Running Blog

Bleh. No morning practice this morning.. I searched the whole house for my car key and guess what. Jake had it. I had a presentation early anyway. 

Pm: time trial. Harts warm/cool. I ran the 800 one.. I was kind of nervous to find out where I was.. but not too bad. My first lap was a 1:12, which is good.. but I didn't really go on the last lap like I should have. I ran that one in a 1:16, ending up with a 2:28. Faster than any time I ran last year, but still slower than sophomore year. So I guess I need to remember to push harder the last lap. Striders and stretching after.. and now I have runners cough. Joy.

Am: didn't really feel like running way ahead with stoner and mia so I ran with aubrey and liz.. none of us said one word during the run. Not one.

Pm: 8 miles with 30 minutes at 6:40ish pace. Coach ran with us today.. that helped I think. I stuck right on with the group til a little after the turnaround.. then coach told me to surge up to get back with them. I did, and stayed with them for a little longer.. coach pushed me a bit. But I was struggling. So I ended up doing the 1 min on/off thing.. then, weird thing happened. My feet fell asleep. I still could run fine and stuff.. but it felt super weird. It got better after though. It was a little discouraging that even with the slower pace and bigger pack, I still fell off.. but that's the longest I've stuck with them since our 18 minute tempo day. So.. I'm getting there. Tempos are just not my favorite. My calves still hurt, but not nearly as bad as last week. Weights after. The end.

Am: three.. aubrey tried to get in on our scaring adventures but it failed.

Pm: [traditional] green springs run. Aubrey and roberts opted out of the tunnel crawling part, but everyone got in on the berry wars. My calves hurt on the way out, but felt much better coming back. Lovely day.

Am: three. Brought stoner and mia home with me afterward for a valentines breakfast of german pancakes. (:

Pm: 8x200s at 37 sec. This is definitely my kind of workout. I love repeats. This felt pretty easy too.. I never felt like I was really pushing. My splits were 38, 38, 37, 36, 36, 36, 34, 34. My calves felt fine except during the warm up and cool down. Weights after. Twas a wonderful day.

Am: three with lots of shadow punching. I didn't participate.

Pm: trail.. uh.. friday. Prospector (pete) trail. Had a great conversation with roberts, had a stick the length of my pinky stab through my shoe into my toe, got a little bit lost (there were NO FOOTPRINTS! I'm tellin ya, Roberts!) and had a lovely time. The squishy car ride was also enjoyable.