Vestige

Was granted a 91-minute taste of Hell for running on the sabbath.  3 miles of grinding up to the trails.  Borderline heatstroke, dehydration, extreme fatigue, chaffing, and then... caught my second wind.  Blasted through the trees at light speed for roughly 69 seconds then popped my left ankle real good...  Hobbled 2 more miles to the trailhead at 12-minute pace, hit the roads for the last 4 miles at only a half-hobble.

Takeaways from today: don't run in the afternoon, ever. Purchase nut-butter.  Stop stepping on unstable rocks. Amen.

5 x 1k repeats on the track with good ol' BGBennion. 1-mile warmup, 600m recovery walk/yog between reps.  3:02, 3:02, 3:04, 3:01, 3:02.  1-mile cooldown + strides.  Felt like sweaty garbage after first 2... Blake took the lead on the last few for maximum pacing efficiency.  Good workout, though definitely not something I could reproduce in an actual race...  Ankle was 97% good, aside from jumping a handful of fences.  That was a mistake.

Evening stroll along the highway.  7:40 pace.  I've decided more miles are in order if I'm to pop a 3rd place finish next month. Gotta fight for that bronze, baby.

10 miles 'round the old stompin grounds of PV. 3 mile tempo in 17:26 to finish. Brought the average pace down to 6:37.  Felt good after about mile 6.  First non-trail long run in a very very long time... New training objective: sleep more + early. May the power of Mantz be bestowed upon me.

12 hour update: the 20lbs of weight I've gained in the last 3 years has gone straight to my thighs and resulted in unbearable chaffing on every long run... Something needs to be done.