Step by step, mile by mile

AM - got ~30 seconds in my run, but with me still being groggy i didn't notice a pretty big dip in the grass, and rolled my ankle hard, easily the hardest i've ever rolled it. it didn't/doesn't hurt, but stopped just in case it's one of those things where 12 hours off would patch it up but pressing on for another few miles might make it much worse. still, doesn't feel like much of anything. i'll put on a compression sleeve and ice for good measure

knowing me this probably means i'll extend my diet another 12 hours to cover up the guilt of skipping the run -_- least it forces my hand on the post-work run

PM - 3-mile shakeout, 6:50 pace. ankle felt fine, just loosening up for 4 days of high mileage. goal is to hit 80 miles mon-thurs, i already caught myself trying to talk myself into 88 during work though so i guess we'll see; i'm hoping if i find myself at 66 miles after wednesday i'll have the sensibility to just do 14 on thursday. the three-a-day runs are coming back baby! missed em

AM - 3-mile treadmill, 7:10 pace. 5AM runs are gross but at least i got to run indoors

AM2 - went to run at hilton and i don't know if i've ever been so cold in my life. 30 degrees with some strong, icy winds. got a quarter of a mile in before i bailed and drove to the gym again for another 7.75 at 6:40 pace. i hate treadmills so couldn't force myself to do the full 12, but i'll learn to love them by the spring. less AM mileage than i wanted but eh, still got the AM double in

PM - 5 after work, 6:38 pace. about as cold as this morning, but not as windy luckily. still felt like my hands were gonna freeze, even with gloves.

first triple in forever! did this mileage warrant it? absolutely not :)

sotd: a life in the day of benjamin andre - outkast

also forgot to say yesterday was the 10th anniversary of my first half-marathon race(rock n' roll san antonio). the story behind me getting into running was me being a pompous ass even as 11 by telling my dad(who'd been jogging marathons since i was like 4) i could beat him in the half-marathon he was doing at the end of the year, even though i'd never trained a day in my young life up to that point. he said if i did his same mileage for the next few months leading up to the race he'd let me run it, and obviously i did. didn't beat him, but i wanted to so i ran middle-school track that spring to get faster and trained with him again for the half and became the faster grindle that december.

the rest is history! to another 10 years of too much mileage! and yes i know i glowed up ty

AM - 3 miles, 7:23 pace

AM2 - 10 miles, 6:23 pace. did dynamics, resistance band exercises, balance exercises, and some squats/deadlifts/calf raises with a 35lbs dumbbell prior to it. nothing too hard, just activating muscles. i'll try and do this for every day i have a second AM session but this is probably the only time i'll mention it. felt tired on the run from a bad night of sleep, but the legs carried me to a faster pace than i felt like i was putting in the effort to get. still 30's out so my knees were tight after from the cold, they feel better now though.

PM - 5, 6:50 pace. had my foot on the gas a little too hard this morning so i felt a bit more sore than i'd like. two days down, two to go! hopefully tomorrow's mileage will be big enough to warrant a triple 

AM - 4 on the treadmill, 7:24 pace.

felt pretty good, but i'm moving the two triples to thursday and friday. it has nothing to do with rest; it's just that on friday the high/low is going from 40's/20's to high 60's and mid-40's, and i'd much rather run 3 times in that weather

PM - 4. caught a stomach flu

PM - 3. working overtime

AM - 4. crappy week of training but tomorrow's a new week!

PM - 2