March 11

AM: 5 miles easy

PM: 3 x 2-mile @ goal 10M pace w/ 400 jog recovery (3:00), 11 miles

I felt like absolute hell today on both runs. I can definitely tell that the workload is catching up to me. My legs were pretty tight during the warmup for workout. 

I came around and still hit the times I was shooting for, running within a second on even-splitting all three, which I'm pleased with given the blustery conditions. Everyone split off into their respective groups and paces, so I ended up running most of this with P. Murphy. 

I'd planned strides afterwards, but my legs felt like mashed turnips and I had a R.I.C. that was so bad that I could barely jog anymore. After that was said and done, I ran an abbreviated 1 mile cooldown.

Splits: 10:30, 10:30, 10:28

Weird Dreams

Work stress and physical stress tend to have funny effects on my subconscious. In my sleep just a few hours following this workout, I dreamt that I...

1.) Sat in a business meeting with someone from the office supply store Staples on why they would want a Smart Grid and how we could partner with them. He had a thick German accent.

2.) The Staples rep gave me a Playstation 3 afterward, only to have my company's CEO exclaim "I love Xbox!" and promptly trump me, taking it for himself.

3.) I then went to Disneyworld, but in Toronto, where the "European" version of a popular ride at Animal Kingdom was supposedly much more "interactive" than its Orlando counterpart, per the German Staples guy's recommendation. I went on this ride with my friend from high school, Robbie, who was promptly eaten by an animatronic dinosaur during the ride like the attorney in Jurassic Park.