The King of Controversy

AM - 3 miles. Second to last morning run of the year. It was nice and warm and it is starting to get a lot brighter in the morning. My foot hurt a bit.

PM - 5.5 miles. 2x1000 @ 95% of 1600 with 3 min recovery and 2x300 all-out with full recovery and 1.5 mile warm/cool. I didn't really know my goal time so I just tried to stick in with Presto and Andrew and some of those guys. I hit 3:07 and 3:15. The second one was a little slower because we didn't group up very well like on the first one. We really need to work on grouping up more. The 300s were junk today. I started to feel really dehydrated on these. I feel like I hydrate really well throughout the day but a lot of the time, I feel really dehydrated during the workout. I don't know what my deal is. Anyways, I hit a 45 on the first one and then ran terrible on the second and hit a 52. I think that was my slowest of the season. My foot also hurt a lot today. I'd love to run at State but I think it is good that I am not so that I can give my foot a little extra rest before Cross.

AM - 3 miles. Great first run with my new Virratas. We also celebrated NHB day. It was legit. Yoga was nice too.

PM - 4 miles. 3 miles and 4x200. Super fun run today. We ran to Sandbergs and almost everybody jumped in today. I think it was the most people that have ever gotten in. I felt really good on the 200s and my new Virratas just felt great so I really got moving on them today. I felt super smooth and fast. Foot felt great.

PM - 4 miles. Raced the JV 800 today. I didn't race very well and it was a lot slower than I wanted it to be. When the gun went off I got out into about 3rd or 4th and I just stayed there for the first lap. We came around in 63 which is actually one of my slowest first laps this year. On the second lap I should have moved up and attempted to win it but I just stayed in the same spot and I got passed by a couple people. I didn't kick it in very well but I did pass one person so something positive did happen. Not what I was hoping for today though. Foot didn't hurt at all until the cool down.

PM - 4 miles. I ran the 1600 and 400 today at Region. This was a terrible race for me today. It honestly looked like I was only running a three lap race. I got out slower than I have all year but that was my plan. I just let everybody else lead that first lap and then on the second I made a move and pulled right into second behind Spencer of DH. I ran right on his shoulder until halfway through the third lap where I pushed him out of the way and made a good move (I was a real jerk today while I was racing). I didn't really look back at this point but I could tell that I had pulled a way quite a bit and that really freaked me out and I slowed down. Spencer and Sage caught back up to me again just as we started the last lap and just left me in the dust. I pretty much jogged that last lap in. My last lap was so slow that I got passed by 10 people and went from sub 4:50 pace to not even breaking 5. That was probably the worst race of my life. I ran a great first three laps and had started making a good move during that third lap but I quit on myself. I was scared of making a move that very well could have helped me win the race. Instead I finished in 11th. I've got some serious work to do over the summer if I'm going to be able to run better than this. The 400 was a little better but I finished with a 57 again. Well, that was my last race of track. 

Track 2014 in Review:

I did not have a very good track season. I came in with some high expectations but just couldn't get myself even close to those expectations. It wasn't because my goals were too high and impossible. I was actually in some decent shape and I had a lot of speed and talent. After all, my last Kosmin predicted my mile time to be 4:33. The talent, the strength, and the speed was there but the hard work wasn't. I had a horrible winter training and once track rolled around it didn't get much better. I couldn't hit hardly any workouts and so it isn't hard to see why the season ended up like it did. I came in looking to State Qualify but I ended not even able to break 4:50. This track season has ultimately just been one big failure. I shouldn't be so negative about it though because you learn so much more from failure than you ever will from success. Failing isn't a bad thing as long as you learn from it and use it to improve yourself. I once heard that failure is not falling down but refusing to get back up. I can tell you right now that I am going to get back up and I'm going to use this to help me have an awesome cross season. So Track really wasn't a failure for me but a stepping stone to something greater.