The King of Controversy

My goal for the week is to get more sleep. I get about 7 hours a night which is okay but I really need to be getting 8 or more hours a night so I'm going to work on that this week. 

AM - 7 miles. 4x1600 at 87% (goal - 5:29) with 400 recovery and 1 mile warm/cool. We did our workout this morning I think to space it out a bit more from the Panther Relays tomorrow. I'm glad we did since it ended up being boiling lava hot after school. I didn't do as great as I hoped but an improvement from the last couple of weeks. My times were 5:26, 5:30, 5:32, 5:40. I guess I may have started a little fast but I knew I needed to push right with Matt and those guys to help me stay on pace (and maybe even help them stay on pace). I think I just have a lot of negative vibes towards this workout and so it really starts to drag me down. I have kind of gotten in a habit of running this workout like poop and so week after week it drags me down. I think that I am going to have to forget all the times I have done bad on this workout and just remember the good times and I think that will help me out a bit.

PM - 5.5 miles. 4 miles easy with barefoot striders and 1x300 and 1x400. Great run but it was super hot. The foot was hurting a bit so that was a little frustrating. I hate how it just keeps coming back to bother me. The 300 was a good push but not sure of my time. The 400 was just a race between a few of us for the 400 spot in the DMR A team tommorow. I totally stunk it up with probably my worst 400 this year but that's okay. The legendary Goggles was definitely the smarter choice.

AM - 3 miles. Nice run and I felt good.

PM - 6 miles. Panther Relays today and I did the DMR 800, 4x100, Sprint Medley 400, 4x800, and 4x400. Nothing amazing today. It was really just more of a workout and just a fun time. We had the 4x800 competition again this year where the loser would buy everyone else donuts. My team was me, Andrew, Dave, and Logan. So no superstars but a better balance then everyone else and we won which was kind of cool. The other events were fun too but it was so tiring. After everyone had left the meet I did a barefoot cool down with Matt and we also did our core exercises. It was just really fun to talk to Matt because he is a lot less crazy and a lot more positive when he's not with the whole group. 

AM - 3 miles. It's starting to get a lot warmer in the mornings which makes me happy (even if it means hot afternoons). Great run and a little bit slower than normal was also nice. Plyos after were good.

PM - 5.5 miles. Note that R stands for race pace and that im this is based off a 2:10 800. 600 (R+4, Goal - 1:41), 400(R+2, Goal - 1:07), 300(R, Goal - 48), 200(R-4, Goal - 28), 100(R-2, Goal - 14) with equal recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. Great and very quick workout today. The 800 and 1600 guys had the same workout but just different paces (800 was faster). It was really nice to have the faster pace because it meant I got to push right up there with Byron and some of those other guys. I ran very well but maybe a little fast. I just really wanted to stick as close as I could to Abel so that made most of them fast. My times were 1:42, 1:03, 45, 25, and 13. Weights after were good.

AM - 3 miles. It was pretty warm this morning and just overall a nice run.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles and 4x200. Good exploration run. My foot hurt a bit and it was hot but it was a fun run. 200s after were good but I just took them really slow.

AM - 3 miles. Great run today.

PM - 5 miles. 400 today. It wasn't my best today. I didn't get out very fast and didn't finish very fast either but my time was still about the same as it has been. Esplin and Abel gave me a new strategy for this race after so I'll try it out next time. My foot is starting to hurt a lot again which really worries me. 

AM - 5 miles. 800 today. This race turned out pretty decent today. I just barely made the 2nd fastest heat which made me super happy because it meant I would have some guys to push with. I got out quick and right into 2nd place and my first lap ended up being about a 62. I slowed down on the 2nd lap like I always do and got passed by a bunch of people at the end but I did a lot better today. I ended up qualifying for BYU which was super nice and was pretty much all I came to do today. I know I can run a lot better than this though. I'm going to work on the second half of workouts more so that I can translate that over to my races. Great week but I didn't quite get my goal of 8 hours of sleep every night. I got to work on that.