Three miles today in 34:49, which is an 11:36 mile on average. First mile was in 12:21. I walked 0.25 mi. in the middle to test whether I could pick up after doing a mile and half and do it again. And I did. Rather than doing four miles tomorrow, I’m going to do exactly this routine for Wednesday and Thursday to give my body time to adjust, even though I feel I could go longer/harder. The splints are developing, as well, and I need to find some good stretches to work that out.

I’m entertaining the idea of formalizing a training plan for the next couple of weeks. While I have no problem running the exact same distance/route every day, I’m fully aware the body’s tendencies to adapt and reduce the usefulness of a workout when it’s monotonous. Current Idea:Monday: 2.5 miTuesday: 3 miWednesday: 4 miThursday: 3 miFriday: 2.5 mi (because I know I am le tired at 05:30 on a Friday)

This morning’s run was awesome. First mile down in 10:50, which is entirely too fast for my liking. I want 12:00 min/mi until I can run for 45 minutes non-stop. In the middle of my 0.50 mi recovery walk (weak stomach and asthma flare-up, another sign of too fast a pace), my music player died. When I picked up again for the second interval, I was able to go slowly enough that the limiting factor was upper body posture, rather than lungs or stomach. And when I stopped after a mile to cool down, I wasn’t even tired. I’m confident that I could have gone on for another half mile.…