Running Blog

50 minutes with Sydney & Karli. The weather was FANTASTIC. It was so super sunny and nice.. it was actually only 45ish degrees, but it felt like freaking summer. I wore a short sleeve shirt and half tights. The only downside to the fantastic weather was that we ran on a trail and because all the snow was melting, the trail was actually mud and we were sliding around, which didn't help my poor calves, which were threatening to fall off at any second. But overall, it was a good run. I did 4x100m strides after then had to sprint home to make it to bowling class on time.

8 mile progression run. 1 mile cool down. 4x200. .5 mile cool down. Legs & light core.

Well. This was my first progression run ever and it was.. okay. I was fine for the first 5 miles, then during the last 3 I started to feel yucky and didn't do so hot. My splits were as follows: 9:19, 8:04, 7:46, 7:34, 7:30, 7:34, 7:35, 7:48. So I "progressed" for the first 5, then kinda hovered around that mid-7:30 pace for the next two, then the last mile was garbage. When I started feeling icky, I decided to make it my main goal to just not settle & focus on pushing. I did okay with that until that last mile, then it all went to pot. The 200s were okay though. Our target pace was :36 and we hit :37, :36, :36, :34. My calves are feeling far better than yesterday, though not quite tip-top yet. Tomorrow I'm pretty sure it's just a recovery run so that'll be good for me.

45 minutes easy. I went up the canal we did on Monday but since I started at my apartment instead of the Laub, I didn't make it to the really muddy part before I turned around. It's been nice temperatures lately, and today I wore a short sleeve and shorts and felt completely fine, even though it's sorta gloomy & wet outside. It was a good recovery run from yesterday and I think with this run my calves will be fine by tomorrow.

Easy 40 minutes with the team out to the temple. 6x100m strides & legs afterward.

Easy longer run with Spencer and Garrett. Super nice weather. It was fun.