dedication, perseverance, self-discipline

I ran with Sasha this morning and I felt pretty good.  I only got 7 hours of sleep, but that is the most sleep I have gotten on a morning that I get up to run with Sasha in a while.  At least I felt more awake than I normally do which was good.  We kept the pace really slow at the beginning because we were slipping a lot on the fresh snow that came down right before we left to run.  We made it through 2 miles in just under 18 minutes and it looked like we were going to repeat our run from Wednesday.  However, after that we started to settle into the run a little better and I think that the snow started to settle a bit, which helped our traction on the ground so we were not slipping so much.  We had made up enough time to catch up to an 8:30 average by the 10k mark, and shortly thereafter we settled into a pace in the mid 7 minute range.  We finished around 1:23:00 which is still pretty slow, but considering the conditions not so bad, and certainly better than on Wednesday.

Todays run was good.  I felt relaxed and I didn't feel stiff or sore at all.  about 7 miles into the run, I put in 1.05 miles at 5:50 which felt good.  I was supposed to be going marathon race pace, but considering my level of fitness right now it felt more like 1/2 marathon race pace.  Even still, I was not pushing it too hard and I felt good, so I felt happy knowing that I still have the ability to pick it up every once in a while

I felt somewhat tired this morning while Sasha and I were running.  Part of it I am sure is because I only got 5 hours of sleep last night, but I can't help but think that I am still a little tired after running 10 and 12 miles on Friday and Saturday.  I will see how I feel tomorrow after getting a little more sleep before I come to any conclusions as to whether or not I might be building mileage too quickly or not.  We finished our run in around 1:19:00 so it was good.  Not quite as slow as some of our recent workouts, even with fresh snow on the ground.

I got out later than I wanted to, but I ended up getting out around 7:15pm.  The path I was running on was either completely dry, or really icy in places for the first mile, and I almost fell 4 times during that section of my run on the way out and the way back.  The rest of the run wasn't too bad and I finished the run in 1:00:30.  I felt really good and I almost didn't turn around at 4 miles, however I decided that I needed to stick to my plan, so I turned around and headed back in.  Overall a good run.  One of the only runs in the last while where I have noticed no tightness or discomfort in my hip, which is really good and shows me that my body is adapting well to running again

I ran with Sasha again this morning and due to the trail being better than it has been in a while, we were moving pretty good.  This was the first time that we have broken 1:15:00 for the course since I started running with Sasha again and only the second time we have broken 1:20:00.  We finished in 1:14:19 which is about a 7:21 pace and it didn't feel too fast.  It felt like we were working no harder than we normally do when we are running slower than 8:00 pace.  We hit a couple of miles under 6:40 in one of the drier areas.  Overall a good run.  My hip also was not bothering me during the run, but after we had finished I started feeling a little tightness and soreness, so I will need to stretch my hip out later to get it more loose.  At least it didn't bother me while I was running.  I think it is just sore now because I did my run last night late and then got up early to run this morning so I got both runs done in a 12 hour period which I am not quite used to as of yet.

nothing spectacular, I will probably try to add a few miles to my Thursday run next week. I finished in 31:43

I ran with Sasha this morning and I felt good.  I was messing around with the guys at work yesterday and my back was kind of sore (I was wrestling three guys, not at the same time, but they weigh between 20 and 90 pounds more than I do).  I shouldn't do that anymore.  Anyhow my back felt ok but I didn't want to push it just to be safe.  We finished our run in 1:19:16 and stayed fairly consistent with our pace the last 4 miles.

I kept the pace slow for the most part. I stayed at about 7:30 pace for the first 8 miles or so. I then started speeding up slowly over the next few miles and at about mile 10 I sped up to about 6:30 pace for about 1.5 and then slowed down a little before the end. I finished in 1:28:58.

It is somewhat deceptive to say that I got 4.5 hours sleep last night because I took naps yesterday which when added up give me another 4 hours of sleep.  I woke up from the second nap a little before 10pm so that practically should count as night sleep time anyhow.  Anyways I ran with Sasha this morning and we finished the 10 miles in 1:09:39 by my watch.  We ran the last mile in 5:49 because we wanted to beat the 7 minute guy, however we were in the low 6 minute range for a couple miles before this.  I felt good, and I like the fact that the trail is finally getting clear of ice and snow.  It is still wet and slippery in places, but not too bad.

I ran in the afternoon today and due to the warmer weather I got excited and before I knew it I was running sub 7:00 pace and didn't even feel like I was trying.  After a couple miles or so I realized what I was doing and I tried to slow down just a little bit, but all I ended up doing was stabilize my pace so that I stopped speeding up.  I ended up running 1:13:59 which is pretty much right at 6:40 pace.  I will probably need to make sure that I go slower tomorrow morning.  My hip felt good today too.  I felt some tightness at times but there was no soreness after the run was over which is good.

