Failure makes me work even harder.

AM- 3 miles E.  It was nippy this morning.  I felt like I usually do in the mornings, fine.

PM- 4x1600m (5:20 per) w/ 3 min recovery.  Harts warm/cool.  I wasn't feeling amazing before hand, but I wasn't feeling terrible.  First one was fairly easy.  We had to slow down the last lap in order to not get too antsy. (5:19)  The next one was a little harder, but wasn't too hard (5:19).  The third one was the hardest one, but with me and byron switching every 200 meters it really helped.  We pushed it in the last lap. (5:16) The fourth one I was tired, but I stuck it in cause I felt obligated to stick with Byron to take my turn.  We pushed it in to seal off a great workout (5:17).

Overall-  I think this idea of switching off is a good thing for me, because it doesn't allow for me to give up on myself.  I am going to have to use this in a race! :-) 

AM- 3miles E.  I felt fine.  My calf is bugging a little bit and I'm a little sore, so I should stretch better.

PM- 5 miles on the Ice House trail.  The hill going up is super long (1/2 mile) and is pretty steep, which I oddly love haha.  I liked today's run, because I love trail and I felt decent.  The tightness and calves were bugging but nothing stretching and rolling can't fix!

Side note- my shoes have both hit over 200 miles on them which usually I am pretty hard on my shoes and they are dead by then and I just squeeze out about 50 more miles of easy runs with them but these are holding up super well.  It's probably cause I have switched off so well between them and I think they are well done shoes.  

AM- 3 miles E.  I am still tight cause I forgot to stretch.

PM- 10 miles total.  30 min AT pace (5:46/mile).  The first half of it on the trail was easy really, but I felt the ramifications of not taking care of myself well enough.  When turned around after about 1/2 mile I fell off a couple feet, but then fought my way back up twice.  Then, I settled immediately after and fell off and was by myself (byron had to go to the bathroom or something) so then the gap grew around 20 min into it averaging 5:38/ mile before that.  I was isolated and my legs were spent so without anyone to push me I fell way behind (like 1/4 of a mile or it felt like that) so my pace probably was around my time I think so I'm not too worried.  I just will improve my finishing next time, because I felt I at least fought this workout to stay up with mike.

AM- 3 miles Easy.  I felt pretty good, but a little sore.

PM- Old Man Hills 1x800m, 2x400m, and 4x200m.  I felt alright going there, but I felt a little sluggish.  first 800 I was not feeling awesome but I stuck just a second or two behind mike and abel pushed me from behind.(2:35)  first 400 was alright, but abel and mike were almost racing it felt like!  So, I was just behind them. (1:09) second 400 they seemed to calm down more and I felt stronger on this one and could have went faster(1:10).  First 200 felt really hard to get my legs moving that fast and I would start out behind able and mike and make up space on the meat of the hill (not really steep but enough to slow down their speed) I felt good on it at the end though (33 sec).  Second, third, and fourth were all about the same as the first (not time but feeling wise) hard to start, had to catch up and finished with mike and abel. except the second one I don't think we went fast enough. (37, 34, 33).  But that's not all folks!  Coach made me and mike pace rachel for her last one.  Holy cow!!  She's so fast!  She got a 35!  Except I thought he said do an 800 with her so I started out too slow and was behind them...oops!

Overall-  I felt really strong and it was nice to stick with mike...I think abel helped a lot cause it didn't feel as much like I was running out of my league with him up there! 

5 miles plus striders!  It was a really fun and funny run!  Byron mike and Coach were real funny boys today! haha I felt good though!  The stretching I did yesterday helped.

Was going to run a 5k today with the team for a good cause, but my interview with the Stake President for my mission took too long because he was running a little late.  So, I had my dad pace me on his bike after I warmed up 2 miles.  I set my watch to average pace and gave it to him to keep track.  I was running for the first mile really well and it felt easy, but it took my dad a bit to figure out how fast to go, so I think I would've been closer if it didn't take him almost half a mile to go the right pace.  The last mile I was really struggling but my dad riding right next to me helped me stay with.  My average pace 5:35 pace which is about 5-10 seconds slow, but it was also almost 12 seconds faster than last week so I think I am slowly getting this down.  I think I'll have my dad pace me next week it really helped!