Step by step, mile by mile

AM - 5. stomach still hurt but the pace was faster than usual. felt good to get a real run in

another mile while getting groceries

AM - 2. all I had time for w/ finals. time to make time!

AM - 5 post-final(dynamic machine compenents) in the storm. ugh. at least the hardest one's out of the way. 6:51 pace. never been the type to care about easy pace(I don't even have autolap on my watch) but it's always nice to see 6's oh and so happy finals is the rainiest week of the semester! it reflects my depression AND makes venting that out through running impossible because of flooding everywhere! double whammy

PM - 2

AM - 5. felt good, until i stepped in dog dung right after

PM - 5 after my final. decided to use some of the freshness in the legs by running the first 3 progression-style in 6:37, 5:50, 5:18. felt good, didn’t really take anything out of me. even though it was impromptu glad i did it as it gives me a little perspective of the shape i’m in with workouts around the corner. also helped with my fear of tempo runs lol

AM - 5. felt good, getting out the door at 4AM during winter is tough though.

AM2 - 8. ran the first 5 at 6:44 pace, legs felt good but i got a new kind of coffee grounds yesterday and it wasn’t agreeing with me. by lap 10 it REALLY wasn’t agreeing with me so i stopped at 8. slowly but surely starting to eat like a pro runner, aside from the whole “being morally against eating meat” thing

PM - 2. all i had time for.

AM - 5 at 6:30. mid-40’s and drizzling; one of the kinds of conditions that makes you want to run forever. would have gone much longer if i didn’t have a heat transfer final at 11. first 3 miles all in 7:28 before the pace started dropping. i always find running even splits on easy runs cool; it means you’re at exactly the pace your body wants. honestly might not even run this PM just to unwind from the stress of finals, or maybe that’s how i unwind best. with storms on the horizon we’ll see. 

PM - 2 after my last final. Body was SO done from the lack of sleep this week but it let me out there for a shakeout

also thought i'd finally update my pic but since i havent raced in over 3 years it's a shameless selfie. just in case anyone ever recognizes me running all over alabama lol