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- run 1:00:35, 10.00 km
watch clicked over exactly, precisely at the bottom of my front steps. very satisfying. a little sore in upper hamstrings and glutes and pecs, no surprise.

* body little off with the time adjustment for spring forward.

death to daylight savings time. standard time forever.

 

i carried a water bottle on today's long run, ended up drinking the whole thing (500mL). it's an early version of this, with a simpler strap: https://hydrapak.com/products/skyflask%E2%84%A2-speed-500ml. i like the soft-plus-strap combo, the thing shrinks down as i drink and it's easy to maneuver around if i'm trying to tear open a gel.

yesterday

- treadmill 5k
-- warm up
-- 5k in 19:27 (i.e., treadmill set at 9.5 mph)
-- cool down

- climb x 30 mins

extremely happy and surprised with the 5k. going in my plan was to try to make it to two miles and then see if i was in good enough shape to hold on for the full distance. as it happened, HR never went above 170 and it felt below lactate threshold the whole time. i could have kept going. caveats apply for treadmill and also my fancy new shoes (sprang for a pair of asics metaspeed edge), but still. i was hoping to be able to run sub-20 and i cruised to it. confident i could run a sub-20 5k outside, although it might hurt more.

this means i need to adjust workout paces down 

ETA: steve magness now has a mirror on the floor with the stickers still on it, a small low shelf/clothing rail, and a round orange thing of indeterminate size and purpose behind him. the mystery continues.

it was dragging a little yesterday. back to normal today. how's the homestead?

- run 50:58, 9.00 km; 3 strides in final 2 km
suddenly warm, like 61F/16C. knees felt okay, legs a little dead feeling.

went out to do my long run this morning and posterior medial right knee immediately started clicking with a bit of pain. not severe but enough to make me stop a block from my house and turn around and walk home. felt obviously like something not to push through. very odd. gonna do a bit of research now and hopefully try again later today.

EDIT: knee was okay this evening, thank goodness.

- run 1:27:25, 15.51 km
full of energy, cruising. knee not 100% but no pain or discomfort. no clicking. wonder what that was this morning.

also, scrabble tournament report: i went 4-3 in my division, which was the lowest one. really should have gone 5-2 but lost to my dad for the first time in my memory. but can't be mad, since going in i thought he might be my only win, lol. i now have an official scrabble elo rating of 809, which is in range for a strong beginner. the tournament was a big success, more than 30 people came to play, everything went smoothly, and we raised around a thousand dollars for a charity that helped my family out when my brother was really sick. also, i won $20 for having the highest-scoring single word in my division (browser, for 102). all in all, a great day.