Careful thought

So ran yesterday on treadmill again. 12 min warmup then 3x9:00 at 6:15 pace with a 2:00 jog. It was fine felt ok I was considering doing 4 at the beginning but wisely did not as that would have been a jump from 24 min last wweek to 36 this week which obv I could havae done but it would have prob been too hard. Of course I knocked off the emergency stop thing in the last 9:00 run which was mildly annoying heh.

Before that we went to randallstown comm center for a workout which was good. Im glad I didnt run though the turns are very tight. Everyone did a good job. Im pretty sure ive decided what to do with Laura next week which obv ive been worrying about significantly. First of all the 3A west times werent that incredible which is good but I still think she should run 1600-2000m and try for a PR in the mile and then stop. That is way smarter than having her run along in the back and will get her ready for outdoor. And if she feels great then she can finish. And she gets a chance to run which is good obv as well.

Later in the evening last night my right foot was sore on the bottom like a bruise- maybe from lots of treadmill? I thought it would get better and its much better this am so it should be fine. I feel like ive had this before at some point.

So 2 easy runs today. Then if the track is clear workout on that on friday. Maybe something a little quicker ono Sunday in the field house? well see.

Weather still looks cold for the forseeable future. Possible snow on Monday/Tuesday people are worried about big storm it doesnt look too threaening on forecasts right now though(at least that ive seen)

Oof/It sure feels good to run again too

Well today was my first run after a 3 day unwanted break. Significantly to blame on the snow. I had a leak in the house and Saturday after driving lots of extra time and napping i worked on it for like 5 hours so ran out of time to run. Sunday I had to drive tons of extra time obv and then me went to Matts house which was nice but again no time. Then yesterday we had regionals which was na all day affair. I was very very tired this morning ugh.

So napped and rested and then went down to mcd- i was thinking about running fingers etc but ran on the treadmill instead that might happen a little bit at least until it gets up to 40-45 degrees or so. This is the last stage of winter when even though you are used to the cold you get worn down and it just feels cold again. At least thats how I feel right now.

So anyway it was a good run- ran for an hour- 2 miles at 8 min pace then slowly dropped down to 7:00 pace. Even down to 7 felt quite comfortable it started to feel a little faster when i got to 653. So that is progress def. Also I was watching some Olympic biathalon on tv for the first half of the run which was quite exciting and inspirational.

Tomorrow prob run a workout with Jeff at the randallstown comm. center that could be interesting and different.

Treadmill- good run

Went down to mcd with the sbs. Hopped on the treadmill 2 mile wu at 8:00 pace. Then 6x4:00 at 10.2 mph which was 5:52 pace with a 2:00 jog at 7:30 pace. The first one felt really fast for my legs I havent run that fast on a treadmill in a while. However breathing was quite good. I was a bit stuffy/congested in my chest just a little- stopped to get a drink after 3. Overall though it felt quite good just the way it should really- fast and somewhat of an effort but not really tough at all. Was just starting to get tired on the last one which was from 46-50 minutes of the overall run so that makes sense obv given how far I usually run right now.

Also the best thing was that I didnt feel my foot at all until a tiny bit on the last one and I can feel a bit now after. I'll ice it before the PM run which will be an easy 3.5 at Belmont with the Franklin crew. Had a good meal(fairly good) of PB+J and some cheetos- banana earlier- i guess not that great but at least im not stuffing myself with total junk. Oh and chocolate milk might be the new drink of champions. I recall some nonsense on some message board about how it was the perfect recovery drink etc etc. Who knows but it tastes good! so i might have it periodically not a lot at once though.

Im pretty sleepy so might hopefully hit a nap before leaving at 230 which is in 90 min ugh lol.

Let it Snow?!?

Haha jk. But driving home from the run I was like you know what this isnt so bad. Its just my contrarian nature coming into play now that everyone is whining and totally sick of the snow I start to like it lol. But not really. Anyway it was a balmy 37 degrees today and im being mostly serious it was nice.

I was sick yesterday with the standard sore throat/stuffy nose/cough cold or whatever it is I get. So im moving into the cough stage now which hopefully will only be a couple days. I need to do a good job of continuing to take decongestant!

The run was nice and easy today since i felt ok but i didnt want to push it. belmont out and back with sb then up the pinet grove hill almost to longnecker and back. Felt fine it was pretty slow obv but ok. 55 min at least!

