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ran at paul short. i did 22 minutes for a warm up and could only make it through 5 minutes of a cool down. i felt fairly decent going into the race and when we warmed up on the course i could tell it wasn't as sloppy as i expected. i made the really poor decision of not wearing socks with my spikes and i wound up getting terrible blisters by mile 1. i took my spikes off the second the race was over both of my ankles had huge blisters on them. the blisters were really painful for the rest of the day and it was hard to walk without breaking them open. this was one of the poorest races i've ever run. i ran slowly last year in almost all of the xc races, but i'm in far better shape than i was in all of last year. its really frustrating to lose a great racing opportunity like paul short partly because i was sick all week, but mostly because the blisters were so bad. and if these don't heal up really soon, i'm probably going to lose more training on top of what i already lost this week with being sick and last week with being injured. once i get completely healthy again, i know i can run well and redeem myself for this shitty performance.

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i got my blisters wrapped before i ran to hopefully lessen the pain. they've been hurting since yesterday and i still have to walk extremely slowly. i ran three nature trails and a little extra. i felt fine aerobically and i wasn't sore, but those blisters were killing me. i ran the first trail in 20 minutes and they actually didn't hurt too much on the second trail or most of the third trail, but the last 15 minutes were pretty bad. my ankles actually hurt after the run too, probably from running awkwardly to minimize the blister pain. walking back to my dorm from the locker room was pretty painful. the long run tomorrow is going to be extremely slow and excruciating.

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i decided not to run today since i can't walk right. i did 65 minutes, almost 18 miles, on the exercise bike instead. i thought i was over whatever sickness i had last week, but i felt really terrible towards the end of the day and i woke up several times in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.

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couldn't run again today. did 55 minutes on the exercise bike, which wound up being a little over 15 miles.

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did 60 minutes(a little over 17 miles) on the exercise bike. i did a hill interval setting for the first 30 minutes. the blister on my right foot is getting better and it isn't that red, but the blister on my left foot isn't healing as well and is dark red and bleeds every time i walk. i'm going to get them cleaned again tomorrow and get the left one checked out by the trainer to make sure its ok.

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did 45 minutes (12 miles) on the exercise bike. i've been really sick the past few days and i wanted to do a shorter ride on the bike today. i've been coughing all day and my breathing on the bike was a little bit more labored than it usually is. i got my blisters cleaned and wrapped after the bike today. they both still hurt when i walk.

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i wanted to try to run today since i haven't run in almost a week. my blisters still hurt to walk on throughout the day, but they were tolerable while i ran and actually didn't hurt as bad as i anticipated. i think most of the problem is that there's also a lot of bruising around the blisters as well. even though my blisters were ok, i was not. i've been really sick lately and i had been coughing all day. i took menthols that ivo gave me to help, but they can only do so much. i was coughing literally the entire run and there were points were i was on the verge of stopping because it was so bad. 10 minute pace was probably the fastest i could have gone. i've been coughing so much today, and especially on the run, that my abs actually hurt. i'm going to bed as soon as possible tonight and seeing a doctor tomorrow.

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didn't run today. after yesterday, i thought it would be best to not do anything and just rest. i got home too late to see the doctor, so i'll go tomorrow.

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went to the doctor and he said i just had a really bad cold and that there's nothing i can do aside from take mucinex to relieve the symptoms. he said i should feel better, but probably not completely fine, within 48 hours since i've already been suffering through it for a week. i was actually glad to hear this because i was beginning to think it was something worse, because this is by far the worst/longest cold i have ever had. also, my blisters are finally starting to close up. they still hurt a little bit when i walk but i can walk normally now.

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i felt significantly better today, but i was still coughing throughout the day. i'm going to try to run tomorrow.

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i ran a short out and back down chapel heights road today. i wanted to try and run 4 miles, but i still feel terrible so i just turned around instead of completing the loop. my blisters feel ok and they didn't break open and i wasn't coughing at all, but i still feel really tired and unbelievably out of shape.

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i ran the full loop of the run i did yesterday instead of doing an out and back. this was an extremely forced 7:30 pace and i felt pretty terrible towards the end. my legs don't feel sore, i just feel really tired.

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i ran along chapel heights road, through the park and high school, and came back along egg harbor road. i felt much better today and i didn't force the pace. i felt like i could have gone for longer, but i didn't want to push myself too far on my first day of feeling decent. hopefully i continue to get better throughout the week.

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ran a similar loop to yesterday. i was going to do 50 minutes today, but my right knee was really hurting so i just did around 40. i had to stop 4 or 5 times to stretch to make my knee feel better. it's probably a result of having to walk weird last week with my blisters. i'll keep an eye on it, but i don't think it will be a problem. i'll run at GCC tomorrow and stay off the roads just to be safe though.

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ran at GCC. my right knee still hurt today even though i stayed on softer surfaces, although it didn't start hurting until the end of the run. i cut the run short again because of it. i feel fine aside from that and when my knee pain subsides i should be able to return to somewhat normal mileage.

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ran a loop through the park and high school. i cut it short again because my knee was hurting. it wasn't as bad as yesterday and i only had to stop once or twice to stretch.

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ran at GCC. my knee was bothering me a little bit but i ignored it and kept running. it feels a little better than it has over the past few days.

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ran harriton with golato, tickles, and a spec and added on a trail with golato. i actually felt pretty good today and i didn't have any knee problems. this is the best i've felt in a long time and the first time i've been fully healthy in over three weeks.

