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ran a few trails. felt fine. did core work later.

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ran with a few groups throughout the run. we ran boy course with adam the spec, but he was only running for 30 minutes so we looped back around, dropped him off at the GIAC, and finished with a lady. ran a very relaxed pace. felt fine.

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ran down to belmont for my long run. i didn't want to go too long, so just did a short loop around the fields and headed back. felt fine. didn't have time to do strides after running because i had to be in lab at 12:00.

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ran two trails. felt tired, probably from a combination of the long run yesterday and a shitload of work that i have to get done. did strides and stretched after running.

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ran three trails with timschochtimschoch and sandy. i felt a little shitty before the run, but i felt fine during the run. i think i might be getting a little sick. did strides and stretched afterward.

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warmed up ten minutes, did a 1.5ish mile bus loop run at 5k pace. igor and I ran around 7:30. it was supposed to be 1 and 3/8 of a mile or something like that, but we started sooner and ended later than we were supposed to. ten minutes back to the field house and then did some stuff on the track. did 3x400 at mile pace and 3x200 at 800 with equal rest in between. ran with igor on the 400s and with igor, golato, riccio, and siqs on the 200s. we split 67, 67, 65, 29, 29, 29. felt pretty good. i wasn't really straining on the intervals, but running fast will take some getting used to. its hard to shift gears to running the 800 after doing distance/xc stuff for 6 months.

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felt fine. the arch of my left foot hurt a little bit, but nothing unbearable. stretched after running.

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didn't feel that great. just felt overall really tired. did strides after running.

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was going to do two trails today, but i've had a pretty stressful week and i didn't get as much sleep as i would have liked to/was sick until today, so having a lower mileage week won't be the end of the world. it should do me some good. did strides and stretched. felt fine.

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ran the 800 at the holiday meet. warmed up and cooled down a trail. i felt pretty tired/shitty on the warm-up and not much better on the strides. as per jossi's derby advice, i did a shit ton of strides. i might have done around 14-20 and i usually only do 6-8. i think the strides really help. i didn't do any of them that fast, but it keeps my legs warm and makes me feel looser for the first portion of the race. i had no intention of leading this race unless it was in the last lap, so i got out in the back and sat on some widener dude. the race went out slow in 32 and we picked it up the second lap. i passed the guy in front of me and was behind gebby and an E-town guy. i made a conscious effort to pick it up on the third lap because i think this is the part where you decide whether or not you're going to have a good race or not. the third lap is key because it sets the tone for the bell lap and, for me at least, makes a big difference as far as confidence when you're moving fast and catching/passing people. gebby and another guy were in front of me for the entire race and i tried to catch up going into the bell lap. gebby took off and i passed the other guy without too much of a fight. i tried to catch geby, but he just had a gear that i didn't. he raced more aggressively than i did and it paid off for him. i managed to finish well and run about 2:02 according to Tom. he said we went faster on each consecutive lap culminating in a 29.xx last lap. overall, this was not a bad way to start off the season. literally everything was stacked against me this week with work, sleep, and sickness and i still managed to pull off a decent race. i didn't start thinking about the actual race until the warm-up. i competed really well, which is the most important thing for a rust-buster meet like this. once i get some more workouts under my belt, i think i'll definitely be ready to go. if winter break training goes well, i think i should be able to run sub-2:00 at the gotham cup, and potentially a PR, if i run as smart as i did today.

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didn't run into the trails at all. i felt pretty shitty going out, but fine on the way back.

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did the first day of track lifting this morning. i only did two sets to ease my way into it. i jumped straight into it during xc season and it took a while to adjust. felt fine on the run.

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ran a mix of trails and a lady with changing groups. felt pretty shitty in the beginning of the run but good by the end. did a set of plyometrics after running. did core work later on.

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did a mix of trails and a lady again. felt pretty good. pounded towards the end of the run. i was going to do lifting this morning, but i don't want to overdo it this week, so i'm only doing it twice this week.

