Step by step, mile by mile

My legs just felt like lead today, probs from not running for 10 days then doing 70 miles on my first week back. 150, 250, 200 in 19.8, 35.9, 26.9. Then 2x150m in mid 21 w/ 44 sec rest in between. Then a 200m on the fields in 32 and some stairs. I need my strength back soon!

3 mile shakeout + strides. Felt better than this AM. Weights, core, and stretching after.

Slept in so just one run today because I want to get ahead in HW. Four uphill strides at the end(200m). Decided to use the watch on the third one. Hit a mid 28 which was pretty good, I'm sure I went quicker than normal for it. Last 7 days were 80 miles so that's pretty good. Planning out training and these next three weeks are gonna be a crazy grind, but if I survive I'll be much better for it. Excited!

Did my core!

3 miles shakeout around noon. Was supposed to be the WU for my workout but I had a lot of wicked side stitches. I'll try the workout tonight, and make sure to hydrate well until then.

Oh man oh man. 2 mile WU. 2 mile tempo in 10:36, 4x800 in 2:24 on all of them. 3 min rest between everything. At least 85 degrees. I could literally wring sweat out of my hair like a wet towel. CD for 12. I HATE tempos so I had to dig really deep for this one. Wanted to hit 2xmile in 4:50 but I didn't think the 2 mile part would go that well and it tired me out a little so 800's instead. Very happy w/ the effort for only having been running for 9 days now. Just happy to get the tempo out of the way so I can do some fast stuff. Lifting, core, stretching after.

I woke up at 10:15 because my alarm decided to off, without making any noise. Calc started at 10, so I hastily tinkled and ran to class and got my full attendance credit. I think the mile was probably sub 6. After class, I did some HW and did an easy run. That refers to the pace, not how I felt. 80 degrees w/ 20mph winds, and VERY humid. It's okay the first 2 miles or so as a headwind, but when it becomes tailwind you start to overheat very quickly. Halfhearted strides after. No life in the legs today, but I'm not too worried, I had a hard workout 16 hours ago. I gotta start hydrating more.

3 mile WU. 2x100 in 13.1, 12.6. 2x300 in 45, 48. Pulled out there. The wind was really bad today. I hit the 200 on the second repeat in 29 and the wind hit me like a wall where it felt like a good effort was just being able to jog through it. I was concerned that my legs were fried from Tuesday, but then I decided to throw in a hard 200m in 25.8, which is my second fastest 200 to date, so that made me think it was just a bad day for Mother Nature. CD for 9

PM wasn't planning on doing anything but it's better than physics w calc. 4x200 on the river walk in 30.8, 28.2, 27.0, 28.1. Felt very good for these, way better than around noon. Good strength and core after!

7 miles w strides measuring some road k's out for the next workout. Pace was fairly easy mid 6's w/ some strides at the end. Ran in the hour I had between calc and physics w calc(I like calc). Felt pretty fine for four workouts and 3 lifting sessions the past 5 days.

AM - just an 8 minute jog. Trying to practice some race stuff, like the shakeout for an afternoon race.

PM - 800m fast, 1000m at tempo, 600m fast. I hit 2:06-7, 3:16, 1:31-2. Legs felt very flat on the warmup, I was SUPER surprised on how the 800 went. Tempo portion felt almost easy, I just had to suck it up on the hills. The 800 going so well and feeling pretty easy was making me think I might be able to go sub 1:30 on the 600, but I didn't take too much rest between repeats and I think I was starting to get some lactic acid buildup. I'm happy with how it went. Did all of these on the loop around the rec, the 800 had a net downhill, the 1000m had a net uphill and the 600 had a net downhill. A good way to end a hard week of training.