Well here we go...

PM: Early out today, that was fabulous :) and we did 5x1000's today. It was at 91% today and I was not sure what time I should be hitting. Cuz I didn't do the 6 minute test thing a few weeks ago so the only time I had set for me was 5:14 but I've been hitting way faster then that. So I thought I would hit about what I did last week. The first one I got was 4:40 which was 10 seconds faster then I wanted my first one to be. But I thought I would just try to roll with it. And my workout went really well! My fastest time last week was 4:40 and that was one of my slowest times this week. My times were 4:40, 4:44, 4:40, 4:32, 4:30. So pretty solid. It definitely felt harder but it was supposed to seeing that we are at 91% now and I was able to get myself to push harder cuz I would just tell myself we only have 5 so you can do it. My breathing was a little messed up but I'm kinda sick so I dunno. My knee only hurted on my warm and cool so that's good, kinda. Did some weights afterward. 

AM: easy 3! Was feeling really tired this morning so on our way back liz and I just took it easy. And it was so fun. That's the most conversation we've had during a morning run put together! It was awesome, I like Liz

PM: 1/1s today with 1.5 warm with 1 mile cool. Did 12 today. Which is improvement cuz I only did 10 last week. It felt really good today. I ran with Kaelie, Nicole, Maskerem and Lacey. Lacey is doing flipping awesome. She kept up with us the whole time, just stopped a few reps before us. But during the workout I would be a little behind during the 1 minute on but I was hitting my cones good, and then my recoveries were a little faster then the other girls. So it all evened out. Felt good on it today :)

AM: Did my very first Michigan this morning. Was so excited cuz everyone talks about how much they love these things. But I was not sure on pacing so I stuck with Kaelie and Josie the whole time. By the last 800 loop I was getting tired but not as tired as I feel like I should have been. I had a pretty good pace on my 400. I got B standard so that's good. My 400 should've been faster but on my last lap I had to keep myself from throwing up. It didn't feel like my body was exhausted enough to throw up just that my tummy was a little upset. So my 400 I was just trying to keep it in so I didn't throw up on the track. My time was 34:21. I don't know! I know this is my first one so I did pretty good for my first, but I know I could've pushed it a lot more. Especially after seeing the girls do theirs this afternoon it got me really discouraged seeing how fast their times were. But I will try to stay postive and just use this as a tool to help me next time. Ugh! I just wanna...pft..man..hhhhhhh....ugh. Ok, it's ok.

The weather was nice ;)

PM: Easy 3! I love easy 3's. Especially while everyone else is working out. I ran with Liz, Kaelie and Jared to hot nails. And then we did striders and then there were yucky boys in the weight room so Liz and I didn't wanna go in there. But everyone else was taking forever so we just did it :) and it was good

AM: did grass runs and they weren't too bad today. They went by considerably faster. My legs were still covered in mud up to my thighs. I just am good at finding puddles

PM: easy 3 to sandbergs with 4x200's afterward. Felt pretty tired this afternoon but it was a good run. Think I'm ready to race tomorrow, pretty nervous. I keep having nightmares about this race ha which is always a good sign. My knee hasnt been bugging me as much when i run. It hurts really bad walking around school, kinda hurt today on the run but not too bad. My mileage dropped significantly low after suu so I've been working it up in 10 mile increments so I don't I injure myself. So I prolly will skip out on morning practice and just do the other two runs tomorrow so I can keep my mileage in the low 40's this week.

Ran on the state course while it was drizzling a little bit. It felt way nice. Was definitely better then last time we ran on it.

Race: Well we're going to try to focus on the positive here. It was a really fun course! Started out crazy though. We missed the varsity race so we ran JV. I was hoping to get in top 10 since we were in jv. There were so many flipping girls! And they really refuse to let you pass. Started working my way around on the switch backs and I felt really good. The hills were pretty tough but the downhills were able to give me enough momentum and energy to get back with it. And all that mud helped go fast downhill so it would cushion your landing. I knew I had a pretty good spot where I was at and the girls ahead of me on our team were Mia and Megan by the 3rd mile. I got up the mother cussa and it was...awesome. I mean that thing is a beast but I felt really strong on it just afterwards I was completely beat. Then after that I landed on a spot wrong my leg twisted and knocked my knee out. I still had maybe 1/4 of a mile left and I did not want to finish. I had to stop and walk a few times and right in front of my teammates that was really embarassing. But I finished, with not a very good place or time which is why I failed to put that in my race report :) So yes. You can see I just have the best of luck this season and it's getting a lot tougher to stay positive but I'm working on it. 

I am not sure if I should go on a run today. My knee definitely feels better then yesterday. I mean I can walk on it ok but it still hurts. I'm glad it's the weekend so I can really rest and ice it so I can still run. I do not want to stop running! And I really want to do the time trial next week so I can remind myself that I really can race. I guess we'll just see what the weekend brings.