Running

15 for 2015

Met at James' house and ran some loops on a trail near his house. Met up with Jen and logged some more miles. Initially wanted to get 20.15 but my left hip wouldn't allow for it. Maybe be in just out of shape. I can't seem to figure it out. Frustrating. 

Happy New Year!

6.3 - avg pace 7:35

Felt pretty good today. The hip got a bit tight around mile 3 but then loosened up. I tried to stay tall and long while running and keep it loose. Seemed to work out for the best.

6.3 on usual route. Decided with just over a mile left to throw in a 1.1 mile tempo. Avg for 1.1 was 6:43. Felt OK in the lungs but hip was a bit off for the last .25 of the tempo. Nothing horrible but just felt like I was dragging the left leg along.

6.15 - Avg 7:34 - Usual route. Nothing too exciting, but did step on a frosty envelope and almost ate it.

4.01 - Ran to play some hoops and then ran home.

4.01 - accidently ran the same low mileage as saturday. Had a meeting at 7 am and got in as much as I could before I had to be to the meeting.

Met with James, Daniel, and Evan at HHS and did a loop to the south into Millcreek and then back to HHS after 9 miles to pick up Brayden. Then we went North and down to Liberty for a loop before heading back to HHS.

Felt decent until about mile 13 and then the hip got angry and I really slowed down. Was nice to get a good workout in.

ran to ward ball.

tossed in 1 faster mile at 6:32

Felt like a disgusting pig after eating entirely too much during the super bowl. Decided to get out after work and give myself a mental boost.

Did 6.55 miles and realized that I put on my old shoes after it was too late. Didn't seem to bother my legs at all.

6.05 easy miles. didn't push to much today.

can't beat this weather! Shorts in February?!?

Met up with James and Kenzie to do some birthday miles with James on his 31 mile jaunt. Would have liked to do more miles, but the left hip still doesn't agree with running much lately.
 

My hip has been really bothering me lately.

Ran in Midway and had a lot of up and down. Hip pain was minimal but enough to bug me.

Hip hurt all day Sunday. Feeling better today.

I have taken some time off to try and get my hip some healing and because I have been a bit lazy, but mostly because my hip has been bugging me on every run. I thought I would run to the church to play some basketball. It is 1 mile away and would give me an idea of how my hip would feel. I got over there in just over 7 min. Felt good to be running again but I noticed the hip pain starting just as I go to the church.

After the game I had some time and decided to run around the hood and see how it felt. The pain started to creep back fairly soon and it was much worse on the uphill than the down/flat. After 5 miles I stopped and stretched and swung my legs out which seemed to help so I threw in another mile.

I am frustrated by the fact that after so much time off, it still hurt pretty quickly. However, I am going to try to stay committed to stretching daily and see if that helps it.

Wanted to see how the hip would feel in some new shoes. After about .25 my hip started acting up but never got any worse really. I had a basketball game to run to that was exactly 3 miles away. It was all downhill so I couldn't keep my pace as slow as I would have liked. Ended up with an average pace of 6:30's.

It felt good other than the little hip niggle. Lungs and other leg parts felt good.

The hip had been feeling decent all week so I decided to try and go a bit further than I have been. I was hopeful that it would hold up well and not be too painful to run through. Big mistake! My hip started aching after about .5 miles. This isn't anything new so I just kept on going. I did an out and back along Wasatch Blvd from my house to Mt. Olympus trailhead and back. It felt about the same from miles 1-5 but then everything fell apart. My hip started having sharp pain and my back started hurting, probably from compensating for my hip. The pain was by far the most intense it has ever been. I guess I should go see a doctor and get it checked out before I make things worse. 

Decided to take 3 full weeks off of running and see if it would help my hip fully recover and allow me to start back slowly building again. 

Went out this morning to test out the hip, got about 1 mile out and started having more hip pain, turned around and decided to pull the plug. Got home at 2.2 miles and the pain gradually got worse on the way back. 

I guess I will have to go to the doctor and have it looked at to figure it out. I have never had an injury from running before and this has been beyond frustrating for me after working so hard last year to get a solid base. I had hoped to be running a few races this year, but It is looking like a recovery year at this point. 

After my visit to the doctor last week, I decided to still take a few days off and just stretch and foam roll my IT band and try to loosen things up.

Went out to test out the leg, felt fine for the first mile. No pain, no feeling like it was going to come. Then at just over a mile a small dull pain in my upper hip which is a different place than it has been hurting. It didn't seem to get any worse over the next .5 miles so I was glad that I could keep going for a bit. The pain seemed to be in my upper glutes this time.

