This is for you, Coach

Ran on this beautiful morning with the girls and did 3x800's which felt pretty decent. My foot pain isn't getting any better but its endurable during runs and during work outs i don't even notice it but when i'm walking around it bugs me. Ice and stretching. couldn't go to zions but still playing volleyball later. 

am- 3 miles with plyos

pm- 4x1000's 4:12 pace. Ran with Liz and it felt super good! we controlled it and worked on keep our breathing relaxed and steady. Foot didn't bother until after we finished. Talked to my mom about getting new shoes so fingers crossed that i'll have some new kicks soon! stretched and ice but honestly i don't feel it getting any better.. but still doing it! 

am: 3. It snowed! kinda chilly.. but good thing we were wearing our pv track warm ups! saved our lives. 

pm: 4 to dogtown/ dog pound. Rach and i kept getting them mixed up.. we're just SO excited for this weekend! Ran with the straggler boys which included mike, abel, krenshaw, and casey. Felt good and we weren't too offended that they didn't invite us to there conversations. Weights after and struggled with benching as Rach almost let the whole bar + 14lbs drop on me and while coach laughed at me.. it's okay though, we were just trying to impress the studly basketball guys next to us as they lifted double the amount we did. We still felt pretty good of ourselves though. My mom started rubbing her magic voodoo on my foot and it's feeling better! maybe i won't have to go buy some new shoes. we'll see how it goes! 

am- 3 with plyos. felt warm

pm- 12x200's with equal recovery and checked every three for our heart beats. Got 105, 95, 98. Found out that it's only a competition with Rachel if she's winning. Little wienie. Felt good, got in trouble from the girls cause i only hit my time once and it threw them off.. sorry! But we kept it pretty consistent. 

am- 3

pm- 3 + striders. felt good. Ran with the boys again. 

Half Marathon today! woke up to some glorious cereal and me and my buds rode our way to george washington to ride the bus! No butterflies until we walked into the holiday inn and saw all the other runners. We realized that they might look intimidating with their fancy running clothes but they can actually afford it cause they work! we were wearing all free clothes and shoes our parents generously bought for us. :) Anyways, kinda chilly but so happy i wasn't wearing a jacket cause the weather was perfect after the first few miles! Nervous at first but as we ran through the canyon with coach it felt great and i was able to relax! Surprised myself by running with Rachel until the 6 mile mark. I was soo happy and i felt great! At the first hill around the mountain, both my feet fell asleep and i was ticked and it stayed that way until after i got over the second hill. So that bothered but going down hill i picked up my pace and i guess i ran off the numbness of my foot. I could tell my legs were getting really tired but i thought it'd hurt more if i stopped so i kept going! It zipped by super fast, espcially having my parents and the Peterson's driving by and cheering helped out! The hardest part was the last mile.. I just wanted to be done and it felt like this last mile was taking forever! Plus there was Godzilla behind me breathing like crazy so I picked it up more and when i saw the guys jogging i wanted to be done SO bad. Then fortunately coach appeared and ran the last 400 m or so and he helped a ton! I didn't notice how bad my form was starting to get until he told me to straighten up. It was hard to push the end but I was so happy to be done and get a good time. I wouldn't mind doing that again but maybe do a better job pacing myself. (overall place out of the girls..)