Step by step, mile by mile

7 miles. Felt pretty good so I kept speeding up bit by bit. Did a 6:40 mile, then a 6:20, then a 5:56, then a 5:36. After the 5:36 my back seized up again and I had to stop. I looked up some stretches but none of them seemed to do the trick. Ran home for 7 miles @ 6:14 pace. It's a shame I had to stop, because I felt real good today, and I think I had some more room to improve the pace. 

3 quicker miles before dinner, then core and some back stuff.

About 1.5 W/U, 3 x hilly mile repeats, CD for 6. Back had the seizing thing for just a bit on the warmup, but I realized I was going sub 6 pace and slowed down and it went away. First repeat had a lot of uphill then ended with some downhill, second one was a bit of uphill then a fair amount of downhill, third one had light rolling hills. First one went 5:23, followed by about 3 minutes of jogging, then a 5:13, then about a minute of standing rest, finishing with a 4:59. 

The second mile repeat might have been a bit faster, I forgot to hit the lap button when I started and didn't realize until a couple minutes in. I was pretty sure I started at .44, so I just ran until .45 or so and subtracted about 3 minutes from the first repeat and added. The last repeat I had to jump from the sidewalk to the road and back a lot, plus by a quarter mile I was averaging 4:40 pace or maybe a little quicker, so yeah that worked with the hills to slow me down a bit. Avg pace 5:50 w/ the WU.

2 miles to Publix and back to get stuff for dinner. Didn't record the run but had my watch telling me the pace. About 6:20 going up and 5:40 coming back down. Racing a 5k on Saturday.

Legs felt tired today. 10 miles with 3x(4x400) in the middle in 85,80,75,70. Third set ended up being closer to 80,80,70,70. 10 miles @5:55, with another mile after stretching at the rec. Pretty good work for my third harder day in a row. I decided to bail on the 5k on Saturday. I just don't wanna pay 35 dollars when I already paid for a race next week. Starting to get in good shape!

No IHOP :( Had to run to Publix instead bc Lakeside was closed.

AM - 4 easy down to the rec with one lap on the fields. No watch. I woke up, ate some candy corn, and headed out so I felt a little sick.

PM - 4 to the fields again. Wanted to go further but my stomach wasn't feeling too good.

Originally was gonna do 5, and I felt not too great. I lied in bed all day watching Netflix, only getting up to brush my teeth and get some candy corn(the only food I had eaten prior to the run. after ending my run at lakeside for dinner, only to walk around to discover the hall was closing, I decided to run to Moe's and felt a lot better. I was going around 6:10 pace despite it being uphill. Bought 2 burritos and ran back, to-go back in my hands(the burritos were quite dense). I'm sure that looked strange to any passerbys.

I found a 2 mile race here in town later in November. 2 miles. I managed to go sub 5 on one of my mile repeats earlier this week, I guess I'll see if I can hold it for twice as long. I've been exchanging emails with a coach of a Track Club not too far from here. He asked if I'd call him to discuss running for his club. If it'll get me closer to making the UofA team I guess.

3 miles before lunch. It's way too hot out. Wore a very thick shirt which I regret

5 miles in the afternoon. Didn't feel too good. Did 3x30s strides.

2 miles during laundry in twelve minutes. Pretty bad cramps from dinner but even with that I was moving pretty quick.