By the time I got back to my house, the pain was starting to get a little more noticeable in the joint so I was glad to be done. The doctor told me to just start running and slowly build mileage and pace. I will try to be very cautious about how it feels. If it is bugging me, I will back off. If there isn't much more improvement over the next couple of weeks, I may go back in for another look at things. After today, I was a little bit encouraged that I could go for a mile with no pain. Hopefully it is a sign of improvement.
 

Did my foam rolling and hip exercises the last few nights along with quite a bit of core strengthening.

Went out today hopeful that my hip would respond well to everything I have been doing.

Felt fine for the first mile or so, and then a very slight ache in my hip started and never really got worse over the next 2 miles. It started to get a little bit sorer as I got closer to 4 miles. I think that my mind is making this worse because I am more focused on my hip pain than actually running. It sort of takes the enjoyment out of it. I tried to keep my mind off of it and just do little checkpoints on the hip.

Overall, I think it is getting a little better. I will just have to keep working on strengthening and stretching and slowly building the miles. Not totally sure on a timeline at this point.

six slow miles. Hip started hurting pretty good at 5 miles. Felt decent with a slight dull ache before then. 

ran 6 on the TM in Cabo. Hip felt a bit achy. Decided to see how a faster pace would feel on the hip. Turns out it makes it hurt faster. Last mile was a 6:50. 

A guy in my neighborhood is running one of those spartan races and hasn't been very consistent at running. He wanted someone to start running with and I told him I could go out with him. He said he runs about a 12 min mile and is in bad shape for running but has been lifting a lot. I agreed to go out with him and keep it slow, should be good for my hip at least to slowly build back up miles with slower pace.

We did a 4 mile run that almost killed him. We averaged a 10  min mile and then I decided to do 2 more miles afterwards a bit quicker to see how my hip would react. My hip felt pretty decent the entire time. A little achey but not overly painful. Last 2 miles were at closer to 8 min pace.

6 slow miles. 4 with Rex (neighbor) out and back along Wasatch Blvd and then 2 loops in my neighborhood to test out how the hip would feel. The hip felt good for the first 4 miles, but then it got a little more achey on the next 2 miles. It wasn't super painful or hindering to me, but still enough of an annoyance that it kept my attention.

6.25 slow hilly miles. Ran from my house up big cottonwood canyon for a bit and then turned around and came back up to my house, with some loops in the hood. Hip felt good today, so that is promising.

6.25 slow and lonely miles today. Just weaved up and down my neighborhood. My hip felt totally fine until about mile 4 and then it started acting up a bit. I hope I can get this thing figured out soon.

cross training.

Was given a copy of the Iron Strength workout DVD that was put out by Dr. Metzlr and runners world. Let's just say I am much weaker than I realized. It does a bunch of plyometrics and very low weights for some upper body work. Really gets the legs and abs burning and the heart rate up. I will try this 2 days a week and see if it will help with my hip and running overall.

6.25 slow miles. Legs were crazy sore from the cross training. Took about a mile to get my legs feeling decent. Hip felt good until mile 5 then I noticed a little ache. My not have noticed the ache in the hip due to both legs aching pretty good throughout.

7.1 total today. Ran 5 slow with my neighbor and then 2.1 quicker miles solo. New shoes felt great and my hip felt the best that it has in a while.

Iron Strength workout

6 more slow miles.

Ran 1 while I waited for my neighbor then did 5 with him. Hip feels decent. I still get a bit of an ache after a few miles but it isn't getting worse. Hope that means it is getting better.

6 miles around the hood. Hip was a little achey but not bad.

7 miles around the neighborhood. Got into a small race up a hill with a cyclist. He just barely caught me right at the line. Next time I'll get him.

Iron Strength

6.5 miles. From my house out north on Wasatch Blvd until the golf course, then turned around and back up to my house. The hip didn't bother me today. Just sore legs from Iron Strength.

Iron Strength
 

7 slow miles with lots of up and down.

Ran from  my house down around the retention pond for Big Cottonwood Creek and back up to my house.

8 slow miles. 2 in the neighborhood and then 6 out and back south on Wasatch.

Hip almost felt totally normal. Just a slight stiffness/ache towards the end when I tried to pick up the pace a bit.

iron strength

5 miles on the Quarry Trail up Little Cottonwood Canyon. Was nice to be off the road. Have never run on trail before and I really enjoyed it.

just did some core strengthening and stretching.

