10-7-13 A blister under a callous... I'm a real runner now

Last night my callous on my left big toe was hurting beyond what I have experienced before with a deep callous. I was looking at it and it looked like I had something more going on. It turns out I had a blister under my callous. I was finally able to take care of the blister then use an emery board to attack the callous. It all feels much better now.

I have a 4 mile run tonight and I am going to attempt it at a faster speed than I normally run on a treadmill (which I am convinced is a lesser devil of monotony). I am going on the treadmill because of the time I get done with school (if I am off earlier I will do 4 miles in the canyon while I can.

Me and treadmills are like me and running outside about 3 or 4 months ago. I really am not liking it. Outside I get the chance to see change as I run. I get to experience progression in my mental map. I am going to do what I can to make it out tomorrow to the canyon. I should have went to the canyon tonight, I had time and it would have been nice.

I didn't think I would be able to do 4 miles tonight, but I did it. I did two slow miles and two decent miles at about 12:30+ each. My first and third mile were the best.

On more fun news I got the IT band stripper roller thingy, which I am going to use here in about 5 minutes. I also got my gels and sports beans for this weeks runs and got the awesome little pep talk from the employees at the Runner's Corner. They are always so encouraging.

Well Until Tomorrow,
-Riley

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No Run Today

Today was impacted by a late night last night and no baby sitter this morning. So I didn't make it out to run. I will be doing a 4 run week next week to make up for it. So run Monday, Tuesday, Strength training Wednesday, run Thursday, and run Saturday. Thanks for reading. -Riley

12-2-13 Mental Health Run

Today was one of those runs that I needed to de-junk my brain. The junk builds up almost always when I have a critique at school that doesn't go in the slightest bit favorable. I am frustrated with my art right now. And having a marathon this Saturday doesn't bode well for time. Next week I have 3 big assignments due... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Well onto my run recap. It was really short. I counted my cadence, which is around 160 at my long distance running speed. Apparently the ideal is 180. The ideal meaning that the body runs at that speed the best (or something like that). I figured it out by counting the strikes of my right foot over a minute. When I pushed myself to 180 I was going at the pace I did for my run last Thursday. It took the run today to get my head in order. I will be able to keep things in order upstairs a little better. Well thanks for reading, -Riley

More in the Tank

Today I did not want to get out and put in my time. I intended on doing my 20% workout today but ended up just doing my regularly scheduled workout. I did 5 sets of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I could keep my heart rate down more which was excellent, and I still finished with the same distance as the past couple of runs. As I finished my time, I realized I had it in me to go further. But I knew my 30 minutes was up and it was time to stop and go and use the restroom. I pondered having some energy left in the tank for a bit and decided it's better to have that than be completely spent on my day off where I need to get some homework done. I did experience what I used to when I ran years ago, the first mile sucked. I got to the 3/4 mile point and almost went home. My ankles hurt, my legs hurt, and I was tired. But I decided to keep going, and I'm glad I did. Today's run feels good now. It was shortly after the 3/4 mile mark that things started to feel bette

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