The King of Controversy

AM - 9.5 miles. 60 min with 30 min tempo. Strong workout for me today. I really focused on keeping my breathing calm and staying relaxed. At the beginning, I just sat back and just let everybody else lead. I started to move up as some of the younger guys fell back but still sat at the back of the pack. With about 10 min left I started moving more towards the front and took the lead. I started to gap the group a little bit but I pulled back a little to let us regroup. Then me and Jason got a nice little groove going and we pulled a little bit ahead to finish off the tempo. It was definitely my best tempo of the season and I accomplished my only goal for the week which was to do well on the tempo. We also had a pretty good group going for most of it.

PM - 3.5 miles. Hot run on 2450 loop. I felt pretty good. Not tired like last week.

AM - 7 miles. 45 min easy (25 road, 20 grass) with striders and another mile at kids club pacing the races. We did a reverse Indian run on the grass and had a great story time. I was feeling really tired today. Not sure if that was because of the tempo or not enough sleep.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. We ran out in Tonaquint today where Nick had to pick up Alex and Macen from Nerd Camp. Hot easy run through the desert out there.

AM - 8.5 miles. 60 min easy. Average Pace: 7:30. I felt really tired again today and I ended up falling back a little bit with Jake.

PM - 4.5 miles. 36 min easy. Super hot today so we ran to Sullivan park and got a drink halfway through. Still felt very tired and my stomach did not feel very good. I got a little bit extra mileage today because I had to run to practice.

AM - 5 miles. Enterprise 5k. 3rd Overall. Time: 18:10. Pretty uneventful race. The start was really weird and Nick was gone before I could react. For that first mile, I was right with Preston and this Enterprise runner but then Preston pulled ahead a bit and the Enterprise kid dropped hard. The rest of the race stayed pretty much stayed the same. Nick kept pulling farther and farther ahead. Preston pulled a little bit more ahead and I just was trying to hold on so the Enterprise kid didn't catch me. It was great to get a medal but it doesn't feel like a race worthy of a medal. I just felt like I didn't push myself that much. I really should have gone with Nick and Preston. It really bothers me that we have had such strong groups in practice but then our races are a lot more spread out. I guess these aren't important races and we didn't have all our guys there but still.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Nice and easy by myself. 

AM - 12.5 miles. 90 min with long hills and strong finish. We met at Vernon Worthen park today and ran up the marathon course. It was a super hard run and I felt really tired again and I fell behind all the guys. My strong finish wasn't very fast like last week which makes me kind of mad. I just haven't gotten enough sleep lately but I think I might still be getting used to all this mileage as well. I really don't want to keep feeling this way. 

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I ran with Nick, Jake, and Alex in the desert behind Nick's house at like 6 PM. It wasn't extremely hot but I was still feeling tired so I tried to keep it pretty slow. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Easy run by myself. Nothing interesting happened.