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Out for 3 trails first thing in the morning. Trouble was just starting after I finished my first trail so I got to do the next one and a little bit with him. It's been a while since I did any trails, this was quicker than I used to do them but it felt comfortable.

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Did a Harriton heading out through campus and the top half of a road loop. Figured the trail would be sloppy today, but all the rain last night and the presumably below freezing temperatures overnight left the roads very slick. I almost went down once and ended up running on grass and dirt wherever possible anyway. Felt good, going a decent pace by the end. Finished up through Haverford with the rest of the road loop. Really enjoyed getting out early the past two days. Wednesdays I'll keep running in the afternoon because I have to be at work early, but otherwise I think I'm ready to switch over to morning runs.

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Decided to stay consistent and at least get out for a morning run. Felt very cold at first but warmed up once I got going.

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Up to Valley Forge after work and before a meeting. Did a loop mostly on the paved path but I got back onto the Valley Creek Trail. Also found some new trails near there that I started to explore a little bit... could be pretty nice. Left leg around the knee felt a little funny. I'll keep my eye on it. Got home from work at 9, and did TBF. Hate to get my heartrate up close to bed but no other time to do it. Now time for dinner.

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Thought about sleeping in this morning since the midnight-shift demolition crew bringing down a building across the street kept me up. But decided to stick with the routine. One trail, very slow. Going to try to make it to the workout this afternoon.

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Got to practice way early so I was very stretched out by the time we started. Tom sent us out on a bus loop but didn't quite relay the fact that we were supposed to warm up with a road loop first, so we went straight out to the bus loop. Did a pick up from County Line to Haverford, rested 35 seconds or so and then came back. I had no idea what to do these in. The first one I did about 2:40 and felt fine. Sort of let myself fall of from the group and then come back up on them. The way back was uphill and with minimal warm-up and a long time since I've done a workout I figured I'd lay off. So I let the whole group go ahead of me; they ran about 2:40 again and I was around 2:53. Felt very relaxed. Did 4 strides when we got back and then got into the workout. I was in a group with Colin, Hildner, and some freshmen, and Carpenter was started a few seconds after us and running us down so he could go at a faster pace. Tom had us shooting for 72-73. The first one was a very uneven 73--37 for the first 200--and the second was, I think, 71. The rest were all in 72 except the last one, where Faraz went out hard. I was boxed in for most of that, which was probably good, but I managed to get out over the last 100 meters and ran a 70. Overall felt good throughout the workout. Stomach was in knots a little bit and I thought I started to feel them halfway through but it never got too bad. Cooled down on a road loop with Hildner. Good to be back for some fast stuff.

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Went out later than I have been since I was at quizzo late. Yarbz and I met Trouble on Lancaster and then we ran down to campus and did a couple trails. I was just going to do a short morning run but they were going 5 and I don't usually get to run with people so I decided to just keep going and make this my longer run today. Ran into Poindexter just before they headed back up to Goat City so I got to run with him for a bit. Stiff at first from the workout but I loosened up.

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Did an easy road loop after I got home from work. Yarbz got home and was talking about lifting and I realized I forgot to do TBF like I planned, and had already eaten dinner and had a beer. Still did it anyway. Back felt sore yesterday on the cool down -- probably from doing the sit-ups/push-ups. If people have effective back exercises to throw in, let me know.

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Woke up early but tried to get back to sleep. Finally got up a little after nine. Went out for the run at 10:30. Cold out, but felt okay once I was going for a bit. Legs still tight from the workout but otherwise I felt good. On the second pass through the woods I took a spill and banged up my knee a little, but it seemed fine. Finished up Mill Creek, which made it a little shorter, but my mileage will be higher than usual with the doubles this week anyway.

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Out with Sherm at 9:30. Cold and windy at first but it started to warm up. Thought about going longer originally but this is already my highest mileage week since last summer (though just barely) and, still being beat up from the workout, I figured an easy day would be good.

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Out at 6:40. Dark and cold. Ran into Trouble on my second trail, he said the Commerce Bank sign said 19 degrees when he was running down. Poindexter joined us after that. Not sore anymore, legs still feel tired though. With the double today will be high mileage, but tomorrow should be easy.

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And dark again by the time I got home to run. Still in the 20s, too. Ran down to campus and did a road loop. Felt great, excited to race in a week. TBF after.

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Not getting enough sleep lately. Taking me a while to fall asleep and usually I wake up an hour before my alarm anyway. Today I slept right up to the alarm but I decided to delay getting up for 15 minutes then went out for the run. Already warmer out than at any point yesterday--it's supposed to get up to 50. Legs felt a little tired but otherwise I felt great. Decided not to go through Narberth to keep the mileage in control.

