The King of Controversy

AM - 6 miles. 4x1000 at 91% (goal - 3:12) for first 2 and 93% (goal - 3:08) on second 2 with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all-out with full recovery. Times: 3:14, 3:05, 3:07, 3:08. I had to lend my watch to the 1600 guys today becuase none of them had a watch so these times are just estimates based on what my teammates were running. All I know is I felt really good today and I was able to get rolling today. Nick wasn't feeling too good today so it was mostly just me and Paul up front on these today. 300s weren't very good. I hardly ever have enough energy to run fast on these after the 1000s. Great workout. Good confindence builder. I know I'm capable of running fast and State Qualifying. Just got to be brave when I race.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Just a slow boring run by myself. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Kind of chilly this morning because of the storm.

PM - 6 miles. 50 min with 2 min hard, 1 min easy, 1 min hard, 30 sec easy, 30 sec hard. I felt absolutely terrible today. I was supposed to do 3 sets of these fartleks but my legs were fried from the last two days and my stomach was absolutely jacked up. I stopped at the Green Springs Golf Course Bathroom and so that helped with my stomach but I was still exteremely exhausted so I just ran back. 

Controversial Topic of The Day -Who shot first Han Solo or Greedo? If you have ever watched the 4th Star Wars, there is a scene where Han Solo shoots and kills Bounty Hunter Greedo. Greedo also shoots at Han Solo but misses. The question is did Han Solo shoot first and that caused Greedo to miss or did Greedo shoot first and just sucks at shooting. Tell me what you think.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Feeling much better this morning but definitely still a bit tired. 

PM - 7 miles. 45 min easy with 4x200. Super fun run today. We did our classic pre race Shoe Run but when part of the Mosquito trail was closed down we took off our shoes and ran through the river. We found a dead beaver in the river which was epic. Still tired but I didn't really notice it that much because I was just having a fun time.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Classic morning run.

PM - 6 miles. Desert Hills Invite 1600m. Time - 4:39. I was looking to State Qualify today which is 4:32 for 3A in the 1600. I got out solid and was on the back of the lead pack but I couldn't hold it and lost them about a lap and a half in. I made a few good moves around some people the last 2 laps but I didn't close as fast as I did last week. Good race and I think it was still a step in the right direction. It was much hotter than it was last week so I think I definitely pushed a lot harder today. I got some stuff to work on and I know I can hit State Qualifying. I ran the 400m a little bit later but I was already exhausted from the 1600 so I only ran a 58.

AM - 9 miles. Desert Hills Invite 2015 800m. Wow. I really have never run a very good 800. I got out in 62 or 63 today and I still couldn't close. On paper, I should be a very good 400/800 runner and in reality, I'm little more than JV quality. It takes guts to run solid in the 400 and 800 and I just haven't been able to use any guts when I do either one of these races. I know I am capable of State Qualifying but I'm just not there mentally. I need to work on getting out a little quicker in order to be able to State Qualify but the major thing I have to work on is that last lap. I really need to work on picking it up from 400 to 500 meters because that is usually where I lose it. I think that is my make or break point in the 800.