Become to Be

Morning- Good news! My blister didn't hurt, or did my achillies, but.... My legs are awfully tight, and tired. But easy 3 miles this morning.

Afternoon- 2 mile warm, with 6 minute Vv02 Max test today. 2 mile cool down. It was actually 2.5 mile warm up, but anyways. I was soo excited for practice today in school for some reason, (maybe because of the race). But I was pretty pumped for the work out, and ready to kill it. I then hit a wall 4th period. And felt soo tired, and sluggish... But warmed up. And I started to feel a little better, and we got started. I took out pretty fast with Byron, Abel, Trevor, and Kyler, but quickly that gap grew and stayed the same for the whole time. But we ran around the 800 meter loop (small hill, and lots of grass). So slower times, but! I still pushed it. And first lap was 2:31, and mile mark 5:17 (2:46), I really slowed down on that second lap... I just coasted off Colton for that lap, bad mistake... I always do that like A LOT. But I didn't do it much at the race last saturday. So I am teaching myself not too coast anymore, push more! :) Got 2 laps, and 210 meters, which is 1,810 meters I think. But I was tired, after the work out. Just running 6 minutes. I don't know how I ran soo beast at the race! But I have work to do. I have to get down that attitude of "keep working hard, and getting faster, better, stronger." My lungs were burning, and my head felt like a ballon, just waiting to blow up... But 2 mile cool down. Had weights today too. I had a good lift today. And was excited to lift. Had a meeting in Coach's room. That was pretty good, and gave me some ideas to use this season. And I stretched the whole time. So I feel way less tight now.

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles. Felt good.

Afternoon- 5 miles with striders. I was late, because I had to take the CPT test. And so did Byron. We ran Dogpound loop (4 miles) with 2.75ish tempo. Byron thought it was around 6:00 minute pace, but we found out, after we did it. It actually was race pace. So we averaged 5:50 Byron said for 2.75ish miles. And the last 0.5 was pretty much uphill and got pushing towards 5:40 pace. So that was good. I had this weird burning feeling in my lungs, and couldn't breath... But I still feel it now. But striders were good, and did another mile on the grass barefoot to get mileage. Good day.

Morning- Nice and easy 3 all by myself, because I slept in. Felt good, and great to think alone.

Afternoon- Waited till 5 to race. And I ate a little too much, before the race, and my Meds are giving me some discomfort with the bathroom....

Race- I took out pretty dang slow. But I worked my way up more on the first lap. And I pushed it more on the second lap, but didn't gain much on the front guys. And with 780 meters to go I came across at a 8:35. So I think about the same as last time. Or slower, not quite sure... But I did 1 second slower than last time. I just wasn't really mentally in it today. But I will be for Grass relays for sure! 2 mile warm up, and 2 mile cool down. I then had more bathroom problems on the cool down... And almost died. But I am going to take out the positives from this! I did pretty good on last 2/3's of the race, but the first 1/3 was a little slower. I just have to learn to take out faster. That's my only problem for now!
 

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles.

Afternoon- 5 miles easy. Good week of recovery.

Morning- 3 miles easy with 4x200's jumping over the hay bells. It felt good to go fast on those.

Afternoon- After a really long ride up to SLC, we ran at the state course for our afternoon run. Brings back memories from racing, and watching it! Can't wait to race at state! 3 miles easy. Also saw a ton of runners.

Morning- Woke up feeling pretty good, after having some trouble with breakfast, I finally got some at the hotel. And then we headed out towards the meet. And once we got there. We watched some of the girls races, and they had good races. Finally it was my time to race. And I ran the course once so I got a mile in there. 2 mile warm up.

Race Report- I was out third leg. I was sweating pretty bad, before I was started racing. I stood in line waiting for Nick. And he came in, and I started out pretty fast to get some speed going. I really don't know my splits, but the first lap was pretty good, but my second lap was no buneo. I died off pretty bad. And I really don't know what happened I just kinda coasted. And I just finished it in, nothing insane, or strong. Just finished it in. My time was way off of what I wanted. But our team took 11th right behind Alta, and I was 4th on the team.