Approaching the big days: every one!

Fri, Jan 20: rest
Sat, Jan 21: rest (aah, supposed to do 4 miles easy but forgot)
Sun, Jan 22: 10 miles in the parks (last run over 10 miles, now!)
Mon, Jan 23: rest. Went to open interviews for Organic Food Cafe. It seems really cool-- hope to get it!
Tues, Jan 24: 3 miles, including 3 x 3 min Aerobic intervals. Nice to go a little faster. I wonder if I should have done my long runs at a less relaxed pace, after reading some article about how you should do the first 10 miles of your long run at a less relaxed "race pace." Though I think my race pace will try to be comfortable for the first 10 miles, since my goal is to finish... (Once I said, "break 4 hours," then "break Stephanie's 3:41," but now I think finishing strong is a better goal for me.)
Weds, Jan 25: rest. Continue job apps and get ready for interviews, etc..

Thurs, Jan 26-Feb 5: I don't rightly remember. Went on a 2-mile run at Dartmouth (Jan 31). Had some foot pain at some point. High heels hurt during the two interviews Jan 31 and Feb 2. Went on short bike ride with Malia the morning before the race.

As the day wears on, my heart wears out.

My title seems inspired by Stephanie's titles... Indubitably!

Sat, Jan 7: rest
Sun, Jan 8: rest
Mon, Jan 9: ? rest? hm
Tues, Jan 10: 5 miles
Wed, Jan 11: rest
Thurs, Jan 12: 10 miles, exploring the route to Radnor from Percy Warner
Fri, Jan 13: rest
Sat, Jan 14: 4 miles
Sun, Jan 15: 20 miles! Percy Warner <--> Radnor, then around Belle Meade a little
Mon, Jan 16: rest (2 mile hike with Daniel, took 75 minutes! legs sore)
Tues, Jan 17: rest
Wed, Jan 18: 5 mile run, 0.6 mile walk with Daniel. Rejected by TFA, but there's still med school.
Thurs, Jan 19: rest, 1 mile walk with Daniel

Happy New Year, building up cheer

Thurs, Dec 29: 8 hours of travel to get back to TN. ugh + rest.
Fri, Dec 30: drove over to Chattanooga. rest
Sat, Dec 31: lay in bed all day except for two 1-mile walks up and down a hill.
Sun, Jan 1: Happy New Year! Still stuck in Chattanooga with no running clothes.
Mon, Jan 2: back in town. Can't slow down. little sleep. + emo.
Tues, Jan 3: ran about 20 minutes before getting unreasonably scared of two deer and calling Daniel to come pick me up. It's not as if I don't usually see deer in that park...
Wed, Jan 4: finally, a run! 7.5 miles in about 80 minutes, including some walking up hills. I decided to take it easy on myself as I had been really emo lately. When my expectations are too great, I don't even try sometimes, and I just wanted to get out the door.
Thurs, Jan 5: rest
Fri, Jan 6: 13.74 miles walk/run on the dirt trails of the park. Walked when felt dead, which was up many of the hills, and down the treacherous slopes. Next week I try this on the (more gently sloped) pavements, which I had previously run on (and will race on)! I think I have more endurance then. Total time: 3:20. Also +1.5 mile walk with Daniel before started, for an extra 30 minutes of walk. So slow! This was harder than the 16-mile run 3 weeks ago, and it took way more time.

Winter Splinters

Tuesday, Dec 13: 16 miles in Nashville Parks. Wahoo! first 5 miles on a hiking trail ranked "moderate" that was really steep up and down at points. Since it was muddy, had to walk some downhills. Quite tired by the end.
Wednesday, Dec 14: rest
Thursday, Dec 15: rest + b-day
Friday, Dec 16: 4 mile run Murray-> Sxtn--> 155th and then an hour of ice skating later that night (supposed to do 5 miles)
Saturday, Dec 17: rest.
Sunday, Dec 18: Had a dream about an angel carrying me when I had glass splinters in my feet which, when I pulled them out, turned to these long plants. I remember it feeling just like when you pull out long splinters. 9.1 miles. (Supposed to do 10. Oopsie Poopsie!)
Monday, Dec 19: rest
Tues, Dec 20: first 18 miler today! Tried out a gel @ the 6 mile mark, and a Lara bar @ the 9 mile mark
Wed, Dec 21: rest
Thurs, Dec 22: rest
Fri, Dec 23: rest?
Sat, Dec 24: 5 miles to Highland forest (and a little inside) with lili
Sun, Dec 25: rest
Mon, Dec 26: rest (tired from 6 am shopping)
Tues, Dec 27: past weir, scholls route + a little extra through powerlines @ end:
Wed, Dec 28: rest

