Become to Be

This morning was great! 5 miles with bounding. And 0.5 mile warm up.

4 miles in the early morning! 4:30 A.M.! Ya!!! It's cools down a lot that early.

This morning run was just great! Felt great most of the way. I guess I was pushing myself, because I felt kinda weird. Considering I ran 7 miles!!!!!! BOOM. Yeah! First 7 miler of the season! And I did it! So now I am ready for anything (almost). Well today I felt focused, but the run was on some trail. That mike picked. Cause he is using his captain skills.

This morning run was great! 5 miles with striders. And 0.5 mile warm up. So 6.5 miles today! Felt good and strong. We went through some of the neighborhood, and then went through the base ball fields, which was weird, because we never do that. And then we started the run on grass. Bare-foot the grass was soft! But the humidity was up a ton! My shirt was filled with sweat.... It was really disgusting...

This morning run was great! I felt great in all ways. My legs are just getting ready! And I am ready for some hard work! Went 6 miles today, and I honestly would have to say, "It was easy!". So I kept cutting off everyone we were running with (sorry coach)! I thought it was super funny! Well lifted with core stuff.

4.25 miles today. This was a easier run, because I think my legs needed a little easy run for today. From all weeks hard/long runs. So I felt good about it. Just wanted to run today. Felt nice. Lifted and did core stuff. I think I am for sure ready for this season to start. I wanna race already. See what I can! Just to see, if  I need to work on something (form, foot work).

Morning-Run was long... 7 miles with 0.5 mile warm-up. Morning was hotter than usual... But run went by slow, and painful. Every step for about 2 miles left hurt. But I was ready for work hard for my goals. And then I did work for it.

Afternoon- Run was 3 miles for doubles. So a total of 10.5 miles With weights. Man, am I gonna be sore.... But this is the farthest I have gone. So I am making great progress. Mental note to self: "Keep thinking". Well Felt focused. Afternoon was alot easier on the legs. Felt alot better even, though the heat was HOT (110 F.) ITS HOT!!!

Total mileage-10.5 miles!!!!!

Today I ran 4 miles with 0.5 mile warm up. Probally another 0.5 mile- 1 mile. And 1 mile in kids club! So about 6 miles and run was fast! Dirt mile, ran pretty good pack ran a 6:57, and 6:34. So Good pacing. Already this early. And the ran was fast, and painful. Super Sore from yesterday's stuff. But I feel great now! Kids club was great! Kids were more agree able this time! YEAH! And Lifted with core stuff.

This morning run was great! It was a lot cooler, than Monday, and Tuesday. Felt cooler atleast to me. And I went 6 miles with 0.5 mile warm up. Felt focused. These longer runs are getting easier for some reason. But I will like it.But 6 isn't that far yet. I could go anywhere from 10-13 miles!! DUN DUN DUN!!!! But I will find out later in the season. And the run was great. I felt great the whole time! Lifted with work stuff.

Afternoon- 3 miles. Super hot day. Heat is getting hotter each day. 

Total mileage- 9.5 miles!!!

Morning- This morning was alright.... I was tired, sore, and just thumbs down... But went 4 miles with striders. With 0.5 mile warm up. Felt goodish. I have felt better, but oh well. My form felt great. While we were doing striders coach said something... And I was like what??? And he said, "What up Red!". And I was like ok? But yeah....

Afternoon- This run was 3 miles. Super HOT HOT!!!! Felt really sluggish, tired, and really sore. But I pushed through. And by the end of the run. I was just dead. Did weights after, felt great! After I did some stuff.

Total Mileage- 8.5 miles!!!!

Note: Its Raining!!!!!! Dropped to 70 degrees!!!!! In the MIDDLE OF SUMMER!!!! Around 7:30-8:10 (P.M.). Felt GREAT!!! Don't get that... It's 104 in the middle of the day. And 70 at night...

This morning run was alright. I have had better days. Feeling alot better than yesterday! Which is good. I think I got heat exhaustion or something... Cause I was just tired, had no energy. And just dead... Well went 5 miles today. With 0.5 mile warm-up! The run was funnish. Had some nice company with the boys! They are going to be super good runners this year (they are already!). Lifted with core stuff.

Total mileage- 5.5 miles.