9.5 slow.

Ran with my neighbor and he wanted to do 8, but wa running slower than normal. So, I just would run ahead a bit and go back and find him. Furthest I have run in a while and felt good. Hip got a little tight towards the end but no pain.

5 miles in the heat. Hip feeling better. 

7 miles on the usual route. a couple neighborhood loops and then out and back south on Wasatch Blvd.

There was a dead skunk on Wasatch that was not fun to run past, twice!

Iron Strength

6.25 slow trail/road.

up Mt. Olympus trail to Bonneville Shoreline trail and then north for 2 miles or so. Turned around and ran back to my car. Was with my neighbor and had to wait for him to get back so I ran south along Wasatch Blvd to the edge of the golf course and then turned back around.

AM - 8 slow miles. My neighbor bailed at 1.5 miles due to stomach issues. This allowed me to speed up quite a bit since I wasn't with him anymore. Decided to just meander around the neighborhood and then out along Wasatch Blvd towards Little Cottonwood Canyon. Ran into another friend and ran 2 miles back to my house with him.

Felt nice to have a little bit of a faster pace. I need to start throwing in some speedy miles to test the hip and get my lungs back a bit more. Today my hip felt good. Still tightened up a little but not painful.

PM - 7 miles. Went up to Park City to run in the inaugural Silver Creek Invitational. It was a good time with great people. I thoroughly enjoyed the trail even though I freaked every time I heard a bush rustle. The big moose on lap 2 was a bit close for comfort. Thanks James for setting it all up. 

7 on the usual route.

forgot to charge my watch and had to just go off of feel. No hip discomfort.

8 slow miles.

did 2 solo and then met my neighbor for the next 4 and finished off with 2 more solo.

no hip discomfort. now I need to start getting some speed work back in and see how it responds.

4 solo

2 with neighbor

1.1 solo to cool down.

no hip pain and I haven't taken any ibuprofen for a couple of weeks now. good sign!

1 mile solo and then met my neighbor for 7 more slow miles. Had to stop and start 2 times which bugged my hip for just a bit after each stop but then went away quickly.

iron strength

9 miles. South on Wasatch and then up LCC to the junction. Back down 9400 s and back along Wasatch past La Caille.

Felt good throughout. Lots of runners and cyclists out today.

10 miles with 1 at marathon pace just for fun. The hip injury set me back a bit. 1 mile at MP was about all I could handle. 

9 miles down Big Cottonwood Canyon. Ran with Baptiste from Mill D upper parking lot back down to the mouth of the canyon. He is running the marathon in Sept. and wanted to train on the downhill a bit. He had texted me to say he is running 9:30-10:00 min miles. I thought in my head that we would be faster than that just due to the steep road. We ended up running 7:37 avg for the 9 miles. My hip felt fine throughout which is encouraging.

Also, the canyon was amazing this morning after the rain storm. It was in the 50's at the start of our run!

2.5 miles in San Antonio.

Just ran along the golf course at our resort. Saw lots of rabbits, a deer, 2 skunk. Was hot and humid. Would have loved to run further, but had to be back to our classes at the conference.

10 miles.

Ran up Little Cottonwood Canyon and back down the south side and then past la caille.

Hip felt good throughout, but my left quad got really achey for some reason.

6.25 solo miles around the neighborhood.

Hip is feeling great. I think it is time to start increasing pace and throw in some speed sessions again.

7 slow miles.

Met my neighbor and his wife for a tour through the neighborhood. Picked up the pace for the last 3/4 of the 6th mile. Felt fine in the hip region.

8 solo miles

Neighbor bailed on me last second so I decided to run my ususal 8 mile loop up LCC. I got to push myself harder since I wasn't dragging my neighbor around. Felt good the entire run, a few times I completely lost my breathing and had to really focus to get back into a good rythym.

8 miles

3 solo around the neighborhood. First mile was rough, couldn't find a rythym but just kept pushing and started feeling better by about 1.5. Met neighbors for 5 more slow miles.

8 miles.

First 6 with my neighbor at a slow pace. Then added 2 more miles solo at a much quicker pace. not marathon pace, but in the 7:30 ish range. Felt good throughout.

10 miles.

9 slow miles up LCC. Decided to throw in 1 fastish mile (6:43) on the flatest section of Wasatch Blvd from the La Caille turn to the fire station. Felt good but was loosing my lungs a bit towards the end. I need to start throwing in more of those miles each week to get my speed endurance back up.

