Step by step, mile by mile

Longest run since 2016. Mentally it was about as tough as I thought it'd be, but still not bad. 

Top 5 on the mileage board for the month, hopefully I'll crack top 3 by the end of it. MIGHT do 100 this week which could very well finally get me my first #1 weekly mileage spot. It isn't going to feel as good as if I had gotten it back in 2015 or 2016 when we had pro marathoners and ultra runners topping the list every week, but I think running the mileage they were doing is a silver lining to it. Moreso, I'm glad there's runners on here still that inspire me to give my best every day. Still gonna try to make you guys look like punks on the mileage board though!

Went to the gym in the evening. Stretched, did core, lifted upper body and hit the steam room. Getting coffee with my first ex-girlfriend this week. Excited to flex my fit body on her, no pun intended

12 in the morning. legs felt pretty good, not like they’re about to fall apart or anything. gonna go to the gym tonight for the same routine as yesterday

12 in the morning. Legs did not hurt

4 in the afternoon + stretching, core and steam room. felt good so the first 2 miles were 6:26 and 6:01. felt good. typing this on my phone in the steam room lol

Super busy today so got a shorter quicker run in this morning with a watch, finally. Closed hard with a 5:31 mile with a 2:34 last half. Really happy with that since I haven't ran under 6 minute pace in a year and a half, based on how the last half felt I could probably run 5:00 after one or two okay workouts once I get a little speed endurance down. Excited to run fast more after finals. 6:28 avg pace

Another 6 at noon. Was going to wait longer but I felt ready coming home for my lunch break. In reality the legs felt like lead from not taking too much time to recover, but I got it done.

stretching, core, weights and steam room after afternoon classes. putting the work in

16 miles in the morning. was going to do 12 and 4 in the afternoon but i felt alright after 10 miles, and since it’s supposed to rain all afternoon and i have a lab final tonight i decided to knock all the mileage out. might go to the gym tonight after the final

Went to the gym after the final. Stretching, core, upper body, steam room. There was one guy in the steam room who looked even more resilent than me(I normally go 12-13 minutes, I've never had anyone outlast me), so we both stayed in there for about 22 minutes before I gave in and left. He left seconds after, but still, mad respect to that dude.

4 after morning classes. Couldn't manage to wake up at 5 today so didn't have time for a real morning run.

Was going to do 8 after afternoon classes, but figured I'd rather do two 16 mile days in a row than do a 16 mile day the day before a long run. Ran the out and back for 8 miles then ran up Sandy hill and past to get to 10 and came back for 12.

100 miles from Saturday to Friday

Oh also slight TMI but I peed blood after the second run. I know it can happen from strenuous exercise, and I haven't hydrated too well lately(I'm not mistaking dehydrated pee. I work with blood) so I'm gonna get that up because I know you can lose a lot of fluids running in the south.

12 at noon. alarm didn’t go off so I woke up at 8 and had coffee with an ex at 9 so i didn’t have time. coincidentally, we split up a year ago today. funny how life works like that. coffee was good, i remember why we split but i forgot why we got together, today was a nice reminder of that.

back in the triple digit club! hope my membership is an extended one