Run was great! Wake up, and went running with David. He is a STRONG runner. He will be super great this year and years to come! He wants it! You can tell just how hard he works for it! But went 5 miles. Mabey a little over 5. But was a great run. David and I talked (mostly me) about racing, and this season to come! Our FIRST RACE is in 3 WEEKS! That is scary. Like more scary than me! I am ready for a GREAT season. Just ready to FORCE myself to go, even when times that I wanna HURL out my guts! Just kick it the Whole RACE! Pass people one by one! Go for that title! I have wanted for like forever..... But now is the time to be me! Time to go for it! Once and for all! BOYS AND GIRLS! LETS ALL STEP it up!!!! NOW!!! LETS GOOO!!!!! Run felt good, and focused. Went up by Grapevine. And I promised myself that I saw coaches footsteps in the mud... Might be him?!?! But who knows? I remember Freshmen year doing the 800 meter. And I was about in 3ish place and just hearing people cheering me on!!! Just makes me want to kick EVEN harder than I am going! So cheer!!!! I'm ready for some racing! Lifted with core stuff. Stretched like a crazy monkey! My calves were giving me problems, but since than. I feel just frisky!!!!

Total mileage- 5 miles!

Morning- This morning I went 8 miles with 0.5 mile warm up! That is the farthest I have gone ALL year. For XC. It was good for the first half and then once we hit mile 4ish. I didn't feel as good, but I was like whatever. And by the time I got to mile 6ish I was dying, and at mile 7 I was just dead. No energy, and just tired....But lucky me! We hit a red light (was sooooooo glad!!!). And got to rest for 30 seconds. But I felt like I was going to hurl... It was not pretty. And glad Wes was there, because he just kept telling me to go, and we were almost there! So thanks Wes for keeping me going! Usually I don't have runs like that, but today was just bad...

Afternoon- Well afternoon run was 3 miles... Stomach cramped up the WHOLE RUN! It was bad. Slowed down a little by the pack, because I was going to hurl again, felt like it! That's 2 runs in a row! It was way cooler, but super humid!

Total mileage- 11.5 miles!!! Most mileage of the season!!! YA YA! I DID IT!!!

Morning- This morning we went 4 miles! Up to the dirt trail, and we were pacing, which was really like tempo. But our first mile was 6:39, and 6:15ish. So that felt really good to just get the legs moving. Which is the first time, since track really. And after that I just felt good about myself. And wanted to just go race! I was in the racing mode! Just wanted to run fast! Get the legs moving again! Kids club was great. Only 3 coaches this time, and it was different, because they were all boy coaches. And usually the girls like girl coaches. But oh well... They say,"I'm weird!"...... Well thats just great! But run was great. I will throw another mile in with kids club. With 0.5 mile warm up.

Afternoon- Afternoon run. Ran at night. Was good I guess, cause I am telling the future. 3 miles. I am lazily.... So I am posting now, and will do it later on tonight.... But was good I guess?

Total mileage- 8.5

Morning- Morning ran 6 miles total, but had hills and farlecks. 3x 1 minutes, and 4x 30 seconds. The hill was beast (fire station), but my beastiness beat its beasty stuff. So I now know I can push through beast things! I was doing super good, until Danny came flying past me on the last one.... Holy cow pie! I was like where in the world did that come from?!?!? It must be his race powers. If you know what I mean! Looped it around to make 6 on telegraph! And everyone, and I mean everyone was just dead, and tired.... Then we were almost done, and this dog with some odd disease tried to kill us! It ate Wes's leg!!!! Almost got me, but I ran in front of Wes so it would get him! (Sorry Wes).... But good run!

Afternoon- 3 miles in the afternoon. It was alright. But good run.

Total mileage- 9.5 miles!!

Morning- Morning run was great! Went on the grass, because someone forgot their shoes.... (Casey!)..... But did 4 miles with striders. And 0.5 mile warm up. So 5.5 miles. And it felt good on that run, and form felt good. Felt focused. 

Afternoon- 3 miles to AC. With weights. Wasn't too hot. And actually got cooler. And this season is going to be great! I can tell!  Not too chatty today....

