Recovery

Today for workout the girls ran 1 mile warmup 2 miles speed changes and 1 mile cooldown. I ran my warmup and first mile alone, then my calves were hurting so I stopped to rub them out and stretch them before continuing. They felt better for that mile but I felt myself getting a blister from my old pink shoes, so I ran 2 grass laps barefoot with Emmaline.

Today was the Davis Super Meet Girls. I ran the 1 mile loop with Emma for warmup, then grabbed my spikes and had plenty of time to relax and do some drills and strides. I was feeling pretty good about racing today. I was the 5th seed in the fast heat, which I was pretty happy about. I went out hard with the pack, my splits were 789, 2:43, 4:09, and 5:32. It hurt the whole time and I thought I picked it up my last 800 but turns out I was just hurting more. Oh well, I was still pretty satisfied with my race! I did a little cooldown to the car and back because I had to grab my ensemble dress and change at Davis to drive out to Cyprus for a musical competition. I made it right as my group went up! Perfect timing!

Today I really wanted to go cheer for the boys at Davis, but I didn't have a way to get there. For girls workout, there were only a few of us distance runners, and it was a light drizzly rain (the best to run in!) so we just broke into groups with whoever and did adventure runs. I ran with Eleanor, Megan, and Flower. We did a grass lap, then ran up Sunnyside to Foothill, down by the VA to 13th east, and back to the stadium. We ran 2 more grass laps to look at the soccer players. I should've gone 20 more minutes, but nobody would go with me :(

Today we did our 200/400 chase workout. I was with Patrick and Eleanor! We all ran 1 mile warmup and 1 mile of speed changes before starting. Eleanor and I jogged to the 200 and when Patrick passed the 200 mark and got to the cone a little farther up, we started out 200. Then We did a 400 with 200 recovery. We did 3 sets. My 40 times were 78, 79, 76, and I don't know my 200s. For cooldown I ran 3 grass laps with the girls.

Today was Running of the Leopards! It was snowy and icy, but I still ran hard and did really well! I warmed up for a mile with Emmaline then we ran more with the team and did strides before starting. I saw a lot of other people wearing Sojourners jackets, which was pretty awesome!

The start was super slippery and some people went out really fast and were kicking back slush. I stayed calm, keeping in mind that the race was 3.1 miles and not 100 meters. There was nobody at the 1 and 2 mile marks, which ticked me off a little because I wanted to hear my splits. I ran hard the whole way, throwing in speed changes the last mile and a half. Coming into the stadium was a really sharp turn, and I slowed down a ton or else I would've wiped out on the slippery ground. I kicked my last 300 like we practice. As I was going down the last 100M straightaway, I watched my PR time 18:26 tick by. Oh well. When I crossed the line I read 18:28, but the time on the results said 18:32. I like what I saw better. Turns out I was 2nd female overall! Good job to everyone else that raced today!

Now I get to go work 7 1/2 hours at the NCAA tournament, which means walking around carrying heavy objects and never actually getting a break. Should be fun! :)