to get more but needed sleep more than mileage after the past few days. i’ll get in another 5 after work and hit that double-digit run tomorrow

PM - 5 after work. when "bulls on parade" came on those last couple of minutes i started flying

sotd: brave in the heart - big pun. i have a soft spot for 90’s new york hip hop in the summer

AM - 5. woke up at 3!

AM2 -10. felt good to get my 15 for the day in before 8AM.

sotd: ace of spades - motörhead

AM - 3 shakeout. after working 14 days straight, i’m understandably beat. ran enough that i wouldn’t be stiff tomorrow, and now i’ll catch up on the R&R i’m in desperate need of.

PM - 2-mile shakeout. felt very out of shape; was planning on starting up again tomorrow but needed a reason to get on here to wish my good friend connor arnell a happy 22nd.

PM - 5 in the evening. kneeshin felt sore, i'm thinking it's from something unrelated though. guess we'll see. 

sotd: viral evolution - guy scornik, zab scornik. i wonder if they're related

in the interest of avoiding sounding passive-aggressive, i'll try to keep this post short. i got about 10 steps into a run and stopped because of what i mentioned yesterday. it's not the same thing as what gave me grief most of 2020 so far and i'm hoping a triple-shot of time with an icy-hot and ibuprofen to chase will do the trick for it, i guess we'll see. i'd say a run tomorrow is off the table though

sotd: the mortician's flame - acid bath. a song to scratch that underground sludge-metal itch we all get from time to time, with lyrics vile enough i'm probably on a watchlist just for posting it here

knee/shin/whatever feels a lot better, either taking tomorrow off or just doing a PM run. anyway i’m just here for the sotd

sotd: ghost rider - suicide