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did most of this solo and the last 15 minutes or so with jack and robocop. felt fine. did a set of plyometrics after running and did core work later on. i'm going to take an easier day tomorrow since i've had a few longer days in a row.

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did lifting and then a short run after. i did the full 3 sets today. felt fine on the run, could have gone longer but i don't want to overdo the mileage this week.

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ran around my town. looped out near dentino's house and then back towards the park and high school. felt fine. went a little faster than i intended, but not bad overall.

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felt pretty tired today, although not too bad. did core work.

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pounded this run a little bit. felt good and just locked in to the pace. will probably take it easier tomorrow. lifted in the morning.

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ran with xavier. felt a little tired to begin with, but good by the end. did two sets of plyos after 68 minutes and then did another 8 minutes back to my car. 200 yards of high knees, A-skips, lunges, and butt kicks. did core work later on.

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felt ok. didn't have time to lift today, i'll probably only get to do it twice this week again. i had to frontload this week's mileage because my dad and I are driving down to NC tomorrow to pick up adam for christmas. i'll probably only be able to get in minimal mileage tomorrow and Friday.

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didn't run today. woke up early to leave for NC and had a pretty bad migraine when we got in, so I decided to just not run today. i scheduled the week so i could have low mileage these next two days and still have decent mileage overall for the week. long carrides always mess me up.

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ran in the area around our hotel before the drive back. it was really nice outside, so i actually ran shirtless. in december. it was a great break from the shitty northeast weather. felt pretty decent on the run for not feeling good yesterday. lifted when i got home.

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felt fairly tired so did a shorter long run. i wanted to hit 60 for this week, but the difference of a few miles won't make a difference in the grand scheme of things. its better to recover and feel better doing the mileage than to push through and feel shitty/get hurt for the sake of higher mileage.

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still felt a little tired, but better.

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took this run at an easy pace too. did lifting in the morning. still felt fairly tired. i'm not sure if its from running fairly high mileage for most of last week or from the two long carrides.

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i was going to do a tempo run today but i felt really bad and decided to do a normal run when i was done the warm up. i've felt pretty tired lately, so i thought it would be best to not push it so early in the season. hopefully taking this as an easy day will pay off later.

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felt better today, probably the best i've felt in two weeks. lifted in the morning.

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warmed up two miles and cooled down a mile. did the workout at my high school track. workout was 6x400 at mile pace and 4x200 with equal rest in between intervals. my splits were 68, 68, 67, 67, 67, 67, 30, 31, 31, 31. i wanted to hit 66 and 30 for the splits, but i wasn't unhappy with the times. it was really cold and slightly windy, which made things a bit difficult. i didn't really feel like i was straining except maybe on the last 400. i could tell that my form was sloppy and i had to force myself to shorten my stride multiple times in the 400s. i probably should have done more strides, but i thought that doing strides in the cold wouldn't be as advantageous and it would be better to just start the workout and get it over with.

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only meant to run 8 today but i ran into dentino at the high school and ran with him for a while. he was doing his cool down after a workout. felt fine until the end when i started to get a sharp pain in my left ankle. i don't remember twisting it. it stopped hurting when i stopped running.

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got two minutes away from my house and just turned around. the pain in my left ankle was as bad as it was yesterday and i don't want to make it worse. it feels like the pain from a high ankle sprain, but it doesn't hurt when i walk (i've had a few high ankle sprains in the past). the pain is on the inside of my left ankle just above the ankle joint. its a sharp pain every time i take a step while running. i've been trying to think of how it happened pretty much all morning but i can't think of anything. the pain wasn't gradual, so i'm sure it isn't a stress fracture, which is at least some consolation. i could have twisted it while running yesterday, but i don't remember doing that. whatever the case, i'm taking today on the bike and i'll try to run again tomorrow. i know if i tried to push through it today that it would make it worse and i've put in too much work to screw up now. if anyone has any insight/advice, i would appreciate it. after i got back from my failed run, i did lifting instead and i'll do the bike later in the afternoon.

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