Going With The Flow

4 miles in the afternoon. My groin is irritated a bit - a little more sore than yesterday. I should've worn my compression tights because it eases the jarring. I don't think the weekend set me back too much...I'll have to take a couple more easy days to recover then should be good to go. I only ended up with 30 miles for this past week, but that's how it goes sometimes. Honestly, I'm loving this relaxed version of training and think it's important for everyone to do it every once in a while. No stress about missing a few miles!

I had such a great wedding weekend with my family. In case you love wedding photos.....I have a new sister!

Ran 5.5 miles with Jake A while doing Saucony testing. I always feel sluggish the day after coming back to altitude, and today was no exception. 

This is why you should be very careful about taking supplements. Companies put whatever they want in them...untested drugs, steroids, you name it!

Horsepark loops with Jake, 6.2 miles. 

Wednesday Workout - 2x200m, 4x800m, 2x200m with 200m jog b/w 2s and 400m jog b/w 8s. Splits were 41-42, 2:53-2:54-2:53-2:55, 41-41. I am very happy with the workout times. The 800s were challenging, and it was hard to get my breathing under control during recovery. My speed is coming along nicely but I still lack quite a bit with endurance and mileage is low. Any guesses for what I can run at the SOJO 5K? I ran 19:13 five weeks ago.

3.5 mile recovery run at lunch. Right adductor and groin are sore from yesterday. 

Quote of the day from Kobe -

“I have self-doubt,” Bryant says. “I have insecurity. I have fear of failure. I have nights when I show up at the arena and I’m like, ‘My back hurts, my feet hurt, my knees hurt. I don’t have it. I just want to chill.’ We all have self-doubt. You don’t deny it but you also don’t capitulate to it. You embrace it. You respond to it. You rise above it. … I don’t know how I’m going to come back from this injury. I don’t know. Maybe I’ll be horses—.”  He pauses, as if envisioning himself as an eighth man. “Then again, maybe I won’t, because no matter what, my belief is that I’m going to figure it out. Maybe not this year or even next year but I’m going to stay with it until I figure it out.” 

Day off. In hindsight, I should've taken yesterday off and today easy but that's okay. I'm still achy and sore in groin and adductor, so I will have to hold back on the track workouts more. We'll see how I feel in the morrning - I will race if I feel good but have no problem shutting it down if the effort feels like too much.

SOJO 5K this morning. I ran a longer 3.5 mile warm-up due to a late start time. I was a little worried about that but it was no problem.

The race started on grass with a neighborhood mile folowed by the Jordan River Parkway. The course was not marked at all after 2 miles so Jake, Allie, Jasmine, and I ran the course that was on the website (which apparently they changed?). At any rate, we had to run on a road with roundabouts, cars, and no sidewalk sections. The course was maybe a tiny bit (5 seconds) short.

I had no Garmin today, but I felt like I maintained a consistent pace throughout the race. Nothing held me back but my own fitness and that's great news. I ended up running right at 6:00 pace and am thrilled with my progress in the last 5 weeks! 

Afterwards, I cooled down for about 2 miles with Allie and Jasmine then watched James finish the marathon. Fun morning :)