I have permission to race!

Wednesday BIKE COMMUTE 9.4 miles
Thursday WALK/RUN 2.3/2.4 miles in 60 mins
          PT with JH
         BIKE COMMUTE ~2miles

Wednesday WasGonna be a long bike commute, but I just didn't feel it. Even though the weather warmed up to high 70's, I just didn't have it. Was "off" all day. Whatevs. That night when foam rolling I found sore glut muscles from my new squats from yesterday. Yay!

Thursday I still didn't feel 100% but at least I got my ass out the door as per goal. I headed out, overdressed of course, and went towards the Lemp/Brewery route I ran a lot in 2016. I did the prescribed 3' walk WU and 1.5' run twice as WU, then shifted to 3' run and 3' walk intervals. I was tired by 45 mins and although I wasn't ready to quit my body was. My tired glut muscles were tired on the hills as I came up through Soulard. And my right ankle felt like it was slightly clicked out of place, not sure if that is connected to the mildest of mild PF niggle. I need new shoes, and I need to be slow on this.

I WasGonna do a 30 mins swim, but I skipped it for tomorrow. Shower, M1, then to lab. I downloaded the run while there and saw that the Connect program awarded me a badge for being an Early Bird, for logging a workout before 8am. That's their idea of early?

Off to JH, and I definitely felt fatigue from the run. I'm happy about this, I love feeling the muscles start to quake. Embrace the shake.

I asked about Dark2Dawn, described as a trail 10K with a 4hr cut-off. YES!!!!! AND BETTER YET he said I should scope out the trail and know what to expect. Especially since it's a midnight start. That's My Kinda Night, I guess!

More of the new squats, deeper than Tuesday and now I see the role of them. The goal is to "load up the glutes": knees bent, torso down, hip back...then stand up. Oooooohhhhh yeah you can feel it. And I love it.

And yes I get to graduate into more floor work, like I watch other athletes do. On Tuesday he gave me the paperwork for personal info and payment info. I haven't paid for any of this yet, and it was on my mind. I'm happy to pay for this, I'm learning a lot. Even when the bill processed later in the day ($960) I was still happy.

These past few weeks I'm feeling human again. I'm feeling like me. I walk different, I feel strong, I see a future. The depression I was worried about....gone?!