The King of Controversy

PM - Today was an 8 mile distance run. I don't know what was wrong today but I had this horrible side ache and the bottom of my foot hurt. I was running with all the guys clear to Hells Hole but dropped off after that. 

PM - Workout today. I did 2x(1200, 1000, 800, 600) and Harts warm and cool. About 7.5 miles total. My foot was still bothering me and I don't know why I still have a side ache in the same spot. My first set was great and was able to stick with the rest of the lower level 2 boys but soon dropped. I ran most of my remaining set with the Varsity boys because I had made a pit stop at the bathroom and was able to stick right behind Kyler most of the way.

PM - 4 mile easy run. My foot still was bothering me and I still had the side ache but couldn't feel it all that much because of the slow pace. I led the boys out but I was the only lower level 2 boy to turn around at Starbucks. I met Jake along the way back and since he wasn't feeling good ran with me but he soon dropped off as well.

AM - Same old 3 mile Arctic Circle run. My foot didn't hurt so bad this morning and I had a good run. It wasn't too cold either.

PM - 7.5 miles. Today we had our 3rd Time Trial. We started with our normal warm up (Harts). I was super happy with my race today. I got a time of 12:32 which is a 23 seconds better than my last time. I started out as usual, toward the back right with Andrew and Dallin. After getting up by the tennis courts, I finally decided to try to catch up with Josh and Hunter. I was able to catch up with them by the baseball field and was able to stick with them until the 800 when I pushed it and left them in the dust. I tried to catch Danny on that last lap but sadly he went faster too. Still a great race though. We didn't have a normal cool down though. Instead, we had a short run (3 miles) and then 4x200's. It wasn't too hard but I wasn't feeling the greatest so towards the end of the 3 miles and throughout the 200's and didn't run as good as should have.

PM - 5 miles with striders. Today we ran down 2450 and were going to go to the river trail but the street was really busy so we went up the industrial road. We ran past the high school and went partway on the Arctic Circle run and came back. I wasn't feeling the greatest once we started coming up industrial and I fell behind. I caught back up just past the high school and finished off my run strong. I really liked striders and realized they were my favorite cool down.

8 miles. My first Saturday run in about a month. It was a little cold and my foot was bothering me a lot today probably because I was lazy yesterday and didn't stretch very well. I ran down to the river trail today to make up for not doing it yesterday and because we haven't run it since the beginning of the season. It was a pretty uneventful run until about halfway through when I saw Megan, Aubrey, and Erin out on their run. Then it was another boring and cold 4 miles. A long run but not too difficult.