Breanna's Running Blog

AM- This morning we did the VA loop, then we did 10x100 meter strides and a mile cooldown on the track. It was a good workout the strides felt really good. It rained on us during the VA loop pretty hard but was ok after that.

PM- Tonight we did just over a mile and a half warm up around the block with our school. We had a fitness challenge thing today as a school. After that we did the workout. We did 10x400. We were in groups of 2 and while one person ran we got to recover and we just switched off each lap. My partner was doing her 400's faster than me so I was getting less than equal recovery. These were my splits:

1-1:19

2-1:22

3- 1:21

4-1:22

5-1:23

6-1:24

7-1:24

8-1:23

9-1:24

10-1:21

It was a good workout and at the end of each interval I was surprised by my times. My legs were really starting to feel it after about the 4th one. Afterwards we jogged a mile cooldown. My shin hurt a little more than normal but I think that is because I did the workout in flats instead of trainers.

AM- This morning we ran from the track to Sugar house Park, around the loop on the road once and back. I didn't take any ibuprophen this morning so my shin was hurting really bad.

PM- Tonight we did 1 mile warm-up 2 miles of speedchanges and 1 mile cooldown. My legs felt really good, I'm excited for GRIAK this weekend!

I ran on the treadmill today because my shin was hurting and I was hoping it would be softer. I did 7 minutes warm up. Then I did some fartlek. 6x2 minutes on 1 minute off. I got 3 miles and my shin didn't hurt too much but still a little bit.

This morning I just ran an easy 3 miles at liberty park.

AM-This morning I went on a shake out run before our race this afternoon. I ran about 2 and a half miles and threw in a few strides as well. My legs felt good. Where I was running was really pretty and I was sad I couldn't go further. I'll have to run there again on Sunday so I can see more.

PM- This afternoon we ran at GRIAK. It was a very big race. I tried to get out hard but didn't and got boxed in really bad but then it was a false start so it was ok. They didn't call the false start till about a minute into the race but at least I would have a second chance to get out better. The second start I got out much better. After the start I settled into a pace and pretty much stayed there. I think I need to work more on hills and my kick. My first mile was a 6:10 and my total time was 20:44. I finished in 110th and was at about the place throughout the whole race. After the race I was disappointed with my race because I think I could have pushed harder, so when we got back to the hotel I went for a run to calm down. I ran about 2 miles the first one was probably faster than what I ran in the race.