Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 8 on the treadmill, 6:10 pace. more rain overnight meant no soft-surface running. felt a few kinks from last night's run, but they worked themselves out. in the home stretch of dealing with the bs of summer in the south. truly the runner's bane

PM - 4 on hilton after work, 6:11 pace. very tired, very hungry. outer-right ankle felt a bit spotty at the end of mile 4 so cut the run short. if it isn't an issue tomorrow morning should have another workout on deck

also just ordered another pair of pegs, found a good deal on eastbay and should get here before the current work-down pairs cause any strain on the legs(if they aren't already). only caveat is that they're the "shield" model. never used a pair of them before, but with how often i run on wet grass maybe it'll end up being a boon.

AM - 3 mile w/u, 6 x k on a hilly stretch of sokol with 60" rec, short c/d for 9. averaged ~3:20(watch died on #6)

conditions were miserable this morning, feels like i've started every entry off with that for the past month. felt tired by the end of the warmup, it was that muggy. the k course was pretty tough as well, so no ego boosts today. 

PM - 4 on mural, 5:56 pace. should have started about 20 minutes later for the sun to set but besides that a pretty good run. been a little while since i busted out sub-6 for a PM run, always nice for mentality if nothing else. 

AM - 11 on sokol, 6:25 pace. felt terrible the first ~20 minutes, was still pretty miserable after but my legs at least showed a bit of responsiveness. extremely muddy out there

PM - 5 on mural, 6:07 pace. last half-mile in just under 2:50. been an incredibly stressful past few weeks, and if i weren't using running as an outlet i think i'd have keeled over by now

AM - 11 on hilton, 6:31 pace. one of the most miserable runs i've had in a long time; the fact that i finished before 7am and it was still over 85F out when factoring humidity in is a sick joke. shoes were drenched by 100m in. the appeal of running to me is that if you work hard you come back every day a little stronger, but this weather spits on that concept by putting a hard cap where if you go past a certain effort you just die to the heat. i'm so got damn sick of it

PM - off. it started raining heavy before i got off work and i already had one pair of pegs soaked to the brim, didn't want my others turned to wet sponges too. gonna do a workout on the treadmill tomorrow morning, might just do all AM runs for the next few weeks on the treadmill tbh, at least i could do aerobic pace without it doubling as a suicide attempt. i really can't put into words how badly this morning run broke me emotionally

AM - 3 mile w/u, 6 x .75 mile on the treadmill in 3:45(12.0 mph) w/ 2:30 jogging recovery, c/d for 12. core, hips, and upper body routine after.

always nice to burn 2000 calories before 6am. means i get to feast today with no repercussions. honestly workout wasn't that hard, it being on a treadmill is a caveat but i did set it at an incline(as i always do) so i'll take it at face value. first one was a shock to the system, next 4 were surprisingly easy, and the last one had me thinking i could add another repeat or two until the last quarter-mile where my form started to break ever so slightly, so called it there. happy with it.

PM - 5 in the new pegs on mural, 6:15 pace. felt good.

AM - 6 on the treadmill, like 6:25 pace. gonna be busy today so wanted to get my mileage in super early, but i didn't factor in that i couldn't run 11 miles straight on a treadmill at gunpoint. call it ADHD, or mental weakness, or whatever else, but regardless considering we have a hurricane hitting us in a few days i'm not optimistic about running a good week of mileage. i'm tempted to go on my 10th rant of the month about how much i hate summer weather here but i won't. at least i'm still relatively in the driver's seat to clear 100 for this week

PM - 5 on mural after work, 6:16 pace. we got some brief but heavy rain a couple hours earlier so a good test of how water-resistant the new shoes are. in a word, they're good. damn good. not only did they stay dry, but the soles are different from normal pegs, more aggressive which is great for all the grass running i do. hope the long run goes well tomorrow morning, although with the humidity being how it's been, i'm not that optimistic. if i don't get a good one then i'm gonna die trying!

AM - 15 on mural, 6:08 pace. last 10 in 60:33. 

realized during the run that i don't think i've ran 12 miles straight since april, and i could tell as those last 3 miles felt longer mentally than the 12 that came before it. felt a bit sluggish at the start, but after 5 miles i really started moving. grass was very wet but shields kept my feet entirely dry, i was stunned. only negative was i could feel a blister developing on one of my toes around mile 11 and those last ~20 minutes it was pretty painful. great run! just need to run a shakeout tonight and i'll get my first triple-digit week in about a year

PM - 5 very easy on mural, 6:48 pace. gym after for core and back.