Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 12 miles. I thought it would be nice and cool from all the rain(that cancelled last night's race), but no such luck. Very hot, and I suffered a bit. Tried to go to the old golf course where they hold the crimson classic, which is about 5.5 miles away. Got 5 in and my knee started bugging. Stretched for a couple minutes and felt fine after that, but cut the run short today to play it safe. Tried to do some strides on the fields, but it was really wet and I wasn't motivated to look for another soft area.

PM - ran to the honors rec center, did four miles on the treadmill, stretched and did core after. Did my last half mile on the treadmill at 5:12 pace. Felt a little tiring for the first minute but by the end I felt pretty good, like it was a pace I could hold for a while. Ran back to my dorm.

AM - got in what I could before morning classes 

PM - 5. I would have gone longer but my stomach wasn't agreeing with me. Also earlier today I had to go to Publix, which is about .75 away from my dorm, to buy green tea. Ran there pretty briskly after Calc, and walked back carrying groceries, among them 4 seperate gallons of Arizona green tea. I got green with honey,  peach green, blueberry green, and another with honey. Walking back was incredibly tough. I'm counting it for mileage. Also did some tough core, and met a fellow local elite at the gym named Ethan. His 5k PR is the same as mine, but he has a blazing 3200 time (9:37). We exchanged phone numbers and we're doing a 5 mile tempo on Wednesday.

AM - slept in on accident. When I woke up I could have done a little, but opted to just eat a lot of cereal and relax in the hour before calc. 

Noon - 5 miles before lunch. I was rushing so it was a bit quicker, but consistent. Slowest mile was a 6:35, fastest was a 6:33.

After lunch my roommate Grant and I made a bet whether I could beat my other roommate, Nathan, back to the dorm without his knowing(he rides a longboard). He figured out, but I still won.

I did 8 miles in the afternoon. It was really hot, very bright, and my stomach REALLY wasn't agreeing with me. Barely managed to survive. Got another shade browner from the sun rays though, I can feel the crisp, like that one spongebob episode.

AM - 2.5 WU, 4 mile tempo, 3.5 CD. Mile on my own when I woke up. My body hasn't been functioning well lately. My muscles are fine, but I'm having some other problems. Sleeping is a big one, I think I'm getting insomnia. Met with Ethan and did another 1.5 warmup. Workout was a 5 mile tempo run, but due to miscommunication I thought it was 4. As soon as we started the tempo, my legs were tired. Stuck with Ethan for the first three, had bad stomach problems that last mile. 23:50 for 4 miles. Def. could have been better, but I'll allow it. Cooled down with Ethan. He did 29:15-20 for 5 miles and I've never seen anyone so happy lol. I thought he might cry. Nice kid. I secretly hated him on the CD though! He kept surging!

PM - 5 easy/core routine with some quick drills after.

AM - 11 miles depletion run. Ran the first five miles with Ethan. It was nice to run with someone I guess, but he kept surging and I really just wasn't in the mood. Around mile 8 I felt like I'd throw up, but besides those two things it was a pretty nice run.

PM - 5 easy with some strides thrown in. My knee popped as soon as I started so I had to stop forr a sec and stretch. I wore a very small pair of shorts with TIGHT inner lining on the morning run, and they cut into my inner thighs pretty bad, so this run hurt that. Also my left pinky toe has just been taking a beating lately. So the running was easy, but parts of me felt pretty bad.

Man I felt awful waking up today. Ate something real bad last night. I thought I may have had a fever, but after 10 miles I feel fine. Gonna run to Fresh foods and back for lunch, and I'll probably race Nathan on his longboard again so I'll count that preemptively.