Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 4. felt terrible! at least in reference to how you want to feel before a long run; still felt a little sick. felt good enough to drag myself out the door for a shakeout though. no watch; just counted laps.

PM - off. had another wave of sickness hit. much like the pinnacle album of the abomination of a subgenre that is nu metal, i am down with the sickness

sotd: i am the black wizards - emperor. feel like i'm nearing the day i become accustomed to the screams and all-around harshness of black metal; and when that day comes i'll have to look in the mirror and realize i'm an emo hiding under a mask of tan skin and blond hair

AM - 10 miles, 6:21 pace. ran the last 4 miles in 28 minutes; probably should have stuck with the pace i'd been running but i felt guilty about a bad weekend of training from the stomach bug. on the plus side, i'm a couple pounds lighter from not being able to hold anything down until last night

6AM - 15 miles, 6:31 pace. glute felt a little tight towards the end.

2PM - weights + plyos

6AM - 3 miles, 6:34 pace. the pegs are far enough past their mileage that running in them just strains my legs, most notably in the achilles. i was planning on getting some pegs yesterday but every running store i went to was out so i had to order off eastbay. i'm nervous about doing any more real running in the shoes and don't wanna barefoot run so i'm not really sure what to do until the shoes get here, except be pissed off i can't run more. those saucony flats i've had for 5 years might still be serviceable; i'll try them out tonight

7PM - 6 miles winding up the pace the last half-mile. about the same pace as this morning but felt a million times better. super foggy! half-expected the exorcist theme to start playing. found a pair of old structures that are probably pushing 400 miles but will do the job until the new shoes arrive.

AM - 30-minute w/u, 3-mile tempo in 15:44(5:11, 5:16, 5:17), c/d for a bit over 11.

training has been beyond mediocre since last friday(aside from tuesday) so i went into this feeling sluggish and a bit tired. still, i wanted to break 16 and thought i still could even if i didn't feel cash money. considering the fastest i've ran a 3-mile on a non-downhill course is 16:38 it was kind of risky to go for it but i think i played it right considering the pace didn't drop off. we only go up from here. now to take a nap and hit weights in a couple hours.

PM - plyos, core and weights. long one... took 90 minutes. new pegs came in!

PM2 - 6 miles, 6:36 pace. felt strong!

AM - 6 easy on the trails, no watch. i was starving because i burned about 1500 more calories than usual yesterday but didn't eat any more than the average day, but aside from that felt good. spent about 25 minutes after cleaning out my car so hopefully that delay in stretching doesn't have any repercussions