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Calves and toenails are still extremely sore, though calves are getting better.  Toenails seem to be getting worse.  Can hardly walk.

Went on a long slow run today. After warmup I went with Johnny (trackstar532) for the first 2.5 miles then sent him off on a shorter loop and I went out past the Hurricane Airport a ways and back. Cooled down for half a mile or so after. Nice relaxing run. Calves are still pretty tight but they don't hurt too bad. Definitely better than yesterday. Blisters seem to be healing well. Good news: toenails don't hurt anymore...I think my foot is getting ready to jettison the big toenail on my right foot...its all sorts of pretty colors and has lifted itself almost out of it's little socket there and my toe is still all swollen. It only hurts if I put pressure on it, I think the nerve has died so it really doesn't hurt to stand or run on it. yay! (I think) I'll probably keep my other big toenail :) But overall a good run today.

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Man, today was a long day. First got up @ 5 am like usual and went to work at the pallet yard and worked all day...but then they wanted me to stay and help load a semi full of woodchips so I did that and by the time we got done it was 6:30 pm. Talk about a long day. wow. I was so tired...and I really just wanted to shower and eat and go to bed but I went running anyway. 8 miles pretty easy because I really just didn't feel like working too hard. But I got a pretty good pace going towards the middle of the run anyway. avg about 7 minute miles. Almost an hour total but not quite. Good run. Just trying to get in as many miles as I can without hurting myself...which is proving to be quite a trick. But I'm feeling better and better all the time so that is good. I was thinking about it today, and I have decided that if I had the endurance that I had my senior year of High School, then I would be running way faster than I was then. Just a theory. So I think I am improving all the time. My goal is to hit 70+ miles per week by the time I move up to Logan on August 18...so about 2 months. I'm hitting about 45 or more this week so I think it is doable. Anyway, I'm going to bed. 'nite y'all.

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Nice run today with the XC team. We actually got a good group out and so it was nice. Not just me and Johnny. Anyway, warmed up for .5 mile and then went 10:00 easy, 10:00 moderate, 5:00 hard, 10:00 easy. .5 mile cooldown too. Went really easy on the easy parts, got a good pace rollin on the moderate and went way fast on the hard...probably around 5:15 pace on the hard so it felt good to get out on my legs a little and fly. But it was only five min. so I wasn't tired at all. It was nice to get some pace variation today.

I have made a startling discovery too. Lately I've been wondering why I have no energy and seem to have a hard time with recovery and stuff. Well, I found the answer. I was counting up all of what I eat on an average day and I found that I am not eating NEARLY enough. I've only been averaging probably 1800 calories per day so it's no wonder I usually feel kind of drained and have a hard time healing. Especially when I'm running a lot and working my butt off at work for 8 hours a day. I do eat pretty healthy compared to most people, I just wasn't eating enough. So I tried an experiment today and ate an extra meal right after work and ate dinner just barely before bed instead of just before running, and I really tried to cram the calories and protein and complex carbs...and guess what...I felt way better today. Kinda makes sense that you gotta put gas in the tank if you wanna go very far in a day ;) I figure I should be eating at least 2500 or 3000 calories per day, especially when I get up around 60-70+ mpw.

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9 miles moderate pace today on the Hurricane Canal Trail plus a mile warmup and a mile cooldown. Trail is a lot worse than it used to be so I had to stop and hike a couple of places, but overall a very nice relaxing run. Tried to make sure to eat more again today and felt awesome. It makes a huge difference. It doesn't even hurt to go that far anymore...in fact I felt like going farther but I made myself stop because it was getting late and I didn't want to overdo it. Good day today.

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8 miles out through LaVerkin including warmup and cooldown. Easy recovery pace today. Legs felt a little fatigued but it was okay. Rested up for tomorrow's long run.

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AM: 5.1 miles moderate pace out around Hurricane Fields. A little warm and somewhat humid but a good run. Legs are still a tad fatigued but not as bad as yesterday

Well, I was planning on getting 5 or 6 more miles this evening, but you know what?...I really didn't feel like it today.  I figured that I reached my goal of 45 miles this week and so I was gonna let my legs rest a little bit.  But I reached my goal and that's what is the important part. 

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