The King of Controversy

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. First morning run of the year because of the first day of school. Great run. Last run in Pegasus as I have decided to retire them. 

PM - 5.25 miles.  60 min with 7x800 with 1 min recovery. Not a great workout for me. I was supposed to do 10 but my stomach did not feel good at all today. I even went to the bathroom in the middle but that didn't help much so I decided to cut it early. Other than my stomach I felt fine today. My times ended up being all around 3:00 which isn't too crazy but for how many we did it was a good push. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Felt kind of tired this morning. I haven't got enough sleep lately. 

PM - 7 miles. 45 min. Cedar All-Comers. Time: 17:14. Place Overall: 28th. Place on Team: 9th. Bad race today for me and our team. I just didn't feel like I was in race mode today. I didn't get out with Nick like I wanted to, I didn't stick with my teammates like I wanted to, and I pretty much just jogged the last two miles. After mile one I just quit on myself and I got passed by a bunch of people. Our team also ran poorly. We didn't group up like we had worked so hard on during the summer and it really made a difference. Desert Hills ran amazing and ripped us apart. They ran the greatest team race I've ever seen and made us look like a JV squad. It was a really discouraging race especially after all the hard work I've put in. I didn't even get a varsity spot, I ran so poorly. I guess it means I've got a lot more work to do. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt tired this morning. 

PM - 6 miles. 40 min easy with striders. Coach decided to cancel the workout today and just do an easy run instead. It defintitely was nice to relax after yesterday. Good run. It was pretty humid but it was fun. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I was feeling a lot better today. Tiredness pretty much gone. 

PM - 7.5 miles. 60 min with 6x1200 (goal - 4:50) with 3 min recovery. Times - 4:43, 4:45, 4:44, 4:48, 4:46, 4:39. Much better workout for me today. We still weren't able to pace them very well but it was more about sticking together as a team today. I stayed at he back mostly for the first 600 meters on each one and made sure everybody was staying together and then I would pick it up on the second half, take the lead, and finish off faster. Great workout from everybody today. I really hope we can transfer this to races. I felt good today. Stomach kind of hurt on the last couple but not nearly as bad as Monday. 

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. I didn't feel tired at all this morning. I'm definitely getting better at sleep.

PM - 3.5 miles. 30 min. Desert Relays. Time: 4:30. Team Place: 5. Leg Place: 4. This race was a relay against Desert Hills at the Region Course. It was set up in 3 person teams with each person running a lap of the course. We scored it just like a normal XC meet so it made it kind of interesting because 15 guys would affect the score. I was on our 3rd team with Andrew and Logan. I got to anchor and thus I had the shortest lap. When I got the baton, I was in 5th place and the race was really spread out so there wasn't anybody near me. I wanted to catch up to Boston but I couldn't get speed rolling like I wanted too. I definitely wasn't ready for such a short distance. Good race. Desert Hills beat us again but I definitely ran better than I did on Tuesday and I was happy with my performance. 

AM - 8 miles. 70 min easyish. We had our annual Runathon all night which was fun but totally wore me out. I ran 4 miles in the actual Runathon, all around or under 6 min pace. I finished off all my minutes for the day during the dash for cash. I am so sore and tired from the whole thing. Running all night is very hard. I'm definitley never going to do a 100 miler.