My Miles

AM-6 miles on the river trail.  This run was really good.  I was able to push myself hard and there wasn't any nausea.  The weather couldn't have been better.  We made it back in an hour.

PM-3 miles.  I don't know why this was so hard, but the heat killed me!  Other than that, it was nice to talk to Taylor and there was weights and plyos afterwards.

This morning's workout was 4x1000s.  My splits went like this: 4:30, 4:55ish, 4:38, 4:28.  I felt relatively good, considering that this was my first major speed workout in a long time.  The first one was pretty good, and I started with the rest of the girls.  My cooldowns were too slow, which caused me to run the last one by myself.  I (cheesy as this sounds) had to keep telling myself that I wasn't going to die, so I might as well push hard.  All in all, it was a good workout!

I got up at 6:30 and went three, which was very lovely.

However, this afternoon was...hot.  The workout was 3x2mins, 4x400s.  It could have been a lot worse, but I struggled.  The 3x2 mins weren't that bad, and then the 400s took me down.  The last two went a lot faster, and as I relaxed my face:), I was able to breathe easier.  By the end of the whole practice, my voice was pretty much gone because of my cold.

AM-2 miles.  Mariah and I went early this morning because we had Trilogy.  We just went two, but it felt really good to run in 80 degree weather, even if it was at 5:45 in the morning.

PM-2 miles.  I was planning on the full workout, but early in the afternoon I was getting really bad headaches and my cold was acting up again.  I ran up to Walmart and was doing fine until I tripped and my head did this weird whiplash thing.  I didn't hit anything, but I became really dizzy and light-headed.  So no striders or weights, so hopefully my body can heal a little bit by Saturday.

Nice, easy 3 miler with 4x200s afterwards.  It was a good run, and it makes me somewhat less nervous for tomorrow's race!

My very first race!  I met my goal of a sub 26 5K, and I am so happy!  I feel like I could have gone much faster during the last half of the 2nd loop.  I kind of hit a mental wall and wasn't able to get over it soon enough!  And I want to publicly apologize to Coach Roberts for snapping at him and disregarding his well-meaning advice.:)  A  good first race, I think!