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One trail, very slow. Sun was not really up until I was done; in another week it will be too dark out to run on the trail when I get up. Ludicrous weather: almost 60 degrees. Could've been running shirtless. Still not getting enough sleep; it's going to come back on me if I don't find a way to get more.

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Warmup with Yarbz from the apartment to the field house. Stretched out and then headed out for the workout. Did another road loop as warmup and then a second road loop in 9:16 (5:33.6 pace). Started out with a couple freshmen, let them get ahead towards the middle when they started to pick up the pace and then picked it up myself towards the end. We came back in the field house and did a couple strides and then going in the workout. My group was freshmen + Hildner. 1600: 5:13 (800m jog) 800: 2:34 (800m jog) 400s: 73, 73 (400m jog in between and after) 200s: 33, 33 (200m jog) Afterwards jogged another road loop with Yarbz and Hildner, then put on the spikes and did 4 strides to get used to them. Cooled down back up to the apartment and then stretched. Now that I'm accustomed to running in the morning I get really tired in the afternoons and today was no different. Wasn't sure how I was going to feel, but everything felt great. The long recoveries made everything really easy. Probably could've worked out a bit faster than this but the next group up is a big jump. Easing in seems like a good idea, though. That is almost certainly the fastest 1600 I've run since graduating.

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Still 40 degrees out but dribbling some rain so it wasn't that pleasant. Not sore, legs a bit tired though.

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Planning on cutting out from work for a couple miles before going to a meeting tonight but I wasn't really planning ahead for how rainy it would be. So no double today; rest is probably okay.

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Stayed out later at quizzo and drank more than I should have given that I'm racing on Monday. But had to be there for our first-ever win. Slept a little late, got up at 6:45 to get ready to run. Ran down to Leeds and met Hildner, who wasn't quite ready so I got a little break. Then we met Trouble on the road loop. Did a reverse modified tempo loop into a lady and then Trouble headed back while Hildner and I did a reverse 5-co. Finished up through campus. Going very slowly at first, but I felt like we picked it up pretty well. 1:26 total; I decided to call it 11. I meant to only do 10 but I'll just cut the afternoon run a bit shorter.

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Out at 5:30 after work and getting my PA license plates. Ran down Lancaster and then did a road loop up College Ave and onto campus and then back to the apartment through HCA. Tried out the Aasics 1130s I bought, not sure of them yet. Right ITB felt sort of funny.

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Thinking about getting out for something different but decided I wanted to go flat and easy and I hoped to bump into someone to run with. Ran into Browe after a little bit and did a half trail with him before he turned back. Felt a little tired. Feel like I'm getting a cold; figures with not sleeping quite enough. Hopefully I'll get some rest and feel good after an easy day tomorrow.

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With Sherm in the morning. Skipped out on the Beach House concert but still didn't get to bed as early as I hoped. Still a bit sick. Will probably take a nap this afternoon and then try to get to bed early; hopefully will feel good tomorrow.

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Tried to go to bed early but got caught up with some reading; still a little early. Woke up very early --like 5 am-- but stayed in bed in and out of sleep until 7. Still sick; not any worse, maybe a little bit better. Legs felt weird when I went out, maybe just from the cutback in mileage. Felt better afterwards. May have to be more conservative in this race because of the cold.

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17:30 up, 30:00 down Left work at 2:00 so I could be sure I was around on time. I was pretty much the first person to the field house, so I sat around and read for a while before the 5k guys started to come. Warmed up with a bunch of guys, felt like a pretty quick warm-up but I figured that would be okay since I had gone very easy all weekend. Drank a lot of water all day to try to kill off the cold, but I was still worried that I would cramp up during the race. When we got back I stretched out and did a couple strides in spikes. Tried to get out very easy off the line. There were 18 guys in the heat, I think, so it was pretty tightly packed. Ended up still going out too fast. Tried to settle in with some of the Gwynned Mercy guys for a while but decided they were going too slow so after 2 or 3 laps I went around them. Sat on a Swarthmore guy for a while before going around him, too. I didn't feel like I was able to keep a very consistent pace at first: I would have a slow lap, and then pick it up but think I was picking it up too much so back off again. Came through the first K a little over 3:10 and I was still about on that pace at 2k. I ended up being alone for most of the middle of the race, which I figured. About halfway through the race I started to get some really nasty blisters. I was working my way up to Cutilli for a while and finally passed him with about a mile to go (I think). Still felt good and had a lot left but didn't have it in me to really push it. Didn't really kick until the last lap, and then as I was coming down the final straight I heard the time and knew it would be right around 16:00 and I found a had a whole other gear to make sure that happened. Hand time was 15:59, but being me that probably means 16:01. (update: 15:59.71) Afterwards cooled down about 13 minutes on the trail with a couple guys, then came back in and watched the mile, and then went back out with Poindexter for a road loop. I was originally going to seed myself at 16:00, and then after feeling great during the workouts thought I could shift that down to 15:50 or maybe even faster. Tom ended up seeding me anyway--at 15:30, which I knew was way too fast, but was a nice compliment in terms of what kind of shape he thinks I can get into. I was thinking 15:40 or 15:45 was a distinct possibility but when I woke up this morning still sick my motivation for the race really fell off. Though being sick cost me a little, I definitely had a lot more in me but was sort of tentative after not racing for so long and eased up slightly instead of grinding it out towards the end. But sub-16 is not a bad start... 60 seconds to go by the end of outdoors. Hopefully this week I will get rested up and healthy again. I want to look for some road races to keep me motivated before the next meet on Jan. 31.

