Well here we go...

5 miles up to green springs with some LT tempo with Mia, Nicole and Liz. I was kinda worried for the tempo cuz on our way up to green springs I was already struggling for breath from being sick. My dad got mad at me for going running but oh well. The tempo turned out well. We're not sure of our pace cuz the watch was messed up but prolly around 6:20 or something. I was able to stick like 10 feet behind Mia the whole time and not slow down at the end. Tempos aren't even my nemesis anymore! I mean we're not super close friends but I don't hate them. It's amazing how magical they are, they make you feel so good after you're done with them

1000's today. Only did 3 cuz I'm sick. Was gonna try to do all of them, my legs felt great! But breathing was hurting really bad, so with the workout and having to work to breathe was just killing. My times were 3:56, 4:04, 3:53. Goal time was 3:57 so they were kinda all over the place. I like the whole taking turns leading thing cuz it pushes us as a group but then we never really get into a nitch so it's kinda hard that way. Harts warm and cool and weights. 

3 this morning

4 on chuckwalla trail. It was really pretty. And pretty fun. But I'm just feeling really sick during my runs. I mean during the day too but it doesn't go away during the run it makes it really hard to breathe. And then my head starts pounding and I have coughing fits. I dunno if it's one of those things to keep going or take a rest. So I'm gonna keep going until I feel I need to rest. Good plan!

Am:waffle Wednesday! Woo hoo!

pm: 18 minute tempo. It was pretty good I guess. It was nice that Liz and Mia were going about where I run on these cuz I was able to stick with them for the first lap. It's just on that down hill man! You would think that would be the spot to get up there but I hit it and my body thinks "well now you can relax". So died a little there but slowly got back up to pace when maskerem caught up with me. Finished even farther than last week so, getting there. Don't know my average pace.  The greater thing about these tho is not just that I've been getting faster but I'm not constantly begging myself to stop. I've improved a lot on my mental battles. 

Am: 3 AC. Was feeling lots better this morning, had a few coughing fits during the night but other than that was feeling way better. Had an awesome book discussion this morning. Who knew setting goals could be so scary tho? That was tough! 

Pm: old man hills! 1x800 felt really good on this. Was able to be up pushing with Mia. 2x400's these are my favorite I think. Just the right amount of speed and distance, did pretty good at these. Then 4x200's. I didn't think these would be as hard but they were tough! The first two I did pretty good but the last two I struggled quite a bit. Just that last 100 on each my legs quit. But still a good workout and good push. Jog back was eventful. My knee was doing funky things! I didn't step weird or anything but all of sudden it felt like something was trying to twist my knee cap. It hurted! And then it kinda did that randomly the whole way back. I face planted it in the dirt, that's the second time today! I think this run made my cough worse though, I've been coughing non stop since I got back to the school. Had some weights. Hopefully I can get myself under control, weird.

Am: 3 this morning with Liz and Mia. Was really worn out

pm: 3 to arctic cat with the girls. I love when we have lots of girls, we made up another story, this time about a fat bird. Striders afterward, this cough is just getting worse hopefully the weekend will get it better. And my knee has been weird all day! It doesn't hurt like it did yesterday on our run but just randomly it will hurt, like when I go upstairs especially. Just like something is pulling on it. I'm so excited cuz we're gonna have lots of girls tomorrow on our run! Or at least a lot of new girls that don't usually come on Saturdays. 

7 girls!! That's how many there were, 7!!! Only had to drag about half of them out of bed and it only took 45 minutes to get them all there, but we got them there. We learned about a valuable tool that can get our girls team to practice: force. We had maskerem, alli, Josie, Carli, Tay boy, Liz and me! Ran up to green springs and did our tempo on the way back. It feels weird to be leading on tempos cuz I never thought that would happen. I think this is the fastest tempo I've ever done. I'm not sure my time but it was faster than it has been. I just kept singing the dory song in my head. I just kept saying just keep running just keep running. It was kinda annoying but it worked

Am: 3 and yoga

pm: time trial! It was...not what I wanted. It wasn't bad but it wasn't where I should've been. I got a 5:48. Which is 4 seconds slower than I got during cross and 20 seconds slower than my kosmin test. I was really playing it safe and kinda mean. I kept thinking I would tuck in behind Mia so she would do all the pushing for the first 3 1/2 laps and then I would push it in at the 200. I should gone up with her so we coulda pushed it the whole way together. But it was a good learning experience and I need to be a lot braver in my racing. DI warm and cool with striders and weights. 

Am: 3 with the ladies. It was SUPPOSED to be waffle Wednesdays! But freaking boys don't know how to do anything themselves 😒

pm: 8 miles with 18 minute tempo. It was a pretty good tempo. We didn't hit our times right on but I think I ended up averaging about the same I usually do cuz I ended in like the same spot. It was really nice to be able to stick in a pack the whole time. The WHOLE time. Didn't even slow down on the down hill. Woo!

