Step by step, mile by mile

5 shaking out the legs on the soccer fields in the morning. Right inner ankle was a bit tight from the 150's yesterday but felt better as I went on.

9 in the afternoon, on Sandy for the first time in about a month. Felt really good, legs were eating up the hills, the heat was no problem with all the tree shade, and the bug spray worked its magic. Only problem was some GI issues,  I've been eating rice and seasoned beans topped with fried eggs twice a day after each run for the past week or so; works well when you're doing 5 and 6 mile runs a day, not as good with 9 milers. Going to target after I post this and shower to stock up on cereal. Saw a HUGE snake in the last mile that made me power through the GI stuff and drop the pace real quick - that thing had to be 3+ feet long and as thick as my forearm, pure black with a yellow underbelly. I gave it space and it didn't get territorial. 

5 mile shakeout in the morning. Legs felt okay to begin with and better by the end.

9 in the afternoon. Solid pace.

5 shakeout in the morning on the turf fields. Lightly drizzling which was a nice touch.

9 on Sandy after my midterm. Woof. Absolutely blazed through it like an engineering machine and finished first, then I realized I had less than 2 minutes left so no double-checking. I'm guessing maybe 20% of the class at most actually finished - 50 minutes was a ridiculous time slot to complete this one. Glad I did.

Long run this morning. Very humid and sunny, started at 9AM. Only made it out past 4.5 on Sandy once, and never close to 8 out. Hills were INSANE past 5.5, the type of hills you hear about people dying on trying to get their four-wheelers up. Easily the hardest course I've ever ran on. Extremely proud I did it in my longest run by far since I initially hurt my calf at the start of May. Legs felt completely shot when I finished but bought some bags of ice and took an ice bath and they feel fine now. 

5 in the morning. Came home late last night after my shift + hanging out with friends after so I tried to make it past the dining room and living room to my room in the dark. Unfortunately someone moved the table in the living room, and I smashed my right knee into the darn metal rimming pretty hard. It didn't hurt at all after a minute or so, so I assumed I didn't do any damage besides some bruising that was sure to come. Woke up this morning and it hurt to move at all, but after doing some range of motion it felt better so I decided to chance it and do my shakeout anyway. Hurt the first few minutes a bit but by the end didn't feel it at all. Really didn't feel anything besides which is super good considering the killer long run yesterday. Ran even easier than normal.

9 in the afternoon. I'd hate to speak too soon, but I'd say doing a 14 mile day less than 24 hours after hurting my knee probably means I can just train through it. Definitely took it slower to account for the darn thing though. Saw another snake today, this one probably 18 inches or so, nonvenomous this time(you can tell by the shape of the head).

95 miles the past 7 days! Turns out the mile out-and-back was a tad short I was running every day when I ran 3 weeks in 90-100-90 in April, so probably closer to 85-93-85 or so. So I'm in good shape rn!

decided to change things up with a 5 mile shakeout this morning

9 at 4PM. Wish I had gone home after class instead for a bit to let it cool down, hydrate(did NOT hydrate at all today!!) and go to the bathroom. I could handle the heat, but those last two issues made the run a lot harder. Didn't walk or anything though so I guess it wasn't that hard. To quote Ludacris, "you got defeated by the heat but ehh, we'll just say it alonzo mourn-ed ya"

In short, and in alliteration, I was hot, hungry and hungover, so the run was hell. Actually wasn't too bad, I didn't get any farther than tipsy last night and I'm normally good on running on empty. Heat was tough with the sun beating down, but I managed better than yesterday since I hydrate super well on the rare occasions I drink, maybe less rare after how much fun last night was though.

ran right after my 7-hour shift, legs felt exausted from it but didn’t show it. 3 WU w the last half mile speed changes in 2:25, ran 5x80m sprints, no watch, CD for 5. 2:25 def could have been faster. working an 11-hour dialysis shift tomorrow #busymanwithabusylife

Also, unless Mike swoops in with another 130 mile week, I think I finally got my first #1 mileage board week. It's a relative accomplishment lots of others have, but it's something I've been trying to get since I was 17 and I've had at least 10 weeks where I was in position with a day or two left and either hurt myself or someone would swoop in with a crazy long Saturday run or something. Anyway S/O to all the mileage monsters that inspired me on the blog, Wesley Hunt, Jake Krong, Butlerb, etc