Running Blog

50 minutes up the golf course canal today. Felt very good. 

Here's to a new month that's hopefully nothing like February.

25 minute warm up, 8x100m strides, 2 mile tempo (1 mile on, 1/2 mile off, 1 mile on, 1/2 mile off), 15 minute cool down, legs, 8 minute core.

It felt all right. I was nauseous all day and it was my first workout back since my shin took me out. The first mile was good. I stuck with the group at 6:40. The second mile caught up with me and I ran a 6:50. Bleh. It was good though. Good day.

Easy 50 minutes on my own up into the Lundstrom neighborhood. Felt good. 

50 minutes with Abbie and Katie. We almost died by pheasant attack. It was terrifying.

6x100m strides after

Big fat progression run loop with Spencer. It is fantastic outside today. Afterward, we just lay down on the grass and talked and enjoyed the weather for like an hour and a half. T MINUS 22 HOURS TIL ST. GEEZY.

50 minutes easy, 6x150m floats.

It was sooooo warm and sunny today! Yayayayayayayay. After the first two miles, Karli and I picked up the pace and finished at around 8:15 pace. Floats were fine. Then bowling and volleyball. (:

20 min warm up, 8x100m strides, 3x(5x200) at :37, 15 min cool down, legs.

When Coach said we had 15 repeats today, I thought I was going to straight up die. I already felt yucky today. But the warm up felt good and strides were okay. The pace for the 200s was just under mile pace, so like :37-:38ish. Aaand.. it went fantastically. I hit 37 or 38 on every single one and I probably could have done a few more after we finished. I felt super crappy afterward, but during the workout I was just fine. The cool down felt like it took years. Then I chugged an entire water bottle and felt even worse. Then I went home and laid on the floor for a solid 20 minutes. That actually made me feel better. Then I got a popsicle and that really made me feel better. Yay.

6.5 on the bike this afternoon. Bowling and volleyball again tonight. 

This week has honestly been one of the weirdest of my life. I've just been really stressed and, like, tired & weakish for the past few days-- I'd wake up for class, then come home and sleep for five more hours. Also I ate like one granola bar a day and nothing else because my anxiety was so bad that I thought I was going to throw up. It was like race-day nerves, but they lasted for three or four days. It was rather odd, and evidently, I'm not completely over it. 

I tried running again today because I have been feeling a bit better. Spencer and I went down Broken Canal. As soon as we started running, though, I knew it was going to be rough. My whole body just felt exhausted. We had made it to about the turnaround point when I got so dizzy and lightheaded I could hardly stand. We sat in the shade for a bit, because my eyes were doing that thing where everything was too bright and I couldn't see (it hadn't happened since my senior year of high school.. it's still as unpleasant as I remember though). Then we started making our way back slowly, with a few stops for rest. We ran back to my apartment building, where I got a big drink of water and a cold towel for my face and we sat there for a bit while I tried to recover. Then we ran the half-mile back to my car at the Laub. When I got home, I took a two hour nap and managed to stomach one and a half chicken strips for lunch. I did eat a whole sandwich and some chips for dinner, so I think that with some good rest tonight and tomorrow, I'll shake whatever this is.

Seven miles on the elliptical. I talked to Coach Spence about the whole anxiety/poor nutrition/weird sleeping habits thing that's been going on and he said we'll play it by ear. I think things are getting better (I didn't take any naps today.. although I did sleep in til 11:30 on accident, so maybe that's why) but everything is still weird. I have zero energy for anything. Bleh.

25 minute warm up. Workout. Short cool down.

Got in trouble with the trainer today for trying to do a workout when I haven't been eating.. I got super dizzy and lightheaded and sat one of the 300s out. When Lindsey came over and asked what was up, I told her and she got sorta mad and told me not to work out anymore. She's making a doctor's appointment for me this week. I'm just really frustrated, because I'll have a good workout and be making progress, then have some stupid setback like this. fkadshvojs x kcejcflk. hashtag pissed.