The King of Controversy

AM - 6.5 miles. 45 min. with 13 tempo. Average Pace: 7:33. Average Tempo Pace: 6:13. Okay tempo. I cut it at about 13 min. instead of finishing off the 15 because I started to fall off the group a bit. I really should have finished it off. I think I just got a little scared mentally. The group seemed a little smaller today during the tempo. It seemed like a lot of people were struggling today.

AM - 5 miles. 35 min. easy with .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:53. Good run out on the turtle road. Legs were a bit tired but nothing too bothersome.

PM - 3.5 miles. Met up at Paul's at noon and jumped in Sandbergs again. Nice big group today. Felt good and a nice Mexico vs. Brazil game after.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 min. with 23ish minutes grass and .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:43. I felt really good today. We kept it a lot slower than normal which made it really nice. Foot felt fine and even the knees weren't hurting. It also felt a lot cooler this morning. 

PM - 3.5 miles. Another great afternoon at 12 at Paul's house. We ran to Sandbergs and jumped in again but this time we brought goggles and tried to touch some fishies. Had a fun time watching Chile beat Spain after and then a weird game of Truth or Dare.

AM - 7.5 miles. 50 min. with 4,5,6,5,4 cruises and .5 barefoot warm. Average Pace: 7:13. Average Cruise Paces: 5:58, 6:01, 6:03, 6:05, 5:57. Great workout today. Our group was so strong and so much bigger than it ever has been and I stuck in there the whole time this week. The last two repeats got really hard but I promised myself I would stay with the group and that kept me going. I led for a little bit on pretty much all of them which is hard but a lot of fun and I hope that I can keep doing that especially in races once they roll around. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Easy. Average Pace: 8:31. Another great afternoon with the boys. Hit up Sandbergs again and then World Cup after. Jarron almost died when we jumped over the fence.

AM - 7 miles. 50 min. with strong finish. Great run at Sullivan park today. Had a nice little adventure through the boonies and then ran part of the half course. The strong finish was really good and we got a nice Indian run going at the end. I just felt great overall today.

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Easy. Average Pace: 8:48. Just a nice slow run by myself this morning. I felt pretty good but there was a few aches and pains in my feet and knees. It has been a great week. Monday's tempo wasn't as strong as I would have liked it but everything else turned out really nicely. I didn't take care of my body as well as I should have but I am feeling a little better at least.