Recovery

Today we did some speed. We ran our usual 15 minute warmup around campus then met at the track for drills and stretches. The workout was three sets of 3x400, 800. My first set was supposed to be 89-92 and I hit consistent 84s. My 800 was supposed to be 3:15-3:18 and I got 2:58, oops. My next set was supposed to be 87-90 and 3:14-3:17 and I got 85, 86, 90 and 3:11. Ugh. It was getting tough mentally and my next 400 was supposed to be 85-88 but I hit 96. Poo. After that, Coach told everyone if we could hit in a faster window for the next two 400s then we could be done. I almost cried because I didn't think I could do it, but Aisha and Savannah encouraged me to go with them. I was supposed to get 79-82 for these ones and I wasn't sure I could do it, but I went with the girls in the second group anyways and I managed a 75 and an 81! I felt so much better after that! I ran a 15 minute cooldown with Aisha and Savannah whilst talking about boys. Later is weights and my yoga midterm, yay!

Today I went with Genevieve to Savannah's apartment, where the 3 of us ran along Carterville to Gold's Gym, where we biked for 6.5 miles. We were gonna swim for 20 minutes, but we decided not to so we just ran back to Savannah's apt. It was nice to just cross it a little bit. And 3 mile biking = 1 mile running barefoot.

Today was the high school state XC meet! GO EAST LEOPARDS! When I got to the meet I went for a 5 mile run around the perimieter of the park and there's a new paved trail! That was soooo a single file dirt trail a few weeks ago. The sprinklers were on too, which was nice :) After my 5 miles I ran a little bit with my East girls for their warmup, then I did a bunch of running around to get to and from places on the course to cheer for everyone! Everybody did great! Love you girls! And guys!

Today we had team practice, but since nobody had checked online only a few of us showed up. We had a quick meeting about a few things, then I went with Harley, Caity, Genevieve, Maddie, and Savannah to the verticle mile because we wanted to run the trail up there. We all stayed together at about a 7:30 pace on the way up, then Harley and I turned at 2.5 and ran back at a 7:10 pace, and the last mile I dropped to about a 6:45. I really like that trail, once you get past the first mile. Oh well, it's the verticle mile for a reason. It was a fun beautiful run :)

Today we ran from the WAC through our little campus loop for a 15 minute warmup then met back at the track for stretches and drills. The workout was 1600, 1200, 800, 4x400. For the 16 I was supposed to run a 6:29-44, but I wanted to run faster so I worked with Shae and we hit a 6:06 :) Everyone ran it faster. For the 12 I worked with Shae again and we hit a 4:22. On the 8 we worked with Savannah and the three of us hit a 2:56. My 400s I worked in a group with Shae, Savannah, Aisha, and Maddie and went 85, 85, 86, 81. Today was just a really good workout for me :) I ran a cooldown with Caity and Maddie along Geneva Rd, I have weights in an hour and a half from now. I finished all my study hall hours for the week, and I didn't even go in on Wednesday! Yay for life!

Today a few of us met at Runners Corner for a morning run. I ran with Harley, Brooke, Jess, and Taylor down to PRT, and after a while I turned with Harley and Taylor to go up University Parkway back to Runners Corner, where we had waffles :) Yum!