7 miles

Slowly meandered around the neighborhood. Grateful I have no hip pain.

5 miles pushing a stroller. It was a little warm for me but felt nice to be out. 

6 miles in the rain this morning.

Felt great to stay cool during the entire run. Ran with Andy (neighbor who just returned from his mission). Brazil was not kind to his lungs. This elevation is making his return a bit rough.

7 slow miles.

Never felt much energy today. Didn't really get into this run, but glad to have knocked out 7 miles.

6 solo miles.

Tried a route I don't think I have ever run. Was challenging for sure. North on Wasatch to Big Cottonwood Canyon then West on Fort Union Blvd. Left at Butler Elementary and over to Bengal Blvd. Then up Bengal. Had to run a small loop in the neighborhood to get to 6.

Will likely become a regular route now.

10 miles.

Ran over to the La Caille turn on Wasatch and ran the hill up LCC 3 times. Then back to the neighborhood to drop off my neighbor. I continued for 2 more miles. Felt good the entire run and that hill that used to put fear in me is now just a bump in the road on my runs.

6.26 solo.

Neither of my neighbors could slay the sleep monster today. Ran solo down around the retention pond below BCC and back to my house. May run a long run out of BCC to help a friend training for the marathon in a month. Not sure my legs can handle 20 but we will see.
 

20.5 miles

Ran the Big Cottonwood course with a friend and his neighbor. Didn't push this run at all and felt good throughout. My shoes are 1/2 size too small so my toes felt a bit crammed with all the downhill. The out and back section along Wasatch is much shorter this year and shouldn't be too much of an issue for a lot of runners. It's no wonder this race is taking precedence over STG this year. Saw lots of police cars, fire engines, and emt crews flying up the canyon. Figured someone had fallen on a hike early this morning. When I got back to my car at Guardsman, they were there working on a guy who had rolled his truck off the road up top.

6 miles

Slowly through the neighborhood and out and back along Wasatch Blvd. Legs have been sore since Friday's long run. Possibly overdid it, but this 6 really helped get some of the soreness out.

6 Miles

Ran to the hill by La Caille and decided to try and move up the leaderboard of that Garmin Segment. Did the hill at a 7:07 pace  which was good enough for 7th place. There are a few people that obviously didn't actually run it so if you take them out I would be 3rd or 4th. 

6 miles

usual route

6 miles

dropped my car of for some maintenance and ran home. Lots of uphill running. Almost got hit by a car in Big Cottonwood Canyon because the driver was texting or doing something on his phone. Didn't have much of a shoulder on the road and he was veering toward me and noticed at the last second and swerved.

8 miles

Around the neighborhood and then out Wasatch and up the hill into LCC then back home. Legs are a bit tired from the backpacking hike over the weekend.

8 miles

One of those mornings where the legs and mind are both on the same page. Both didn't want to run today. Forced it for about 4 miles and then started feeling better and sped up quite a bit. Ran down Wasatch to the trail that leads to the retention pond below the canyon and then back up.

12 miles.

Ran the 'outside the canyon' section of the Big Cottonwood Marathon course with Baptiste. Out and back on Wasatch is much better than last year but still no walk in the park. Then ran down to the finish area on Fort Union Blvd and back up to the parking lot at the mouth of the canyon.

6 miles

Ran around the neighborhood solo. Last mile was a 6:56. Felt good to go fastish.

7 miles.

Ran with my neighbor, did a couple of hard pushes into the 6:20 range for a total of 1 mile. Ended up running 7 miles in the same time it took the neighbor to complete 6. Felt nice to run since I have been super sick/congested the last several days. Still a bit stuffed up, but overall feeling much better. Also, 0 hip pain still. Super happy about that.

6 miles

Was going to go to LCC and run a few hill repeats up the big hill at the mouth, the wind was almost unbearable. Felt like it was slowing me down over a minute per mile. Just ended up doing 1 time up and then back down and around the neighborhood.

8.15 miles

Didn't really plan to have a 3 mile tempo, but with the gradual down for 2 of it I just decided to roll with it for a bit. The last mile was flat and slightly uphill on 6200 S. Felt decent. The last few miles of climbing were alright as well. Fall is definitely in the air. It was in the 40's during the run and I had the crist smell of leaves the whole time.

12 miles.

