Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 3 on the treadmill in 20-flat, also known as 9.0 mph. thanksgiving day i woke up at 1am to fit a run in before a day-long drive to visit family, haven't been able to sleep in past 2am the 3 nights since. it sucks. thank god for 24/7 gyms. need new pegs expeditiously! 

AM2 - 10 on mural, 5:48 pace. second-fastest 10-miler to date, and felt significantly easier than the PR i ran about a month ago despite only being about 20 seconds behind it. it's been nothing but mediocre 30-mile weeks since then so it's kind of surprising.

AM - dynamics and strides on the turf + 3 on hilton, 6:04 pace. felt like i got robbed just a little: i think i would have either ran a bit faster or a bit longer if i hadn't overdressed. oh well, it's just a shakeout anyway. i think.

AM2 - 4 w/u, 3 miles in 15:36(5:09, 5:15, 5:12), c/d for 12.

solid one. goal was to get under 15:45 so i'm happy i got that with room to spare. like i said yesterday, i've lost some fitness the last few weeks so these past two mornings were a great way to shake off the rust... assuming i didn't overdo it. i think i'm okay.

AM - turf warmups + 3 on hilton, 6:05 pace. got worried at the end because two cop SUVS were parked behind my car(i've been harassed for running here at the "wrong times"), but the officer was cool and fine with me running there, just wasn't sure if my car was abandoned. felt a bit tired at the start from yesterday but better by the end.

AM2 - 11 on sokol, 6:10 pace. first 5 i was cold, underdressed, and still reeling a bit from yesterday, but after that my legs loosened up and i ended up running the last 6 in 35 minutes. miles are starting to add up, both in feeling stronger and more tired

AM - turf warmups + 3 on hilton, 6:02 pace. calves are showing some delayed soreness from the hard 3 on monday, if they're still letting me run around 6-flat though i think i'm okay. first night of 4+ hours of sleep in a week lol, maybe i needed it

AM2 - 11 on sokol, 5:54 pace. basically a mirror of yesterday's second run except this time my legs feeling dead(arguably worse than yesterday) didn't show up in my pace. i even one-upped it by running my last 6 miles in 34 minutes this time. sokol makes you work for every split, and i'm about 80% sure this is the fastest pace i've ran on the course, and 100% sure it's the fastest for any run at sokol longer than 3-4 miles. i'm honestly more excited about this than the sunday or monday runs lol, this course has broken me mentally many a time and it felt good to show those uneven grass hills who's boss 

AM - turf warmups + 3 on hilton, 5:58 pace. calves are still tight but a bit better than yesterday I reckon. rest of the important leg muscles feel good despite the jump in training intensity this week, i'm probably switching the second workout of the week(today) to another aerobic run though. 

AM2 - 11 on sokol, 6:01 pace. first 4 miles felt like my legs were working harder than the pace my effort was correlating to, but after that things got more in sync. yes i am bitter i needed a 5:15 last mile to get the pace into the coveted 5-minute range and only pulled out a 5:27. 

AM - 3 on hilton, 5:59 pace. might manage to run a 100-mile week without ever starting a run past 7:30am

AM2 - 7 miles very easy on hilton. legs aren't falling apart but these last few days have been more than they've had to handle in a long while. could be ending the year with a good month of training if i get another 4 weeks of this in

AM - 3 on hilton, 5:56 pace

AM2 - 11 on mural, 5:59 pace. felt pretty easy but at the same time not sure how much quicker the legs could have gone had i tried. they feel good afterwards though, as opposed to feeling like they got ran over by a bus like they have after every other run this week. it's understandable; take out the easy 7 yesterday and warmup/cooldown on monday and you have 78 miles at 5:58 average per mile for the week. not bad :)