6x1000 with 3 min recovery, Pizza Hut warm/cool. Well, when I woke up this morning, I really didn't want to go do a speed workout. But I'd promised myself I was really gonna work hard today. So I dragged myself to practice and got out there. We started out and Stoner and Mia and I all stuck together and ran 5 seconds faster than our fastest 1000 two weeks ago. I felt pretty good about that. Especially that Mia stuck with us. The next one, we went even faster than that. And same with the next one.. we kept getting faster. On the fourth one, I got a little excited I guess, and went out pretty fast. I felt fine.. until we hit the top of the hill. All of a sudden, I had nothing left in my arms and legs. I finished that one though, and it was the same pace as our third. But I kinda freaked myself out a little, and on the fifth one, when my breathing started to get bad, I really freaked out. I let Mia, Stoner, and both coaches get way up there. When we hit the grass on that one, I started to push harder, but I had too much ground to make up, and it was just kinda crappy. After that, Coach gave us a talk about not letting fear take control of us, and told me not to be afraid of when my breathing started getting bad. So we started our last one, and I really tried to focus on taking deep breaths when I could feel myself slipping. Surprise surprise.. it worked. I stuck up there with Coach.. but when we rounded the corner by the baseball fields, I got that feeling again, that everything was just completely drained in my arms and legs. So I tried to push even harder, cause I knew if I didn't finish soon, I'd give up. When we hit the grass, Coach told us to give it everything. So I did.. or at least tried to. We finished and I was just dead. I was happy that I finished well, but completely exhausted and I guess I just got overwhelmed, cause I started crying. But then Coach told me I ran it in 3:17, and I was like "well then why the heck am I crying?" Anyway. My splits ended up being 3:35, 3:30, 3:26, 3:26, 3:40ish, and 3:17. Good workout, mostly. Just gotta keep my head in it, and not freak out. | 