The King of Controversy

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Super cold this morning so I wore gloves and a beanie for the first time.

PM- 6.5 miles. 3x1600 step down workout (goal - 5:35, 5:25, 5:15) with 400 meter recovery on the track. Goal today was to work on finishing faster since that has been a big issue for us all season. We did a good job and my times were 5:37, 5:25, 5:15. The first one was really easy and I just stayed really relaxed. The second one got a little more difficult but still pretty chill. The third one started out pretty hard but I realized we were going a little fast so I relaxed and I finished nice and relax. Overall, a great workout considering it was on the track and I usually suck it up on the track. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Another cold run which makes me sad because I hate the cold. A little tired but I think that is just cause I got to bed a little late last night. Just realized I've hit 500 miles with my Lunarglides.

PM - 7.5 miles. 62 min easy. Trail Run Tuesday. Mustang Pass. Beast run on my favorite trail. Felt pretty good so I just let myself fly down the backside. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. It's getting so chilly.

PM - 10 miles. 400 drop down workout (1:20, 1:19, 1:18, etc.) until you can't hit the time with 2 min recovery. This was pretty tough today but I stayed relaxed and I did really well. I got all the way down to 1:04 before I dropped out so that was pretty cool. Another one of my best track workouts ever. It made me super tired though and today was like the first time my legs have ever cramped up during a cool down. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt really sore this morning after yesterday.

PM - 5 miles. 40 min easy. Still felt worn down so it was great to have an easy day. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Just a chill run.

PM - 5.75 miles. Race. I didn't really take a whole lot of time preparing mentally for this race but I think that is what helped me race so much better today. I think my biggest problem this year is I get so worried about everything. I get worried about who I should beat, how I should race, how fast I should go, and on and on and on. So today I just didn't really worry about anything and just went out and had fun. I got out pretty quick today and into 2nd place which was weird because it didn't feel that fast. I guess it was probably because the beginning was down hill. Once we came back up hill is where I really started to struggle a bit and people started passing me. I stayed relaxed though and kept pushing pretty hard the rest of the race and finished pretty strong. Good race.  

AM - 10.25 miles. 78 min with strong finish. Prospector Trail with Coach and the guys. Felt tired today so this run was kind of tough for me and I felt like falling off the group. I sucked it up though and had fun so it turned out to be a pretty good run. I didn't feel too great on the strong finish but it ended up being pretty strong.