Recovery

Today we ran up to the track where we ran 1 mile warm up and 1 mile speed changes. Then we did our asphalt hill just west of the soccer field 10 times. Next was the run. I fell behind very quickly and could not keep up. At 13th south I felt really sick and decided to just run through it. But when I got to 17th south I still felt horrible so I stretched out my sore legs, took some deep breaths to make my tummy feel a little better, and ran back to East the same way, very slowly. I made it and went straight to the ladies room and then I felt better.

Yesterday I went on a college visit, and since the team was doing a workout and not just a run, I couldn't run with them. So that took away my running plan for yesterday. Today was our team time trials. I totally forgot to bring spikes and flats, so I ended up wearing my trainers, which really weighed my legs down. I did 2 miles warm up with Tomy and Chris and then a mile speed changes. It was windy down the home stretch, so I was not excited for that at all. On the first lap of the mile, Sarah took it out too hard at a 76. I then decided that it was a time trial and didn't really matter, plus I kept tripping over my trainers. So I backed off and relaxed to where my splits were 2:48, 4:28, and 6:10. I was also a little tight from not running yesterday. I ran a lap recovery and my butt really hurt. I really need to massage that and ice it, because it was pretty bad. Hey Susannah, I need a butt massage, teehee. For the 400 I hit a 78, so I knew my 76 earlier was better. Then again I was running slow because of the wind and the fact that I kept tripping over my heavy trainers. I'm pumped for Tuesday though, it'll be a nice day and I'll have lighter shoes. I did 2 laps cool down to be at 5 because I was in a hurry.

Today after all the warmup stretching drills and such we ran to the hill and did it 8 times. Then we ran over to Fairmont for 10 strides. I felt really good on the way down there, but after standing around for a few minutes my hip tightened up again and started hurting like it has been every day this week. It didn't loosen up all through strides. When we started running back along 9th east we were going to go down to Liberty for that extra mileage, and I fell behind and ran with Dakota and John. By the time we reached 13th south my hip still was really tight so we just kept going to 9th and up the hill. My Garmin said 8 while we were going up to the track, so we just walked the last little bit. When I got home I iced it a little but it hurts so much!