Step by step, mile by mile

So, I had rice and beans for dinner, and I learned if I'm gonna change my sleep schedule for the umpteenth time with sleeping 8-midnight, waking up for an hour or so and then doing a workout/run while the rest of the world sleeps, then coming back home to eat, shower and get a couple more hours of sleep, I can't eat rice and beans for dinner. Spent 8-10 lying in bed unable to fall asleep, so I made some coffee to make sure I'd be alert for the run. That and the rice and beans made for a bad combo, and 3 miles into the run I could tell I was a few minutes of running away from dooming myself to a couple of painful hours on the pot. Real shame, it rained earlier so it felt so good out. In better news, my legs felt amazing, felt like I could have gotten to 15 miles before I knew it if the GI issues weren't there. Plus this gives me a chance to very slightly sleep deprave myself by only getting 4 or so hours tonight so I can fall asleep at 8PM tonight no problem. In other good news, I spent about 8 hours studying for the MCAT today. I'll be back tomorrow at midnight, and I'll be better prepared.

12AM: drove to intramurals and ran 6 there, wanted more but played it safe with the legs not being at full mileage capability from all the 3 mile days.

2PM: 7 miles. Felt good, autumn finally hit today so it was mid-70's out, plus it rained earlier in the day so not a lot of humidity. Was worried I'd lose my summer base w the past few weeks but hoped that I just needed a few 45-60 minute runs to loosen up and I'd get most of it back, feels like that's the case.

SOTD: Shook Ones pt 2 - Mobb Deep

12AM: 7 total. My hype for training hard has been so high I've felt like I've been bursting at the seams lately so I was gonna do a tempo, then around mile 4 of the warmup I realized I should probably save workouts until at least next week, so I just ran what I would have done for a warmup and cooldown. Warmup was 5 miles with two 200m strides in 35.0 and 31.2. Both felt great and could have held the pace a while longer. Also this run gave me an idea of what it'll be like to run workouts at midnight... I think it'll be really fun. I really do run my best at night so even if most races will be in the light of day, working out at night means I'll be running my best times.

2PM: 7 easy with strides at the end. Felt pretty good; in the last phase of training whenever I'd feel like this I was sure it'd go away as soon as I hit full mileage again, now that mileage will be a bit lower I'm 50/50 on the feeling staying, based on how I've responded to aerobic workouts in the rare instances I'd do them in the past I'm hopeful though.

SOTD: PTSD - JPEGMAFIA. If anyone reading this knows about peggy then I have mad respect for you and your appreciation for underground experimental hip hop

12AM - 8. 

2PM - 7 with strides. got a bit excited on those, first 3 were about 4:20 pace and the last one dipped under 4 minute pace a little so my quads were a bit sore after. Gotta chill out on those.

SOTD - I'd Love to Change the World - Ten Years After

2AM - 7 with 2 400m on the road. one uphill in 75, and another going back down the hill in 58. i’m okay with those times staying stagnant as i add on more hill repeats but i was surprised how quickly they took me out. not in that my legs hurt, more that just my legs felt exhausted after just 2 400s. however now that i’m typing this around 11AM my right knee does ache a little, i think the cause is not running on asphalt at all. gonna stretch it out, was gonna do a couple of 1200’s tomorrow morning but now i’ll probably just take it easy. i didn’t stretch much after the warmup either so maybe that played an effect.

1PM - 7 miles, kenyan jog style. did some flexibility stuff for the knee right after my last post and my knee felt fine after; i think it was just tight from sleeping. run felt good, quads still a little tight but definitely loosened up during the run. might do the 1200s after all, i’ll play it by ear. if i do i doubt it’ll be anything faster than 80 seconds a lap.

SOTD: Can It Be All So Simple - Wu Tang. they really are for the children!

12PM - 1 mile. Slept in and had work at 3 and needed to study so I thought it was all I had time for, but I just got a call saying I don't need to come in today so I'll probably get in a medium long run later today. Changed my mind, I'm just gonna take the rest of today off to study and get one last bit of rest before I get my 7 in before work tomorrow, then kick off the first week of real training with a long run Sunday morning. It's gonna be fun doing workouts again, excited for the tempos, hill repeats, intervals, etc.