Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 5. going off two 3-hour nights of sleep and a loong shift yesterday meant i was exhausted waking up at 2:30, but i did it so i could get in my miles and have time to nap before work. so as long as i get the miles in without a hitch, worth it. shift didn't break down the legs but didn't do them any favors; i think after a couple of weeks i'll be able to recover better during shifts like i did last year

AM2 - 12 easy. thank god for coffee getting me through this because mentally i was dead. gave me a good chance to work on my mental game. managed to just barely get 17 miles in before 7am... awesome.

PM - 8 after work. after a completely exhausting shift i'm pleasantly surprised i got it in without anything hurting.

sotd: doo rags - nas

AM - 5. the weekend workload + lack of sleep got it's revenge in me sleeping through my alarm and woke up at 4:30. my body needed it though. decided after the run i'd be better suited to take today easy; legs need it after 55 miles ran and 24 hours worked friday-sunday.

PM - 5 easy. legs feel ready to jump back into the mileage!

sotd: lies and alibis - lovage. the album this is from(lovage: music to make love to your old lady by) is an extremely obscure and very good trip hop album made by dan the automator of deltron 3030 and gorillaz fame. also, eminem stole the album title "music to be murdered by" from dan's 1989 debut of the same name, but homage is homage i guess

PM - 5. REALLY slept through my alarm today(woke up at 10) so it's going to be an easier day than i would've liked. feel like i'm almost to the point where i can throw in a crazy mileage day and be fine the next day so might do that on friday to make up for the past couple of days, body allowing

AM - 5

AM2 - 15. started feeling really good those last 30 minutes, just loosening up and relaxing. probably best i've felt post-hip displacement. also might switch over from coffee to caffeine pills. it'd cut a lot of sugar out of my diet

PM - 10. went by way faster than i thought it would. overall not too challenging to hit 30 today, you love to see it

torture - natas. 90's horrorcore gem

AM - 5. as i was heading out for the second run decided to cut out the 15 for this morning. was having some chest cramps and my heart rate's been elevated since the shakeout which isn't a big deal because it usually happens for like a day and then it goes back down regardless of training, but feels like i'm at a pivotal point where i'm starting to transition to where i was at the end of last year and i'd hate to screw that up. i'll get back to that mountaintop soon enough

PM - 5. was originally just a shakeout for 10 in the evening, but decided to cut that too. all the stuff i mentioned this morning is gone but my quads are pretty sore, not sore enough i think the 10 would be a problem but enough that i'd probably lower the cap on tomorrow's mileage by doing it. next week i can focus on consistency, this week i'm just trying to get a few really solid days in

PM - 5. ended up getting sick to my stomach in the wee hours of the morning so i was too busy throwing up in the am to run. 

PM2 - got tired around 8 so decided to go to bed early, 2 hours later and nowhere close to sleep decided to go on a run at 10:30 to tire myself out. ended up being one of those runs where you go on autopilot and the miles keep racking up so rode that to 15 miles. fartlek'd the last mile. won't have time to run before work since that shift starts in 5 hours... yikes! good end to the week