The King of Controversy

So I got into the wrong race. I kinda ended up in the F/S All West Boys. Better known as the Freshman/Sophomore All Star Race (for those who aren't running the seeded race). Luckily, there were some other people in the race my speed and under so it wasn't too bad. From our team in this race it was only me and Paul (who actually was supposed to be in this race). It felt weird to warm up with only Paul and be at the starting line with just him and especially weird when I didn't see any of my teammates running for the last two miles or more. Anyways as the race got started, I was right behind Paul for the first fifty meters before deciding that was too fast. I was kinda mad at myself for slowing down too much though. I felt pretty good on the 2 loops and felt like I was in a good position and passing people but then came the switchbacks. I did pretty bad all day at the hill running and on a course full of hills my racing suffered. I got passed by quite a few people on the hills towards the end and tried to use the downhills to make up for it but even that was poor. At the very end on the track, a black guy with dreads who I'd been by pretty much the whole race passed me and built a good lead on me but I sprinted in and finished just barely behind him though the times don't say I really did. It was cool to race in that race but I just wish I had done better.

3 miles (kinda). Well, the two weeks of no running is up. Today we were looking for donations for our Eggnog Run on Thursday. I went with Casey, Colton, Andrew, Jake, Krenshaw, and Devin (for the first part of it). We failed on donations at McDonalds, Kohls, Office Max, and IHOP before finally having a success at Red Robin with a free dessert coupon and a 3 year old Ferrari (okay, actually just a little toy Ferrari). Pretty weird run and we were barely ever running.

PM - 4 miles. Little run to Starbucks. Didn't lead the pack but stayed with them pretty well.

PM - 5 miles. Coach and some of the boys went to get the egg nog for tommorow. So the rest of us sat around and talked until they got back. Coach let Tyson choose where we were going and luckily for me it was Green Springs. I fell back a little on the way up but on the way back stuck in there pretty well. I'm still feeling a little awkward after taking a break from running.

PM - 3 miles. 1 mile egg nog run was not as pukey as I thought and I only felt bad after running. I did my last two miles with Coach and Mike on the DI loop. 

PM - 4 miles. We ran down Telegraph today. It was a pretty easy run. I felt great and it was a very short run. So excited for Christmas Break.

5 miles. Byron told the boys to meet at the school this morning at 8, so me and my brother went over there. Byron didn't end up showing up, so it was just me, my brother, Matt, David, Abel, Paul, and Krenshaw. We ran to Target and boy it was cold. Some people were dumb enough to water there lawns and there was ice on the sidewalks. I ended up sliping and sliding on my butt on the way back past Carl's Jr. Luckily, I only hurt my elbow so I was able to run the rest of the way back without any problems. It was nice to actually run with some other people on my Saturday run for once.

4 miles.  Me and my brother went down 2450 to the river trail at about 9 this morning. We ran 4 miles today so that we would only have to do 3 tommorow. On the way down, the weather was nice and it was easy but as we started running the river trail a little bit, it started raining. I was cold but at least my legs were feeling great. My breathing was terrible, though. Need to work on that.

3 miles. Me and my brother went at about noon. Nice enough weather to go short sleeve but it got pretty cold in the shade. We went towards Arctic Circle and turned around just before Starbucks. About halfway through I got a nasty side ache probably from the candy I ate. My legs were feeling great. Nice, quick run.

Me and my brother again went around noon. We ran to the high school and did the dog pound run and then ran home. I had another nasty side ache about halfway through and I slowed down maybe a little too much. My  legs felt great again but I think I'm starting to get sick because I had a little bit of a sore throat.

3 miles. Was feeling even more sick than yesterday. My throat was sore and I couldn't breathe the best but still ran. Went with my brother towards Arctic Circle again.