Chasing my Dreams

The coaches called for a shorter day, so I obeyed. Rob told us to go a little faster, so that's what I did. My legs felt remarkably good today considering all of last week. I did stop at the porta potty on the way out. 6:21 average for the whole run.

Did lots of strength stuff after.

Warmed up inside. did drills, and got ready to run. The workout was a good one I thought. I ran 2x5laps with a lap jog in between, a few minutes break, and then did that again. I went 2:27 and 2:29 on the first one. On the second one I went 2:26 and 2:29. My legs were tired warming up, but felt good during for the most part. They started to get tired at the end too. After I ran another one because Rob wanted to see if we could run pace. I ran that one in 2:31. He paid me a real compliment in saying I'm comparable to Kyle Kelly in the sense of how much of a metronome I am with hitting splits, which is a huge compliment I think.

After I did 4 miles outside in the fresh air averaging 7:14 miles. Stretching and some abs after. 

The wind was bitter cold on the run today. My left knee hurt a little warming up, but felt food after that. I ran north instead of south on the small road in order to go against the wind going out. My legs felt surprisingly comfortable today. I ran 7.5 miles, averaging 6:36, with the first half 6:40 average. After I cross trained on the elliptical for 15 minutes just to give my legs a break.

I did some strength/lifting and abs/hips after. Things were surprisingly calm and enjoyable today. It must have been because Fessler wasn't there. It was quite refreshing.

7 mile run today. Not feeling into it today and my body wasn't cooperating. Legs a little sluggish but not too bad. I just wasn't feeling it today. My knees have been a little achy today. Some strides after.

Stretching and a plank after

We had quite the adventure gettIing to the meet. Zach's Camry is quite the car. I warmed up and felt pretty good. I got boxed in pretty bad about 250 meters in, but was able to eventually get out. It didn't hurt my race really though. I went about 71, 71, 71, 68. I once again ran a really strong second half. I was really happy because of how close that time was to my PR from Sophomore year. My legs burned after, but I know I've got some big races to come. 2 mile cooldown after.

I was tired from not much sleep last night and my legs were feeling yesterday's race a little. I warmed up really well, calmed down, and then tried to get ready again at the end. I had my legs feeling about the best I could. I started pretty fast, even though I was in the back of the heat. I went through 400 in 62high or 63low. I knew I really had to move then and started to chase after people. I chased a lot of them down and then tried to outkick some people. My legs felt really strong again which was good. I finished and was happy with that race. I went out and cooled down. I was really happy. I'm very confident now with the races this weekend going into Simplot next week. I know that I need to work on my mental barriers I have developed with certain people when it comes outdoors.

Zach had some awesome races for him this weekend, with two big PR's. I'm excited for him. I feel like we are able to help each other quite a bit, even though we don't run together.

Late this evening I ran 5 miles on the treadmill. It honestly made me feel better. I think those runs like that really help me. It felt a little harder than it should, but the treadmill kept things moving at a good pace.