Step by step, mile by mile

AM - short warmup on the track + stretches at 5:30am. got over 2 inches of rain last night so my options were down to hilton or the track/asphalt bike trail by sokol. should have done the warmup on the asphalt instead of the track; felt a sharp pain in my left ankle and stopped there to stretch. the ankle didn't bug me again but decided to stop there. i wore half tights and they got caught on the top of a chain link fence as i was leaving the track; not only did it take 30+ seconds to fix as i awkwardly straddled the fence, but it still ripped the tights anyway. basically sums this morning up. 

AM - 6 on hilton at about midnight, 6:57 pace. basically all asphalt. lots of puddles were hopped

PM - 6 on hilton at 10:30, 6:52 pace. my back(and really entire body) was very sore today, at first i blamed the asphalt mileage but i remembered a did a bit of shadowboxing in my daily strength workout yesterday, considering my palms are sore too that's probably it. i can't tell if the hamstring soreness is from the running or the shadow-roundhouse kicks

pretty sure this is the first time i've ran 12 miles of asphalt in a day since 2017. crazy to think.

AM -  drove to the turf field at like 3am because i was wired after the late night run yesterday and was in the middle of a load of laundry so couldn't sleep yet. jogged a few minutes then did dynamic stretches, drills and about 12 or so hard 100 yard strides

PM - single lap on hilton just after sunset, 5:56 pace. felt good but my calf was a bit tight on the turns so i stopped to stretch it but within maybe a second my vision was gone and i was more nauseous than i've ever been in my life. luckily i'd stopped where i started so i was maybe 20 feet from my car. leaned on the hood for a few seconds hoping i could catch a second wind but i just started feeling more sick so i managed to get in the driver's seat and after a few minutes gain the wherewithal to turn the AC on. after that i felt okay and even debated trying again but if 4 minutes of running knocked me out for 10 there's something wrong here, at least in the moment. 

honestly no clue what the cause was here. i got about 5 different ideas but i'd probably say the safest guess was that i donated plasma right about 4 hours prior and it was still very warm out. i also had cayenne prior too. knowing me i might be on mural at midnight trying to get a re-do

AM - 6 on mural at midnight, 6:39 pace. that's pretty good for no flash, not to mention nearly dying about 4 hours earlier. felt much better than that run, except i once again regretted having cayenne prior. i have this funny feeling when i stop only running on dark fields in the middle of the night and eating extremely overspiced food before all my runs like a psychopath it'll be more enjoyable to train. can't back that up though