How I became the best

Tried to do a tempo at the gym, but my cramps started again and I got hot. I think I'm going to start running outside again. 1 mile warm up, ten minute tempo, and a short cool down. 3 miles

Ran 8.5 miles outside through the fields. It was freezing! But I prefer that to running in the gym. Warmed up for 3 miles and did another 10 minute tempo, then cooled down with 3.5 miles.

7 miles easy to moderate pace outside. 

7 miles later in the gym at 7:30 to 8 pace. Only cramped a little bit today.

15 mile long run today. It was really cold near the end, and I had to run in the dark. I felt pretty good through the whole run. Afterward my hamstrings started hurting, but I think it will be fine.

1 mile warm up, and 4 miles tempo run. I felt great today! It was in the gym so I was sweating like crazy and it was super hot. I averaged 5:50 miles, with a time of 23:30. Started at 10.1 mph and ended at 10.5. Legs felt a little strained after that 15 miler on Saturday, but I thought I had a great workout today! Cooled down 2 more miles at 8 minute or slower pace, I was really tired.

12 miles at like 7:30 pace

8.5 in the afternoon. I think I might have to back down on mileage because I don't have time and I think my legs aren't getting enough recovery. 

Workout with the track team. Warmed up for two miles and did some form drills. Then me and Heston did 8 laps jogging the curves and doing faster than mile pace on the straight ways. It actually was harder than it should have been I think. My legs were tired and it was hard to keep up with Heston for a lot of it. He is an 800 meter runner, I'm more of a 3200 guy. 3 lap cool down. Total of 4. I'm going to have trouble getting mileage in, so I'm just going to do as many miles in the week as I can and do my long run on Saturday, maybe a few easy miles on Sunday.

no time today

4.5 miles at like 7 minute pace with a friend.

Played soccer with my friends for an hour and a half. I'd say at least 2.5 miles.

Did a workout with my mom today. 200-400-600-800-1000-800-600-400-200 all at 5:20 per mile pace. I'm pretty sure I had way to much recovery though. I did recovery time equal to the time of the previous interval, so I think next time I do this workout I'm going to set all the recoveries to one minute. I'm getting ready for a 10k so I thought I would do some intervals at my 10k pace for only a 5k distance. Not sure if this will help but I figured I'd give it a try. 1 mile warmup, 1 mile cool down

About 2 miles of soccer in the morning. Its weird getting used to soccer conditioning again.

4 miles moderate pace.

2 miles of soccer in the morning.

After school we had track practice. It was just me and heston today, so we went for a 25 minute run. We actually went pretty quick, I bet it was 6:20 pace. After the run we did a 200, 300, and 400 at our 5k pace. I don't know what Heston was thinking, but we were certainly going faster than 5k pace. It was at least mile pace. Half a mile cool down, then ran home a mile and a half.

I ran 4 miles about an hour later.

4 mile run at 6:50 pace 

9 miles, with a few in the middle at about 6:15-6:45. The rest were about 7:20 or slower

400 meter quick warm up, then a workout with the track team. 3x600s at 5k pace. First was 5 minute pace, then coach told me to go 5:30 pace, which was weird. 1200 cool down, 2 miles total.

7 miles later.

Today we went down to St. George so I wont be able to run very much until tuesday. I did a mile warm up then 2x800s. Both were 2:30. It was actually pretty hard for me, but it was like 75 or more degrees, and I've always had trouble running on treadmills, so I guess it was ok. 1 mile cool down. 

We did a lot of hiking today, which I think probably adds up to 5 miles. I ran a little during one of our hikes, and my legs were on fire! It felt great though.

Didn't get a chance to run today.

3 miles of soccer in the morning, including conditioning.

Track workout after school. 800 warm up, then 3x1000 at 3:10 per. Pretty happy with this workout. I stayed with Heston on every one, except the last one when he out kicked me. My legs felt noodly after, and they got really sore. 1200 cool down.

8.5 moderately easy run. I did a few faster miles in the middle.

Track workout. I didn't get a chance to warm up at all, which was super stupid of me. We did a 400 200 100 200 400 close to sprinting. I stayed with Heston on all of them except the 100 and the end of the 400. I need to work on my kick. Overall it was good, but I really needed to warm up before, because I think I came really close to getting injured. Mile cool down.

5 mile run later.

3 miles at soccer in the morning, including conditioning. 

After school I ran 4 more miles, easy pace, just trying to rest up for the buy indoor meet tomorrow. I'm doing the 3200, hoping for sub 10.

1 mile of soccer in the morning. 

I warmed up for 2 miles right when I got there, then tried to jog around in the bull pen. Stretched and did some drills. I was in the faster heat, which I was happy about. I didn't like the track very much, but it was alright. I was seeded 14th in my heat, so when we lined up I was in the second row. The gun went off and I had a little bit of a slow start, so I went right back to second to last. I wasn't expecting to be up front, but I didn't want to be so far back. I stayed where I was for a while, and then started moving up. I was 5:05 at the mile, so that was too fast. With a lap and a half to go I started to fall off the group of three that I had stuck with for most of the race. On the last lap I didnt really put a ton of effort into my kick. With about 180 to 200 meters left, this kid flew passed me and  I didn't expect it at all. I let him get a few meters ahead, then I started my sprint, but it was far too late by then. I finished in 10:33.86, almost a ten second pr, so I'm really happy about that. I wanted a time like 10:10, but 10:33 is ok. 2 mile cool down afterward.

3 miles of soccer in the morning.

I wanted to do a tempo, so I warmed up for a mile, then did a four and a little bit more mile tempo. I thought I was going sub six pace, but I finished in 24 exactly. Altogether I'm pretty pleased, I felt great! 4 mile cool down.

My calves hurt really bad today, they were super tight. I was worried I wouldn't be able to do our track workout, but it ended up being ok. Warmed up for 800 meters, then did 5x400 at slightly slower than mile pace. Splits were 66-70-72-72-66. It was pretty good, but the first one was much to fast. Two mile cool down. More later.

5.5 mile slow easy run.

1.5 miles of soccer in the morning

7.5 mile run. Ran into taya and Katie half way through and finished with them. Pretty slow, but I needed some recovery.

400 meter warm up, then a 200-300-400-500-600-500-400-300-200. All were mile pace or faster, the last one I had a really good kick. 800 cool down. 3.5 miles all together.

5 mile run later. My calves started hurting again on this run, but I think they're getting better.

Didn't have any time to run today.

9.5 miles moderate run. Felt good, I'll do more later.

8 more miles, last three were pretty quick. This is my second highest mileage day ever!