Well here we go...

2k's this morning. My times were 3:55, 3:58. So the second one was slower but they both were fast and not too far apart. We were able to pack up really good. Felt good to run this morning.

Am: easy 3 with the level 3's. Actually wasn't too bad running with the boys. I felt good this morning

Pm: and then I felt not super good this afternoon. I was really tired mentally and physically. My knees hurt and wouldn't warmup and neither would my legs. Did easy 3 to sandbergs and then 4x200's. Just wasn't feeling it today.

AM: easy 3 running with Josie and Coach

Race: So the point of running this race was to run as a pack. So Nicole and I were leading at the beginning. I was doing really good the first lap. Stayed up in front of the pack. When we were going around the track mia got ahead of me but the rest of the girls were behind me so I thought I was still doing good. But by the time we hit the trail most of our girls had passed me and were up ahead of me. I was trying to catch back up but that's kinda hard when they are running the same pace as you. I hit the hill and maybe not as hard as I should of. All I could remember was how dead I was after the mother cussa and I wanted to be able to run the rest of the race. At the top it was down hill from there so I was able to push down it. I got to the bottom and maskerem caught up to me. We ran together til we turned around the school right before the track and I let her get away. I thought we only had a 100 spring in so I was disappointed when I found out it was 300 meters. The last 100 I was so dead, obviously, and wasn't going to kick but a cedar girl got in front of me and I could hear one right behind me so I sped up and she didn't catch me. I got 7 out of our girls. I felt a lot better about this race then last week in cedar. I actually got 2 seconds faster then I did there and this was a longer and harder course so I felt good about that. But I don't get why all this time and effort I've been putting in these last few weeks haven't paid off these last two races. Why I cant be up where I was a couple weeks ago. 

AM: run to AC

PM: easy 3 to green springs and then 4 400's when we got back. My times were 1:25, 1:22, 1:21, 1:17. I was able to stick with the front group on each one. And the last one I was up pushing with Mia. I like the speed stuff we've been doing lately. Hopefully I can actually incorporate some of this stuff into my races. Jeesh

Am: 1 mile warm up the a 1.5 mile tempo. The tempo felt good we were all right in there the whole time. Which I never really do good on tempos but it felt good :) then did 2 master blasters. On that home stretch it was making me cry, the wind and the cold. Pretty tiring but not killer workout. 1 mile cool.

Pm: 3 to hot nails

3 with Liz. Felt good to run at 9 I the morning :) I feel ready for region. Roberts lent me a running magazine on Thursday I think and I read a pretty cool article about abbey d'agostino. There were some pretty cool stuff in there and quotes I wrote down and have been thinking about them all weekend. So I'm kinda ready to go race and kick my own butt. I'm not really looking to beat anybody but myself this race because I've been so set on beating people it hasn't had a really positive effect. I just need to kill this mental block in my head.