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.…

No run this morning. My legs appreciate the break, and my entire body appreciates the extra sleep.

Today was the first day in my entire life I have run a mile without stopping. I didn’t clock it, because I usually clock my first mile, which includes my 0.25 mi. warm-up, rather than my first mile with a quarter-mile offset. But my first mile was 12:05 today. And the mile run wasn’t killer. By the end of the final lap, I was having some trouble controlling my breathing, and phlegm production had increased significantly. A quarter-mile recovery walk was sufficient for me to pick up and run another 0.625 mi. I would call that a “highly reproducible” run, which makes me all kinds of giddy. I only did…

One develops some damn shin splints and sore feet, that’s what. I need new shoes. Even walking, I can feel that the cushioning is gone in the toe/ball of the foot section of these, and my feet are starting to stay sore all day after my runs. They’re just cheap Saucony Grid Auras, but they’ve served me well for over three hundred miles. I need to acquire another pair, is all. This morning, I walked 3.5 mi at a 15:17 pace on the track. I even remembered to reverse direction today so that I’m going clockwise. And I managed to keep count of laps. I’m starting to wonder if there’s…