Weekly Log: November 5 to 11
Monday: 0. Coach was okay with me running, but I wanted to be cautious and take another day off. 20 minutes on the bike.
Tuesday: 3 Miles. Coach had me do 3 miles around the track, which is just as boring as it sounds. I was pretty disappointed to find out that after feeling decent for a few miles, I tightened up both in my hip and legs in the last mile.
Wednesday: 3 Miles. Exact repeat of yesterday, including how I felt.
Thursday: 3 Miles. Got to run roads with some other guys who were going short/easy. Felt so much nicer than the track. Was feeling so good in the beginning, so very disappointed that I felt really terrible in both hip and legs in the last mile.
Friday: 0 Miles. Day off, hip starting hurt again from the run and didn't feel good to enough to go out again.
Saturday: 4 Miles. Went to go watch a really good race at HS New Englands which took up most of the day and made me pretty exhausted. Ended up running from home in the dark. Felt much better than the last three runs, although I was weak and it was super cold, so I kept short.
Sunday: 6 Miles. Ninigret with Dad, felt really good today.
Weekly Total: 20 Miles
YTD Total: 1,795 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Felt surprisingly good towards the end of the week with a nice Sunday run.
Weekly Lowlight: Those 3 mile days were not enjoyable at all, but worst of all, it felt like the most I could do.
Weekly Log: November 12 to 18
Monday: 7 Miles. Burlingame loop, didn't feel quite as good as the previous days. So much leaf cover that I didn't have great traction. Legs were heavy for sure.
Tuesday: 5 Miles. Short Rose solo, absolutely pouring. Hip felt okay, not good but not bad either. Went at a decent pace.
Wednesday: 6 Miles. Garrity, with a group of guys who were working out after. Wasn't expecting to go to fast (this was their warm-up) yet still managed low 6:30s. Very cold day (high 20s, but so windy that real feel was around 10) yet felt fine.
Thursday: 8 Miles. Short Snell, felt decent. Unexpectedly started dropping some fast splits at the end (just following a teammate's lead), running a 6:02, 5:57 and then a 5:27. The first two actually felt fine, last one I had to push and maybe should have backed off.
Friday: 6 Miles. Hip wasn't feeling that great coming in but surprisingly didn't bother me too much during the run. However, my legs felt just terrible, so bad I even had to stop.
Saturday: 7 Miles. Ran kinda late from the house to Avondale and back, mixing in some preserve loops with the grass trails. Felt terrible again, could not get the pace under control and way too fast. Zero hip discomfort for the first run in over two weeks.
Sunday: 9 Miles. Glad to feel like a normal and functional human being again. Not great, but much better than the last two days. Did a Rhody loop before race but adding in the 4 mile portion. Very wet and slippery. Got in a bonus mile running around during the race to film. Hip is good to go.
Weekly Total: 48 Miles
YTD Total: 1,843 Miles
Weekly Highlight: Building up mileage. Can't say 48 is a great number, but it is when considering it's only slightly less than the last three weeks combined. Nice to do some real runs, hoping to build slightly more until I get into real mileage (hopefully 65+). Seems like I'm no longer injured either, hip had huge improvement this week.
Weekly Lowlight: Just feeling like garbage until the end of the week including my hip issues. It's been a very long struggle to feel good during and hopefully I'm almost there.
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