The Mongoose

Did the same run from Saturday. About 2.5 miles into it I saw Sage a little bit ahead of me so I caught up wih him and ran with him for the rest of the way. 7 easy.

First day back from break as a team. .5 mile warm up then 6 out on the trails with 8x100m strides afterwards.

Worked in the afternoon so I had to do my run in the morning. Supposed to have done 6 but I thought it was only 5 so I'll have to go a mile longer tomorrow.

Went climbing for most of the day so didn't end up getting out until late. I was going to do 8 but my stomach was feeling really sick so I turned around after 2 miles to get at least some mileage for the day. 

.5 mile warm up then 6 out on the trails with 8x100m strides afterwards. Felt really good today and I'm looking forward to a great track season. 

8 miles out past Navajo Dr. in Bloomington. We did a slight progression on the way back, nothing too fast. My bowels felt pretty explosive but it was still a good run.

Went out on the roads today towards the Arizona Strip then looped out around Little Valley. 7.75 miles easy plus the .5 mile warm up and 8x100m strides. It was a pretty good loop and I felt good.

Fun run out toward Witch Mountain today, what a blast! Probably one of the most fun runs that I've done in a while. Really nice weather outside today and I felt really good. 7 miles plus the .5 mile warm up.

On the road again today for our run. .5 mile warm up then we did the 6 mile Webb Hill loop. The pace was good and I felt great. 8x100m strides afterwards, super good stuff.

9.5 solo this morning. I love running with my team, but those solo runs are some of my favorites. It's sort of fun to just go out and run and think about whatever's on your mind without any distractions. Anywho, I wanted to try a new loop on the ridge just across from the ridge we usually run on for practice. It was pretty fun, but pretty rocky. It still was a great run and a good way to end this week of running. Now if only I didn't have to go work for the next 8 hours...

15 minute VO2 Max today for the first time this track season. 2.75 mile warm up then we hopped on the track and got started. I felt pretty flat today, but it's kind of what I expected without much hard mileage or speedwork since cross ended. I still ended up PRing so that was good. I'm excited to get started with track and get running fast again. Finished practice off with a 2 mile cool down and some plyometrics. 

9 miles easy today. Stopped at 4 miles to help get a couple of kids get their truck out of the sand, which took quite a while. Pretty good run overall, even if it wasn't the funnest trail ever. Kept it arid in my biosphere. #teamdrytumbleweed

Today we went out to the Dixie Center to do our tempo run. We did about a 2.5 mile warm up, 15 minute tempo, and around 2 mile cool down. The pace wasn't super fast today, my breathing felt fine, but my legs felt pretty tired for some reason. Good workout.

.5 mile warm up on the track, then 6 miles easy on the trails with 8x100m strides afterwards. I felt pretty good.

Today we did a 10 minute tabatta-style workout on the track. I felt pretty good for about the first 7 or so minutes, but after that my breathing was not as good as it usually is, and it seemed harder than it should've been. I really liked the style of the workout and I think that these types of workouts will really help to build my endurance as well as my finishing speed.

Woke up this morning to go run the Zen trail and my throat felt pretty sore. Possibly why I didn't fell as well in the workout yesterday. I felt pretty good for the first half of the run, but the last 4 or 5 miles I felt like I was breathing through a straw and I was totally drained of all my energy. Felt like that for pretty much the rest of the day but I pounded the vitamin c so hopefully I'll get better soon.

Still felt pretty sick today so I had to watch the team do the Kosmin test. It looks like a pretty killer workout, and I might do it on Wednesday depending on how well I'm feeling. I jogged easy around the track while they did their workout and warmed up and cooled down with them for 6.5 total today. The cold air sort of made my throat hurt worse.

About 8.5 out at Church Rocks today. It was a pretty fun trail and we saw some wild pantheras while we were on our run. I felt a lot better today, but I still felt a little sick though and was coughing for a while last night so I didn't get a lot of sleep and had to skip morning practice.

I felt a little better today so I decided to try and do the workout. We did mile repeats and Coach told me to try and do two and see how I felt. I felt pretty good on the first two, nothing too fast though, so I hopped in with Josh and Ben on their last one and felt really good. We did 4x100m sprints on the track afterwards and those were pretty fun. Good workout today, and I think I might attempt to do the Kosmin test on Friday. I'm kind of nervous for it but I really want to see how far I can get.

3 easy in the morning to the Spectrum. I think I need to get some new road shoes soon.

6 miles easy on the trails with some striders afterwards. I was pretty tired today and my legs were hurting pretty bad which was weird for an easy run but it might be because yesterday was my first workout in a while.

Workout in the afternoon, McGruff repeats and some 200m progression run things. My legs were pretty tired but it was a good workout.

8 miles this morning by myself for the most part. I saw ran into Sage and ran with him for a couple miles before we went our separate ways. Good run, then climbing and working for the rest of the day. Good way to finish the week!

Drove over to the Dixie Center today for another tempo run. 3 mile warm up then 20 minutes tempo with about 1.5 miles cool down. Pretty good workout, but but I saw some things that I need to improve on. I think I got too tense about halfway through and dropped off pace a little so I need to focus on staying relaxed and keeping a good cadence throughout the entire workout or race without letting my form slip at all. 

3 easy this morning, I felt pretty good when I got warmed up. 7 miles in the afternoon over at the zen trail. Awesome trail and it will forever be one of my favorites. We kept it pretty easy and definitely dry, although Scotty did have some trouble repelling moisture if you know what I mean. Finally doing the Kosmin tomorrow, I just want to run super duper fast.

3 easy in the morning. My ankles and the lower part of my legs were pretty sore, I think it might just be from running on the rocky trail yesterday. It was alright though because in the afternoon during the workout on the track they weren't hurting. Coach had me do the Kosming test today (1:00 all-out, 3:00 recovery, 1:00 all-out, 2:00 recovery, 1:00 all-out, 1:00 recovery, and one more 1:00 all-out. Each time you start a 1:00 hard you start from where you ended the last 1:00 hard). It was a pretty killer workout, the last 100m of the last 1:00 my legs just didn't want to move! It was good though, and I guess there's some formula that calculates your predicted 1500/mile time based on how far you ran. I didn't see what my exact distance was but it should be around 1560-1570m, because I had about 30-40m to the finish. I don't know where that puts my time but maybe I'll update this when I figure it out. I finished the workout off with 4x200m finishes and 1 mile cool down. I found out that the shoes I ordered last week shipped yesterday so hopefully they can get here by the end of the week so I can run in them on Monday. Good day.

UPDATE: My final distance was 1564m which translates to about a 4:07 for 1500m or 4:25 for 1600m. Pretty happy with the result but there is still a lot to be done.

3 in the morning, still kind of hurting in that lower back of my calf. Nothing too bad but I still need to take care of it before it gets worse. My new shoes are almost here so hopefully they will help a little. Fun 4 mile Kenyan run in the afternoon, my legs felt a little better than they did in the morning. Afterwards Coach Thatcher talked to us about foam-rolling and nutrition. I think that along with the training and workouts, it'll be those little things that really determine how successful I am this year. 

No morning practice today. In the afternoon we warmed up about 1.75 to Little Valley for some 200m hill repeats. I tend to like these short, quick repeats, and today was no exception. Awesome workout, and I felt great. When I got home, I saw that my new shoes had arrived so that was another awesome thing. I thought that since things were going awesomely today, why stop? So I decided to sit down and watch Prefontaine, an awesome movie. Awesome way to end the day, and now I'm going to get some awesome sleep so I can wake up in the morning for an awesome run. Awesome!