The King of Controversy

Today we did a 2000 time trial, 2x1000, 3 min rec, with Harts warm and cool. I was really happy with my workout today. Coach really wanted us to focus on running our average 1000 time (which I didn't know because we haven't done 1000's on the grass in a while) and then matching it or beating it on the other ones. All I could remember was some of my times from early in the season which were around 3:40. I crushed those times though with times of 3:20, 3:21 (a time of 6:41 on 2000), 3:21, and 3:19 sequentially. I was so happy with those times and was really surprised when some of the youngsters were keeping up with me and Sergio, I think even beat me. It's really cool though because it means we are still going to have some tough JV runners (if they don't make Varsity first).

AM - 3 miles. Nice and easy Arctic Circle run. A little cold but not too bad.

AM - 6.25 miles. We did the Michigan this morning because of scheduling conflicts. My time was somewhere around 29 minutes flat so not quite B standard but a lot better than last time where I got about 29:40. I was feeling pretty good at first and was able to stay about 100 meters behind Hunter. I lost him sadly about halfway through. My legs weren't super tired like some of our workouts but my arms sure were. I was really mad at myself for not being mentally strong and letting my form to go all wacky that last of the workout. I was still satisfied with my run though. I definitely want to get B standard next time.

PM - 3 mile grass run at 2450 park. We ran through the dreaded desert where everyone hurts themselves. I think we are in the clear though this year as no injuries have been reported yet from this run. I really liked this run because it was fairly easy and a lot more comfortable than wearing shoes. But it is more dangerous because of the dog poo that some people stepped in (ha Coach).

PM - 4 miles with 4x200's. We ran the Dog Pound run today with a hard pace all the way from the top of telegraph down to the Dog Pound. I was feeling really good and actually led the boys pretty much the whole time and even at the end which is where I usually fall off. I wasn't hardly ever out of breath either which is great for me even though our hard push was down hill. My200's weren't bad either but I still got burned by all those people who can sprint like crazy.

PM - 4 mile run to Starbucks and back. It was a great easy run with my shirt off where me and Jason pushed the pace to ditch the rest of the guys who were doing some dumb synchronized running and kept saying, "Left, left, left..." and so on. I was really happy that we got done so early because it was nice to get the weekend started early.