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started off running with elias and we got sucked into a bigger group towards the end of the first trail. i felt pretty good for most of the run. both of my knees hurt a little bit, but its nothing i'm not used to. it seems like anytime i start running after a short break from running i have some knee pain for the first few weeks, but it always goes away so i'm not too concerned about it.

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did a trail for a warm up and cool down. this wasn't even really a workout, but i haven't done a workout yet this month so i'm going to list it as one. we had to do 6x200 at race pace (i did mostly 38-39) with a short jog back to the start as recovery. not a taxing workout, but i still felt slow, which was expected. this is the first thing i've done at an up-tempo pace since paul short, if you would consider my performance there as up-tempo. i have no idea what race pace is for me at the moment since i've missed so much time with injury/sickness. i have no idea what to expect at the race on friday. i iced my right knee after the cool down. it didn't hurt while running, but it hurt last night a few hours after practice and this morning when i woke up. its not a problem, but i prefer to be cautious.

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ran two trails and a little extra and did some strides after the run. i felt ok, although my knees hurt a little bit, but they haven't gotten any worse over the past few days. i wore my spikes during the strides and i could feel them pulling at my now-closed blisters, so i might wear preemptive band-aids tomorrow over them or just wear my flats.

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did a trail for a warm up and cool down. when tom was handing out numbers, he told me to treat this as more of a workout than a race because i missed so much time two weeks ago and i haven't done anything significantly fast since paul short. he said to just treat the first three miles as a workout and see what i have the last mile. this really helped me relax because i was pretty nervous and unsure before the race. i had no idea what to expect because i have no indication of what i can and can't handle at this point. he didn't give me an exact pace goal, but i though 5:50 would be good for the first three miles since that was my workout pace before i got sick/injured. my first mile was in 5:42. i got caught up in the race and went out a little faster than i had originally wanted to, but i felt fine. i fell a little off pace the second mile because i lost focus of the race and i came through in 11:29 for a 5:53 second mile. i tried to just maintain my pace and focus during the third mile and try and stay in position for the last mile. i ran another 5:53 and came through in three miles in 17:18. i tried to start kicking once i hit three miles, but i still couldn't go that fast. i've lost a lot of fitness over the past few weeks with recent illness/injury, but i still managed to run another 5:42 for 23:00 overall. this is actually technically a 4 mile PR for me, even though i'm sure i've gone through faster for 4 miles at paul short and princeton last year. although, my four mile races last year were my worst races of the season. i'm actually fairly happy with how this went. this is one of the few xc races that i've ever run where i managed to run the last mile as fast as i ran the first mile. i didn't run the last mile as fast or as competitively as i would have liked, but i still have one more week until conferences. i may have lost a lot of my racing fitness, but i think i managed to retain at least some of my strength.

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did a long run with ivo, golato, siqs, and latenite. we ran down to belmont because golato, siqs and latenite wanted to watch the PCL race and ivo and i just turned around when we got there. we did some strides when we got back. tendonitis in my left knee was bothering me a bit on the way back, but it wasn't that bad. i still iced it when we were done. doing a long run almost exclusively on roads probably wasn't a good idea.

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ran after my orgo test this afternoon. i felt pretty sore from the race two days ago and the long run yesterday and my left knee was still bothering me. i wanted to hit 60 this week, but after thinking about it i realized i shouldn't be too concerned about mileage at this point. i iced my knee after the run.

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did another day of trails with skippy and jake. i plan on doing the majority of my runs on the trails until my knee pain goes away. running on softer surfaces should alleviate some of the pain and make it go away faster. it actually wasn't bad at all today, but i want to play it safe; i've missed enough time over the past few weeks. did some strides after the run.

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i woke up really early this morning so i decided to do a morning run. i actually felt pretty good and my knee felt fine.

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i warmed up an alumni and cooled down a natural trail. i wasn't warmed up properly, but i got there late because of bio lab and working out alone seemed worse than a shortened warm up. the workout was 2xalumni at 5:55 pace with 60 second rest and then 60 second rest, jog a 400, and 4x400 with 200m rest. we ran 5:56 5:51, 81, 79, 79, 78. these splits may be wrong, but it was all around there. i felt decent in the workout. it took me a while to loosen up because of the warm up situation and lack of strides, but by the second alumni repeat i was fine.

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ran two trails and a little extra. i felt ok.

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ran a lady and a trail. started off with marcus and then finished up the trail with woody, jordan, and ivo. i felt pretty good, i feel surprisingly well rested considering i've been going to bed later than i usually do all week. i did six strides after the run.

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ran a lady and part of a trail. did some strides after the run. i felt pretty good throughout.

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conference meet today. did a 20 minute warm up and a pretty short cool down because my hip hurt after the race, probably from the sharp turns and running slightly on a slant. i felt pretty well rested from the low mileage this week going into the race and i felt about as good as i could expect. watching the varsity race really pumped me up for the jv race, especially watching anders drop the field. i didn't really have a solid racing plan laid out for this because i'm still not sure what is a good goal pace, so i planned on going out pretty easy and working my way into the race. i stayed near the back in the first mile and i worked my way up the race throughout the first loop. on the second loop i started to put down a decent surge and passed a few people. i carried it through the roller coaster-like up hill near the pond, but since i'm not in great shape i couldn't keep it up. i just tried to stay focused the last two miles and keep racing. i didn't run a fast time, 28:45?, but i'm steadily getting back into shape and i'll be fine by track season. this was definitely a disappointing year for me in xc individually with the sickness and injury before i even started racing, but its a great time to be on the team and i'm really excited to see what the varsity guys can do in the upcoming meets.

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ran three trails and a little extra. i felt pretty tired and my hip was still messed up, but it wasn't that bad.

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