The King of Controversy

Today we did a hill workout up and down the Foremaster hill by Sunrise Tire. It was my first time ever doing it and boy it was a killer. I ran over there with all the Varsity guys but I got left in the dust when we started running the hill. We were supposed to do the hill 5 times and I was dead after the first one. I felt really weak when some of the Varsity girls started passing me despite starting after me. Luckily it only happened once but they got really close on the last one. On the way back, I almost got passed by them again because I was running so slow but I got back to my usual pace and they didn't get close again.

We ran a 6 mile long hill workout into Green Springs but we ran down like we were going to Sandbergs or running the 2450 loop backwards. We turned around just after the curve at the bottom of the hill and ran hard but not quite tempo (although it was about my tempo pace) up the hill. I was able to stay up with the Varsity guys until just after we went under the freeway. I didn't fall too far behind and ran with Andrew the rest of the way to our turn around. Casey had helped a little bit in me getting to the top because after stopping for a little bit came up from behind and pushed, literally pushed, me into the ground. Okay, he didn't push me but that faster pace that he pushed me to was pretty much as bad. I even stopped shortly afterwards and at my turn around because Casey's push was so bad. The rest of the run flew by as I left Josh and Andrew in the dust because they hit every single stop at the cross walks while I only hit two on the way back.

AM-Normal Arctic Circle run. Missed yesterday's morning run but got there today. Super excited for these to be back even though it was pretty cold. 

PM- Today we did the 5 mile mall loop run thing. It wasn't too bad at first and I felt really good but just after we passed Slickrock park, my stomach killed and my pace was really slow the rest of the way. We had striders after and I felt really good again. I was able to run them at a fairly strong pace and my stomach did not hurt.

AM-3 miles. Same old Arctic Circle run. I ran in shorts and a t-shirt and it was really cold. I should probably wear at least a long sleeve shirt next time.

PM-Somewhere around 7 miles. We had a workout today that was supposed to be kinda like a Michigan because it was a speed change workout. We started and ended as always with Harts warm and cool then we did the workout in a pyramid style with the minutes (1,2,3,4,3,2,1) going at a hard pace for each time followed by a recovery of the same time. I was feeling really good for the first half and was able to catch up with Josh and run with him (or pretty dang close to him) for a lot of the middle minutes. I died off though on my last 2 minute (just like every other workout or race) and wasn't able to catch back up. I was really satisfied with how hard I pushed today, I just need to work on finishing workouts and races. 

I ran on my own today at about 4 pm. I was going to run with the Freshman Five but didn't know when they were going exactly. I had my mom drop me off up in the desert in Green Springs because it seemed like a good alternative to roller coasters. I really tried to work on my form today especially on the hill running. I worked really hard on getting my knees up and keeping my breathing calm because it always seems as if I'm dragging my feet and I get breathing so hard even when I'm not even running hard up a hill. It really helped me keep a steady pace up and after the hill and kept me from slowing down afterwards. I ran back down to my house and on the way saw some of the runners that ditched us for the play. They seemed surprised to see me as if they were the only ones who ran towards the end of the day (sheez those actors).