I can do it. I will do it NINE times!

Time to build up mileage again! Woo hoo! Ran a relatively fast Foremaster, first 1.5 w/Holt, so those were kinda speedy and the slight downhill across the top of Foremaster is almost always pretty quick. For the most part, the run felt really good - I think it's the first solid long run I've gotten in since I got injured, so that was refreshing. 7:45/mi avg. After the run, I lifted for the first time since the beginning of April. Ouch. 3x11 of everything: leg extensions (7), leg curls (9), lateral pulldown (3), bench press (50), squats (75), abs/back (5) and calf press - middle/inside/outside (90). Boy, am I going to be sore tomorrow. (Alchemy 232.5)

Ow. My legs are so sore. And my arms. And abs. But mostly my legs. As much as I'm glad in the way that this means I'm getting stronger, I don't like it. Nope nope. Accidentally left my watch home, which was probably good so I wouldn't be so depressed how slow my run was. Ran Green Springs 5-miler, hoped that legs would loosen up a bit after a couple miles, but no such luck. (DST 266.6)

Legs and abs are still SO sore. I'm not sure how much more of walking like an old woman I can handle. Out and back 6-miler in Washington (to first reflector post after the Wash. Pkwy left turn) ran the first couple of miles kinda quick (7:00-7:10ish) right behind Jeffry, Decker and Willy until they turned around at 1.6 mi. Tried keeping the pace around 7:30/mi the rest of the time, though legs were really protesting on the fourth and fifth miles which dropped to almost 8:00/mi. Avg. 7:38/mi. (Alchemy 239) Sandy toes!

Afterward, I picked up my St. George Running Center singlet and matching shorts, so now I can road race in style!!

Staheli Hill run w/ Holt (and Fre on the first half). The way out sure as heck felt fast, though I didn't have my watch (but Holt did - 6:44, 7:12, 6:59, 7:05, 7:32 and .3 at 7:30 pace), then after the Staheli hill and the industrial uphills on the way back I felt like my legs were barely moving for how much they were hurting. I feel like my legs are going to be sore for the rest of my life! They were starting to feel a little better today, but then I lifted again. What kind of a masochist am I? Upped a couple of weights and still did 3x11 of everything: LE (7), LC (10), LatP (3), Bench (55), Squats (80) and abs/back (5). Avg. 7:08/mi on run. (DST 272.4)

To summit light and back 3-miler this morning and my legs are - yet again - freakishly sore. They feel like they've gone through a rock tumbler repeatedly. With very large rocks. Ran pretty easy but kept it (mostly) from plodding. I am so tired. So I took a nap in journalism class. And physics. Yay! (DST 275.4)

7.2 miles, connected a few runs to do something slightly new - ran out toward green springs, up around on fairway drive/quail ridge drive back down and out up the firestation hill and back down into washington, then back to the high school the dogpound way. It was a pretty good run, uphill at the start and end with a lot of downhill in the middle (with the exception of the firestation hill), ran it pretty easy and my legs actually felt kinda like legs during the run for the first time since Monday! Avg. 7:58/mi. (Alchemy 246.7)

Took the ACT this morning. Boy am I glad that I'll NEVER have to take that again!  The frustrating thing is if it wasn't timed I could totally ace it. I probably could even if I got another 5 minutes a section! Argh!

After all that frustration, I took it out on a nice long-er run and randomly decided to run with my brother's iPod, which I've never done before, so that was interesting. I'm not sure if I like running with music. One of the nice things about going for a run is the time to think and relax mentally and with music you don't really get that. But I think if I'm doing a speed workout by myself it could be nice because it would help take the mind off how hard you're breathing and how much your legs burn.

Went on the Bloomington loop 8-miler, wanted to run faster than yesterday's 7-miler and ended up averaging barely faster than Wednesday's 6-miler. Felt pretty good for the most part, legs are getting back to normal (less sore) which is really nice. And as I finished my run, I realized that the chalk arrows were from the "Save-a-sister" run this morning. Ha. That would've been much more fun that what I did this morning. 7:24, 7:52, 7:34, 7:24, 7:47, 7:48, 7:40, 7:26 - avg. 7:37/mi. (Alchemy 254.8)