Don't be a wimp

Afternoon - 6 mi

Evening - 5 mi

Worst play call in the history of sports...that's all I have to say about that

Bad run today. Felt gassed from the beginning, no cardio. Still, I thought I'd gut out 7 or 8 but near the end the top of my right foot started bothering me, like I tweaked a toe or something so I decided to cut it short. Hopefully a better run tomorrow!

Much better run today. Started kinda tough but got a bit easier as I went. Best part was my foot felt 100%.

Best run of the year! Got off work early today so I got my run in earlier than normal and I think that helped. Still a little behind the pace for my goal mileage of 70 this week, but not much. Should still be able to get there.

Afternoon - 9.5 mi

Evening - 5 mi

Missed the last two days. First time missing consecutive days in months.

My excuses: spent all Thursday after work studying for my PMP midterm (got a 70 unfortunately, but mentor says that's good?). Friday, went to the Hawks/Warriors game with Carmen which was awesome because the Hawks won!

So excuses are crappy cause I could have done better planning to accommodate runs on both days. It is great to think though how far I've come when I'm dissatisfied with a 50+ mi week. Ok, tomorrow starts another bid for the elusive 70+ mi week!

Picture of Carmen and I at the game (apparently photo embed is not iOS friendly?):

https://flic.kr/p/r6rC7z

Afternoon - 9 mi

Evening - 5.5 mi

300 MILES! Earliest I've ever reached that milestone in the year by far. 29 miles in the past two days is the most I've done in two days in a while as well. Legs are feeling sore, but it's a good sore. No serious pains.

Off to a good start to the week. Let's see if I can avoid getting derailed this week and take advantage. Nothing on my radar right now that should get in the way.

Legs felt really sore at the beginning of the run but I felt better as I got into it. Definitely feeling the miles from the past few days though. That 14.5 mi on Saturday (which isn't part of this week's mileage) is not exactly the lead-in you want for your first 70+ mi week in a while. Hopefully later in the week that mileage will be far enough behind me that my legs will recuperate a bit. Still confident I can get 70, but I can already tell it won't be as easy as I thought yesterday.

Run was exactly the opposite of yesterday's run. Started out feeling great and it got tougher as I went. In the end though, same result, 9 more miles and still in good shape for 70 this week!

Tough run. Maybe feeling a little burnout from all the mileage. I've now done 56 miles in the past 5 days. That's probably the most I've done in such a short period in years.

Good news is I don't feel any injury type pain. It's all just fatigue/soreness type stuff or what I think of as "good pain".

I was also looking through my log and today is also 5 straight days of 9 or more miles. Previously this year, I have not had more than two 9+ mile days consecutively. So this is a good streak of higher mileage days for me.

I also went over 40 miles for the week already so my streak of 40+ mi weeks continues to 16 straight weeks. I never had more than 4 straight 40+ mi weeks in the previous 12 months.

Hawks lost a heartbreaker tonight in Boston on a buzzer beater. Couldn't believe it. They had a 14 pt lead with 7 min left and they blew it. So that sucked, but the good news of the day was Korver made the All-Star team because Wade is out with an injury. So now the Hawks have 4 All-Stars (no other team has more than 2). I'm really happy for Kyle cause he's an older guy and had never made it before and there's a good chance this could be his last chance. Plus, he's having an amazing season with 50%+FG,90%+FT, and 50%+ 3PT FG. Best shooter I've ever seen hands down.

Hell yeah! Felt great from start to finish on today's run! Like a completely different person from yesterday...and I have NO IDEA why!

Who cares! 6 straight 9+ mi days...I think my body is starting to adapt to 9/day as the status quo

Started out a little sluggish but felt good by the end of the run. 75 miles in the past 7 days and 7 straight days of 9+ mi! Only need 9.5 mi tomorrow to reach my 70 mi goal for this calendar week!

Also, today I booked a trip to Atlantis in Nassau for Carmen and I in June. Gotta keep working out and get that beach bod haha

Afternoon - 6.5 mi

Evening - 3.5 mi

70+ MILES! Hell yeah!

Good week last week.  Hoping to now keep the mileage in the 70s for a few weeks in a row.  Didn't get off to the best start to the week with only 9 today, but I felt a bit fatigued from the 85 miles in the past 8 days.  Decided to wait until a little later this week to do the heavy lifting in mileage.

I was pretty productive today otherwise though.  Did laundry, studied two chapters for PMP and went food shopping and cooked dinner with Carmen.  Carmen has tomorrow off for the holiday, I do not.  Very jealous.  Going to be a busy week at work I think.  Ugh.

Felt excellent. Tightened up a bit the last mile or so but otherwise a great run. It's so awesome how much stronger I've become. Really psyched.

So glad Leeza won on Apprentice. I think if Geraldo "won" I probably would have never watched the show again.

Felt great! I surpassed my Feb 2014 mileage today and I'm now averaging 9 miles per day in Feb. My legs honestly feel like I took the day off. Amazing.. Gotta keep this momentum going.

Felt terrible at the start but stronger as I went. Really glad I didn't wimp out at the start and hung in there cause it got much easier after the first few miles. Early to bed tonight!

Another great run. Feeling strong.

Worst run in the last few weeks due to working late last night and not getting enough sleep. Gotta get better about being disciplined with my sleep schedule.

Afternoon - 8 mi

Evening - 5 mi

Back to back 70 mi weeks! I'm psyched! Gotta keep it going!

Afternoon - 4.5mi

Evening - 6.25 mi

Felt pretty gassed on both runs, but sucked it up and got some decent mileage in. Went over 200 miles for the third consecutive month. Prior to 2014, I hadn't had a single month over 200 mi since college so three straight months is really saying something.

Carmen and I met with a realtor today. Pretty exciting. We're going to go look at houses next weekend. This has got to be one of the most "adult" things we've ever done! Hope we find something good!

Felt great on the run. I think the two a days were why I felt crappy yesterday. A good 24 hr recovery and I'm feeling great again.

Felt crappy on the whole run today, possibly cause I didn't sleep real soundly last night for some reason (didn't feel tired at all today though). I'm really happy though that I sucked it up and gutted out the mileage. Def a blog title affirming run today.

Evening - 8.5 mi

Late Evening - 6 mi

I got home around 3pm from work today due to the weather so I was able to get my run in much earlier than usual. I decided to take advantage of the unique opportunity and get some extra mileage on a second run later in the evening.

I felt pretty great on both runs. It'll be interesting to see how the run feels tomorrow after today's mileage. If it feels good, maybe I'll take a shot at 80 mi this week.

Felt great at first but got tough at the end. Will sleep well tonight for sure.

Run was pretty good most of the way but my right leg tightened up a bit towards the end and I tought it would be best to play it safe as stop and not push it. Anyway, big day tomorrow starting at 10am!

Great day! Carmen and I did our first house hunting! We found one that we really liked and actually made an offer! We'll hear back by 7pm tomorrow. Very excited. We also started Season 3 of House of Cards.

Run felt good today. Got my third straight 70+ mi week, third straight 200+ mi month and wrapped up my best month of training since college. It was my second most mileage for a month, but my highest mileage per day average for a month (since it's Feb, the shortest month). I only missed two days of running this month and I've on a 22-day streak right now and feeling pretty healthy and strong.

I'm going to start looking for a 10K race to test out my wheels. Would like to do it in the next couple of weeks. I'm hoping I can go sub-35 on the merit of my mileage alone. Haven't done any speed work. I'm thinking I'll prob do Peachtree this year too, its been a few years since I last did it so it would be cool to see if I can improve my time (need to look up what that was!).