Step by step, mile by mile

8 at 9AM. no watch, left the charger in texas i think. got humbled by the hills on Sandy but i survived them

Doing a couple mini-workouts in place of normal workouts this week. Today did 2x200m to loosen up in 35.1 and 30.2, then 3x300 w/ 100m recovery trying to go faster in 54.7, 50.2, 43.4(goal was 54, 51, 48). Then did some bleacher laps focusing on moving my feet quickly going up. Those hurt way more than the track repeats. Didn't get out the door until 8-ish so I was sweating pounds off this morning. The 43 was nice but it doesn't mean much, except that hopefully I can develop a monster kick in the future.

5 miles easy. Trying to burn off some extra calories the past few days by doing the second runs of the day in the heat. It's working pretty well.

Just 4 in the morning on Sandy. Was going to do 8 but humidity + some really pesty bugs drove me to my breaking point after 4, so I'll do some more miles tonight.

Only managed 2 at 4PM, but got in a solid core workout and finally got under 160 again so there's a silver-lining here. Gonna make up for today's mileage later in the week

8+ and strides, no watch so calling it 8. Felt good to turn over the legs on the strides, they've been heavy since Monday. Managed to get out the door before 6 even though I didn't manage to get to bed until 2, but at least I beat the humidity and got my miles all done for the day, so now that it's over and done I feel pretty good. I think there's an anecdote about a bird and a worm and something about being early but I forget it

4 in the heat after the first day of summer classes. Love running and love getting to do it twice a day

8 in the morning, got more sleep than last night but not much more. Might move workouts back a week to get my mileage back up first.

4 after classes. Probably going to start going to the library after class and study for a couple of hours and wait for it to cool down. Gonna get to bed early and maybe do some fartlek work tomorrow morning if I feel up to it. Love fartleks, I don't know what it is about them but I feel like they get me in shape faster than any speed or tempo work. Hope I still love them at 5AM

4, 3, 2, 1 minute fartlek with equal recovery this morning. Legs still felt tired and was running hungry, but I managed on the faster stuff. Started at 5:20 pace for the 4 and worked it down from there. WU and CD for 9. Somehow woke up on my own accord at 4:45 so I was able to get back home before 6:30, great start to the day.

Easy run in the evening shaking out the legs from this morning. Mid-80's and breezy while the sun set, perfect running weather. Barely broke a sweat which is a bigger indicator of fitness in the south than a good workout. Listened to Watch The Throne on the run. Ball so hard mf wanna fine me

slept in and did 6 at 10AM. Warm, but with all the 4PM runs i’ve done it was a piece of cake. first shift at the hospital a bit later today meant had to do a little less than i wanted, we’ll see how tired i am after but i’d like to do some sprints to work on form in the evening if i’m not too exhausted.

Sprint Saturday!! More of a fine-tweaking of mechanics than a workout. 3 miles very easy(7:25 pace), 6x100m, CD for 5. Only timed the last two since with such a short distance you're kind of shooting yourself in the foot with pressing start and finish, those were 12.69 and 12.42. Felt okay at the start and amazing by the end. 

Hospital was great! Working on the dialysis floor, I'm the only guy on the floor and I've never been called cute so much in my life. They literally thought I was in high school, one of them said "what are you, 15?"(I'd be hurt if I weren't 6'1) On top of that, helped the one girl who was my age instead of mid-30's with her math homework and she was so astounded she basically told everyone on the floor, and I'm not sure what she told them but they were all just as impressed. Great day for running and my ego. Anyway loved working with them and love getting to help people who need it