Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 3 on the treadmill at 9.0 mph

AM2 - 10 on mural, 5:52 pace. daylight savings meant i could start the run an hour earlier than usual, but in retrospect probably should have just waited the extra hour because it was very frigid out. got to finish the run before 7am though, so silver lining. legs finally warmed up after 6 so closed with the last 4 miles in 5:42, 5:39, 5:39, 5:28. 

AM - 3-mile shakeout at hilton, 6:41 pace. dark and cold, something about it being like my ex-girlfriend. right ankle has been bugging since yesterday but felt like it loosened up during the run. if it feels good in a few hours then it's a hilly fartlek on the docate.

AM - 2 on hilton, 6:39 pace. must have triggered some peroneal tendonitis in my right ankle during the fast 10 on sunday, once again should have waited a couple hours for the grass to not be so soggy and provide better footing. oh well, it let me get a shakeout in this morning without giving me too much hell and i got some KT tape for it that hopefully helps alleviate it quick.

AM2 - 3-mile lunch run on sokol, 5:58 pace. had a couple of steps where my ankle felt iffy, but also a lot where i thought i'd feel it but it felt fine. i'd say that's a net positive, every other time i've dealt with this it's impossible to run on it without being bothered by it every step of the way. next run i'll drive up to sandy, i think a break from all the grass running might help the ankles

AM - 4 on hilton, 6:29 pace. felt pretty good! ankle wasn't 100% but closer than yesterday. 

AM2 - 2 on sandy. got about a mile in and it quickly dawned on me i'd made a mistake and my ankle couldn't survive an hour on the trails, so i turned around and shuffled back; sun position had my running form visible in my shadow, and it looked quite wimpy jogging back. might have been okay if i didn't double this morning but guess i learned the lesson... for the immediate future. 40-minute drive round-trip to sandy, what a waste 

AM - 4 easy on the road up from sokol, 6:27 pace. ankle felt not 100% but pretty close; typing this in the evening it hasn't bothered me much since so fingers crossed i'll be back to normal at some point over the next couple days