The King of Controversy

PM - 5 miles. Coe #2  workout (200, 220, 240...etc, 300 with equal recovery). It was really similar to the Coe #1 but longer (duh). It started out easy again but by the end I really had to push. I ran with Jake T. and Preston. The shins hurt a lot today even though I didn't run on Friday or Saturday. I guess active recovery is actually better.

PM - 5 miles. 8x200 (3 seconds faster than Race. Goal : 32) with decreasing recovery and Harts Warm and cool. This was an insanely fast and hard workout. My 200 times were super fast but I found the decreasing recovery the hardest. I didn't stay as tough mentally as I should have and my times at the end were a few seconds slow. The shins were feeling better.

PM - 4 miles easy. It was a hot run but I was super happy to take it easy. Shins felt okay. Weights after.

PM - 5 miles. 4 miles with 4x200. Another easy run with all the people who did the Coe workout on Monday. We went and swam and Sandbergs. I tried really hard to work on my form today specifically my foot strike. I tried to stay off the heels and more on the toes especially on the 200s. I really felt like I did pretty good especially on the last 200 and it was a super fun run. My shins were about the same.

This was a pretty good race. We only went to half of school before going to Cedar and then waited all day for the 800 to start. I got my warm up in with all the 800 guys then went got checked in and down to the track. I was seeded 1st in my heat which was awesome since I started in lane 1. I started out pretty quick but controlled and ran about a 1:10 first lap but I didn't really try to pass anybody and just settled. The second lap I finally picked it up and caught up to the front pack in the first 200 but didn't really kick it in at all and they left me in the dust. Pretty good race and I tied my PR which was good. The legs felt pretty good but I just didn't feel really hydrated even though I thought I drank a ton of water. It was probably because I was sitting in the sun all day.

I felt really good with my race today. I only got a short warm up in because we warmed up too late but I was okay with that. I was seeded 1st in my heat again and I decided I wanted to win my heat. I started off quick and me and a kid from Millard took the lead right at the beginning. I stuck right on his tail as we soared to about a 1:10 first lap. We slowed down on the second lap and I could totally tell so towards the end of lap I tried to pass him. But as I came around him, he sped up and I backed off. We were around 2:30 on the second lap so we had slowed significantly. On the third lap, I started to fall off him and he had about a 10 meter lead. But, as we came into the final lap, I started pushing and was on his tail again with 200 meters to go. That is when I started doubting myself and had a major mental struggle. I was about to back off and let him take it but I knew I wanted to win and finally made my move with 100 meters to go and outkicked him. I am super happy with how I did and it was super fun. It was so fun leading the race because they have an announcer guy telling what is happening like it was a radio station. So the whole race, I heard him keep saying my name (at least my last name) along with the guy from Millard. I also crushed my time for a 17 second PR.