Running Blog

AM: 5 miler Parkway run. It felt really long and kinda fast.. I guess that's what I get for missing a week..

PM: Up at camp!! Felt longish but it was still really fun! (:

AM: 9 lovely miles in the lovely pouring rain. And yes, that was completely and totally sarcastic. I ran 2 of the miles with my poncho on.. (: On the way out I felt great.. then we went up the hill on the way back and I felt.. not so great. It wasn't so much the mileage as it was that the altitude really got to me.  It was still pretty fun though.. I ran with Roberts, Kaylee, Stoner and Zak (Zack? Zac?).. we slipped in the mud and saw crawling snakes.

PM: 3 miles that felt great. (: My legs were kinda feeling the 9 miles from the mornings run.. but it really wasn't that bad. The way back was mostly uphill, but it wasn't terrible.

AM: This run was the worst one of camp for me. The way out was completely uphill and I felt like I couldn't breathe at all. We had to stop twice (because of me) and I honestly didn't know if I was going to make it. Rachel pushed the hills (as usual) and I just felt like I couldn't do it. The way back was quite enjoyable though! Also, I kicked my own ankle and gave myself a large cut. I told my sister a bear scratched me though and she believed me (shh!).

PM: 3 miles out around the lake with Kaylee, Roberts and Stoner. It felt good and I was 2 for 3 on jumping the cattleguards. (:

Today's run felt kinda longish. The way back was mostly uphill (remind me again why we do that run??) and my legs were feeling really achy.. achey? Either way, it didn't feel good. Once we hit the last hill though, I was feeling okay. I knew we were getting close and so I kinda pushed it. Not as much as Rachel did though.. remind me never to run Foremaster with her!!

(Oh, and I just want everyone to know.. I had never actually visited the blog with the workouts on it until today.. so I had never actually seen the whole "Entitlement is the enemy" thing. So it's not particularly my fault our team took last in the relay. Just sayin'.)

So.. Stoner and I were lazy this morning and slept in til 9. Then we had protein shakes. Then she left and I went on my run. I did the only 6 mile run I know from my house.. which is down Green Springs Drive and turn at the Chevron. Then up to the fire station, back down to Quail Ridge, and home. By then it was quite warmish outside, but I felt okay.. for the first 3 miles. I had my mothers Garmin and I did the first 3 miles at like an 8:15ish pace, which felt fine. Then I hit the hill just before Quail Ridge and it went downhill from there. Well, it actually went uphill, but you know what I mean. And this run is actually only like 5 and a quarter so I have to run a few laps around my block at the end.. but I felt so blah that I skipped 2 of them and went inside and drank approximately 7 gallons of water. Also, I ate lots of ice. The end.