This week was a bit easier than in previous weeks from an intensity standpoint. I didn't run much hard, however Sasha and I did run a few 200's here and there during the week, and I ran a single hard 200 on Thursday in 27 seconds. My hamstrings are feeling it a little from running the 200's as I am not used to it. 20 mile long run on Saturday. I ran the first 16 with Sasha, running the last 4 miles (minus a little) in 22:31. I then was going to run a little farther, but I was not sure if I wanted to run 2 more miles or 4. I accidentally ran past my turn-around for 2 miles, so I ran 4. I finished the run in 2:11:XX. My legs felt pretty good at the end of this one, which I took to be very positive given the fact that this is my third consecutive 20 miler in 3 weeks after not running any runs over 16 miles for 2 months. On a very negative note, I found out after getting home from work on Saturday night that I had not been accepted into the masters program at BYU for exercise science despite having one of the best applications that was turned in (according to one of the BYU professors). I found out later that they didn't like that I still had a bunch of prerequisite classes that I still needed to take (despite my plans to take those classes during the spring and summer terms). There was also a shortage of available professors who could take on masters students due to current masters students not graduating in time (this was really the biggest determining factor). So, I need to figure some things out now.
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