The Shadow Racer

Today was kind of a weird day because our school schedule was messed up. For the most part, we all kinda did our own thing. I looped through Bloomington Hills, around Circle Park, Down Bloomington Hills Drive to Mr. D's, through Painted Desert, and back to the school. 8:32/mile. My shoes were driving me crazy, I had to stop in the middle and retie them because I did them way too tight and my feet got numb. It rained for the last half mile of my run, I love rain!!!

3 this morning with Coach and Darian. Right before we got back to the school, I wasn't watching where I was going and a tree branch totally ate my face. Good times.

 7 miles this afternoon.  Down to Webb Hill, 4x800 Hill repeats, and back to school. Felt good but definitely drained me. 5:52 to qualify for BYU in the 1600. I WILL do it, I'm not giving myself a choice. I need something cool like that to make up for the disappointing end to my XC Season with not making it to State and getting really sick at Nike.

Weights this morning. I was feeling pretty exhausted and couldn't lift much, so eventually I just ran the warm up route, did some dynamic stretches, and stretched a little more.

GREAT RUN THIS AFTERNOON!! I was surprised at how well I did after such a hard day yesterday.  Went down Bloomington Hills Drive onto River Road, across the bridge, then hooked onto the bike trail just before Riverside drive. Looped around Webb Hill, then did one lap on the track to get the full 8 in.  8:38/mile.  Probably the most mentally tough I've been since the season officially ended in October.  The rain always makes things feel more intense, too!  Me, Taylor, and Brianna went to Brianna's house to make sandwiches and cookies for wonderful Wednesday. Such a blast! All in all, it's been quite a great day.

Easy 3 in the morning with Darian, Coach, David, and Ginge.  I lagged behind a little for the last half, just trying to keep it easy. Felt pretty good.  It was super foggy this morning, I was surprised to drive to the school safely!  My right arch had been bugging me, but I rolled it out with a tennis ball last night and it felt fine today.

Afternoon Trail Run at the Bloomington BLM. 7 with Darian at 8:37/mile.  I felt pretty good and we had lots of fun! There was randomly a cow out there...

Weights got canceled this morning. I thought about going for an easy run by myself, but I think that a recovery morning was best for me! 4 this afternoon to YESCO and back.  Didn't bring Gary with me, but the pace felt pretty honest. I was really sore, which taught be a good lesson because last night was the only night this week that I didn't stretch or roll out my legs before bed.  Guess that what I'm doing is actually helping!

Went on a run after work today. Glad I saved it for the afternoon, because I really needed to unwind after a pretty crappy day of working. Ran from my house to the Chapel on 900 S. and back home for a total of 7 miles. Kept the first 6 nice and easy at 8:23/mile, then pushed the last mile and hit 6:48. Not quite what I was shooting for for the mile, but not bad considering the 6 mile warm-up and extreme pain in my calves! I'll just have to push a little harder next Saturday.

I'd been planning to begin a temporary job next week, but decided not to at the last minute.  For some reason I just felt sick about it! It would have required me to leave practice at 4:30 every day for three weeks, though, and now that I quit I'm realizing it wouldn't have been worth it! I'm getting enough hours at the Sno Shack to put gas in my car anyway. I'm making that 5:52 a priority!