Step by step, mile by mile

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.