Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 5 on the treadmill at just a tad under 7-minute pace. legs felt... better by the end. think that was mostly because it was a treadmill though, was raining far too heavily for any other option

PM - 5 miles just a tad over 7-minute pace. legs(mainly calves) still felt a bit strained from the workout yesterday, no doubt amplified from the slightly different absorption from landing on your forefoot on a conveyor belt rather than the real world(he said, totally not bitter). we'd been getting hit with constant freezing rain all day so around 3PM i'd resigned to the fact the weatherpeople probably weren't wrong for once and began a treadmill streak that'll unfortunately likely get continued tomorrow because of a cold snap. wouldn't have done the sprints with how my legs felt anyway

PM2 - lower body weights. barbell squats w/ step-up, rotational lunges w/ a medicine ball full reached out(these were brutal), and toe-walks with kettlebells. not a lot of exercises but each set had lots of reps, and also they incorporated a ton of balance too so a lot of stuff got stimulated.

AM - 5 on the treadmill, tad under 7-minute pace. started at 8.0 mph and i think by the end i'd upped it to 9.3. felt pretty good! for a treadmill run ~8 hours after a weight session that's a huge boon. helps when i keep it mostly around a jog.

AM2 - 5 on sokol just before noon, 6:16 pace. very cold, very windy. first 10 minutes i felt like i had no coordination and pace reflected it, then suddenly felt a lot better and spent the last 20 minutes toeing the 6-minute line on the pace. it's rare the conditions permit me to go that quick in sweats. i reiterate, it was very cold

ran today, don't remember a detail of it though

AM - 2 on sokol around noon, 6:04 pace. felt like i strained my calf on the stretches beforehand

off for the calf

AM - 3 on hilton, 5:48 pace. below freezing without factoring a brutal wind, plus a fair amount of ice on the pavement. fun times. least the calf felt better.

finished reading "again to carthage" this morning, took about 6 months between reading the first half and starting the second half if that gives any indication of what i thought of it("again to carthage", more like "again to unneccesary tangents", am i right). the last third of "once a runner" is so good that john parker gets a pass though.

AM - 5 on the treadmill, right around 7-minute pace. first 2 minutes or so my ankle had me concerned i'd have to bail before i even burned 50 calories, but after that it loosened up pretty quick and had nothing else to say the rest of the run.