The King of Controversy

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Hamstrings still felt tired and sore from the weekend.

PM - 7.5 miles. 50 min with 2 set Michigan and striders. Well the Michigan is basically a tempo workout with varying tempo paces. A 2 set Michigan starts with 800 meters on the track at 5k race pace, then 1.5 miles on the grass at 10k race pace, then 800 meters on the track at 5k race pace, 1.5 miles on the grass at 10k race pace, and an all-out 400 to finish. Total distance of the 2 set Michigan is 4.25 miles. We have two different standards (A and B) that we try to hit and are awarded if we do so. I came in looking to hit A standard for the first time which is a time of 25:10. I did not do as well as I should have today. In fact, most of our team ran pretty bad today. I took it out fairly slow with Jake and we slowly started working our way up to where we were supposed to be. As we hit the 2nd 800 meter on the track, Jake really started moving and I couldn't get myself to go with him. I caught Nick this time on the track and I could tell he was really struggling and so I passed him. The rest of the time, I was working on catching Jason but couldn't quite do it and finished quite crappy and Nick came back and passed me. I sadly missed out on A standard running like a 25:40 or something like that. That's pretty much the same time I hit last year so that's a little bit frustrating. I have definitely decided that I don't run so well when I take it out slower because I'm not very good at speeding up to make up for the slow start. I have made it a goal to get out fast from now on, not necessarily a front runner but definitely up closer to the front. I felt hardcore tired afterwards so I definitely need to work on getting more sleep.

AM - 3.5 miles. 30 min easy. Feeling pretty tired this morning. Luckily we took it very slow. 

PM - 9.75 miles. 75 min with strong finish. This was a really tough run. I felt tired the entire run. Even when we were going pretty slow it was tough for me and was a lot harder than it should have been. I was barely able to keep up with the team on the strong finish. We did an Indian run for our strong finish and I almost couldn't get to the front, my legs were so dead. Hopefully it is just a lack of sleep and not that we are doing too much.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. I got a lot of sleep last night but still felt tired this morning.

PM - 5.75 miles. 50 min with 2 mile at 93% (goal: 11:57) and 2x1600 on the track hard (goal - 5:00) with 5 min recovery. Times: 12:00, 5:40, 5:25. Not as great as it should been. On the 2 mile I tried my best to stick with the group but I was feeling tired still and so I couldn't get myself moving. I still hit pretty much right where I wanted it so that was good. When we hit the track for our miles, I just wasn't ready. All the negative thoughts I have towards track and all those crappy 1600 repeat workouts I did during track really dragged me down today. Sure it was hot, I was tired, and a little dehydrated but it was mostly my mind that screwed me over on these. I should have been up by Paul and Nick but I was thinking super negative and ran really lazy out on the track. Just something to work on. 

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Still felt a little tired but definitely feeling better. Glad it is an easy day.

PM - 6 miles. 40 min with 4x200. Felt okay today.

AM - 3.75 miles. 30 min easy. Felt pretty good and ready to race.

PM - 6 miles. 50 min. Nebo Invite. Really bummer race today. I didn't get out as quick as I wanted to and I got trapped for the first mile. I even got knocked to the ground during that first mile. The second mile I started moving up and caught up with Alex and we got moving together but he eventually pushed ahead again. The last mile, I just wasn't with it mentally and kind of gave up on myself. Not a good way to finish. It was totally unacceptable to take 98th place as our 6th guy. I need to run better.

AM - 9.5 miles. 73 min. 7x800 and 3x400 with 1 min recovery. Good workout at the State Course this morning. I wasn't feeling very good but I still gave a good push and we kept it fairly close as a pack. It was super rainy but that just made it more epic. It was definitely good to get a preview of the State Course. Super excited for State. I hope I can lead my team to a great race here in a few weeks.