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early morning schedule shift, attempt infinity, day 3. didn't run yesterday, by design, because i had a date on monday night.

- run 42:16, 7.85 km
morning = slow. it was 39/4 degrees when i left the house!

- stretch

a day of disappearing motivation. i got dressed to run, got out the door, it's a glorious day, and i just did not want to start. i paced around for a while trying to psych myself up and failed.

^^^that's honestly a really good idea. something better than nothing. was more successful this morning.

- run 41:56, 8.09 km

- stretch

- run 55:38, 10.55 km
raining but not cold

- stretch

early morning run week complete. actually did a normal distance this morning, as well. nice. managed to get up at 6:30 every day, although i only went for three runs instead of 4-5. that's okay, my mileage has been so low over the last couple months that it's probably for the best to take it slow. especially when combined with the schedule change. gonna try to wake up 10 minutes earlier next week.

evening

did a bit of extra walking at the encampment outreach i've been doing so decided to ballpark measure it on google maps. walked at least 5.5 miles. on an average friday it's probably more like 3.5.

ended up feeling sick yesterday, had to work the full day anyway (downside of the remote work adjustment). forced myself to stay awake until like 9:45 just to make sure i didn't give myself pseudo jet lag. woke up at like 4:30 with a headache, took some ibuprofen, fell back asleep, woke up at 6:20 feeling like a million bucks. 

- run 41 mins, 8 km
forgot to restart watch for a few minutes at one point so this is an estimate. close enough. improvised a new route that ended up around the tidal basin, which is so pretty. especially in the early morning. great light.

- stretch

two weeks with no exercise. i was traveling over the holiday and then this past week just had no motivation. got back into it today, felt good. but i'm still kind of feeling like i need to mix it up.

- run 37:37, 7.45 km

- stretch

just got covid booster, now moderna squad cubed. fingers crossed that it doesn't knock me on my ass the way the last one did, i've got a date tomorrow night. 

went skiing for a couple of days in vermont this past week, first time doing that in 5-6 years and it was a blast. calves quite sore, don't usually use 'em like that.

- run 34:25, 6.59 km
hilliest route but this still felt like more of a struggle than it should. pretty out of shape after what feels like the longest layoff of my adult life. but good to end the year with a run, however short.

- stretch

happy new year, y'all!