The King of Controversy

AM - 3 miles. Normal easy with a good set of plyos after.

PM - 8.5 miles. 4x1600 at 87% (goal - 5:29) with 400 recovery and 2x300 (whatever you got) with full recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Another crap workout. I have just been a huge wimp lately. I just need to get refocused and get back on track. My times today were 5:31, 5:41, 5:54, 6:09. Then the 300s were 47 and 44.

AM - 3 miles. Nice slow run for the first time in a while. Yoga after was golden.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles easy and striders. It was another nice slow run to the top of Foremaster. I felt good and was a fun run but it was so hot. We did striders on some wet grass instead of the hot turf. We also played some Ultimate Frisbee after which was fun.

AM - 5.25 miles. 6x400 at 800 race pace (goal - 1:05) with 400 recovery and 1 mile warm/cool.A few of us did our workout this morning because we had a choir performance after school. I was the only guy running the 400s so that made it kinda hard. It was a warm morning but there was a headwind on the homestretch witch also made the workout pretty tough. I did pretty well though. My times ended up being 1:05, 1:05, 1:08, 1:06, 1:05, 1:05 so pretty solid workout.

PM - 3 miles. After I got back from the choir thing, I went out for a quick run. It rained a lot at the beginning which made it kinda fun. My foot hurt a bit which was discouraging because I thought it was almost better.

AM - 3 miles. Just the usual. Foot still hurt.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and 4x200. Good run today. Foot still hurt a bit but other than that I felt great. The 200s were nice and fast just how I like them.

AM - 3 miles. The usual and I felt good.

PM - 5 miles. I ran the 400 meter and the 4x800 today. I did a lot better than last week but still not as good as I know I can be. I didn't push very hard on the backstretch during the 400 and the only reason I was faster than last week was because of my last 200.  I know I can run a lot faster than a 57, I just have not raced as hard as I can. The 4x800 was also a fairly good race. I had the first leg and I ended up running a 2:15. My first lap was good and I started picking it up really nicely at the beginning of the second lap but I slowed down again at the 200 mark. The handoff was really bad because there were 20 teams in the race which made it really crazy. I definitely have a lot to work on.

PM - 6 miles with 3 fartleks. I was at the meet all day, helping and what not so I didn't run until about 7 pm. Coach said to get some fartleks in and I did my best. I felt pretty good but there was little soreness and some pain in the knee and my foot but nothing very serious, yet.