Running Blog

Did I really miss an entire week?! Blehh. Anywho, today was my first run in a while.. the first one worth reporting anyway. I ran a mile and a half on the track, pretty fast. I wanted to get some speed in since it's been FOREVER. Then I went on a cooldown with the girls, which brought my mileage up to three.. yippee.

I warmed up with the milers on the track today.. it felt quite lovely. I kinda went speedyish for the first lap and the last lap. The rest were just chill. Soooo excited for Friday it's not even funny.

My first race in a while! I wasn't super stressed about it, cause I kinda just wanted to see where I was at. I wasn't really planning on PRing or anything. So we went.. and I got WAY blocked in at the start. It took me 200 meters to get out of it, and then I started making up ground. I ended up running like a 1:19 first lap and a 1:16 second lap, which wasn't great, since Coach Gilmore told me not to run a negative split. But I was okay with it, because in all honesty, I'm just happy to actually be racing again. I just want to qualify for state SO BAD. But I only have two more races to do it. :P Oh. And the altitude or something is really bad up in Cedar though, because I could NOT breathe afterwards, and I was coughing super bad all night. So bad that I threw up while watching the steeplechase, actually. Which was kinda super embarrassing, cause I was just right by everybody. But whatever. I'm back, everybody. Hurray. 

So, I was all set to run the mile this morning, but Coach switched me into the Medley (hallelujuah!). But I was given instructions to really push myself out there, and I had to really work. So I was much more nervous today than last night. But I got my inhaler beforehand, which was nice, because I think it helped while I was running. Anyway, when I got the baton, we were in first by a ways. So the only thing going through my mind was to keep the lead. And run a 1:10 first lap, like Coach Gilmore told me to. So, I went out and did just that.. and then I started my second lap. I hit a wall like I never have before. I couldn't move. Everything was so tight and wouldn't work right. So the Box Elder girl passed me in the last 200 meters, and I felt like I could do nothing about it. I just couldn't keep up. So, no worries, I just ran a 1:25 second lap. 10 seconds slower than yesterday. I felt so bad, cause Liz, Alyssa and Janzen all did what they were supposed to do. But.. I'm gonna do workouts this week. And hopefully improve.