The King of Controversy

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Hamstrings were still sore from Saturday.  

PM - 6.25 miles. 4x1000 at 91% (goal - 3:12) with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all-out with full recovery. I felt really good today and so times ended up being pretty good and I was able to be just a couple steps behind Paul and Nick everytime. Times: 3:05, 3:07, 3:12, 3:06 and then the 300s were 41, 44. I just really felt good today especially on all the 1000s and the first 300. The second 300 wasn't too great but I felt pretty good with this workout. I mostly worked on keeping it chill at the beginning and picking it up at the end since my finishes in races are always so crappy.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Are girls better than guys at sports? I think the answer to this is yes. Take a look at the running world and you'll see pretty clearly that girls are much better than guys. I mean you don't see any high school guys going pro like we have seen so many high school girls going pro lately. Mary Cain, Alexa Efraimson, and Kaylin Whitney are on the high school girls gone pro list. The question is who's on the guys list. No One. Girls are just plain better at sports and a lot tougher than most guys out there.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Same old.

PM - 6.5 miles. 45 min easy with striders. Snow Canyon JV 200m. I decided to run the 200 at the JV meet today just for fun. I ran a 25.36 so that's pretty good I guess. Form was pretty bad though.

Contoversial Topic of The Day - Varsity athletes running in JV meets - good or bad? I think it is totally wrong for Varsity level athletes to be running in JV meets. I mean it's embarssing enough that the JV athletes suck but then to get thrown down on by Varsity athletes only adds insult to injury. I think that Varsity level athletes should be banned from participating in JV meets. They should create a cutoff time. Something like if you run faster than a 5 min mile you can't run in this meet.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. It was pretty warm this morning and so I went shirtless for a bit. I wrote a limerick about myself in AP Lit the other day and here it is:

My name is Controversial Cam.

I'm all up in your face...KABLAM!

I bring the controversy

And give no mercy.

I am Controversial Cam.

PM - 5 miles. 4x400 and 4x200 at goal 800 pace (goal - 1:02) with 120 beat recovery. We were supposed to do 6x400 but after not hitting the first 4 we decided to do 200s so we could at least be hitting goal pace. Times were 1:03, 1:03, 1:05, 1:05, 29, 30, 31, 29. My legs were pretty tired today and it was pretty hot but my real problem was I just wasn't in the mindset to run fast today. I got a lot more work to do.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Do you like it better when the mornings are cold and the afternoons are cool or the mornings are warm and the afternoons are hot? Personally, I absolutely despise the cold so I like when the mornings are warm even if it means blazing hot afternoons.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Pretty sore this morning. Pine View Invite starts tomorrow and I'm so excited. It is such a fun and big meet. Today is the last day to sign up so everybody sign up.

PM - 6.5 miles. 45 min easy with 4x200. Beast Shoe Run today. Bryan broke a duck's legs and we left a dead fish on the doorstep of one of our former runners. I felt exhuasted and sore but I should be ready for this weekend.

Controversial Topic of The Day - Should deer crossing signs be moved to less trafficed areas? I think it is ridiculous that we put deer crossing signs on some of the highest traffic roads and places like freeways where it is almost impossible to stop on a dime. We should move deer crossing signs to places where there is less traffic so that the deer will be much safer when crossing.  

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Still pretty sore so I just took it easy with Nick and Bryan. Good run. 

PM - 6 miles. PV Invite 400m. Time: 56.14. Nothing great. I just didn't have the guts to run fast on this. The meet was good though. Fun to watch some good runners. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Nothing today. 

PM - 3 miles. PV Invite 800m. Time: 2:09. Absolutely garbage race today. I got out in 61 and closed very poorly. This has been a really frustrating start to the season. I have worked just as hard if not harder than all my teammates but I just don't have the guts that they do. I got to learn to race with more guts. Didn't end up cooling down or getting all my mileage today because I was so mad with how I raced that I didn't feel like running anymore. 

Controversial Topic of The Day - Speaking of guts, which Prefontaine Movie is your favorite - Without Limits, Prefontaine, or Fire on the Track?