It's all relative

AM: 3 mile warmup then 5x5 chest, shoulders, rotator cuffs, and tris.

PM: 12 miles, 6 in my old sneaks, 6 in my new flats. Excited- first pair ever! Couldn't help but run a little quick in them.

Ran on Bayshore, Tampa- beautiful run!

AM: 1.5 mile warmup with Dow, Rick, and a couple others. This is the first time I've run with them, but they've been trying to get me out for a while. Great plyometrics routine to get loose.

The workout: 2 x 200 (sprint), 1 x 600 (5k pace), repeat 4 times total, then 2 x 200 to finish. I took the first one and ran the 200s at mile pace, but realized that wasn't the workout to help me, so I switched them to sprint efforts at about 90-95%, and focused on form. The 600s stayed at at mile pace: 1:56, 1:52, 1:52, then 1:45.

The intervals seemed fast, but this group waits for everybody to finish and do a 200 recovery before going again, so I used it as an opportunity to work on sprint speed especially in the 200s.

Overall, lots of fun and supportive.

I guess I had 2 fast-ish miles in there. Might be lying to myself. And to you... Internet.

Was fun running with Christina and Drew!

AM: very slow

AM: 20 miles with Drew, Quint, and Charles spent running through a couple of Easter assemblies and causing general debauchery. Mostly quicker, bringing the pace down into the 6s for a couple of miles. Did not feel good, but happy I did it.

Charles and Quint are looking strong for their marathon! Excited for them to maybe PR.

PM: warmup the miles on the treadmill, then worked out: leg day and did tris, chest, and shoulders.

PM: track workout 2 ish mile warmup, then we decided on 2 sets of 4 x 800s with 200 recovery between items and 400 recovery jogs between sets. I probably should have done the initially scheduled workout, as my hips were really feeling it today so the speed was probably not the best choice. I need to figure out a better day to work on legs than Mondays.

Splits: 2:38, 2:39, 2:34, 2:30, 2:34, 2:33, 2:35, 2:38, 2:36. I really tried to focus today on doing the first lap quick so I would feel tired and struggle slightly for lap 2. My goal is to be able to push through some pain on Friday and hopefully earn a PR time. After talking with Drew about my goal time, I think that struggle might be where I can pick up the seconds that I think I'll need. Guess we'll see! Either way, it will be great for training and exciting to put myself out there on the line.

PM: had to make it all the way until 7:45 until I could run. Coaching districts for track. Reminder to myself to never run the discus event ever again. 2 and a half hours- so tiring and got no fitness in.

PM: a couple of miles and striders after our last track meet (districts) of the year. Guys went undefeated for the fourth year/season in a row! Girls... Not so much...

Feeling sore now that I'm entering my race day tomorrow, but will try to keep reminding myself to just have fun and not worry about ot too much.

Disappointing, hot, and tiring. Winning was cool although!

AM: run in bradenton solo

Noon: 4 miles

PM: 16 miles

Humid and hot would be a kind way to describe today.

PM: 11+ miles. I needed a run like this- felt good, felt smooth, felt strong. Fun run!

PM: track workout with Drew and Lee. 14x400s, ended up being 15x400s. Descending rest starting at 1:30 between items spent jogging/walking, stagnating at 60 seconds, then descending in 10 second increments down to 10 seconds between the last 2 items. We accidentally did 1 too many according to my watch, which was a nice surprise since I didn't even notice. Wanted to speed up on each one all the way to the end. Felt very strong by the end of it, so I guess it's a confidence booster. Lee and Drew hung back again this week, but I appreciated the extra rest on a day like this, that's for sure.

Splits: 1:26.7, 1:24.4, 1:20.3, 1:20.6, 1:17.8, 1:16.9, 1:14.9,1:14.8, 1.16.7, 1:15.6, 1:13.9, 1:11.3, 1:12.4, 1:12.4, 1:11.0

PM: 8+ miles very slow

AM: Track workout with Dow, Rick, and company.  3 sets of 4 x 300s, 1 set of 3 x 150s.  100 recovery between items, 400 recovery between sets.  A lot of standing around before items/sets, little continuity which allowed for extra rest.  I don't like having the extra recovery and had too much left at the end.

Set1: 53.0, 49.7, 50.4, 49.2,

Set 2: 50.0, 49.4, 48.5, 49.6,

Set 3: 50.0, 48.2, 43.9, 45.5,

Set 4: (150s): 25.0, 20.2, 21.0  (supposed to be 4 repeats, but we only did 3)

Day off.  Definitely needed it.  Cue the running withdrawals throughout the day...

Ran the opening mile leg for a 4-mile relay/race event for a charity. Our team changed a lot in the past week, losing our only other guy in 5:00 shape and he got replaced by an 8-minute miler unbeknown to me... so I wanted to go first leg instead of the last leg as originally planned, so I'd be able to have runners around me to run against. I started out fast and just tried to hold on. It was over in a flash and the baton was handed off. Proud of my run today, as I've never raced a mile before in a competition. The run was a lot of fun, and man that is a fast race. It's fun to try something new.

Estimated splits:

1st quarter: 1:06

2nd quarter: 1:10

3rd quarter: 1:13

4th quarter: 1:09

AM: 2 miles warmup, not what I wanted with today as I was forced out of a long run, but then got in a good workout at the gym- arms, back, and abs. The scheduled cleared itself in the PM, so I think a bike ride is in order.

PM: was hoping that taking Sunday off would allow me to heal, but I definitely have an injury to my peroneus tendon area. Started early and progressed throughout the run. Started feeling it on Thursday morning.

PM: track workout- 4x 1 mile workout with 400 rest between items. Completed through the third mile before bailing. Even tried being cautious on them. Oh well. Tendon on my right foot was feeling it bad. Worried about my race on Saturday (half marathon).

Mile 1: 5:41

Mile 2: 5:38

Mile 3: 5:30

Mile 4: disappointment lol

Injury- rest day

Injury- rest day

Injury- rest day. Feeling worried.

This will be a sad race report. Had a Peroneus\Achilles injury show up quicker than expected at Mile 2. Wanted to quit for the first time ever, but just kept plugging along, wanting to quit and not doing it. I'm an idiot for continuing and hurting myself further, and probably shouldn't have started. That said, I'm proud I didn't quit. That DNF would have hurt more than anything. I credit the supportive runners in today's race for getting me through this one.

Injury- right foot, acl/peroneal related.  Started workout regimen to compensate for the break- Push, pull, core.

Injury- right foot, acl/peroneal related.

Injury- right foot, acl/peroneal related.

Injury- right foot, acl/peroneal related.

Injury- right foot, acl/peroneal related.