Step by step, mile by mile

Did a 1.5 mile warmup at the track, 2 mile run around the surrounding neighborhood, followed by 2 sets of 8x100m strides at 4:00 pace. 1.5 mile cooldown, and then 30 minutes of crying because I locked my keys in my truck, so I had to wait half an hour to be picked up by my dad with a spare key, so shoutout to him.

A.M. - Aaron flaked out again, so I went to the park instead. I ran a little over a mile warm-up, then had some stomach cramps so I ran to the restroom, but some guy got there moments before me and wrecked it beyond repair, so shoutout to him. I was going to just drive home and use the restroom there and come back, but I saw the top two girls on our team, Emily and Alyssa, who asked me to finsih their run with them, so I ran about a mile with them. After that I sped up the pace and ran another couple miles alone before the cramps caused me to cut the run short.

P.M. - Mile warm-up at the track, there was someone I knew at the adjacent tennis courts who could see me so I went to quick and did a 5:40. After that about a 3.5 mile run. I averaged mid 6's for the first 2.5 miles, but then I got stomach pains and some mad shin splints so I slowed down considerably. After that I was going to do a 2 mile cooldown, but half a mile in I turned around because of cramps.

A.M. - I went to the Rec Center and did some core, swam 1500 yards, and ran against the water currents for 10 minutes.

P.M. - I was going to do a long run at an easy pace, but my right hamstring got super tight and I cramped up(gotta stay hydrated) so I cut it short to an 8.5.

6 mile run in the blistering afternoon. It was 70 degrees and overcast, but as I started my run these conditions dissipated. I haven't been all too motivated as of late, so I watched a few motivational running videos before I ran, which got me too eager for the beginning of the run. My splits were 5:55, 6:46, 6:55, 6:59, 6:43, and 6:09. After the third and fourth mile I needed to stop to stretch out my still tight hamstring, so that's why those splits are a bit slower. Still, not a terrible run. Core when I got home.

Another 4 miles later that night.

Fun fact; There are three people who'll be in my division next year that can run both a sub 4:20 and sub 9:20. And two others that can run a su 1:55. This has nothing to do with my run today, all I've done so far is core, but that's still pretty crazy. I guess it's time to update my goals

Alright my actual run was a 6 mile easy run from the high school to the temple and back. I averaged around a high 6:50 for the first 3 miles with a light drizzle surrounding me, and then it transformed from a Snoop Dog to Snoop Lion type of thing. Point is, it started thundering and pouring down in an extremely cold fashion. The second half of the run my clothes were soaked and heavy, so the pace slowed. I took my shirt, gloves, and shorts off afterward(I was wearing spandex) and did a 2 mile hard core, feeling like a straight G.

Easy day. I met up with aaron, who wasn't feeling too hot(I wasnt either), we did an 8 warmup and a four mile run at a really easy pace. I'd do another run tonight, but I have the ACT and wanna remain fresh for that.

I met up with Aaron and Christian at McCoy and we ran 8 mile on the steepest and most difficult bike trail. It hurt, but Aaron and I got to slow down every couple of miles for Christian to catch up(he's been at some camp and hadn't run for two weeks). The 5th and 6th mile Aaron and I managed somewhere between 5:40 and 5:50, which was good. Excited to run a Ragnar in 6 days!