Semester "Break"

Since the semester ended last week I've been running with Andy every day. Neither one of us wants to go it alone, and I'm pretty thankful to have a training partner. Yesterday we did a 4 mile tempo run on the treadmill. I ran the first two miles at 6:15 pace, then took a bathroom break and finished the last two starting at about 5:50 and working down from there. It was somewhat of a mental boost realizing that I'm in a little better shape than I previously thought. I was also worried about my peroneal tendon, which has been slightly sore the past few days. It's the same one I pulled way back in August, during camp week. I doubt it's related to the same injury however, since it was fine the rest of the season.

Today I met at Ash's house (as usual) and we jogged about half a mile to meet up with Kyle Steiner. Haven't run with him since summer. That man is a beast. Apparently he's trying to recover from some knee problems so he can get back to training for a double decathlon. The run wasn't terrible, although my stomach has given me issues the past couple days. I did about 58 minutes total, but we weren't going real fast. It was probably between 7.5 and 8 miles. Planning to run tomorrow morning and then maybe again in the afternoon, depending how the peroneal feels. Russ has us doing double days now, and the actual season hasn't even started yet. If everything goes according to plan I'll start practice January 4th at 70 miles a week, which was my peak mileage at the height of the previous season. Here's to hoping the body can keep up.