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June 2020

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U of A

Member Since:

May 16, 2015

Gender:

Male

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Running Accomplishments:

Ran 200 miles in under a week(nov 2019) . Ran 226 miles in under a week twice in 17 days(oct 2023). Ran 250 miles in under a week(mar 2024)

Personal:

25. braves fan/canes fanatic/broncos sufferer

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Miles:This week: 95.00 Month: 626.00 Year: 1842.00
Fly's Lifetime Miles: 215.00
Pegs 36 #8 Lifetime Miles: 451.00
Pegs #9 Lifetime Miles: 322.25
Peg 37 White Lifetime Miles: 289.50
Streak LT Lifetime Miles: 11.50
Peg 37 Navy Lifetime Miles: 494.50
Peg 37 Magenta Lifetime Miles: 508.75
Peg Shields Lifetime Miles: 795.00
Peg Shields 2(orange) Lifetime Miles: 770.00
Total Distance
322.00
Peg V Miles: 262.00Structures Miles: 50.00
Weight: 150.07
Total Distance
15.00

AM - 5-mile shakeout. gonna take a little while for these to go by as fast as a shakeout should.

AM2 - 5

PM - 5

today was supposed to go 5, 10, 5, but night shifts still have my sleep schedule messed up so when midnight rolled around today and i was no closer to going to falling asleep than i was when i went to bed at 10 i decided to get my first run in then and get my 20 by doing a quadruple of 5's, getting 2 hours of sleep after the second run, just enough to survive the day but enough that i'd be exhausted enough to pass out the second i hit the sack tonight. it worked in theory, i was actually just about to head out the door for the 4th run, but mentally i'm exhausted even if physically i feel like it'd be easy. honestly i'd rather be running those extra 5 miles on friday anyway, i'd get more out of it after 4 days of solid training preceding it. still, good to know i could have quadrupled today, even if the mileage didn't constitute it. it will soon enough though. june is the month the eugene of 2019 comes back with a vengeance

sotd: the glory - kanye. the opening lines of "can i talk my sh*t again? even if i don't hit again? dog, are you f*ckin kidding" is my running manifesto of the summer  

Peg V Miles: 15.00
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20.00

AM - 5. woke up right at 3am! sucks at first but it's essential for me, especially now that it's the summer and runs between 10a-5p here are basically a death sentence.

AM2 - 5. gonna take an unorthodox approach to building mileage this week, but then again unorthodox is my orthodox 

PM - 5. ran at noon, and what i said after my first run might have been an understatement. heat index of 93F and was significantly more tan after those ~40 minutes

PM2 - 5. felt tired(expected), but wasn't hurting. now the real fun begins :)

sotd: the day the ... took over - dr. dre

Peg V Miles: 20.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
5.00

AM - 5.

during the morning shakeout i realized today was gonna be a rest day; my legs aren't hurting but after the past couple of days they're definitely under strain. i'll do another shakeout tonight, legs permitting, and get in a couple solid days before the weekend. decided to take the PM off just to get some better rest and catch up on sleep

also, that patient i saved on sunday? he died later that night. not surprising since an hour of cpr turns the chest to mush, but he came back last night as covid positive. so that's fun

sotd: god has nothing to do with this leave him out of it - backxwash. a song i'd describe as industrial avante-garde horror-core hip-hop, aka my 7 favorite buzz words. add in the artist is an underground canadian femcee and the KILLER black sabbath sample and it's one more banger that i can't play around my friends without having to insist i'm not a satanist

also quick rant, i haven't had rice in a month or so but i'm incorporating it back in my diet and since i can't stand plain rice and i'm trying to cut out sodium so my usual soy sauce is out, i bought a few cups of campbell's tomato soup yesterday, with the intention of mixing in some garlic powder, basil and cayenne for flavor, and mixing that with the rice. well i looked at the nutrition facts before i made some for dinner and my lord, might as well call it tomato-flavored soda. SIXTY grams of sugar a can! i feel guilty about how sugary i take my coffee but i don't put half that in my 32 oz thermos i make every morning. suffice to say i did not make soup today

Peg V Miles: 5.00
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0.00

AM - off

alarm didn’t go off and i noticed my knee felt a little sore so i went to the chiropractor to get my hips realigned. she said my knee seemed a little displaced and fixed it and i feel better now. i’ll give it a few hours to set in and run tonight. need to be a little more attentive on hamstring/IT band stretches and foam rolling; i’ve been more focused on calves quads and glutes lately

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5.00

AM - 5 before work. felt pretty good. stiff, but strong

sotd: never look back - RTJ

Peg V Miles: 5.00
Weight: 150.40
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20.00

AM - 5. pretty sure i got salmonella from mixing raw egg into my rice last night, not realizing the "best by" date passed like 6 weeks ago. at least i can still run for now

AM2 - 10. legs are still green enough that anything more than "slow and easy" pace is out of the question, but getting 15 miles in before 7:30a is something good enough i can look past that for the time being.

