400s- sort of heh

so ran with em at franklin this am. 1 3/4 mile wu then 6x400 with 200 jog. i did it on the turf which is a 300m loop and a bit slower than running on the track obv- which is fine also obv. so it was consistent 91,90,90,90,89,88 the jogs were generally 1:02 or so. this was not that easy unfortunately but no real worries. i think my pulse was like 16-17 after the last one which is too high ugh. but it will get better. i did a good job of hydrating last night now just have to do that for about 90 more days in a row heh.

Also my PF where i hurt it before is alomst completely better/ it has moved farther back into right below my heel which i think is progress. also i have been running ithout heel inserts in for more or less a week so that may have something to do with it. today was the first faster run with them out though. we shall see.

new design

this was an accident i was messing with the template and applied it and couldnt go back. i will edit in the coming weeks

dehydrated

two runs today 5 and 5. the second one was hard from about 2.5 to finish. im not drinking enough water ugh. although ive drank about 2L since then so thats good just have to keep it up. this week so far is hm i think 25 in 4 days ok. tom hopefully do the 6 400s in the am and then run w anna in the pm.

im getting a little lazy on icing. although im icing right now heh its just hard to ice my knee and my foot i cant do them at the same time so i either have to take like 45 min or alternate am/pm. and this am i just didnt feel like it. and strecthing is going downhill. hopefully i can reverse this trend obv.

also my tooth is being annoying. i think it is slowly getting better but i need to call the dentist either way.

Turtle!

So the month of Turtle is upon us. I have only heard some reports and havent made any sightings myself. too bad. Also Raspberry is right around the corner which is exciting but usually a little overblown heh.

Running is steady. 47 miles last week. Pace of runs is starting to dip into the 745-755 range from the 805-815 range. good. Also did a workout! of sorts 8x200 in approx avg of 44 with a 200 jog in around 1:00(+). 14:01 for 3200 total so right where you want to be. My foot was certainly tolerable and it seems to continue to improve. Must keep stretching a lot that is going away a little as im running with lots of people etc. Need to try to get to runs early obv.

you have to admit its getting better

so runs this week 6 at mcd w jamie and anna, then 6 with anna at her house, then 4.5 w anna + 3 w franklin. my foot continues to improve. knee is staying steady or getting a little better. hip flexor thing is 75% gone. all this adds up to the fact that i have to keep doing my exercises etc and not slack.

workout thursday! 8x200 in 45 haha. we'll see if i can survive it. heh dont get cocky.

xc preseason is off to a good start. lots of people and people are working- we arent running mileage or anything but its a start.

(first workout) cubed

so Tristram emailed athleticore.com which he set up for mcd team. so I made one for the franklin team. so now im recording my runs in 3 places heh. plus that site is sometimes slow as crap. oh well no worries.

so this week has been fine. yesterday i ran in the am with emily. big loop wu then 3x800 plus 1x600 at 640 pace. i could feel my foot slightly not painful but could feel it. however it wasnt bad and today after an easy 3 mile morning run it feels fairly good. my knee is a bit sore but that is ok as long as im careful that will not be a problem i dont think.

43 miles this week so far with probably one easy run to go.

a double in case of trouble.. i like it

so this week is moving along

sun:4 miles pancake run sun a.m.

mon: a.m. moderate run w anna. 5(+) miles in 37:37 this felt difficult but not impossible.
p.m. 4 miles w jamie

tue: a.m. run with anna and em. ran 13 min to reservoir,swam around for 15 min,ran back. fun.
p.m. 5 miles with jamie. relatively tired 40:47 for 5 mile loop

my foot seems to still be getting even better. i tried some very light barefoot jogging today on my 3 lap walk. about 50m total haha. slowly increase as long as all goes well.

Also im trying to lose 10-15 pounds since im now a minor lardbelly. just cut out lots of the extraneous junk food and run more hopefully shouldnt be a huge deal. get back down to 150 by hm end of july that is a reasonable amount of time. eventually i need to get back to 145. i think it def makes a difference esp on the hills heh. although being chronically out of shape could be part of the problem too.