Ethan Cannon

10 miles on a blustery day. 4 by progressive 200 in 31-32 usually. 

11 morning miles. Team moved up to No. 23 in the rankings. Excited for the next couple weeks and hopeful we can do some good work. 

Road workout. 1 minute rest and descending hard, starting with 2:00 and dropping 10 secs each time till we got down to 10 seconds. Pretty easy to hang with.

10 miles and weights

Nice weather today. Got my back checked out. Will see a chiro next week. Likely has to do with tightness is hamstrings. Today was an important workout. I have had a serious deficit of "confidence builder" workouts - ones that are on a track and that I do well on. This was my last chance before regionals and nationals if we make it. We did 400, 1600, 2000, 1200, 800 w/ 3:30 rest except 2:00 rest after first rep. Very windy. Trainers. 66, 4:32, 6:04, 3:23, 2:13. Feels good going through 1600 in 4:50 when you just did one in 4:32! 

12 miles. Hernia has been popping out more. That is concerning. 

Meeting went late so did tempo run alone- little over 5:20 pace 

11 miles

Little workout, 4x1min and 4x30seconds

Pre meet. Iowa City reminds me in some ways of Madison and in other ways of State College. 

Another cold day for a race, this time with snow and hail. But it wasn't THAT bad (I wore a little ear warmer thing that I took off mid-race and gloves, that's it). So with the longer distance, good course, and noon start time, I really thought I was going to run up with my teammates. Guess I wasn't. I got closer to them for a while as our first 2k were very slow. But then around 3k I think it heated up a lot, and I gradually lost everyone. Too bad. It's been a tough season, knowing how much faster I was this spring. I can't explain why. But here is the good news. We got 4th place with 120 points (way off of Tulsa with 65 and way ahead of Illinois with 210), which was kind of the expected finish. But I found out the night before that was likely going to keep us out of nationals. The early races of the day did not help our case. Then on the bus while people were getting food, I finally saw the Mtn region results. CSU and USU got 8th and 9th (these were ranked teams). They didn't have the points to push themselves in which opened up a spot for us! So we are going to nationals! I am very happy about that part.

12 miles

10 miles on a path that goes right along the river. That was nice. 

Not sure if today counts as a workout or no, just 2 miles with a break in between alternating hard/easy 200s between 37-38 for the hard on the first mile and 32-34 on the second.

Run

Short pre-race workout

Pre race and strides

My last cross country race ever. It was somewhat reminiscent of my last high school XC race in that it was dissapointing. Frankly, as the second slowest runner to make it out of the midwest region, I probably did about as good as I was supposed to to beat about 40 guys in that race. It was indeed very deep. I'd say the athletic equivalent of my 83rd place finish this spring would be getting somewhere between 100th and 120th today, but that's just a guess. What is clear is this has not been my best season. Idk why that happened. I am a naturally grateful person and my mood will bounce back quickly. Unfortunately, I am also a realist and my confidence will not bounce back until my fitness does. 

As far as the race goes, it went out very fast. My legs felt sizzled after a 4:36 opening mile. It was a beautiful course in Florida though. I passed between 1 and 8 people each split. Felt like I gave it everything I had. 

Running again felt good. One thing I like about Minneapolis is that right now the grass is neither wet with dew nor frosty cuz of the cold. Idk why that is. I suppose eventually there will be snow on the ground, and when it is warmer there will be dew. But for now it is nice to run on grass in the morning and not get wet. Achilles felt a little tight; I have already been treating it prophylactically. 

5 miles, coldest I've ever run in. 14 degrees, feels like 0 degrees according to the phone. Wasn't too bad, but wished I had worn a better mask and had used ski gloves. It's probably not good for long term performance if you are suffering on easy days just cuz of weather. I pulled my gator down for the last two minutes and when I got back it had frozen stiff. 

5 miles in 20 degree/10 degree weather. Felt nice compared to yesterday. Not sure why my legs felt so tired. Hopefully they'll come around soon. It would be a bad idea to start workouts now.

7 miles. 28 degrees outside felt even warmer than yesterday!

This run was actually on Friday. The runs on Tuesday - Friday are a day late. Only went 4 because yesterday I hurt my foot while chasing a bus. Hoping its just tendon and not the bone I hurt a couple years ago. 

It was insanely nice outside today. Like 50 degrees. So we went to Phalen regional park and I ran around the lake while S walked with C. Definitely a favorite place to run here, but my tummy troubles I was having and achilles tightness dampened it.