Recovery

Today I was not mentally prepared for the workout, 2x1600, 2x1000, and 2x800, steeplers with the barrier and 2 hurdles. I was excited about the hurdles, but the rest of it was kinda poop. My miles were 6:10 and 6:32, my 1000s were 3:59 and 3:57, and my 800s were 3:04 and 2:57. I was also a little bummed because Vieve is sick :( I ran a 20 minute cooldown with Caity.

I ran the short Geneva loop with Darian. The snow was miserable. Then I biked for a few minutes with a few of the other girls and we did our 90-90-90 core series.

Today we parked over by the Del Taco by the Provo River Trail on University Parkway. We just ran out 1 mile as warm up, then continued at our paces. My window was 7:13-7:55, but I think I was going faster than that because I stayed with Bridgit and Celeste. Most people just ran 6, but I ran a full 10 with them. I fell off with about 2 miles to go, but I stayed strong and close enough to them where I could still see them. I felt really good about this run physically and mentally though! Weights today we had squats, dead seal lunges, partnered core, inverted rows, and plate side lunges. I partnered up with Emily for everything, then we sang on the shuttle again :)

Water cross training at Golds.

The workout today wasn't the best for me. My legs feel like dead puppies and it was really cold and wet. We ran a 20 minute warmup to Center Street and back, plus drills and stretches. The original workout for 3k-5k runners was 8x800, but after 6 we split the next 2 into 4x400. My 800 times were supposed to be 2:51-3:02, and I hit 2:57, 2:57, 2:57, 3:00, 3:10, and 3:11. Coach made me sit the first 400 out so I could stretch my legs because he could tell I was suffering. I've been adding weight to my bars recently, so that might be why. My 3 400s were 82, 86, and 83, and I wanted to do my last one but we were going on our cooldown right then just to be done. I just ran towards the light with Kenzie and Vieve, then Kenzie and I added on another half mile while ranting about everything. It felt great :) Weights today was pretty good, we had a new partnered core series with jack-knives, squids, supermans, windsheild wipers, and swimmers, which I did with Vieves. We also did our lateral plate lunges, band strengthening, alternating jump lunges, military arm raises, and a ton of stretching. Later I met my roommate at Walmart and stocked up on poptarts.