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Still not sleeping well, still slightly sick. I delayed getting out for bed for a bit but then decided to head out. I just took a down week but I don't want to be flexible with the mileage, especially times like now when I'm sick, so I was thinking of just doing 6 or 7 and adding on more in the afternoon if I felt better. Started out with a trail, which was a little sloppy because of the rain last night, and when I got to Lancaster I ran up towards Trouble's apartment so I could meet him, since I wasn't sure if he would come onto the trail. We did a lady and then finished up on the road loop back to Lancaster. Felt good, blister might have been messing with my stride a bit though. It's definitely worse now; pretty much covers my entire left big toe.

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No class tonight so I was going to double but the blister's still a problem. Decided to drain it; hopefully tomorrow morning I will be able to get out for a few miles. Hopefully rest will kill the cold, too.

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Finally got a good night's sleep last night. I got up this morning and was all suited up to head out for a run but then I decided that I haven't really had a true get-over-my-sickness easy day since getting the cold, so I decided to just relax a little bit before going in to work early. I think I'm almost over the cold now--I'm in the having-to-blow-my-nose-a-lot stage--so hopefully this will be the end. Left work at 2pm for a little bit for a short run on the Radnor Trail. Had the toe wrapped in gauze and athletic tape and it was fine most of the way, but in the last half-mile the tape started to slip and rub a little. I took it off and finished without it, which was okay but probably wouldn't have been good for a longer run. I was going to go long tomorrow morning so I don't have to worry about it while camping; we'll see if my toe/immune system will be ready to handle that, though.

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We have an ominous editorial meeting at the Ardmore office at 1 today so I told James I'd work from home and meet everyone there, which was nice for a longer run today. Got another good night's sleep and didn't set an alarm. Woke up at 7 and got out of bed a little after that but didn't go out for the run until a little before 8. Taped up the toe pretty well. It hurt at times but never too bad. Hopefully I wasn't altering my stride at all. Otherwise felt good. I'm going to try to go out for 3 or 4 more at some point this afternoon to make the mileage closer to a true long run, but I'm not sure if work will allow it.

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So I got laid off, along with the most of the rest of the staff. Started this run with Colin; we went by BCS to see if Sherm was home, but he wasn't, then ran down to do a trail. I wanted to see if I could find Tom to see when the local guys are working out over break. Stretched out in the field house and did 6 strides but he never showed. Finished up the trail, checked his office again, then went home.

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I was going to allow myself to sleep in today but I woke up early anyway. Went out with Trouble and Yarbz and ran about 5 miles on the trail. Cold, slightly rainy. I came back up with them and then went out for a reverse Park Loop. Weather got nastier after I was out on my own. Could feel the spike in mileage a little bit in my legs towards the end. Got lost a little bit but I don't think it added any mileage. Did TBF afterwards, got to get back on that train.

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Out in the morning. Roads were a little snowy and we had had more whiskey Friday night than I had realized, so I wasn't sure how I would feel and figured I'd just test the waters and go 15 before turning back. Headed out on the roads up over the mountain and then on to a county highway. I was freezing cold at first but after a while I warmed up and felt really good. Decide to turn back after half an hour, though, because I didn't want to push it.

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Got home around 2:30. Relaxed and unpacked for a bit and then Doggy came up to go for a run. Not too cold out but it was very icy which made it rough going in some places. Doggy was pounding me a bit, too. Inside of my right knee felt a little funny towards the end... felt funny on my second run on Thursday, too. I'll keep any eye on it. TBF after.

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When I got up at 7, the weather said 13 degrees, which I thought at first had to be a mistake. Another site said 16 degrees, feels like 1. I ended up putting off my run for a bit. Considered just doing a few miles this morning and doing a longer run in the afternoon but I wanted to get the main one over with. Finally went out just before 8. The trail was riddled with ice, especially between Comfort and the frisbee fields, which was a little dicey and the wind was pretty bad coming up the driveway towards the Duck Pond but otherwise I wasn't too cold. I realized halfway through the first trail that I was pounding, though, and I kept that up so I didn't have to be out in the cold so long.

