Act like a horse, be dumb, just run.

am- met ruth up at the school at 5:30, ran two warm up laps then headed to arctic circle (3 mi).  I noticed that right under my right calf is really sore, and the left side of my left calf.  As I ran my left leg felt better but my right leg felt worse. 

afternoon- had nothing to do during seventh period so I ran home (1 mi) and then chilled for a minute. Then had my mom drop me back off at the school for practice.  I ran 2 warm up laps, then a big grass loop (.5 mi) and then we started on our speedwork.  We did two sets of five 200m sprints with a 100 m jog in between. I was supposed to be aiming for 40 seconds. My first set went like so:

1- 37 sec

2- 39 sec

3- 39 sec

4- 40 sec

5- 41 sec

I'm not sure if thats exactly accurate, but thats the jist of it. My second set:

1- 37 sec (ran in spikes)

2- 36 sec (changed out of spikes and ran this in my regular shoes)

3- 39 sec

4- 38 sec

5- 39 sec

I tried running in spikes on the last set but I decided that I don't really know how to run in them correctly and that they are probably doing me more damage than good (plus I hate them), so I changed back into my normal shoes and still did pretty well.  I felt like I wasn't doing a stupid i-ran-the-first-lap-really-fast-and-now-i-am-slow-for-the-rest-of-the-repeats thing, and it felt good to be consistent.  Doing 200s was sort of an adventure also, because it is such a short distance.  After I did a cool down around the school (I'm guessing a little more than .5?). Overall it was a pretty good workout, I felt good today. 

Anaerobic threshold today.  Ran during seventh period by myself so I could come home and hang out with my Australian family.  I ran a 2 lap warm-up and then headed out to dogpound (4mi).  The three middle miles were the threshold miles.  Running it by myself was different because I had no one to keep my sights on.  It was pretty windy today, I generally love running in the wind because I don't focus as much on myself and I feel a bit more free.  The wind didn't bother me until I turned right at the dogpound, then it got a little hard to run against.  Mid-way up the first hill there was a massive onslaught of wind and I felt like I was inching my way slowly up the hill.  It eased up a little on the second hill but it was still pretty windy.  My time was 18:19, 4 seconds slower than the first time I ran this.  I jogged back up to school and went on a cool down, 2 miles on middle school run.  Overall I felt pretty good today except for leg soreness.

am- met ruthie up at the high school at 5:30 for a nice morning run.  warmed up with 2 laps around the track, stretched a little and then we headed to arctic circle (3mi).  my left foot was hurting pretty bad until i got warmed up a bit and then i couldn't feel it as much.  We took it really easy today because of the track meet tomorrow.  It was a bit chilly but not bad; i wore long spandex and a jacket.  It was nice running at a slower pace.

afternoon- best run ever.  we were in hurricane for region solo and ensemble, so after we performed me and ruthie went on a run and kept track of miles thanks to her sweet watch.  We ran two warm up laps on the track and then headed out for a wherever-the-heck-we-want five miler.  My left foot has been acting very stupidly, it hurts on the left side on the top and sometimes i have to limp run because of it, especially when i turn left.  the run was awesome though; we ran past some horses, over a wooden bridge, through an orchard, and as we were turned around at our designated (by a cone) turnaround point the wind hit us and it was raining pretty good.  We ran back through the orchard in the rain and came back to hurricane high school.  there was stick that had gone all the way through ruth's shoe.    

Today was not my day.  I ran the 1600m after running a slow 2 miles by myself before the meet and a 3 lap warm up at the meet.  Got new shoes today (asics 2120) and I ran this race in them.  They hurt a little because of the newness but were better than my other shoes would have been.  My left foot still hurts pretty bad, I keep getting told it should ease up because I got new shoes, so here's hoping.  It was a little windy but my time was pitiful even for there being wind.  One second slower than last meet where there was harder wind, and 10 seconds slower than my PR (which wasn't incredibly hard for me to get at the time...)

Grass loop warm-up (.5 mi) and then the 3200, which was worse.  Ruth paced me and I wore her racing flats.  I felt pretty fast, and I felt good like I was really workin it and that I was doing better.  The wind was gone and I felt like I was gonna make a good time.  I had moments where it was hard to keep my pace but overall I felt better than I usually do in the 2-mile, and I didn't absolutely die on the fifth lap.  When I finished I was actually surprised at my time and I couldn't talk to anyone for at least five or six minutes (I actually yelled at Kareena), and thats why when ruth said "let's run the 4x4!"  i was completely up for it because i felt like i had a choice of either throwing something really hard at someone or running a lap really hard to get rid of my anger.  I forgot to do my cool down after but who cares, i am done.

I didn't run at all today.  I was planning on running six after school but I got tied up and by the time I had time I was in trouble and had to eat dinner.  I thought maybe it was a good idea after all to take the day off to give my foot some time to heal a little, however I still feel pretty guilty. 

I tried going out for an 8-miler this morning but I didn't get a half mile up the road before I turned around and walked home.  My foot is hurting and I can't run on it right.  I am hoping I will be able to run okay by Monday.