The best pace is a suicide pace

Coach told us to do an easy 2-3 mile run, so naturally, we did a fast 4 and a half mile run. the average pace was about 7:00, so I guess it's not that bad, but still a lot quicker than I would have liked the day before a meet. 2x400 when we got back, paced for 200, than finished the last 200. 

This was a fun one. It felt really fast, and I felt really good about it the whole time. I ran in third for most of the race, than worked my way to first in beginning of the third lap. Held that for about a lap, then dropped into a close second at the beginning of lap four. I stayed right on his tail, planning to pass in the last 100 or so, but when we got there, his kick was just a bit better than mine. Then in the last 10 feet I got passed by some guy from maple mountain, so third instead of first. The guy who won only did so by less than 2 seconds, so it was really close though.

The 3200 was a joke. There wasn't much time after the mile before the 32, so my legs were still dead when I setepped onto the line. There were a lot of guys running it who hadn't run the mile, and they were fast guys. There was also a large group of dudes who were running it as an interval workout, which was very distracting. I ran a rather slow 10:57, and probably took like 10th

I love doing two hard days in a row. Today was a fartlek-on the track. For long distance it was 800m hard, than 800m easy. For mid-distance it was 400 hard, 400 easy. I think I was the only boy doing the long one. So I ran it alone. My 800 is nothing impressive, splits on the fast section were 2:37, 2:43, 2:38, 2:43. pretty consistent, but not very fast. Did a lap around the school to cool down when I finished.

Another hard one. Ouch. We did 2x400 (67, 71), then 5x200 (30 second average), and 10x100 (14-15 average). Shouldnt have been too hard if it weren't for the fact that we've already done two or three hard workouts this week. My legs are very dead and tired.

Finally an easy day. just did 3.5 at an easy pace. Felt great