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Slaving away on resumes all day. Finally got out a little after 6. Supposedly warmer, but still felt damn cold. Tried to control the pace a little more this time.

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Out at 7:15. Another cold one--18 degrees according to Commerce Bank. Slightly sore in my right quad/ITB, maybe from pounding around the ice yesterday, so I went very slow today. TBF afterwards.

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Got home at 6. Definitely wanted to double today since I probably won't tomorrow. Worried about the safety of the 'hood where my folks live now but I ran by the Capitol and did two laps of Bushnell Park and felt safe. Right ITB/hip area still a bit sore, tried to stretch after. Otherwise felt great. 25 degrees out but somehow didn't feel as cold as Philly. The snow somehow helps, probably less windy, too.

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Miserable run: it was 34 degrees but raining and all the snow in the interesections had turned to puddles so my feet were soaked within a mile. Ran a bit through downtown Hartford and then to the bridge to riverwalk, although I first turned up a set of stairs at the convention center that I thought would get to the river but didn't. Ran along the path and roads to the Charter Oak Bridge, then up a set of unshoveled stairs and across to East Hartford. The trails on that side hadn't been shoveled, either, so I kept running and then took some roads through town into Great River Park. Looped north of the bridge and around the complex of hotels before crossing back over. Wound my way back to the house through Hartford. Shorter than I planned but I was tired an unmotivated.

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Ran around Bushnell Park and then up Asylum into West Hartford. Took it out to Ballard and then cut back to Capitol. Still tired and low motivation but it was much nicer out: warmer and dry and sunny.

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One lap around the park, slow and heavy from Christmas dinner.

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Ran downtown and then back up through the park. Cold out, but it made it feel drier, which was nice. Felt great.

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Got home later than I expected because we had to stop in the Bronx to pick up Anthony's boyfriend and ended up getting a late lunch there. So I went out to run a little after 8. Tried to go easy since I'm going to go long tomorrow, which I will probably also push back to later in the morning. It was a balmy 41 degrees out and I felt great, the best I have in a few days. Maybe from getting some nap time in on the way down from NY, I don't know.

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Started at 10:30. Felt a very brief stiffness over the first few steps. I was overdressed and with the humidity that means I got a little dehydrated; by an hour in I had a cramp, but with some rhythmic breathing I was fine. The trail was pretty muddy, especially the part in the middle after the double gates, i.e. the part I do twice. The second time I went up to the high trail but that didn't get me out of the worst of the mud. Felt good, not great, kind of a slog over the last few miles. Came up through Jumbo and tacked on around Suburban Square.

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Ended up drinking more than I intended last night so I was feeling a little rough this morning, but the run definitely helped. Ridiculous weather, ran in shorts and a t-shirt. Two trails and then after the second one I kept going by the Duck Pond and ran up Lancaster.

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Slept a little bit late. Did a trail, staring down Lancaster and coming back up Ardmore, very slowly.

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I thought there was a workout today, so I left the apartment at 2:30. When I got down to the field house it was locked up, so I dropped my spikes and jogged for a while still. When I got back it was still locked. Waited around until about 3:05 and then headed back up to the apartment, where I determined that the workout had most likely been moved to Thursday. Not very motivated to get back out but I did an old loop I made up my sophomore or junior year as a change of pace. Cut it shorter at the end, just came back down the bus loop. Did five or six short pick-ups after I crossed over Haverford Ave. in lieu of strides, which I've sort of let slip. TBF when I got back, which I've also let get away from me.

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Started at 7:50. Worked it up to a decent pace coming down Mill Creek and then tried to maintain a moderate pound throuhgout the hills. I've been fighting off the edges of a side stitch every day since the long run and I thought it was done yesterday but it came back a little bit on the way to the bottom of Righters Mill, so I tried to stretch it out a bit there and probably took it a little easier on the uphill. Came back down Lancaster but not through campus. I calculated the pace when I got back and it was about 7:24, which means I've been going very, very slowly most days.

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Went out at 3, which is earlier than I normally would have except Sherm and Browe were heading for a run then. Legs felt very beat up at the start, but then I loosened up a bit.

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Met Grant and Sherm at BCS at 9:30. We decided to head out for a Sem. Running with Grant, it was a little bit quicker than I usually do, but that felt good. Maybe a little bit shorter than 8 miles, but I'll make up for it this afternoon.

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Ran over to Jossi's to pick up Grant and then we ran down Lancaster and did a trail. Just finished before it got too dark to be on the trail. Frigid and windy. We pounded because Grant was wearing shorts.