And that’s all I can ask for! I’m starting to recover now, which is great. Today’s workout with Carleton/Simone: 25 minutes of threshold/tempo (forget what term is right?) — my 5:55 to 6:05 range. She’s been a little sick lately, and knowing how I’ve felt, we each told the other that there was a good…

I decided to give myself another evening off. I went back and forth about it today, and decided that I’d allow one more rest day. Am I just being a wuss? I decided I wasn’t, that this was a fatigue I’ve never felt before, and thought that taking one more day off would be best….

I’ve spent the last part of the week just trying to recover. From what? I’m still not sure. After Wednesday’s threshold with Simone, my legs were shot. The “I’ve just run a marathon” kind of shot, where going down stairs is painful. WEIRD. It was just 25 minutes at a 6 minute pace! I’ve tried…

I showed up to practice today, nervous as I’ve been in a long time! The distance team was driven outside of town on a less busy/no stop sign road. The team and I did about a mile and a half warm up, and then started the threshold. Wow… Simone will be so helpful for me!…

I am SOOO excited. Unbelievably excited, actually. Although I’ve done well the last 7-8 months, training alone because I haven’t been able to find anyone my speed within a reasonable driving distance, it gets old. Plus, I know I can push myself harder if I’m chasing someone or being chased. [Aside on running in Red…

I took 2 days off because of the move. Wow, how do we have so much stuff?? [Aside: when we drove to our closing, it was literally -20 out, without windchill. Yikes!] Luckily, we had a lot of help, but it still took 2 full days. I meant to try to run Saturday evening, but…