Failure makes me work even harder.

AM- 3x800m old man hills. First one I felt alright.  Stayed with mike until the very end and was 2 seconds. (2:32) Second one I was feeling kinda sick and had cramps because I didn't eat before hand, not a good idea, and so I fell off mike in the middle but at the end made up some ground to end at an even time (2:33).  The last one I was feeling a little better, not as sick feeling and my sideache and shoulder cramps were almost gone, so I stuck with mike until the last half I just died a little off, but got a good time (2:32). 

PM- 3 miles E. Ran in my new shoes.  I felt really smooth and good. 

I can't wait for dogtown and our first track meet!  I know I can reach my goals for the track season!! :-)

AM- 3 miles E.  I set the wrong alarm, so I woke up late and ran by myself.  I felt pretty good.  It was a really slow pace. 

PM- 4x1600m. Pace was 5:20 for a 1600. Byron and I are getting really good at these! He pushes me so much it's ridiculous! Hopefully we can somehow translate this into races, because that'd be cool and really helpful! First one I felt really good and thought maybe we went too fast (5:16). Second one I was feeling good still, me and byron once again were switching every 200m in this workout, but this one we slowed down a little too much compared to the others but still under our goal time (5:19). Third one we basically stayed right behind mike the whole time and was at most a couple feet behind him! This one byron really pushed me (5:17). The last one I was feeling fatigued so this is when the switching off REALLY helped and really we were just a step behind mike (5:16).

Overall- an awesome workout! I have felt like I've nailed workouts these past 2 weeks and I am ready to translate that into some serious times!! It's gonna be a WAY better track season than my first year last year!!

AM- 3 miles E. It was like sleeting when we ran and it was soo cold!! But I felt fine other than that.

PM- 4 miles E. It was nice to go at such a nice pace. I really needed this recovery day! I am so excited for Dogtown this weekend!

AM- 3 E. Felt fine.

PM- 16x200m (35 time goal). I felt really good on these and I felt like they were all easy. I ran everyone of them 35 or lower, the majority at 34. I think this was a good workout overall.

AM- 3 Miles Easy. I felt good.

PM- 4 miles easy around sandbergs pond. I liked how easy and fun this run was. Dogtown is tomorrow and I know I'm going to do super well!! SO ready!!

Got to the race really early because I got a ride from hunter who was in charge of setting it up. I didn't eat a lot, but just enough so I wasn't too hungry. After like an hour and a half of just waiting around, I warmed up with the team and I was ready to go!

RACE- I started out at around 5:39 pace, but it was downhill for the first 3 miles and I was really holding back so I could have energy for the whole race. We had a nice pack of PV kids and the guy from dixie state (I believe its Rodney Warr or something like that). Going into mile 3 I felt 10x better than last year and I was positive this was gonna be a good race. Through the canyon byron and I led the way and set the pace and I think we were doing well. I picked up the pace for us around the bridge just out of the canyon and I think it was just Rodney, Mike and I in 3-5 places. This was the time I really knew I had to push it if I was to keep up with them. So, as we hit the first hill on the dam road and so I picked up our pace to around 5:39 (like it was in the canyon) but I think by the end we were averaging around high 5:40's or a little lower. I kept up on the downhill of the dam road until we hit the main road by the double churches and I was still with them! I was so calm mentally and physically I felt like I could run that pace forever! We hit the hill by hunter's house and I was pushing to keep up with mike. Rodney started to fall a couple feet back on the downhill, because mike and I were hauling but he kept up. I really thought in my head hey I could maybe beat mike! As we hit majestic hill (the worst hill at mile 10) Mike just took off and Rodney was just ahead of me about 15 feet ahead of me. The last two miles I was just pushing to catch Rodney, because I wanted to at least be the next place behind mike. I was going about 5:50 pace. I caught him with about 1.1 mile to go by amping up my pace a little around 5:30 pace. I paced him and I knew I had broken him or something, because I gained so much on him. He was great to run with though because he was so positive. I finished with coach pushing me to kick like I would at the end of the 1600 and I felt like I was flying!! I finished 4th overall and 1st in my age group, because they didn't count mike.

Overall- SO awesome!! This proves to me that this track season is gonna be awesome! I think if I had stuck it in on that hill at mile 10 I would've finished with mike, but really that was my only moment I felt like I backed off mentally and that's pretty great for 13 miles of hard running!! Some said it wasn't short, but I don't think it was too short of 13.1...maybe 13 because I think some of the GPS watches get a little jacked in the canyon, so maybe 13 miles I would say. Finishing only about a minute behind mike is really good for a half marathon and my team took around 5 of the top 10! I won a medal and some money to the running center! That's always nice!