PM - 5. felt easy! great great great start to the week, salmonella aside

sotd: handcuffs - parliament/ i'd rather be with you - bootsy collins. two funk classics for the price of one

Peg V Miles: 20.00
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Total Distance
10.00

AM - 5. managed to get it in right before the 3-day aftershock from cristobal comes in

PM - 5. got hit with some wicked abdominal cramps after the morning run from what i still assume to be a milder case of salmonella so skipped the second AM run. barely managed to survive a afternoon shakeout with the cramps still being an issue

sotd: grown simba - j cole. not a big cole fan but i loved the mixtape this is from in high school and this song still gets me super hyped, partly because of the nostalgia of all the times i listened to the tape running in high school, and party because it's a good track

Peg V Miles: 10.00
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5.00

AM - 5. probably gonna be another 10 mile day; abdominal cramps are still bugging me. kind of annoying but probably for the best. it's arbitrary but as long as i feel better by thursday i'll probably get a triple-digit week without killing myself to get it

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5.00

PM - 5. no cramps, so i think i'm past the salmonella issue

sotd: get back - ludacris

Peg V Miles: 5.00
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12.00

AM - 12. sleep schedule is out of wack so started this one at midnight, or rather 11:58pm yesterday, but who cares. slow and easy, but i'll take slow over hurting any day :') plus the run yesterday was a little quicker so it even out. longest run since february! geez

sotd: the blacker the berry - kendrick lamar. song been hitting different lately

Peg V Miles: 12.00
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25.00

AM - 5 shakeout. ran at midnight again; meant to run 8 in the evening yesterday but a nap at 3pm resulted in me waking up at 8pm when my phone alarm didn't go off. feel like i'm starting to get into a groove again for the first time in forever, sleep aside.

AM2 - 12, grass was more dewey than malcolm's little brother, shoes were drenched by the end. could feel the mileage freak in me coming out on the last mile when i realized i had about as much energy in the tank as i had at the start, but i have some leg strength to regain before i start putting up the ridiculous mileage days again. i mean the plan for today is 25, i guess i can call that safely ridiculous.

PM - 8. ran at 4 because i wanted to get to bed earlier since i work a 16-hour shift tomorrow, good lord was it hot. super happy with today, not because it's the most miles i've ran since february but because how easy it was to get it. first time i've felt like myself since the hip displacement in january. next week will be the real test if i'm back, then the week after that is a down week with a long run. hoping to get my second 30-miler

sotd: some things last a long time - daniel johnston

Peg V Miles: 25.00
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Total Distance
5.00

AM - 5 before work.

sotd: south of heaven - slayer

Peg V Miles: 5.00
Weight: 149.60
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25.00

AM - 5. going off two 3-hour nights of sleep and a loong shift yesterday meant i was exhausted waking up at 2:30, but i did it so i could get in my miles and have time to nap before work. so as long as i get the miles in without a hitch, worth it. shift didn't break down the legs but didn't do them any favors; i think after a couple of weeks i'll be able to recover better during shifts like i did last year

AM2 - 12 easy. thank god for coffee getting me through this because mentally i was dead. gave me a good chance to work on my mental game. managed to just barely get 17 miles in before 7am... awesome.

PM - 8 after work. after a completely exhausting shift i'm pleasantly surprised i got it in without anything hurting.

sotd: doo rags - nas

Peg V Miles: 25.00
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10.00

AM - 5. the weekend workload + lack of sleep got it's revenge in me sleeping through my alarm and woke up at 4:30. my body needed it though. decided after the run i'd be better suited to take today easy; legs need it after 55 miles ran and 24 hours worked friday-sunday.

PM - 5 easy. legs feel ready to jump back into the mileage!

sotd: lies and alibis - lovage. the album this is from(lovage: music to make love to your old lady by) is an extremely obscure and very good trip hop album made by dan the automator of deltron 3030 and gorillaz fame. also, eminem stole the album title "music to be murdered by" from dan's 1989 debut of the same name, but homage is homage i guess

Peg V Miles: 10.00
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5.00

PM - 5. REALLY slept through my alarm today(woke up at 10) so it's going to be an easier day than i would've liked. feel like i'm almost to the point where i can throw in a crazy mileage day and be fine the next day so might do that on friday to make up for the past couple of days, body allowing

Peg V Miles: 5.00
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30.00

AM - 5

AM2 - 15. started feeling really good those last 30 minutes, just loosening up and relaxing. probably best i've felt post-hip displacement. also might switch over from coffee to caffeine pills. it'd cut a lot of sugar out of my diet

