May 16th

(Vanessa) somewhere in conversation over the last week I agreed to a 15 mile run with nick this morning. And even worse, I agreed to get up at 4:45 to meet him at 5:30 for the longest run to date. I would have rather clawed my own eyes out than carry out this commitment this morning but I got up and after a final text to make sure this was really happening, I headed to RRR to what I was sure would be my death. Getting started was hard but the I felt pretty good mile 1-5 until we got to a part where we stopped and decided to hike through the desert to continue on. We had only been running for an hour but it was already pretty hot and nick pointed down horizon ridge as the route. looked like there was not one inch of shade and we would be running another 2.5 miles parallel to the freeway and facing the sun. I wanted nothing more than to go the other direction. My water bottle was empty and my playlist was way too short. With studying, I have not found the time to change it up like I usually do and there is just so many times one can listen to "boys speak in rhythm and girls just lie.. Dadadada". The problem with running at 7am is that if you are used to pooping at 7 am, then you've got some problems because you can't do both. Anyway, I was super grumpy today and I apologize. I took a nap and life seemed much more tolerable. After it's all done- 10 miles is still 10 miles- even though it wasn't the 15, we put miles in this week and hopefully we can make it count on race day.

(Nick) I was really looking forward to this run as our last run got cut short due to eating to close to run time and this was a new course and a new distance for us. It got hot really early on even tho we started really early. I was pretty bugged when V said she wanted to head back and not continue on up horizon ridge, but now that I know she had something trying to burst out of her rectum I can appreciate her putting in the distance she did. Ive never been this sore before. My right foot gets getting these burning ripping pain in it. My shins are really messed up. Still contemplating on whether or not to run one last time on Saturday or just rest up for the race. :/