I ran with Sasha and Ted this morning.  I felt less tired than I normally do at 5am because I got more sleep than I normally do the night before.  The run seemed to go by faster than normal which might have something to do with the fact that we ran 6 with Ted and then went out and did another 4 after we dropped him off.  My hip tightened up after we finished, but the tightness and soreness was minimal, so that is good.

I don't know why, but I was feeling really tired all day today even though I ran in the evening and I got plenty of sleep (I accidentally slept in and missed my first class).  it took me 6 or 7 miles to finally warm into the run and feel comfortable speeding up even a little.  I am not quite sure why.  Everything else felt fine.

I got to Sasha's house late this morning and they had already left so I had to go a little faster than normal at the beginning so that I could catch up to them. I made it through 2 miles in 13:14 and I wasn't feeling quite as tired as yesterday. I finished the run in 1:06:38 which is just under 6:40 pace. Overall good day, but even though I wasn't as tired as yesterday I still did not feel completely normal considering the pace. Somewhat tired still.  I finished in 1:02:20

Ran 6 miles with Sasha and Ted, then did 6 more with Sasha.  Finished in 1:23:30 (I think).  I felt fine, but later on in the day I was feeling really tired.  I think that my body is just adjusting to increasing my mileage so I should be fine.

Ran with Sasha and Ted this morning.  First did 6 miles with Ted and then 4 more with Sasha.  We finished in 1:13:59.

Ran at 5:30 with Sasha and Josie?  We threw in a couple stretches where we sped up to about 6:20 pace but other than that we stayed fairly slow.  Finished in 1:16:57

Considering the lack of sleep I got last night I felt really good this morning, however I had no desire to go faster than about 7:20 pace. I was up late trying to get things ready so that I can leave for California this afternoon. I will try to get in some quality miles tomorrow, but I can't see myself getting more than 4 miles on Friday and I probably wont run on Saturday so that should leave me with about 40-45 miles for the week. It should be a nice off week to help me feel rested and strong again, and then I can get back into things next week and start building miles again the week after. Being married should help me get more consistent sleep as well, since I wont be staying up on the phone until midnight every night and then getting up at 5 or 6 the next morning. So I am excited for everything, I get married on Friday at 11am in the Oakland temple.

I ran with my brother this morning along a trail in a nature preserve in Newark, CA.  We didn't go too fast, but we kept the pace right around 7:00 for the 15 miles and we finished in just over 1:45:00.  It felt good.  This is the longest I have run all at once since I started running again.  My hip started getting tight at about mile 12 but it never got very bad and there was no pain.  After we finished I think my brother was feeling it a little and he mentioned later in the day that he was sore.  I felt fine, but I guess that comes from doing more long runs in the past that are much longer than the run we did today.  I am planning on doing about 4 miles tomorrow morning before the wedding, however my parents are trying to talk me out of it so we will see.

I am getting married in 4 hours so I better be quick.  I only ran 4 miles this morning because my parents absolutely did not want me to run 8 like I was planning to do with my brother.  I felt just a little sore after running 15 miles yesterday, but after I warmed into it I felt fine.  I sped up on the way back for no reason other than that I felt like it.  I went out in 15, came back in less.  I don't know the time, because my brother was keeping time and I didn't have my watch with me.

I ran about 30 min after eating so I took it slower than I would have otherwise.  I finished in 57:30.  For some reason I felt more tired than I would have thought after not running 3 days in a row.  It is probably from the somewhat irregular sleep I have gotten the last few nights.

I felt good while running today but I felt kind of sore later on.  It seems strange due to the fact that I have been running more miles than I have run in the last week and a half yet I didn't get sore before.  Some of the soreness might be due to finishing my run last night at about 9:40 and then running again only 7.5 hours later.  We finished the run in 1:12:36 and we were consistently under 7:00 pace over the last few miles.

I was kind of in a hurry today since I needed to get to class so I cut my run 1 mile shorter than I had planned and I ran faster over the 9 miles than I was planning.  I started out with a 7:08 first mile and then started speeding up.  When I was nearing on the 2 mile mark I saw a guy riding a bike in front of me.  I have a tendency to get excited when I see someone on a bike, at least when they are not going too fast and when I saw this guy I decided to run him down.  I ended up running a 5:52 mile to catch him (the second 1/2 mile I did in 2:46) and then I stayed at 6:00 pace for the next mile and a half until I turned around in order to stay in front of him.  He ended up turning around before me so I couldn't see the biker at first.  I slowed down for a while, but after 2.5 miles I caught sight of him again, so I sped up in order to run him down again.  I averaged just under 6:00 pace over the last 2 miles and I finished in 56:41.  I felt strong, but I was really tired later on in the day.

I felt good today.  I wasn't near as tired or stiff as I was yesterday or the day before but my achilles did feel slightly stiff for the first few minutes.  I was really consistent throughout the run which was good, and I finished in 1:09:56.  My fastest mile for the run was in 6:48 (coming when I decided to run down a guy on a bike) and my slowest mile was a 7:12 (immediately following the 6:48 so that I wouldn't get too far under a 7:00 average).  Later on my hip started to feel kind of sore, but otherwise I felt fine.