The King of Controversy

AM - 3 miles. Great run. I felt really good and it felt a little warmer this morning. 

PM - 7.75 miles. 4x1600 at 85% (goal - 5:35) with 3 min. recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Not a great workout but definitely an improvement. My times ended up being: 5:39, 5:44, 5:38, 5:37. I started off pretty well but as we started the second one I really started to struggle. I picked it up a little on the third one but on the last one I was struggling again. Coach saw that I was doing bad and he started running with me for a bit. With about a lap to go I said I couldn't do it and Coach hit me in the head and that got me going again. I actually started sprinting for like 100 meters and even though that was kind of stupid it helped me get closer to where I needed to be. Nothing hurt today so it was just my mind that made me run so bad. 

AM - 3 miles. Great run this morning. I felt great but I'm getting sick and tired of the cold. I can't wait for summer. Great yoga sesh after.

PM - 5 miles Trail Run Tursday. We went over to Chuckawalla today. It was pretty chilly at points and pretty tough but I enjoyed. I fell back from the group on the way back because they were going a little faster than I wanted. My foot hurt a bit but not much pain.

AM - 3 miles. Just another uneventful cold morning. I felt fine.

PM - 10 miles with 18 min. AT tempo (goal - 5:44). I felt a lot better about my tempo today. It still wasn't great and not quite on pace but I did a lot better. I stuck right with Andrew for the first lap and I actually led for a lot of it. I was feeling great but as we came onto the second lap I started to fall back like I have been lately. Preston caught up to me at this point and started to pass me and started to gap me but I forced myself to not let that gap grow. I stayed just a little bit behind for almost the rest of the lap but I gave a good push towards the end to catch back up. I finished the tempo off pretty good and then I jogged with Krenny and Jason until we joined with everyone else. Pretty good workout but definitely need to work on finishing workout off strong.

AM - 3 miles. Another boring cold morning but we had a great book discussion after.

PM - 6.5 miles. Old Man Hills - 1x800, 2x400, 4x200. Solid workout today. I tried my best to stick with those top guys and for the most part I was right where I wanted to be but I still need to be a little braver. I felt pretty good. No foot pain just a little sore.

AM - 3 miles. Same old. I felt good.

PM - 6 miles. 5 miles with striders. We ran the DI loop and then the Mr. PVHS 5k course. I felt great and I'm super excited for this race next week (as soon as I get signed up). Striders were great and I tried to focus on good form.

AM - 6 miles with 15 min. LT tempo (goal - 5:24). I met up with same crew at Sullivan Park. I sucked it up again and didn't hit my time. I felt great but I just wasn't with it again.