Step by step, mile by mile

Ugh. Felt sick today too, but despite feeling like total garbage(aside from my legs, which felt somewhat springy, which is unusual), I pressed on to the track. Plan was 10x400 @ 2 mile pace, followed by 4x400's @ mile pace. Hit a 65, 72, then I started dry heaving for a while so I ran home for 6. I really don't like having to end workouts early, and I was actually looking forward to this one. If I'm feeling better tonight I might try a fartlek or something, but right now my hands are shaking just typing this so we'll see how I feel. I probably feel like trash because it's almost three and the only thing I've eaten today were about ten animal crackers and half a cup of tea.

4 miles at night. .5 WU, then 2 miles going 12321 fartlek alternating between light posts. the 2 miles were mostly uphill, and the second mile when the hills got bad the light posts became scarce, so rather than run 75-125m hard for three light posts, I'd have to run that for just one. Hard pace varied from 4:30-5:15 depending on how hard the hills were. Once that part of the run was done I let the downhill carry me to Publix at around 6 flat pace for the rest of the run. 

2 miles warm up. Was going to do 2400m @5k pace, but after 800m I got antsy and took off. The splits I remember were 79 for 400m, 3:05 for 1000m, and kicked hard for a 4:49 mile(1600). After that my legs felt pretty tired from the heat, so I decided to cut my run short. Ran home, and realized I left my keys at the track. I ran back to the track, and laid down for a few minutes because I was just spent. I got back up after a while, ran home again, and realized I had totally forgotten about my keys, again. So my 6-mile run turned into a 15-mile one, my longest run in over four months. Oh man I'm tired. Good news is if I can keep that 1600m pace up for another 1400m in a few weeks I could go under 9 for 3k, which would be just great. S/O to the Zante's bc I think every time I've done high mileage runs, they've kept me feeling good. Besides like once when I did 15 using the Launches.

6 easy. Super, super tired today. 3 miles up to the fields, 3 down. Ran the first three at 6:46 pace and then decided to turn my watch off and not care about pace, which was pointless because I ended up running quicker once the watch was off. Legs aren't hurting or tight from yesterday, they're a bit tired, but less tired than the rest of me.

2 miles to get dinner in the afternoon. Gonna stretch and roll out tonight, and probably do some core too.

2.5 WU, 6x9 strides with 2:30 rest. My freshman and sophomore year our coaches always talked about how the first 7 seconds of a race won't affect the rest bc lactic acid won't build up or something like that. I researched it last night and it's actually somewhere between 7-12 seconds depending on your raw speed. On the recovery I felt ready to go after about 20-30s so that's good. CD and Moes for 7.

3 miles running from the dorm to ChemE, to TCF, to Publix, back home. I stopped at the first two for classes and bought food at Publix(or would have, had I remembered to bring my wallet) so these miles weren't all at once. TCF to Publix was about half a mile, and I did that at 5:15 pace and it felt good. I feel pretty darn good.

I brought only my dorm keys and a pencil to calc today and despite that was still able to be the only one in the class who could prove "Snell's principle of least time" in the 50 min class period. I started with 5 minutes of class left. After class, my professor told me I could be a very good calc professor if I so choose. Anyway. As soon as class got out I ran a new WU path to the track which was refreshing. My quads, hamstrings, and glutes are pretty wrecked from yesterday, I didn't anticipate that. I guess running 100% all out + grass works some muscles I haven't built up yet. Did a long warmup, stretches, and strides, but nothing seemed to work. Went on with the workout. 5xmile w/ 30s rest. Got to .66 at about 5:05-5:10 pace, I felt fine, but my legs were still tight so I bagged it. Did a 400m in 70 which felt pretty easy and cooled down to the dorms for 8.

Grocery run

Washed the car, went to  IHoP, and bought some new shoes earlier in the day. Got some new zoom elites for 40$, and a new pair of New Balance spikes for 5$. Warmed up to the track and tried a lap fast in the spikes. I told myself not to look at my watch but at around 210m I couldn't help it and glanced down for just a moment. 28, which got me excited. I'm glad I saw that because knowing I was going quick helped me push past a wall. Really regretted those eggnog pancakes Finished in a high 58/low 59 which was pretty cool. 

Jogged 6 miles on riverwalk. Took it real easy. It was fun, I just relaxed and got lost in thought. Very chilly out today - high 50's and very breezy at midday. Couldn't even go shirtless!