PM - 10. went by way faster than i thought it would. overall not too challenging to hit 30 today, you love to see it

torture - natas. 90's horrorcore gem

Peg V Miles: 30.00
Weight: 0.00
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Total Distance
10.00

AM - 5. as i was heading out for the second run decided to cut out the 15 for this morning. was having some chest cramps and my heart rate's been elevated since the shakeout which isn't a big deal because it usually happens for like a day and then it goes back down regardless of training, but feels like i'm at a pivotal point where i'm starting to transition to where i was at the end of last year and i'd hate to screw that up. i'll get back to that mountaintop soon enough

PM - 5. was originally just a shakeout for 10 in the evening, but decided to cut that too. all the stuff i mentioned this morning is gone but my quads are pretty sore, not sore enough i think the 10 would be a problem but enough that i'd probably lower the cap on tomorrow's mileage by doing it. next week i can focus on consistency, this week i'm just trying to get a few really solid days in

Peg V Miles: 10.00
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20.00

PM - 5. ended up getting sick to my stomach in the wee hours of the morning so i was too busy throwing up in the am to run. 

PM2 - got tired around 8 so decided to go to bed early, 2 hours later and nowhere close to sleep decided to go on a run at 10:30 to tire myself out. ended up being one of those runs where you go on autopilot and the miles keep racking up so rode that to 15 miles. fartlek'd the last mile. won't have time to run before work since that shift starts in 5 hours... yikes! good end to the week

 

Structures Miles: 15.00Peg V Miles: 5.00
Weight: 150.20
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20.00

AM - 5

AM2 - 10. felt like it was over before i'd even broke a sweat.

PM - 5. work 7p-7a tomorrow so last minute decided to forego tonight's sleep so i could sleep through the day and not be dead enough by tuesday morning to not get a run in before passing out, so did this at 11pm and i'll hopefully get in a longer run in a couple hours. playing the long game here. wish i decided that before i had too much junk food as my post-work meal a couple hours prior. damn you cheetos hot fries; my ghetto vice

Structures Miles: 5.00Peg V Miles: 15.00
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20.00

AM - 15. felt good aerobically, legs were about at their limit after around 1h50m(slow because running on wet, deep grass in the middle of the night) but having been awake 16 hours, worked 8 of them and ran 5 miles all prior to the run i was just happy to survive. 

PM - 5 before work. loosened up the legs from last night plus i was feeling pretty good by the end. it'd rained all day so hilton park was drenched, but mid 70's and overcast overshadows that by miles

Structures Miles: 20.00
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10.00

AM - 5 after work. a good run for fatigue training; i probably wouldn't have had the mental fortitude to go on a run before passing out after working 6p-7a even a week ago so it shows i'm locked in right now.

PM - 5 shakeout

note: going to take tomorrow easier than i originally planned. strained my legs a little too hard by doing the post-work run. not in a major way, nothing hurt then, on the PM run, or after, just enough that i think doing the 5 and 15 tomorrow and thursday will take some miles off the friday long run, which is the focus of this week. honestly it's really nothing, if i just did 5 and 15 the next 3 days i think i'd be back to full strength after my saturday shift, but even if i can't hit 30 miles again i want to give it an honest shot. that being said, training is going great right now. that 200-mile week has been in the back of my mind ever since the hip displacement in January; i don't plan on doing it every week when i'm firing on all cylinders but it's something i need to do again just to prove to myself it wasn't a fluke in november, and i think there's a good chance it'll happen next month

Peg V Miles: 10.00
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5.00

PM - 5 just after sunset. so nice out, low 70's and overcast made it feel more like october than june. pretty sure my legs are fine, it was such a minor thing that it's hard to really tell. i'll do around 10 miles in a few hours and that should give me a better idea.

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5.00

Peg V Miles: 5.00
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5.00

AM - 5

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20.00

AM - 5.

AM2 - 15. surprised i actually got that far; after 3 days off my legs felt more brittle than ductile, but managed. finished before 4am but still was so humid that my shorts could've created a 5th ocean if i wrung them out hard enough

Peg V Miles: 20.00
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10.00

AM - 5. legs felt better than yesterday's 5. 

AM2 - another 5. calves are a bit sore since yesterday's 15; felt more like a long run than that distance normally does. 

looking back on june, i didn't magically knock it out of the park despite not being in shape to, like i secretly hoped, but the baseline goal was to bust the rust to have a couple really good months of base training follow it, i'd say i accomplished that. plus i ran more miles than the past 3 months combined, so, dub

Structures Miles: 5.00Peg V Miles: 5.00
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322.00
Peg V Miles: 262.00Structures Miles: 50.00
Weight: 150.07
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