Step by step, mile by mile

3 x 5

3 x 5

5/8/8/6/4/4

First 4 on the treadmill to see if I could keep under 7-min pace around mile 30 of the day. I could, but felt pretty dizzy by the end. All 35 ran in under 12 hours

2 x 5

2 x 5. Very very windy; cold front blows in

2 x 5 before work. Don't like doing my first-thing-in-the-morning shakeout by driving to the gym and doing it on the treadmill but it was viciously cold out; less enough to brave it later for the second one

5/5/8(5 @ 6:08 pace)/5

He lives!

Including 6 @ 5:52 pace plus gym

Including 5 @ 6:06 pace

Including 8 @ 6:05 pace

Including 8 @ 6:02 pace

Mostly in the rain

Including 5 @ 5:52 pace

AM - 8

AM2 - 8 @ 5:57 pace + 3 cd

PM - 9

PM2 - 7

AM - 8

AM2 - 7 @ 5:57 pace + 3 cd

PM - 9

PM2 - 8

Surely I got at least 3 hours of sleep off this. I'm human aren't I

AM - 6 @ 7:35 pace

AM2 - 6

AM3 - 4 right before work(finished right before I started running yesterday for 51 miles in under 24 hours)

PM - 4 after work

AM - 6

AM2 - 4 @ 6:09 pace. Awful abdominal cramp stopped me earlier than I wanted.

AM3 - 9. Cramp was mostly alleviated

PM - 5 @ 6:25 pace after work

PM2 - 2 miles(too many)

AM - 6

AM2 - 9

PM - 5 after work

AM - 8 @ 6:39 pace

AM2 - 9

AM - 8 @ 6:42 pace

AM2 - 9

AM3 - 6

PM - 5 @ 5:58 pace after work plus 2 jogging at home

PM2 - 2 miles(too many)

Lost a bit of my passion for writing of my running but certainly not the act itself. 186 miles the last 7 days with a few hour-ish(less than) treadmill runs at 5-minute pace. Also ran 51 miles in under 24 hours during the week with a case of insomnia fueling it. I'm better than ever

Sotd: John the Fisherman - Primus

AM - 7 @ 6:43 pace

AM2 - 8

AM3 - 7 @ 6:01 pace. Took a few minutes to get comfortable landing on tired legs but the pace felt like light work from the start. Tomorrow winds will blow in a much needed off day

PM - 4 before work, 7:01 pace. Would have ran another 4 after but forgot to pack tights to wear under the shorts I picked and the shorts lining is closer to a picnic blanket on a cloth wire than it's namesake

Sotd: rebel girl - bikini kill

AM - 6 @ 6:52 pace. Tired

AM2 - 7 w/ 4 @ 5:48 pace. Legs felt fine with the pace but I wore a thick tee and overheated fast enough I was starting to worry I'd stumble and go flying if I tried to go much longer

Noon - gym plus 7 before/after. Calling it there; not quite an off day but two off-PMs sandwiching an on-AM

Sotd: the hardest button to button - the white stripes

AM - 7 @ 6:52 pace

AM2 - 9. low 40's and windy; tied my hair back and felt like my brain was slowly freezing

AM3 - 6 @ 5:58 pace. Current pair of pegs are ready to be retired

PM - 6. Felt like more of a slog than what it was

PM2 - 3. Took a nap and couldn't rid myself of the pins and needles in the legs much. Went to buy groceries before and helped a little walking around but probably couldn't have gone much longer

Sotd: Dress - PJ Harvey

AM - 6. Pegs begging to be put out of their misery

AM2 - 5 on an even older pair of pegs. Legs aren't that beat but mentally felt out of it every run since the quick one yesterday

PM - 5 w/ 3 @ 6:23 pace. In a new pair of pegs! Felt so much better; not sure how much was placebo but the old pair was definitely worn enough to be straining the legs

PM2 - 4

3 x 6 before work

6/7/5 before work

4 x 6 in the PM with the last one at 5:56 pace

AM - 6 @ 6:56 pace

AM2 - 6 @ 7:22 pace

PM - 6

PM2 - 9 for 51 miles in under 25 hours

PM3 - 6 @ 5:57 pace

AM - 6 @ 7:27 pace

AM2 - 7

AM3 - 6

PM - 5 in 29:59 plus 2 cd

PM2 - 7 for 90 miles in 50 hours. I cooked(my legs)

3 x 6 in the PM. Felt pretty normal on the first(treadmill @ 6:49 pace), pretty sore on the second and pretty excellent on the third

AM - 6

PM - 7

PM2 - 5 @ 5:50 pace + 2 cd. Ramped up the pace a bit earlier/quicker than usual but felt right

PM3 - 5

AM - 6

PM - 7

PM2 - 5

PM3 - 5 @ 5:53 pace + 2 cd

PM4 - 5

AM - 6

PM - 9

PM2 - 7

Think I'd call this my best month of running to date. I definitely look the part; might have always kept the marathoner physique since hs but I've never looked down at my limbs and seen them this cut

PM - 6

PM2 - 8

PM3 - 6

Sotd: it's gonna be a long night - ween

PM - 6 @ 6:28 pace. Heavy rain forced me to the mill. Been starving near the end of the last few shakeouts

PM2 - 8 in the white water rapids the meteorologists called rain

PM3 - 6

Sotd: I'm afraid of Americans V1 - David Bowie

AM - 5

PM - 5 @ 6:05 pace + 2 cd

PM2 - 8 in the rain

PM - 6

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 3 right before work

PM - 6 @ 7:09 pace

PM2 - 5 @ 5:59 pace + 2 cd. Did the CD right after on the mill instead of driving home and letting my legs stiffen up. Also worth mentioning the quicker treadmill runs have pretty consistently been starting at 9.4 mph and upping it 2 ticks every 5 minutes(longer intervals if I'm going longer than 6) then speeding up the last k or so

AM - 6 @ 6:53 pace

PM - 5 @ 5:56 pace + 2 cd

PM2 - 6 @ 7:03 pace

AM - 6

PM - 6

PM2 - 8

PM3 - 6

PM - 6

PM2 - 6

Getting very tan. Less so off today

PM - 6

PM2 - 8

PM3 - 6

AM - 5

PM - 8

PM2 - 6

PM3 - 4

PM - 6

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 4 @ 6:51 pace right before work

PM - 6

PM2 - 6 @ 5:57 pace + 2 cd

PM3 - 2

2 x 6

PM - 5

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 6

PM - 6

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 5

PM - 6

PM2 - 7 @ 5:52 pace + 2 cd

PM3 - 6

AM - 6

PM - 6 @ 5:56 pace + 2 cd

PM2 - 7. Very windy

PM3 - 4 right before work

Noon - 6

PM - 5 wu/cd + gym

PM2 - 5

PM3 - 3 right before work

PM - 6

PM2 - 6 @ 5:54 pace + 1 cd

PM3 - 3

PM - 6

PM2 - 5 @ 6:27 pace

AM - 7

PM - 7

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 5

AM - 6

PM - 7

PM2 - 8

PM3 - 4

Got my recovery between easier runs down to like 75 minutes(pretty much using coffee running through me as the timer). Pressed for time but it hasn't been hard on me, and now legs are really getting used to it

Sotd: lost kitten - metric

PM - 5 in the rain

PM2 - 9

PM3 - 6

AM - 5 @ 6:37 pace

PM - 6 in the rain

PM2 - 7

PM3 - 4. Probably would have done 5 had it not started raining