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PRE + Spfd + Fairmount

May 2, 2014 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: 60s, nice sunset

Comments:
Weird day. Today is probably the 2nd to last "long Friday", since track will be ending soon. They suck.

I worked 'til 1:30, then hauled ass to my PT appt. My L ankle has been fucked for a good two weeks, post-Sonoma: this is a tradition of this race, but worse this time around because I've been pushing the training. At the appt, Mike and I realized a couple things:

- That I probably DO need orthotics to help support my midfoot, which is causing my ankle to get fucked, and
- That I'm SUPER tight in my hips, and that's contributing to my back pain.

So we worked on both areas, and I now have an idea of what I need to work on, on my own.

After that, I drove back to work to wrap up some paperwork, then home.

It's been...a tough...several weeks. Running has been inconsistent (a lot of ups, but many downs), coaching has been mostly a let-down (and not what I was hoping it'd be), and my love life/relationships has been a tremendous void, growing by the day.

It's easy for me, especially when fatigued, to lose all motivation and sit at home, feeling depressed.

The situation with Tanya at work is interesting, but ultimately frustrating: she CLEARLY is interested in me, but is in some LDR that, in her words, "is complicated". She told me so (in a clever little note, packaged in some Cadbury Cream EggZ I'd requested): that she's "very interested", but can't do anything right now.

Yet, she flirts like f-ing crazy with me, and - in my own fault - am doing the same. But I'm like a man dying of thirst slurping dew drops off blades of grass. I need to put my damn foot down and just leave it alone (or otherwise make it known that she needs to decide what she wants). I truly am interested in her - I think she's a great person, she's SUPER-nurturing (which of course I'm 1000% drawn to) and pretty fucking hot. Oh man...

But it's not helping me, day to day. I've got nothing going right now, and - without any single friends - not a great way of emeliorating that.

So...I went to Tinder. I'd heard of it (last summer, from Cliff) and read a few things, recently, online. The notion is intriguing: find people nearby who are looking for *something*, if they like you AND you like them, they connect you. That easy.

So, while sitting around, seriously devoid of any motivation, I went for it, and signed up, then started "swiping my way" through a bunch of women: most "not my type", but a few that were!

It was a hoot. And it got my spirits up that, FINALLY, at 6:30, I got out for a run.

Mike taped up my L ankle, and I wore a stiff (but minimal) pair of the adizero on the run. Felt tired at first, but then really came around to ran at/under 7min pace, which felt GREAT!

All in all? A pretty good day. Learned some things...and still hopeful....