The King of Controversy

AM-3 miles. Arctic Circle. I didn't know we had some hill sprints and 100's afterwards so like normal I went home before reaching the high school. 

PM-It wasn't the hardest workout I've ever done but I definitely worked harder than I ever have before. We had Pizza Hut warm and cool and then 4x30 seconds with 1 minute recovery. I felt really strong on my 30 seconds and felt like I ran them really well. We then ran 3x800 and I felt really good with my first two with times of 3:05 and 2:55 respectively but my third one I died off and got 3:12. We then ran 2x1000's indian run style. I ran the first one okay but fell off from the group after the first 200 meters on the second one. I kept running at a slow pace and Coach pushed me with about 300 meters to go and I was able to pass Jake up and finish my run strong. I can honestly say that I worked harder today then I have on almost any other workout. We did weights and plyos after but I couldn't do all the plyos because I felt like I was going to collapse.

As weird as this sounds, I actually enjoyed this workout today. I may not have hit B standard but I sure improved my time from last week. I felt really strong running today even with my legs being a little sore from yesterday. I missed B standard by about 1:30 and even though I slowed down on those last few laps (okay maybe 5 or 6), I am really happy with my time and how much I improved from last week. I felt really good on my striders too and I'm so ready for the race on Friday because I already feel like I'm going to kill it.

AM-3 miles. Same old run but we decided to cut it short and see the people doing their Michigan finish and then finish off the rest of the run. 

PM-6 miles. 5 miles and then 4x200's. Then weights and plyos.

Pre-race run today. We cut the Sandbergs run short so it was only about four miles instead of five. As always, we swam and had a great time. 

2 mile warm and 1 mile cool. I got a new PR in this race but it didn't feel to me like that great of a race. I felt like I ran well but nothing big or different from most of the rest of my races. My legs still a little sore from the Michigan and the Monday workout this week but as always most of that soreness disappeared as I ran. I haven't been able to figure out my kick since my awesome finish at Hurricane so I need to work on that. I didn't prepare mentally like I should have and need to work on that for region. My form could use some tweaks especially when I start to get tired. Overall, a great race for me and a new PR.