9/10/17 to 9/23/17: Mileage is Back

Well, after an enjoyable and too-short vacation, I'm back at it.  The past two weeks of running have been filled with a lot of quality and quantity, in addition to more cross training.  I'm not doing a lot of things, but I'm making sure I do at least one 2-minute plank each work day along with a hodge-podge of exercises two evenings or more per week.  I'd like to think I'm eating a little better as well.  With the end of vacation and the end of summer, I've been thinking that perhaps a re-assessment of my habits outside of running is in order.

While I'm generally doing things 'right,' I also have areas to improve.  I remember reading the book The Power of Habit, and perhaps I should re-read it.  I think I've developed the neural pathways to create the 'running' habit, but I've been unsuccessful in other areas.  Part of the problem is that running 100+ miles per week and working a full time job leaves less time and energy for focusing on the little things...but, I'm also not sure if that tells the whole story.  For example, why can't I get in a 10 minute nap at lunch?  Why can't I take 5-minutes each morning to stretch out the major leg muscles?  And why can't I find the time to roll out, do core, hips, etc?  None of these take that much time.  Altogether, I could probably get all of it done in less than one hour each day.  Don't I have one hour?

I'm not sure if I do have one hour, but hopefully I can find some time on most days.  In the grand scheme of running, I think I just need to stay healthy.  I looked over last year's training, and I had quite a few interruptions towards the end of the year (ankle, achilles, stomach bug).  If not for those, perhaps 2017 wouldn't be the Year-of-no-meaningful-PRs.  But...2017 isn't over yet.

The stuff...

10-Sep		Long Run		2:07:02		17.01		AM: 17+ 7:28/mile.
		Off		0:00:00		0		PM: Off.
11-Sep		MLR		1:13:49		10.04		AM: 10+ at 7:21/mile.
		Easy		1:01:16		8		PM: 8m at 7:39/mile.
12-Sep		Easy		1:02:40		8.14		AM: 8m at 7:42/mile.
		Harvard Track		1:45:00		12.98		PM: Commute home then track.  800/(1000/800/600)x2.  5k with a surge w/300 to go.  Good workout, paces were generally good.
13-Sep		Easy		1:03:36		8.09		AM: 8+ at 7:52/mile.  Tired.
		Easy		0:51:32		6.33		PM: 6+ at 8:08/mile with the last bit with Eli and Raleigh on the slower side.  Had a bit of workout Wednesday too.
14-Sep		Easy		1:02:19		8.14		AM: 8m commute at 7:39/mile.
		Commute & Hills		1:36:02		10.88		PM: Commute home then 6 easy hill repeats. 10+ total at whatever.
15-Sep		Easy		1:02:49		8.09		AM: 8+ at 7:46/mile.
		Easy		0:50:06		6.34		PM: 6+ at 7:54/mile.
16-Sep		Fresh Pond 2-Lapper		0:43:56		6.2		AM: Jogged over to Fresh Pond to casually do the 2-lapper and get to 10k for the day.  Average 7:05/mile for the morning.
		Off		0:00:00		0		PM: Off…well…I bowled.  That count?
17-Sep		Warm Up & Cool Down		1:00:00		6.61		AM: Solid ~6m warm up.  Easy .75 cool down where Tom and I were hollered at as "a couple of gay guys" then hooted at as "eye candy woo woo."
		CVS 5k *GP		0:16:25		3.13		AM: Not a PR, but went out in 5 flat.  Never done that before even with a downhill-ish start.  Didn't implode either and it was super sticky and warm.  Encouraging result.
18-Sep		MLR Moderate-ish		1:15:15		10.23		AM: 10+ commute feeling solid.  7:21/mile.
		MLR Moderate to Easy		1:17:42		10.49		PM: Commute home ended up going in the low 7s for about 8m or so before doing a lap around Fresh Pond with Eli and Raleigh.
19-Sep		Easy		1:02:12		8.07		AM: 8+ at 7:42/mile.
		Harvard Track		2:10:48		16.48		PM: Commute home and to Harvard.  800, 1200x4. 800 at 5K, 1200 at 8K/5K/8K pace.
20-Sep		Easy		1:05:13		8.09		AM: 8+ commute slower at 8:04/mile.
		Easy		0:56:15		6.78		PM: Easy home at 8:18:/mile.  Some w/Eli and Raleigh.
21-Sep		MLR Easy		1:17:48		10.2		AM: A bit longer at 7:38/mile.
		Hill Repeats		1:36:07		11.6		PM: Commute home plus hill repeats 8 x 30s fairly hard.
22-Sep		Easy		1:02:08		8.09		AM: 8m at 7:41/mile.
		Easy		0:46:29		5.56		PM: 5+ slow at 8:22/mile.
23-Sep		Fresh Pond Easy		0:42:24		5.22		AM: Fresh Pond one lapper then a bit with Eli and Raleigh.
		Off		0:00:00		0		PM: Off.

9/12 Splits:

800-2:41.2

1000-3:15.27

800-2:37.6

600-1:57.9

1000-3:20.4 (shit)

800-2:36.9

600-1:51.5

9/19 Splits:

800-2:41.6

1200-4:13.1

1200-4:11.4

1200-4:08.5

1200-4:02.2

Totals: 110.24 & 110.55