Step by step, mile by mile

5 in the morning. Didn't end up going to bed early, went over to watch the new Jordan Peele movie, "Us"(still got a good night's sleep though). I'm pretty sure I'm the only person alive that thought Get Out wasn't that good of a film, but I liked this one a lot more, definitely scary. Woke up to a calf cramp and thought this run would go south but felt pretty good, besides I started the run at 10:40 on a hot sunny day.

10 in the evening after my shift. Felt really good 30 minutes in and dropped the pace to something faster than I've done in a while - maybe it was from not doing hills on my 10 for the first time in forever. 106 miles Monday-Sunday, second highest mileage month ever

5 in the morning. The mileage is starting to show in other ways besides just being able to run a lot, my easy pace is getting faster and faster. First time on these 5 mile morning shakeouts where I felt ready to run fast instead of just jogging to loosen up from the 10 the afternoon before. Gonna start weights this week, then maybe supplement some of my runs next week for fartleks to get the legs ready to run fast, then workouts the week after. I've had a few different moments in my running life I'd argue I was at my most fit(August 2016 and June 2017), hopefully about to add July 2019 to that list!

10 in the evening.

SOTD: A Friend - KRS-One

5 in the morning. Left arch needed to get stretched out that first mile but otherwise same ol', same ol'. Excited to do weights tonight.

10 in the afternoon. Put ice in my car water bottle before I left and words cannot explain how excited I was after the turnaround thinking about drinking that. Still amazed I can put myself through 4PM runs in this kind of heat. During yesterday's 10 the legs were hurting a bit but they felt fine today which means I can breathe a small sigh of relief with a long run around the corner. Gonna push back starting weights for a couple of days to save my energy for it today and save energy to recover from it tomorrow.

SOTD: Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen

Long run. Difficult(how can it NOT be...), but easier than the 18 last week and the 16 before, the last few miles both times it felt like my legs were falling apart a bit, nothing was hurting but I could feel every step in every leg muscle in me, not today though. Maybe the mileage is finally setting in. Longest run of my life, but I also did 20 twice in the summer of 2016 so I knew what I was in for. Also someone call a OB-GYN because I went ALL THE WAY on Sandy today for the first time! Hills somehow got even more insane the last couple of miles, I doubt many people, if any, can say they've ran the entire thing considering I've seen one runner on it once the 2 years I've been running it and it's 20 miles of the most brutal course I've ever ran. Felt very proud standing on that asphalt 10 miles from where I started. Overall very proud, very hungry, very tired. Hospital shift at 5, let's see if I manage not to call in. Also also 110 miles over the past week! That was the goal for this Sunday-Saturday, not going to alter that.

SOTD: I Seen A Man Die - Scarface

5 in the morning. Tired of waking up hungover, might be going monk mode. Legs felt good, right achilles would feel tight for a couple seconds every couple minutes or so towards the end. Gonna stretch that out

Was actually super worried about the achilles thing, it wasn't anything major this morning but I'm so in love with running and training right now and I'd hate to have a reason to stop, not to say I wouldn't listen to my body if it told me to stop. So I ran on the grass fields instead of Sandy in case I had to pull the plug, after about 5 miles and absolutely nothing from the achilles I realized I was so focused on that that I didn't notice my legs felt really good! Not super fresh but the 20-miler was definitely shaken out of them. Feels like freshness doesn't affect pace, aside from the Thursday morning shakeouts where I try to just jog the entire thing. Decided to throw in a 1000m striding out, no rest or easier running before or after, just jumped straight into it and got back into the run as soon as I finished. Ran 3:25, felt easy enough that I'm really excited to do lots of 1000m repeats soon since that's my favorite workout besides all-out sprints. Also forgot to mention I didn't call in yesterday, worked the shift.

SOTD: Son of Yvonne - Masta Ace

5 miles shakeout in the morning. Legs felt stiff the first couple of minutes but they loosened up pretty quickly after that.

10 in the afternoon on intramurals, drizzled lightly here and there. Legs felt good, only complaint is a blister on my right big toe I accrued during the long run. Let's pretend that's correct usage of the word

SOTD: Cocaine Blues(Folsom Prison version) - Johnny Cash

10 on intramurals, first 5 or so with Gilbert Kigen(2nd in the NCAA 10k last month). Really nice guy. That was about 6-flat pace, I didn't blow up after but it was hot and bright out so I was definitely closer to overheating than I wanted to be. Doing a shorter shift today I think so should actually have a couple of hours of rest before sprint saturday commences. Might not do the half-mile of speed changes since today's AM run was pretty fast.

Sprint Saturday - 3-mile WU w/ last half-mile speed changes in 2:28, 5x120m sprints, 1 mile CD. Felt tired but when it was time to move fast legs didn't show it. Also got my first 3 week triple digit streak, let's see if I can get it to 4 by next Saturday

Truly sad news today, apparently last night a mother was driving her daughter and daughter's friend somewhere when she accidentally provoked someone into road rage and he decided to do a drive-by right then and there, killing the mother and wounding the girls badly. I don't even know what to say on the matter, besides posting it here so the girls can be in the bloggers thoughts and prayers.

SOTD: Sing About Me, I'm Dying of Thirst - Kendrick Lamar