Pavement is the place for me

Bball went good today. Well sort of. A lot of guys didn't show, I mean like all but me and the leader of the team. So yeah, we had all draft picks. Fortunately one of our draft picks was 6'7" and dominated when he was in. We got out to an early lead, but then he went out and they came back by 16 points before the half. I was doing well with very few turnovers, but shooting wasn't up to par today. I shot a lot, and missed a lot. But I made a few! Toward the end of the game I got to shoot some free throws and made them all, and just happened to expand the lead enough to have secured the victory. Yeah for winning.

 The run wasn't as triumphant. Legs were dead from bball, but I got the miles in. It started off nice and smooth, but by the end I was ready to stop. The legs were just pounding by then. So a good day sort of. Looking forward to being able to run and bball without them affecting each other though.
 

A very nice run in 50 degree weather. Not sure if it was the weather or just feeling good, but the legs were sooooo fresh today. They haven't felt that way for a while. It's very surprising considering I played basketball and ran yesterday. Normally I am sore, but today everything felt fine other than a few hints in the back. Nothing major though which is very nice. There are still some niggles left though. My left ankle is still tender on turns. Sometimes there is a hint of pain on sharper turns especially. The right toe joint has throbbing and searing pain at times, mostly when not running. Other than those two things everything is else seems to be in working order. I am looking forward to another run like todays.

 

Had some thunderstorms tonight. Got some use out of the treadmill. Not exciting by any means but I passed the time by counting steps. Sounds easier than it is. Felt decent. Had some pain in the toe joint afterwards.

Great day for a run. Nice and sunny with a little wind and not too cold. Hill sprints worked into my loop for a total of 11 miles. Repeats of 6 x 400m up the HH at near top speed with normal running back down. Whole thing felt great, started repeats at 7 miles, then ran a few miles after.

Normal loop to keep the legs moving. A little pain in the toe at first, but quit after a mile.

I forgot to mention that I've been battling congestion in my chest and nose the past two or three days. It hasn't been bad though luckily. I can still do everything fine, even running. The problem today is has turned into a pretty bad cough. Took tonight off to give myself some extra rest so hopefully I can pull back on track tomorrow. Long run has moved to Sunday luckily, so that will give another extra day to recover before it.

Felt good to get back out after a day off yesterday. Still coughing and congested, but felt fine running.