The best pace is a suicide pace

after the warmup left me feeling pretty tired on its own, I could tell the workout was going to suck. Distance day, but I only did five miles. By mile four my entire digestive system felt like it was going to explode, and I was dehydrated, my mouth was full of that thick slimy stuff. I kept trying to speed up, but my gut just wouldn't let me. Avg. pace was 7:27, so really weak run today

Is there even a point in writing this if I didn't run? Missed my alarm, and therefore missed the mike warmup, which was the only running done today. Did a moderate intensity, but really short core workout, and received uniforms. Short, easy day

One last run on the dinosaur trackway. Drove to the trailhead, did close to a mile warmup.  Ran pretty hard to the lake, it's short enough that it's really fun to go fast, especially with all the down hill. Got to the lake first and jumped in a few times, the water felt great. Walked back to the cars and came home. School starts tomorrow, but I'm only going to one class, due to the highland meet. The race is only 2.9 miles, so I'm hoping the time will at least look fast, despite some crazy hills.

Highland meet. Really sucked. Real bad heat. Lots of ducks. The race may only have been 2.9, but the hills are insane. Plus this was my first real run in the heat. The conditions were as awful as they could be, the race was basically he*k for me. I felt totally drained on the line, yet the fifth fastest course time from my school was mine. Ran second from Uintah, Kenny was first, claiming the second fastest from the school on this course with like a 16:40something. I felt way dehydrated the whole time. I need more water. I also need to focus on cardiorespiratory strength in the future, I had lots of chest/side ache, and I couldn't get enough air. My other issue today was moving through the crowds, I was continually cut off and had a very difficult time getting around people. I need to improve my ability to smoothly and efficiently move through large groups of people, without cutting the course

P.S. Nathan, if you're reading this, it was a two star race.

super sore today. Highland sucked, it was bad to me. We did the mile warmup, which exhausted me. Then ran a lap around the high school, followed by strides, which together added up to about another mile. Ran to the bull and back for one more mile, then a really good core workout.