Step by step, mile by mile

3 before my shift

7 after.

5 at 8:30am. slept in. body felt like crap from this weekend.

10 at 11:10am. felt much better than this morning, better than the past few days. guess this morning was just shaking off the weekend.

8 miles around 7pm.

Might have to condense my morning 5 and 10 to a early-morning 15 soon to account for classes on MWF, T&R I'm still good for triples, that's probably when I'll do my harder running, but I'm getting ahead of myself. That, or start waking up at 4AM. I'm not sure which sounds worse.

5 at 7:50am. slept in again.

10 at 11:00am. very very hot. need to start waking up way earlier.

8 at 7:10am on intramural after my shift. lot on the body. 

5 at 6:50am on Hilton. 

10 at 10:00am on intramurals. went by WAY faster than the other 10-milers this week; not sure if it was the weather(mid-80’s, overcast, AND a breeze! gets me VERY excited for fall weather) or just my body getting used to the mileage. either way felt good aside from a sore left arch that’s been on my case since my shift yesterday - wore sneakers with no support - but nothing bad enough to hinder form or stop mileage. when i hit a quarter mile to go i hit the lap button and just took off without thinking, 5:05 pace. felt good.

8 at 7:00pm on intramurals. foot ached but felt better!

5 at 6:40am on Hilton. faster last mile. 

10 at 9:20am on intramurals! felt good! it’s starting to trend to cooler temps. def still warm but with the wind it wasn’t even that hot compared to earlier this week. fall is 100% my favorite time of the year so these runs get me really elated. light at the end of the tunnel for a huge week!

8 at 6:20. all three runs @ 7-minute pace today!

5 at 7:40am on Hilton. slept in despite going to bed the earliest so far this week.

10 at 9:20am. felt pretty good. love being able to do these first two runs so close together.

8 at 7:20pm after my shift. sort of wanted to do 10 to feel next week’s mileage out(highest i’m going for the next year... seriously this time!), but I hit 135 miles from Saturday-Friday by doing 8. i couldn’t ask for anything better, A++ goal, and i did it on the first try!

2.5 during my lunch break

10 after my shift at 7pm on intramurals. by the end i couldn’t even tell i’d been working since 6am. forgot to mention i fell down some stairs on thursday, i hurt my right ankle a bit but i only feel it occasionally when running and running doesn’t make it any worse so i’m just trying to take advil and run through it.

what a week!