Total mileage-8.5

Morning- This run was super tiring, because David, and I woke up at 4:45 in the morning to go running! And yes A.M..... It was a different experience.... But we did some hills up at fire station hill again. But I wasn't able to push as hard as last wednesday... Because of many reasons.... First I was tired, and second I had no know really to push me. Or to pace with them... Soo whatever. But I was very close to where I was last time. So it was all good. I was sweating like a beast! Same as usual morning runs! :) Even at 4:45 in the morning it was still hot (my body tempature.). The tempature outside was just great! Felt great. Also the run was pretty good. We should start having practice at 5 a.m. in the morning! I would go for it! Lifted with core stuff.

Morning- Ran 5 miles with David! It was raining a little. Which was nice. It was way cloudy and nice temp. The run was simple and easy. But I had a nice talk with David! Did you know that he loves running? Cause I do too! Gotcha! Ready for camp! This will be my FIRST year of camp... So I will see what happens.... Lifted with core stuff!

Total mileage-5 miles!

Morning- 4 miles. Felt great. Really humid,but better than the heat. 0.5 mile warm up.

Afternoon- 6 miles at camp!

Total mileage-10.5 miles

Morning- This morning run at camp was crazy! My brain and body were all over the place. Went 10 miles!!!! Farthest I have ever gone! Beast mode! With all the hills, and the altitude just made things worse, plus we were going FAST! First 2 miles felt like I went 8 already... But then after about 4ish. I started to feel better, and by the time I got to 6,7, and finishing 8 I just felt great! I was leading the pack, while talking to josh! When can I ever do that? Almost Never!!!  And last 2 miles just hurt like really super bad! And this was a great experience for me, because I have never done that. And I really thought it would be super hard, like almost impossible. But I now know that I can do that! So I am a beast!

afternoon- 3 miles. Still difficult, because of the altitude, and hills. But it was not bad.

Total mileage- 13 miles!!!! 2 NEW P.R's!!!!!! First farthest single run 10 miles, and most mileage in 1 day! :)

Morning- 6 miles at camp! The 6 miles went by really fast, but the hill, and the cramps did not. But we went up a HUGE HILL. Just a beast! Like almost as beast as me! But run was alright, considering I almost threw up like 6 times.... HUGE stomach cramps... Didn't know what was wrong, but it's all good now!

Afternoon- 3 miles. Again hills and high altitude makes easy miles harder. But all is well.

Total mileage- 9 miles!

Morning- Morning run was really great! I had a pretty good run. 4 miles!!! I decide to run A LOT SLOWER, than usual. Because my legs were tired, and so was I. And I just didn't want to deal with thinking about it. So I just ran. Didn't think.... But like on the 10 miler. I was using my brain more than my legs! Which is a lot for me, because I had to PUMP my brain like a beast! More control I have, the better I am. The more I can think, the more I can run! So good run!

 Total mileage- 4 miles!

Morning- This morning run was pretty hard! I ran 8 miles with 0.5 mile warm up, and the last 2 miles were tempo! And This didn't really feel like a 8 miler, which means I can easily run 8 miles, considering I ran 10 the other day! We started tempo with 2 miles left. Casey was pretty much pacing the whole thing, but I was right with him most of the time. And our splits were 6:00, and 6:25? minutes! Which felt great (I was going my last years pace)!!!! Which means I have improved like crazy! I hope people know that, if not then they are in a world of surprise! This was really a great run! Lifted with core stuff.

Total mileage- 8.5 miles!

Morning- 4 miles today! Pretty easy. Felt good. Legs are feeling better from easier run today, but when I did 13 miles. It wasn't good... But David and I went to heck hole, and back. With another mile on the track. So not too hard of a run!

 Total mileage- 4 miles!

Morning- Run was good. 4 miles with striders with 0.5 mile warm up. The kids race was fun to watch. Paced some of them. Did 2 laps. So another mile. So of them can run really really fast! I was surprised how fast some of them could go! But we went up to the dirt trail, and ran 2 laps. Pace was 6:47, and 6:37, not bad... Considering I have not ran in like 2 days.... Lifted with core stuff.

Afternoon- 3 miles. Felt nice and easy. Went nice and easy. Legs are feeling a little raw. Can't wait till I get them rolling again!

Total mileage- 9.5 miles!!!