The King of Controversy

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. A lot warmer this morning which was nice. My right hamstring felt a bit sore still. 

PM - 4.25 miles. 3 downhill repeats. We drove over to the Maverick out in Washington and practiced running down hill on one of the dirt hills out by Grapevine. It was a nice thing to practice especially since I know that the last two years at Foot Locker I have held myself back on those hills. It's going to be cool to see what I can do this week.

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Morning runs are a lot better because it is so much warmer. Felt a bit tired and sore today from the workout yesterday. 

PM - 4.75 miles. 30 min easy with striders. Great run. I felt a bit tired so it was nice to take it easy. 

AM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. It was actually really warm today which was nice. Legs still felt sore.

PM - 4.25 miles. Sunrise Tire Hills (6x20 sec with 10 sec recovery). Decent workout. It was a little bit easier than last time because we only had 6 but it was still really tough. I did my best to go with Nick but he was a freakin monster on those hills so I got left in the dust. I ran well though and pushed hard. I need to work on staying relaxed though because I let myself tighten up too much.

AM - 4.25 miles. 30 min easy. We had a nice pickup at the end of our run and got a nice little cruise going. It was really fun and that was the farthest we've ever gone on a morning run.

PM - 4 miles. 30 min easy. Got to California for Footlocker and had a great run. It was pretty nice weather for the sun being down and I could definitely tell the difference in Elevation.

AM - 3.25 miles. We ran the course today at Mt. Sac. The course seems the nicest it has in the past couple years. Not nearly as muddy as previous years especially since they are fixing all the cruddy spots. I'm feeling good about the race tomorrow.

Foot Locker West - Not my best race today. I thought I was ready to roll but I psyched myself out a lot this morning and everything just went down hill from there. I didn't get out very quick and so I found myself trapped like crazy in the pack for most of the first mile. I came through the first mile in like 5:07 but once we hit the switchbacks my whole race just crashed and burned. I was exhausted after switch backs so my last 2 miles were mostly just a tempo instead of a race. I didn't kick or anything. Just not a good race. Sad way to end my high school career but I think it just gives me more motivation to run better during track.