The King of Controversy

AM - 8 miles. 6x1000 (goal - 4:15) with Harts Warm and Cool. My times were 4:17, 4:15, 4:13, 4:13, 4:12, and 4:07. Even though the times were faster after the time trial this workout was fairly easy. It got harder towards the last few but I had no problem running good times. I started to get a nasty side ache on the last few and my foot pain was bugging me a bit but I was able to push through it. My achilles is feeling a lot better today.

PM - 3 miles. Normal AC route with the usual hot temps. Trevor finally showed up today and on the last little bit me, him, and a few other guys pushed the pace quite a lot. It was a good run though and weights and plyos afer were good. The foot pain is still a little buggy. I'll ice it again tonight. 

AM - 6.5 miles. Half mile warm and then 5 miles with 4x200. I was just feeling pretty tired on this run today. I was able to stay with the boys the whole time but I really struggled to do so. My 200's weren't very fast either. Hopefully I have more energy tonight at the race.

Race - 5.5 miles. Got in 1.5 warm just after the girls race started then did some agilities and got to the start line. The race took forever to start but finally the gun was fired and I got out pretty well. The first mile was really good and I was right where I wanted to be but as I hit mile two, I started to really struggle. I was able to still give a good push and I was still where I wanted to be but I wasn't passing very many people. When the third mile came around, I just couldn't get myself to move and Josh, Andrew, and Logan all passed me on this mile. My finish was really bad and I don't think I passed anyone. It was still a good race for me, nonetheless, and I was able to get a PR but I'm still kind of disappointed. I ran pretty much the same pace that I ran on the time trial but I wasn't able to beat or even come close to beating some of the people I beat at the time trial. New PR by about 7 seconds and a new course PR for myself by about 1 min. 30 sec. and almost a 3 min. PR from my first race on this course last year. So even though I will need to work on pushing that last half of the race, I still had a great race and great time and I've got a lot to look forward to this year. 

AM - First day of school so Coach let us have the day off.

 PM - 4.5 miles. Normal half mile warm up and then a 3 mile run with barefoot striders after. A run out into Washington which us level 2's turned into the Sandbergs 3 mile run. So happy we did that because that is my favorite run. Striders felt great.

AM - 3 miles. First morning run of the year. It was nice and cool and just a really good run. Plyos afterwards. 

PM - 7 miles. 5x1 min. and 7x30 sec. hills at  the Sunrise Tire Hill. This was a fairly good workout for me. I didn't drink nearly enough water today so my mouth and throat were pretty dry for this but Coach brought the cooler out for us so I was able to eat a bunch of ice during the workout. My minutes were kind of slow but I really picked it up on the 30 sec. and pushed myself pretty hard. The hardest things about these workouts in my opinion is the run back to the school after you killed the workout. Weights afterwards.

AM - 3 miles. Normal AC run. 

PM - 7 miles. 1/1 workout today. I was able to max out at 15 again but only just barely. I was able to easily reach 11 when I was pushing with Andrew and Logan but I made a quick stop after 11 to grab some ice from the cooler and I fell behind. I really had to focus on those last few and even though I really struggled, I was able to do it. Super excited for the race tomorrow.  

Race - 1.5 mile warm up and then some agilites and strides until the race started. I ran with my watch today and my watch had it short at about 2.9 miles so you really can't compare this to other races or count it as your PR. You can count it as your 2.9 mile PR though. I got out pretty fast today which may have been too fast but that is where I wanted to be. My legs were just feeling really tired today and after about mile 1 I started to really slow down and I started to get passed by a few people. I was able to still keep a good pace and I was still running up there with those top guys. I finished 10th in the end, winning my first medal which I was really happy about. Pine View ended up with a perfect score (we took the top 5 spots) and we had 7 guys in the top 10 so that was also cool. This week has been somewhat of an off week for me. I have felt pretty worn out and tired all week, not too much, but enough that I've been struggling this week. Hopefully I can feel better next week.