I did a little over a half mile warm-up. Then I did a 3 mile tempo run in 20:25. Then I did about a half mile cool down. My shin hurt in the warm-up and cool down but I didn't notice it much during the tempo run. I'm encouraged by my tempo run because it sort of gives me a better feel for where I'm at racing wise. But I guess I won't know for sure till wednesday.
AM- We ran up to Sunnyside park and did 5 strides. Then we did fartlek. 5x2 minutes on 2 minutes off. Then we did a cooldown and finished at the track.
45 minutes pool running
PM- We went for a short 3 mile run. We did it in 23:27. My legs felt good but my shins hurt as usual. First meet tomorrow!!
Pre-Region (2.93 Miles) 00:20:00, Place overall: 1, Place in age division: 1
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
5.00
0.00
3.00
0.00
8.00
Today was our first race. I was really nervous for the race because I haven't raced in a while and I didn't know where I was fitness wise. The race was on our region course which is probably the toughest course we race other than state. It was pre-region so all the schools from our region was there. I went out pretty hard with the lead girls. By the first mile I was in the lead. I felt pretty good. Then I just held on from there and I ended up winning the race! I ran 20:00. The course was 2.93. I still need to build my base up a bit more, and I really need to work on hills. I'm excited to see how the season goes, our next meet is BYU this weekend.
AM- We did 2 big grass loops to warm up, and then we did 4 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then I did 4x200 in 39, 39, 39, and 38. Then we did two more grass loops for a cool down.
BYU Invitational (3.1 Miles) 00:20:32, Place overall: 35
Easy Miles
Marathon Pace Miles
Threshold Miles
VO2 Max Miles
Total Distance
11.50
0.00
3.00
0.00
14.50
Today we had BYU. I did about a 2 mile warm up. Then we did some strides and started the race. The first mile went really well. I came through in 6:00 and was with the lead pack. From there I faded back. My time ended up being a 20:32. Overall the race wasn't too bad, but after I fell off of the lead pack I didn't fight. I need to fight more and not let myself slow down so much.
