Step by step, mile by mile

noon - 5 miles. wanted to do this run at 7am after my night shift, but i'd been up 24+ hours and was beat. only had time to get 4 hours of sleep to have a chance to run before another night shift i wasn't scheduled to do, so fun weekend. very hot, combined with lack of fitness probably the hardest mental run i've done this year. hopefully these heat-death runs get easier because if i want to do 4-a-days again at least one will have to be around mid-day.

sotd: the seventh seal - scott walker. if i were to ever soundtrack a movie(something i'd love to do) this song would be what plays at the end montage after the lead goes out in a blaze of glory

off. body was pretty wrecked from two tough back-to-back overnight shifts this weekend so figured i'd get some much needed R&R(i may not have ran much the past few months but i've worked a ridiculous amount; i think the past 3 weeks i've worked at least 60 hours for each one). knee's fine, might need to see the chiropractor because it feels like it needs an adjustment but it's really nothing to worry about as is.

sotd: paint it, black - the rolling stones. i don't have a favorite beatles or bowie song but i do for the stones and it's this one

PM - 5 easy

sotd: less sex - daughters. easily the least abrasive song on my favorite abrasive album

AM - 8 easy. working both night shifts last weekend messed up my sleeping schedule so since i'd been awake since noon this one was pretty slow. longest run i've done in a while. hopefully going to be saying that a lot these next few weeks. was just listening to otis and realized i need to make a list of my 10 favorite kanye west beats on here at some point

PM - 5. felt pretty good! tired, but the pace didn't show. slept from 6-10am so hopefully i'll be tired enough soon to reset the sleep schedule. if only i hadn't agreed to cover a night shift next monday to mess it up again

sotd: graveyard - public image ltd. 

AM - 10. managed to actually sleep last night, only problem was it was maybe 80 minutes at the most. slow and tired because of it, happy it's all smooth sailing so far though. quads are pretty sore, but i expected that since it happened in february when i got back to 15-ish miles a day too. if history repeats itself i'll be pretty sore for a week then i'll adjust

PM - 5. legs were very tired which excites me because it means i'm putting in work. hopefully they bounce back fast enough to do 12 tomorrow morning.

core before bed. only 3 pounds from stopping the diet and not getting dizzy when i stand up too fast lol

sotd: skulls - misfits. having an overtly goth fashion sense means i have multiple misfits shirts so i'd be remiss to not have a song of their's on my blog

AM - 5.25. was going to do 12 but a couple of reasons had me decide to stop early, those reasons being 1.) i hadn't gotten any sleep again and figured an hour less spent running could be use to push my sleep an hour back since i absolutely need to sleep tonight seeing how i work 16 hours tomorrow and 2.) i plan on doing some 20 and 25 mile days next week if all goes accordingly and figured i'd gain more from a shakeout than a run that'd take more energy. i'll still do 5 after work tonight.

sotd: london calling - the clash. i live by the river

also here's some art i really like

off.

didn’t end up running last night bc my 3-7p shift got stretched to a 3-11p shift because someone called in, and i had to be back today to work 6a-11p so didn’t have any time to run in the morning, and i’d rather get to sleep earlier and get more miles in tomorrow morning. quads are no longer sore so i think i’m ready to up the ante again next week. id say 90% chance a triple digit week is on deck

sotd: spellbound - siouxsie and the banshees