TN Week 8, 9, 10

Wednesday, Nov 9: rest?
Thursday, Nov 10: 7 miles on river trail. Scared off the last mile by a pack of dogs.
Friday, Nov 11: rest
Saturday, Nov 12: rest
Sun, Nov 13: Mayor's 5k run! 24:15 - 30 second start and ran first 1/2 mile with DHaas's dad, who finished 36:06
Mon, Nov 14: rest
Tues, Nov 15: rest
Wed, Nov 16: rest for no reason
Thurs, Nov 17: attempted a 14 mile run but legs so unreasonably dead and tired and groins/quads extremely tight so walked the last 3 painful miles. : ( and I thought it was only 2 miles
Fri, Nov 18: rest
Sat, Nov 19: 5.4 mile run to Old Hickory via Rolling River including 3x3 min aerobic intervals... (43 min total. 9:15 pace avg)
Sun, Nov 20: zip, butt is killing me
Mon, Nov 21: zip
Tues, Nov 22: zip
Wed, Nov 23: zip
Thurs, Nov 24: zip
Fri, Nov 25: 1 mile run with tight butt
Sat, Nov 26: 3 mile run, very slowly and winded : (

Not sure what happened in this time block I think there were a couple 5 mile runs and a 3 mile treadmill attempt in there, but no long run this week:
Sun, Nov 27:
Mon, Nov 28:
Tues, Nov 29:
Wed, Nov 30:
Thurs, Dec 1:
Fri, Dec 2:
Sat, Dec 3:

Sun, Dec 4: rest
Mon, Dec 5: 14 mile long run in parks. Woooh!
Tues, Dec 6: rest (Stony Brook interview!)
Wed, Dec 7: rest
Thurs, Dec 8: 6 miles
Fri, Dec 9: rest
Sat, Dec 10: rest (scared of the cold)
Sun, Dec 11: 9 miles
Mon, Dec 12:

Irvine Week 7 and Beyond

Tuesday: rest
Wednesday: 5 mile run w/ Joey (some 50m walk breaks every ~ 5 min) to Bommer Cyn followed by 2 mi cooldown walk.
Thursday: rest, then fly!
Friday: rest, first day of work
Saturday: 8 mi run in TN park : )
Sun, Nov 6: rest
Mon: 12 mi run back and forth x2 on river trail (not the town end). Tired! Face deformed by freckles??? Noooooooo (I need to wear sunblock)
weekly total: 25

next week: 5(w/7 TUT)-8-14 with mayor's 5k on Sunday (Nov 13)

Irvine Week 6

Tuesday: terrible mental PMS, so didn't get out the door to run, but biked 15 miles roundtrip to tutor. All the Herbalife-encouraged starvation backfired and I tried the caloric equivalent of drying my tears with cheeseburgers (and candy corn! 'Tis the season!) last night.
Wednesday: biked 15 miles roundtrip to tutor, then ran ~6miles (0.3 mile walk to cooldown) around Turtle Rock for my "5 mile run with uphills." This is my belated beginning of Week 6 of the RW training plan. I'm a little worried about running in Vegas, but something can be worked out, I'm sure... Tentatively a 7 mile run Friday morning there (where???), then on Sunday morning when I'm back from Vegas. ...Yeah!
Thursday: rest
Friday: wow, exactly 7.0 mile run on the sidewalks, steps, and pedestrian bridges of Vegas, from the MGM Grand to the Stratosphere and back around 7,8 in the a.m.. The hardcore drinkers were still up then, so my middle finger got some exercise, too.
Saturday: rest
Sunday: rest
Monday: AWESOME 11.5-12 mi run on Shady Canyon to Uni all the way to Harvard and then home.
weekly mileage: 30 miles bike, 24.5-25 miles run