Running Blog

Am: easy three.. with frida and kaelie!! Eight girls. That's our high for the season.

Pm: holy smokes, you guys. I'm dead. Today's workout was prolly a little easier than the usual repeats, which I am very grateful for, but it was so hot! Today we did a workout to work on finishing races faster. So I had 4x800, and my first lap was supposed to be a 1:30 then my second was supposed to be a 1:26. So 800s at 2:56, which really isn't bad at all. The first two I ran the first lap with stoner cause we were both supposed to hit 1:30.. but we got sick of waiting for the 1200 girls so I got my own watch. I learned that it's hard for me to hit a 1:30 first lap.. it feels really slow. But I need to work on it, because when I run the first lap too fast, I don't run the next lap fast enough. The workout was mostly good. I mostly ran the second lap faster (except the first one.. stoner and I got a little anxious on the first lap and ran a 1:24) then we had 2x300 f pace. These are pretty much what killed me. The first one felt good.. we started after Michael and Casey ran by on their 1600s, and I made it my goal to pass Michael before the end. I got him (with like 10 meters to spare) and ended up at a :49.. so that was good. My first time under 50 seconds. The next one felt awful.. I was so tired and my muscles felt sooo tight. But I ran another :49.. I think once I run one of them, my legs just stay the same for the next one, cause I always hit the same time twice. Then we cooled down to harts, and camped out there for like 10 minutes cause we were all dead. I seriously was having a hard time walking because my hamstrings were so tight. Weights after. The end!

4 to green springs with the boys. Striders after. We (mostly stoner) mothered a baby hummingbird back to health (well.. almost).

Am: workout. 10x200.. first 5 at 800 race pace and next 5 1-2 seconds faster. Race pace is 37 for me. Splits were 37, 38, 36, 37, 37, 35, 35, 35, 34, 34. Felt way good.

Pm: four to sandbergs with roberts. 4x200 after. 

Am: tres.

Pm:  race! I wasn't super nervous for this one. I warmed up a bit and headed over to the starting line.. I was in heat 4. I'm not really sure how to write up a 400. There's no thought that really goes into it. I was in lane 2.. so I was behind til like the 200 mark. I think I ended up 4th.. and I'm pretty sure I ran a 1:04. The 200 was later.. we'll not talk about that.

Am: 6 miles with 20 minute tempo. My goal pace was like 6:30ish. The first 10 minutes were golden, and I was between 6:30 and 6:40 the whole time. The last 10 minutes were awful. I could not make my legs move faster. These tempos are discouraging. I get so frustrated. The run back from the trail wasn't that great either. My legs hurt way bad for some reason- they haven't done that since the beginning of the season. I took my mind off it by comtemplating what I'd do if one of us was attacked by a dog. My final answer: probably scream. We had weights and plyos after.. my partner was TB.. big mistake. Turns out she's way buff and benches with the 10 lb weights,  not the 5s. Ow.

Out in the fields.. wayy too early for me. Yesterday was a way busy day and I wanted to sleep in.. but no. We ran around a mountain thing and frida stole some balloons.. then we did the last 1.5 miles at LT pace. It felt okay. Then we went to the park for free breakfast. Yum.