Hopefully I wont be coughing for weeks heh. Wo on treadmill tomorrow. Idk if im doing the 10k on saturday they might not even have it.

Computers dont know everything...yet

It is 1:45 AM on Wednesday. I am guaranteeing we get way less snow than they said. 100% lock. I dont care about some stupid little remnants in Michigan and West Virginia. The main moisture is already east of Philadelphia and moving relatively rapidly northeast. If there is wraparound from that range I will its just impossible or extremely unlikely. I have obv been burned by this frequently but I dont care.

Also Im mildly sick but hopefully the extra rest Im getting today(i just had to do the stores) will help with that.

Snow Part Infinity

So more snow falling now. No biggie its just annoying to look at radar and see what looks like will pass by but you know now it wont. But whatever its feb 9 so almost hlafway through feb. It hopefully will get warmer at some point maybe 2 weeks.

Anyway ran with Jeff Martin and Sierra at Belmont. Out to Tufton and back then 8 200s(or 40 second runs) up and down the little hill after the bridge. I ran them fairly relaxed but my foot felt fine like 100% no problem so that is good. Sierra and martin could both be good in xc because they are hard workers. And Sierra in outdoor- I kind of want her to join our group cuz it would be good for her- maybe in March especially to get ready for 800 and 300 hur. But I dont know if Christine will throw a fit.

Then at 430 went back down to Belmont for a pleasant run with Jeff S in the snow- nice relaxed 3.5 miles so at least get in a little more mileage for the day. Hopefully will get in a run tomorrow I dont now it depends on the snow total. Then treadmill worout on thursday prob modify the 1000s to 6x4 min with 2 min jog. Possible race on saturday that 10k at loch raven if they still have it. Hopefully they will. Also hopefully I can show up more than 5 minutes beforehand haha.

Oh pS we had all 4 of us in the cab of the pickup I think that was a first lol. It wasnt that bad really but I dont now if anyone else could have fit heh.

Off to bed then up super early for papers but Im 95% that ill just do the stores obv if its bad.

Farm Rd wo/The Berenstein Bears and Too Much Junk Food

Got out for a workout on Farm Rd today hence the title. It was solid not amazing or anything but fine. 12 times 400 alternating up and down with a 2 minute rest which had a 200 jog in there. The downs were all pretty much 80 or 79 the last down which was #11 was 77. I could feel my foot not bad but there so I kind of just strided the downs and tried to work the ups. The ups were into the wind as well obv which was moderate. SO they started at 89 heh I thought it was more than a 400 at that point but it didnt matter(and it was pretty close). But I got going on the last 3-4 ups like 85,84,82 were the last 3. So almost the same as some of the downs. The limiting factor was then my speed and the cold rather than the hill and wind which is fine at this point. Also the ups were harder.

Actually I like this type of workout because you get varying paces and efforts. I think the up could be longer like a 600(on the grass from the 2 1/4 mile mark to the top of Corcoran hill for instance). Then jog back a 200 and run the 400 down to turn the legs over. So you get some good hill work and also speed and it also simulates surges in a race situation for xc. 6-8 sets of those would be a pretty good workout you could use it in a couple diff places depending on the rest and speed obv(like anything).

So anyway this was a good tough workout- nice solid work on the ups def. My foot feels fine right now like 100% well see how it is tomorrow. 6.5 miles total I didnt warm down too far of course due to cold and foot caution. Btw I have a little sore throat so hopefully that wont be anything big. Which leads to...

Im tired of having such a crappy diet. I need to cut way down on sweets I have dessert with pretty much every single meal/snack and Im def prob addicted to sugar(or HFCS heh). Also too much soda. Really I kind of need to get down to like 145-146 and im always hovering around 149-150. More importantly its just not healthy to eat like that so much im sick of it. The problem is that people are always selling or giving me various forms of candy ugh. So i have to be better about it! Perhaps some goals for the rest of Feb soon.

Ok hopefully it doesnt snow too much tomorrow night/Wed and I hope I dont get sick btw. Sleepy now. Btw I think every single post in Feburary has dealt with snow somehow.

Oh since I said that I just remembered the workout would have looked cool from the side- the snow was so high obv that you couldnt see Farm Rd surface from Main drive for instance so it must have looked like I was running along through a big field of snow- amusing.

This post is a little too long haha.