3.14 mi 23:02 7:20 /mi

Heading home today. Bali was magical. Every mark hit during this honeymoon. Going to look back fondly on this forever. What a great start to marriage.

5.14 mi 39:36 7:42 /mi

Gym at the first hotel was hilariously non existent so I haven’t been able to workout. But to the hotels credit, everything else was exquisite. There also was probably 4-5 flights of stairs down to our villa so the legs stayed active. We’re on the beach now at a different hotel with a real gym so we’re back at it.

3.0 mi 23:25 7:48 /mi

Hello from the future. Saturday was a movie. Holy

2.0 mi 15:43 7:51 /mi

Still nursing the knee.

2.0 mi 15:52 7:56 /mi

Something still wrong with knee. Easy run though.

3.13 mi 22:06 7:04 /mi

Great race

3.0 mi 25:29 8:29 /mi

Easy run today. Happy Friday.

2.25 mi 17:05 7:35 /mi

Felt good today. Normal run, not trying to push anything crazy right nkw

3.25 mi 25:10 7:44 /mi

Last 0.25 was slower cooldown. Knee felt better today. Still felt it get sortve bad at the end of the run but it ultimately has felt better every time. Keeping on.

2.25 mi 17:39 7:50 /mi

Felt better today but still pain in my knee. Was able to tolerate more though so hopefully it’s healing

1.0 mi 08:30 8:30 /mi

Something definitely wrong with my left knee. Going to continue to take it easy.

0.5 mi 04:20 8:39 /mi

First time back in the gym since Saturday. I tried to run but my left knee immediately became aggravated. I’ve been feeling this just walking around the house that last 2 days. I was hoping it was just tightness that would work itself out but it felt like it was getting worse. I don’t want to injure it (any further) so decided to walk the rest of the mile. Walking doesn’t hurt it, so I’m hoping it’s just a light impact injury that is still healing.

13.12 mi 1:47:49 8:13 /mi

Half Marathon ✅. Hard to know what to write here. There’s the analytical part of how I raced and what I could’ve done better, but I think the more important part is I’m so proud to have done this. I know it’s nothing like a full marathon, and one day I will do that, but this is a lifetime achievement in itself and I feel extremely accomplished. 4 months in the making! I finished the race feeling truly injured - my left leg completely tightened up and it was almost a run limp for the last 2 miles, furthering the pain but I didn’t want to slow down. Another thing I did wrong was I made my move WAY to early. I caught up to the 1:50 pace group and settled in for about a mile. When running with them my mind was tricked to think I felt amazing. Pacing with them felt like a walk in the park so at mile 6 I decided to start pushing it. That was way too early and it ended up killing me around mile 9. But I pushed through and still get a PR. LETS GO. BIG DOG.

3.0 mi 25:21 8:27 /mi

See you after the race.

3.0 mi 24:19 8:06 /mi

1.5 warmup at 8:07. 0.5 tempo at 6:58. 1 mile cooldown at 8:30. Should’ve gone longer but wasn’t feeling great and figured I still got the muscles activated.

4.0 mi 30:25 7:36 /mi

Halfway between easy and workout. Felt good. Less than a week.

5.0 mi 40:39 8:07 /mi

1.5 warmup at 8:30. 8x1 1 minute fartlek tempo at 6:58, 1 minute rest at 7:58. 1.45 cooldown at 8:50. Killer workout, felt great even though I was in an 80 degree Houston gym again. This is a fantastic crowning achievement workout prior to race day. I’m so proud I did this. This is a real workout I would’ve done in high school. Big dog.

4.0 mi 31:51 7:57 /mi

First 3.00 in 23:21. Took a break before the last mile because the gym AC was broken and it was 79 degrees (in Houston this week). Gotta keep the gas on - 2 weeks left.

13.1 mi 1:49:12 8:20 /mi

First half marathon ever. Felt extremely accomplished finishing this. So excited to have done this. It was a perfect day for a run - high 50s, breezy, overcast but super crisp. Ran along the entire lakefront and it was full of people which was great energy. I enjoyed every minute of this except the last mile. I had to double back to hit the mileage I wanted on the lakefront, but all things considered that’s ok. Race in 2 weeks! Keeping calm and cool but feeling excited.

5.0 mi 41:13 8:14 /mi