The Renegade

First day of XC today! I ran there and back to get about 2.7 extra miles, I'm glad I did. If I do that alot than it'll add up. On the way to the school I felt pretty tight, though.  When I got there we taught the freshman some stretching drills, had an 800m warmup, and then we went on our run. A little group of us guys ran through the river trail and then around the west side of the golf course.  That was about 4.2 miles, and they felt great. It's nice to run with other people for a change. When we got back we had a short round of core, and then I ran home.

Short tempo run today. It felt great! This afternoonI woke up at 2:00. Yikes! So naturally i spent all day felling kind of crappy, but for some reasonI had alot of energy on the run. It was supposed to be just E-pace the whole time, but I decided to bump it up to tempo sice I felt so good, I need to do it more often, and it was 9:00 and almost dark outside. The distance was actually a little under 3.25, but I rounded it down. I finished in 24 flat, so about 7:10 to 7:20 mile pace.

I'm sure glad I didn't run to practice today. That extra 2.7 miles would've been a good add-on, but it also would have killed me. First an 800m warmup, then the run. I ran with varsity, and we went out 4 miles to Lundstrom Park. Then we agreed to go out an extra half mile to turn it into a nine miler. At the beginning I was still warming up, then in the middle 4 miles I felt pretty good, but not as awesome as I did yesterday. Then in the last 2 or 3 my legs were getting really tired, but I geuss that's what comes with higher mileage than normal. I'm just glad I could keep up with them, it makes me feel great about myself as a runner.

Easy run today, although it was at half past noon in the heat (that's what I get for staying up to late I geuss) I felt pretty tired, and the heat didn't help. I just didn't have the energy that I should have. I geuss it's that spike in mileage, mainly the extra long run yesterday. 

Fun practice today. We ran to a park and played ultimate frisbee for about half an hour, then did an indian run on the way back (my personal favorite running thing to do). Afterwards we cooled down 400m, and did about 3 minutes of core, Not alot of mileage, but I think it was a good rest day since it's the beginning of training season, and hopefully now I can have a nice long trail run tomorrow.

Goode but pretty challenging trail run. I'm exhausted! jI went 3.5 miles up dry canyon, hoping to get to the top, but that didn't really work out. There was a constant incline on the way, and it was pretty steep at some parts.  I stopped about ten times to catch my breath, but I'm okay with that, since this wasn't a normal run. It took me 58 minutes to get up there. I felt a little better than I thought I would, so that was nice. I'm glad I did it, because there were some beautiful views up there. On the way I had to grit my teeth and grimace the entire time, and it really put a pounding on mty knees. I'm just glad that I didn't trip on a rock or something, and my knees are fine now. It took me 25 minutes to get back down to the trail head.