The King of Controversy

5 Morning, 3 Afternoon. I'm dead tired. That afternoon run and weight lifting set was brutal. Now my ankles and lower legs are really sore.

I felt like I could run forever today and even though it was pretty flat terrain and I ran pretty slow I didn't have to take any breaks like I usually do. I hope I can keep running like that on the higher mileage days. 

I was able to run without breaks again and I finally feel like I am getting better. I'm not ready for any races yet but I can't wait to see the results of these summer runs.

4 am with striders and 3 pm. I've felt great this week. I have minimized my stops to almost none and even though I could speed it up a bit, I am feeling way more confident on these runs.

The run today was fun but my legs are getting so sore from all this running especially with these afternoon runs and weight lifting sets. It was a pretty easy run but my muscles weren't well rested from these past runs.

My family and I went down to the trail by the Riverside Maverik just before dark. I got a nice 4 mile run in with my brother. It wasn't too hard but all this running this week has worn me out. I'm so happy for the break tomorrow but even more excited for some more running next week.

Morning - 5 miles

The first part of the run was downhill and was really easy but on the way back the uphill killed me. Great run over all though.

Afternoon - 3 miles

Nice afternoon run because of the stormy day. Only around 90 degrees. The lift afterwards was 3 sets instead of 2 but not too bad. I watched Jason smash Hunter's plank record with a time of 7 minutes 3 seconds. Pretty awesome day.

Nice easy dirt mile (mud mile as Coach called it) run today. I still feel a little sore from yesterday but nice run overall.

A 5 mile run with a killer hill workout. One of the hardest morning runs of the summer. 

AM - 4 miles on grass with striders. Pretty easy run.

PM - 3 miles and a weight lifting set afterwards. It was still pretty cloudy and stormy so it wasn't too hot but still sweated like crazy. 

A 5 mile run at Bloomington Hills North Park with hills. We went up Web hill all the way to the towers. Very hard run. My legs were killing me the whole time but a nice stretch afterwards kept them from getting too sore. 

Easy run from the elementary past In n Out and under the freeway. 

AM - 7 Miles

My first 7 miler ever and even before my first 6 miler. We had to run up this hill and down another about the middle of the run and then run back up the one hill and down the other on the way back. They were right up there with the worst hills of the summer. I can't wait to see the results of all this hard work at the race next week.

PM - 3 Miles with Weights

Same Arctic Circle run as always. Legs still a little sore from AM run so my legs hurt most of the way. The weights after weren't terribly bad but Coach added a little drill type thing at the end. 

Wow I was so sore from yesterday that I could barely run today. Not a fun 4 miler.