The King of Controversy

AM - 8.25 miles. 60 min with 20 min tempo. Another crappy tempo. Tempos have always been a big weakness for me. I'm not exactly sure how to overcome this weakness. I was supposed to go 25 minutes but I cut early because I knew I was going to drop off hard. I stuck right with the group for the whole 20 min. so that's good.

PM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. We met up at the high school for our first official team afternoon run. It was super hot today. It honestly felt like the hottest afternoon run this summer. I was sweating like crazy but otherwise I felt pretty good.

AM - 6.25 miles. 45 min with 30/30s. Great workout today. It was way hot and humid but we still managed to get a good group going and run really well. I ended up maxing out at 30 repeats. I almost dropped out at 25 but I told myself at that moment that I was going to make it all the way to 30 and I did. We had a really nice group today with about 8 guys until 25 and 4 guys who made it all the way to 30. I was so tired after and my legs felt really sore. Running club after was fun but I kind of wished we didn't do workouts before it.

PM - 6 miles. Chelsi Petersen 5k with 13ish min warm/cool. Time: 17:32. 3rd Place Overall. Not get many serious racers at the race. Mostly just our team since Desert Hills decided not to actually race it. I got out quick and right out in front with Coach and stuck right with him for most of the first lap. As we came down the home stretch towards the church, I started to fall back and Coach left me in the dust. I really wished I had just stuck with him a little longer because I really slowed down once I dropped off him. I hit the first lap in just over 8 min which was on pace for sub 17. I pretty much stayed in 2nd for the rest of the race until Jason passed me just before we turned to come down the home stretch. I couldn't get myself to stick with him and he easily beat me. Not quite what I was hoping to do today but compared to last year, it was a course PR of 1:28 (Time last year: 19:00).

AM - 8.5 miles. 60 min easy with striders. Not such a great run today. The legs were super sore and I was the most tired I have been all year. The run to Sandbergs was great but once I got to the grass I felt worn out. I didn't even really pick it up on striders. It was basically the same pace as the recovery. 

PM - 3.25 miles. 30 min easy. We ran to Sandbergs again this afternoon for the first official SD Wednesday. I felt a lot less tired this afternoon because of the nap I took between runs. 

AM - 7.75 miles. 55 min with 4x6:00 min cruise and 3 min recovery. Such an amazing workout today. I still felt a bit fatigued on the warm up and the beginning of the workout but soon it just faded and I was able to get rolling. The first couple weren't too hard and I was able to stick right up front but on the last too I really started to struggle. I told myself to not worry about the last one which helped me to keep the third one very strong still and stay with the pack. The last one was extremely hard but I knew I couldn't just quit now when I was almost done. Nick made a big move on the last one and we all started to spread out and I almost faded back at this point but everyone else started matching Nick's move so I did too. I felt so terrible after we finished but it was worth it. That was one of my best workouts ever and one of the team's best workout ever. We had our strongest group of the year today even with some key guys missing. We finished with 6 guys all together.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Met up with the team today at the high school. We ran up into Green Springs. My legs felt tired but not too hot this afternoon. We saw Igor almost wreck his moped today as we were running. Probably the funniest thing all day.

AM - 11.5 miles. 84 min with strong finish. Average Pace: 7:45. We met up at Pine View Park today and ran out towards Little Valley and looped back around past the Springs and in front of Stone Cliff. It was a fun run but I just felt so worn out from the rest of the week. I ended up falling behind everybody on the strong finish because I was so tired. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Just a quiet run by myself at 2. I still felt worn out.

AM - 3.5 miles. 31 min easy. Average Pace: 9:00. Got out at 8 by myself. Legs were feeling a lot better but still tired.