Become to Be

Morning- 3 miles. Nice and easy. Felt a little tight from the race... But was a good run. The boys were talking a lot.

afternoon- 7 miles with striders! And 0.5 mile warm up. It wasn't really that bad. But it was sooo HOT!!!! I was dying........... And then we stopped at Jason's place, and got some water there. And just watered us down! Like I was like yeah! I felt really good having that water go down my throat!!! I was soooo HOT HOT HOT HOT!!!! I just wanted to just die right there on the street.... Felt a little sluggish.... But life moves on.

Total mileage- 11.5 miles! 

Morning- 3 miles. Felt great! Was super sore from plyos, and weights. But I need to stretch a lot more.... I just need to stretch, and roll like a beast! I am getting my sleep schedule down, which is good. I try to get at least 8 hours every night. And every night I get closer to my goal! 

Afternoon- 2 miles warm up/ 2 miles cool down. With regular 0.5 mile warm up. Did 6x1,000's. The first 3 were really great, but then the 4th I just died off bad. I have no idea why!!! But I honestly think it was fear like coach said. Going into the work-out I felt great, and just ready to run some killer repeats... But then when I started to slow down on the 4th. I could tell so easily that I was slowing down a lot. And I tried telling myself to go faster, but it was like my legs were numb, or would not work with my brain.... But I think it was my stride. I heard Casey, and Mike talking something about stride. And it felt great? But I will have to work on that! But splits were 3:06, 3:02, 3:05, and 3:15 (really slow)..., 3:00 (after that speech coach gave us) I started to get rolling! And 6th and final was a 3:05! So all were good,but the 4th one. And coach wanted me around 3:05 on ALL of them. But I will work on that!

Total mileage- 12 miles! 

Morning- 3 miles. Really sore again....

Afternoon- 4 miles total with warm/cool. 0.5 mile usual warm-up. Had 4x2 minutes. And then 5x400's. And the 2 minutes were really packed in, and strong I would say. But the 400's were alright.... The first one was bad. But 2-4 was really great! And the 5th I was just outta it mentally. But I watched this XC video. And it said, "This is where stretching happens, this is where pain happens, this is were agony happens, this is where a lot of miles pay off!" It was pretty sweet. Talks about how bad you want it, and it's up to you! Some teams top 2 runners were injured and out for the season... But they said, "all it takes is all you got!" And that is like a great quote! I am really starting to realize what running is really about! How bad do I want it?!?!!??!?! YOU WILL SEE NEXT RACE!

Total mileage- 10.5 miles! 

Morning- 3 miles. Felt great. Ok first of all this run was out of hand! The boys were yelling their faces off like wild animals! They had really no idea what they were doing... They gave themselves the biggest pep talk ever know to man! Kept repeating the same thing over and over.... 

 P.S. They were not the ones doing it.... I was me!!!! MUAHAHAHA!!!! And mostly all of them wanted to punch me in the face!!! MUAHAHAH! And I was actually quiet for 0.5 miles!!!! NEW RECORD!!!!

Afternoon- This afternoon was pretty great! A little hot, but not as bad as other days. 5 miles with striders. Felt pretty focused. 6 miles total with 0.5 mile warm up. I am really to start realizing a lot of things... For one everyone is starting to ignore me in a respectful way, or they just find me EXTREMELY ANNOYING!!!!! But hey its me! I am trying to mellow out... I am for sure going to mellow out tomorrow! But keep the great energy!

Total mileage- 9.5 miles! 

Morning- 3 miles with 4x200's. Felt nice.

Afternoon- Did my first shift of the run-a-thon. Did 4 miles. And then did 8 miler 30 minute tempo! I started out really slow, because the boys left without me! :( But when they flipped I saw them at started to go back with them. And during the tempo Hunter, Josh, Braden, and I. Had a great pace going! After that I was just dead.... And once the run-a-thon got going I ran another 3 my next shift..... So within 24 hours I ran 19 mile!!!!!!!!!!

Total mileage- 19 miles!!!!

Morning- Ran 3x400's for the all dash for cash, and they were really slow. 

Total mileage- 0.75!