Am: 3 AC with book discussion afterwards

pm: 10x200's. Goal time was about 40. The first two we did we're super slooow. They were both 45. We were trying to figure out what we were doing. The rest of them were right at 40 and 41. Then halfway through they dropped to 39 and the last two we tried to pick it up to make up for the first two so I got 37 and 35. Harts warm and cool and weights. My knee has only been tweaking a little this week but today on the cool down it felt like the joints were just slamming into each other. Not so bueno

Am: easy 3 with mia

root beer mile: terrible idea really

pm: trail run. Felt so crappy for the first mile still from all that soda but finally got into the swing and it turned out to be a fun run

No school! Met at 8 for 4x1000's. It was terrible. My dad made me take the weekend off so I would get better from being sick forever but I didn't. My tummy was twisting all morning, kept feeling like I was gonna throw up. I hit 4:00, 3:59. 3:59, 4:00. I wanted to stop after my second one cuz I was just feeling so cruddy but I figured a 4 minute 1000 is better than no 1000 at all. So I tried to step it up and take control of my body but it didn't happen. But it's ok, just did the necessary today. Harts warm and cool and weights. 

Pm: 3 with Mia, krenny and Abel down mosquito trail

Didn't do a morning run cuz my knee is really hurting :/

pm: 12x200's! Mia told me we had 18 so this was really nice comparatively. They went really good the slowest was 41 and the rest were right at 40 and 39. Last two 38 and 36. Really good workout. Harts warm and cool. My knee didn't hurt during the fast part of the 200's just all the rest of the workout. It's not really my knee I guess, just everywhere around it. Not sure what to do so I guess I'll just ice it

Am: 3 AC and waffle wednesday'

pm: 8 miles with 18 minute AT tempo. Ugh it was terrible. Most everyone was going LT tempo cuz of the race on Saturday, so there was only about 10 of us doing AT. Started out with Nicole, pretty on pace but the wind was hideous wrarfing our times. But she's been sick lately so she dropped out less than halfway through. 🎶ALL BY MYSEEEEELF 🎶So it was me, the wind and my favorite workout. Let's just say not my best workout. By the time I was done with my tempo somehow we had lost all of our AT tempo group so it was me and Carli finishing up 8 miles. It felt like it took forever. 

Am: 3 easy and book discussion. 

Pm: 4 miles trail run! Was a pretty good trail, felt way fast. There was lots of sand to push through which was yuck but it was still a good trail 

Am: 3 easy. Going the pace of an above average human being

pm: 3 to sandbergs with..the whole team and then striders afterward

Well I thought I was going to be out of town this weekend so I didn't sign up to race. Didn't find out til this week that I wasn't. But I ended up needing to accompany someone for SUPAF this morning so it worked out well that I didn't race. But it was really hard to get myself out running. But I did it! It was a weird run cuz I was kinda just free ballin it. I didn't have a watch so the only thing I had to go off was how well I knew my area. So had about 1.5 mile warm up then about a 1.5 mile tempo. Don't know my pace but that's usually the distance I hit around on these. Then around 1.5-2 mile cool down. Not sure the exact distance of my cool down. This week has not been the greatest of work outs but it's come to a close and I can start afresh on Monday. Oh! And I wanted to point out my dad was the fastest old man in the 9k. Came in 7th behind you hooligans. What a champ!

Am: easy 3

pm: easy 3 to arctic cat and striders. Decathlon! Woo we are awesome. High jump, didn't really finish cuz we had weights and and it hurt my knee real bad anyway. Then 100 meter hurdles with a 20.66

Am: 3 easy and yoga. Had 7 girls there this morning!!

pm: 4 with Fartleks. I actually like these they're fun. Ran dog pound and then had the 200 meters and long jump. It's a good thing we're distance runners right? Except some people are killer! Like maskerem sheesh. I got 12'8" on my long jump and 31.44 on the 200. 

Am: 3 miles easy. I am sore in the weirdest places! Like just my right thigh and my left hamstring 

pm: kosmin test. Oh man this thing is hard. I was really worried at the beginning cuz there were so many girls missing and I was nervous I wasn't going to have anyone to run with. But Mia came at the last second. It was really good! I got a bit further than last time! So improvement is a good thing. Distance of 1302. My goal was to get past the 100 meter line and I did it. Harts warm and cool and then had a meeting so I had to leave so no decathlon or weights

3 in the morning!

Am: 3 AC

PM: 10x400's. These were pretty tough. Started out with quite a few girls and by the end it was just me, maskerem and Carli. Goal time was supposed to be 1:22ish but only hit that the first time at a 1:21. The rest of the time it was at a 1:24 second to last one was terrible with a 1:29 and ended with a 1:24. I dunno I felt like I kept picking it up but I guess I was just pushing enough to stay consistent. I think it was the 3rd 100 because we were on at 39 at our 200 split and always finished the last 100 meters in 20 seconds it was just that 3rd one I think we kept slowing down. Harts warm and then cooled around the track to watch the soccer game.