My neighbor told me he wanted to go at 6:00 AM so we could do a longer run. I got to his house and he tells me he wants to do 10 miles. In my head I thought, this is going to take forever! but I just went along with it and he actually kept a little bit quicker pace for the first 2 miles. During which he explained that he wanted to get faster. I nearly shed a tear because I have been dying running slow with him. Well around mile 3 he just decided to run slow again. No explanation, just about 1 min per mile slower. So I did my usual thing and ran in and out of cul de sacs and added mileage wherever I could or I would run ahead and then back track to find him. In the end I added 2 extra miles in the same time he did his 10. My 12 miles were slower than I care to admit, but 12 miles is still 12 miles. Right?

On a better note, I registered for Boston 2016 when I got back from the run! Hope I make it in.

9 miles.

Warmed up by running 2.25 to the Brighton High track. Then did 8 x 400m. Had a 200m break in between. Was the first track workout for my neighbor and took it pretty easy to stay with him. First one was slow, then we had some decent pace for the middle 6, and then a quick one to finish off the 8th. Felt great to be back on a track. Will start throwing in a few of these here and there to keep some speed work in the rotation. Then ran the 2.25 back to the house and continued to do some loops in the neighborhood while I waited for my neighbor to make it back up Bengal Blvd.

6 miles

Strolled through the neighborhood nice and easy. Neighbor bailed on me last minute and I didn't have my phone on me so I sat outside his house for a bit and then decided to just run a couple of laps around the block to give him time to get out, never came. Got home to a text that said he was going to bail because he was too tired.

8 miles

Got out 15 min before my neighbor so I did 2 miles solo. Then met up and did a 2 mile warm up with him before beginning a little 'speed' workout for him. Did .5 at about 8:30 then slowed back to his normal pace of around 10:50. Did 4 of those and progressively got faster during the speed portions and slower during the recovery portions. Tried to explain to him that he needs to push the recovery sections so stay at his normal pace. He was huffing and puffing at the time I told him so he didn't really care .

Got home and my email from Boston informed me that I missed the cutoff by 15 seconds. Super Bummer:(

6 miles

Had planned on running a 8-10 today but when I woke up to pouring rain I decided to wait a bit and see if it let up. Got out and dragged my neighbor around for 6 miles. The rain stopped right as I walked outside and was perfect weather for the entire run.

Good luck to all those running St. George this weekend!

7 miles

Woke up with a sore back and just had one of those 'not feelin' it' days. Tried to push to under 7 min/mile pace for the last little bit and struggled to maintain it. Will start to add more speed workouts to try and get some of it back.

8 miles

Ran along Wasatch south past La Caille up the hill to 9400s. Then crushed a garmin segment up the canyon and back down to the light at Wasatch. Avg. pace for segment was 7:02. It is about 1.5 miles up the canyon and then 2.25 back down to the other light. Once I got to the bottom of the hill I just kept it rolling until I only had 1 mile left. Felt nice to see some sub 6:00 pace for the downhills. Need to get more of that in as I begin my BQ training for next year. The injury early this year really took its toll on my speed.

6 miles

From the house down to the BCC trail and down around the retention pond and back up. 3 miles down and 3 miles back up. Really beats up the legs.

7.25 miles

Usual warm up in neighborhood, then out along Wasatch then down Danish and back up Bengal to my house.

6 miles

Just did my loopy route through the neighborhood.

7.25 miles

2 in the neighborhood, then out to Danish and then down to Bengal. Finished up Bengal and in to my house. Tried to keep a bit of a more up tempo pace, but not marathon pace.

10 miles

Ran with my neighbor for the first time in 2 weeks so the pace was slowed down again. I would run out ahead and then back track to find him and just did that the entire run. He ended up with 7.5 miles and I finished with 9. Then I did an extra mile solo to get to a nice even 10.

It was a nice crisp fall morning.

10 miles

Ran with my neighbor for 7.5 miles. Then dropped him off and decided to round it off to 10. Did lots of hill climbing this morning by choosing an unfamiliar route.

10 miles w/4 at MP

Was solo today so I decided to try and get a little tempo work in. Ran 2 miles in the neighborhood and then decided I would pick it up for 4 miles at marathon pace. Started to get a crazy bad stomach ache around mile 3, so I had that to deal with for the next 3 miles. Once I finished the 4th fast mile, my stomach felt terrible so I stopped for a second and tried to get rid of the pain. After a minute it started feeling better and continued with my run.

