Sock tans

Started out feeling meh because of cramps. But then running made them feel not as bad. I was already going kinda quick (I was at 7:02 average 5 miles in) but then looked at my watch and thought, what the heck. Pushed the last 2.5 (6:07 and 6:08 miles) and brought the average down to 6:44. I love running in Salt Lake. Didn’t feel the inversion too bad

Did makeshift rehab. Don’t have a band, so I doubled the clams and reverse clams.

I’m sore today. I kept wanting to pick it up but I kept it relaxed and didn’t push like I’d wanted because I don’t want to overdo anything, recovery is important. The pace ended up being faster than I expected, 7:19 average. I was expecting 7:30ish

Almost got hit by a car, that was sketchy.

Wasatch + VA loop. Watch died at 5 miles, average pace at that point was 7:23.

Watch was still dead. Did Shriner’s run to the first stop sign after the fire station on 11th Avenue (I remembered that was about 4 miles. Perks of having run around the city so much)

I was out until 4am last night, haha in my defense I was out in Draper. But I do need to be better about my sleep schedule, this past week it’s not been great. Forgot to charge my watch again so I didn’t get pace but it was probably around 7:20. Met up with my biological sister tonight for my niece’s second birthday, it was cool to see her again. I first met up with her last year over winter break. I was hoping my biological brother would be there but he couldn’t make it. Maybe next time. I haven’t met him yet (haven’t seen him since I was 5 so I don’t remember him)

Salt Lake is the best for unintentional long runs. It’s just so easy to go farther than you meant to, probably because it’s so much bigger than Cedar. And I love running in Salt Lake, gotta hit up all the good spots! I had planned for 11 and intended to go 7:45-8:00 pace since it was longer. Turns out I don’t know how to go that slow anymore lol. Started with Shriners run again, once I got to 11th Avenue I decided to go through memory grove to south temple and then took 1300 E back to East High. I hit 10 miles right when I got there. Then went up to Foothill, I was in the zone man and decided to do VA loop back home. Ended with 14 miles, 7:29 average. I was getting a little fatigued but I felt like I could’ve run 4 more miles. Would’ve been cool but also not smart haha. I can go forever if a pace feels comfortable and I can stop thinking or stressing about how my body feels (get in the zone). Then I just let my mind think about other things and before you know it you’ve run 10 miles. Maybe that’s why coach thinks I’d be a good 5k runner. I just have to learn to be comfortable with a fast pace.

Also side note: I finished 13.1 miles in exactly 1:38:00. That was satisfying haha. I love nice and even. I wonder what I could run a half marathon in if I raced it... maybe one day I’ll test that out