Step by step, mile by mile

2 miles to the track. I call it warmup but it's usually a 6:50 then 6:20 so maybe I'm going too quick. I feel good during it so it's probably fine. 2x1600m in 5:31 and 5:29. Recovery was a bathroom break. Not at a hard effort, just trying to work on aerobic stuff. Very windy out and my stomach felt uneasy so I stopped at 2. Then 4x300m @3k pace(54s) with a 100m walking rest. Felt ready to go by the end of the rest which was good. Did 51, 53, 50, and the last one I told myself to go under 50 and got a low 45. Felt quick but not a crazy effort, plus I finished running into the wind. After that 1x(80, 100, 120, 100, 80) meter sprints. Wore my spikes for the first two but my feet started hurting so I changed back into my trainers. I think my lunaracers are near retirement, they don't propel as much as they used to. Ran to Jacks for a cup of water and ran home for 11.

Grocery run. On the way back I passed two guys in a pretty dimly lit area. They moved to let me pass as I ran by, and I turned my head to thank them, and saw they were running after me! I sprinted away, but I could still hear them chasing me. I wasn't sure if they were being dumb or not, but either way I wasn't sticking around to find out. Thank God for turnover.

3 @ 2AM. Would have gone for longer but I ate something spicy for dinner.

4 miles on almost no rest of any kind. Real busy today, lots of hustle and bustle to exams. Did four strides in the middle. Started with 150m and ended doing 300-ish. Felt better by the end. I've got two classes tomorrow, then I'm gonna do a tough workout tomorrow, then after that heading to Florida w/ my roommate for Thanksgiving bc my family won't fly me back home.

2 to class before leaving for Florida.

8 miles at ~6:20 pace on some sandy trails. Trails were difficult, hilly, and it was hot and humid. Good effort. 4CD. Went jet skiing after.

5 miles shaking out a 5 hour car ride back home. Did 2 minutes hard in the middle. Got .43, or ~4:39 pace, on a rolling downhill. Not too bad of an effort, my legs were really tired from the car ride and my stomach felt bad from only having some green tea and a bag of chips about 6 hours before. My watch isn't working so I had to use the Strava app, which I'm not a fan of. I was curious what my pace was for the normal part of the run so I measured the pace for 200m of a pretty flat area, 6:07 avg pace. Probably a bit slower in the last couple miles.

600 miles on the brooks!

Another mile to get dinner. I'm 100 miles ahead of the guy behind me and 100 miles away from the guy in front of me, so it looks like I'm locked in for the 17th highest mileage of the year on the blog. At least those 100+ mile weeks of 99% easy running were good for something.

Hard workout today. I only had a salad for Thanksgiving so I stuffed myself last night/this morning instead. Definitely regretted that. 1600m, broken up into 400m @3k pace, 200m easy, 400m @ 3k pace, 200m easy, 400m @ mile pace. No rest between repeats, 4 minute active rest between sets. Would try to do as many as I can. I didn't expect the workout to be as tough as it is, but that's my own fault. On the 200m I was hitting under 7 minute pace for all of them(on one I even hit 5:50 pace! Geez). Ran a 4:55 on the first 1600m, a 5:05 on the second one, and ran the first 1k but felt pretty spent, so rested for a couple minutes extra. Then I did the last 400m that I missed in 65. Averaged 67s on the mile pace and 72 on the 3k pace. Windy out today. Did a 150m sprint in 21 in my trainers and some 150m strides. CD for 10. Wasn't feeling great but I hit the paces I wanted to. 50 miles for the week, with only 5 days of running.