I noticed a couple of things today. Why is it, that when you are running in the dark, cars turn on their brights as they pass you? I was blinded several times this morning. Also, why do people get up so early to smoke weed? I ran through a couple of areas where I could tell someone was out smoking, it was 6:25 or so when I ran through there. Seemed strange.

7 miles

5 miles around the neighborhood with my neighbor and his wife. Then did 2 solo at a faster pace.

Yesterday afternoon I was sitting on the floor cleaning up a mess my kids had made. I went to stand up and my left knee popped pretty loud. It hurt pretty bad for a few seconds is all and then felt alright. No noticable swelling, but if I bend all the way down, I can feel a tightness on the back side of my knee. Todays run didn't seem to agrivate it at all. Fingers crossed it is nothing.

8 miles

Ran the Danish loop after the usual neighborhood warm up. No knee pain after the popping on Sunday. It is getting colder in the mornings and the weather shows possible snow next Wednesday. Might be time to break out the tights.

8 miles

Ran solo which meant I could sleep in a little bit longer. Got out and ran through some thick fog for the first 5 miles. It was fitting with Halloween this weekend. I was spooked by a dog running on the sidewalk next to me, but I couldn't see the dog. Maybe I was just imagining things.

8 miles

Ran solo around the neighborhood. It was nice to have it so warm and so light outside today. My big toe started hurting like I was getting an ingrown toenail. Will have to turn into a surgeon tonight and fix that.

7 miles

It was a nice cool morning with very light snow falling. My neighbor came and ran extra slow so I just did lots of loops around him as we ran our usual route. He did 5 miles and I got in 7 with all the back and forth.

6 miles

Had planned to go 8 today but just didn't get by butt out of bed in time. So I punished myself by running 2 tempo miles. Avg pace on tempo was 6:40ish. 1st mile was mainly downhill and second mile was a pretty good mix that ended with a long up along the Cottonwood Heights 5k course. Felt good throughout with no hip, knee, or toe pain.

5 miles

Was on a cruise all week in the Bahamas and didn't really feel like I had time to run as we were in port and doing fun stuff. This day was a day at sea so we went to the gym on the ship and ran on the TM. Was going to do 6 miles but got bored and was sweating so bad after mile 1 that I just wanted to be done. Did 2 fast miles (6:45, 6:27), but they were on a treadmill so I am not sure how that translates to the road. Felt nice and easy at sea level. 

11 miles

Ran the slowest 11 miles of my life with my neighbor. I tried to convince him that instead of waking up super early he just needed to run faster. He said, "these are quantity miles, not quality miles". I said they could be both and we could both sleep in a little longer. I don't think he cared too much.

13.5 miles

My neighbor is wanting to run 10 miles 3 times a week until Christmas because his wife will buy him a Garmin Fenix 3 if he hits 500 miles by then. I know he will not make it to the 500 mark by Christmas but it gives me a chance to increase my mileage. The caveat is he runs super slow.

Today I just did a lot of out and backs as he ran the ten mile course we had planned. I ended up with 2.5 miles more than him. He added an extra mile for fun. I decided to run a quick mile on a flatish section of Wasatch (actually had a good chunk of uphill) since my legs were feeling tired. It actually felt better to run faster (6:40).

8 miles

Ran solo this morning so I decided to run up LCC and down the back side and then along Wasatch back home. Didn't plan on pushing any pace but ended up with 3 faster miles (avg 6:52). Legs were feeling tire from the beginning so I was glad to be able to hang on for 3 faster miles.

Also was pleased that it didn't take me 1:45 min to run 8 miles like it usually does when my neighbor comes with me.

10.25 miles

Woke up several times during the night with the feeling of vomits coming. Never did throw up and never felt much better. Went out anyways. 2 miles in, I thought I was about to lose it. That feeling was short lived. Made it to the finish and didn't feel any better or any worse. Still feel a bit naseous. Glad to get in the miles. Also, it was freezing out there this morning. My hands were numb from about mile 3 on.

7 miles

Went out late and ran to the park to see if my ward was still there playing football. played a few series of football and then just ran laps around the park while subbing in and out of the turkey bowl. Then ran home to help prepare some food for the big feast. 

4 miles

7 miles

Off work early and decided to head out and enjoy the afternoon sun before the holiday parties began. Took a new route and it had some downhill miles and flat sections so I ended up with some fasterish miles (6:39 , 6:29). Then I had a long uphill to get back home. Plus starting out fast and not running much this month took its toll on me.