This is for you, Coach

supposibly 9 but as JP and i were strolling along and waiting to see our turn around.. it just never came! until we finally saw the guys and they freaked out and told us to turn around. They said the wrote it.. but it was in black. To bad the ground is black too. Anywho, had fun running with JP though! we talked and talked. the way back felt much much better. I'm always surpirsed when i actually finish a long run. When i start i feel like it'll be never ending, but i realize at the end there has to be an end! life lesson for you. legs felt bearable but now are just exhausted. stretch and ice bath sounds great.

afternoon run! plus plyos 

6x1000 plus harts warm/cool. 3:45, :45, :46, :50, :55, :52. breathing wasn't all that great but first real work out of the season! Hoping i'll start to like coaches new theory. Legs are tired.. really wanting an ice bath. (7.25)

3 with myself and the blazing sun. Told my mom that if i wasn't back in 30 minutes.. she needed to come find my dead body. Oh so so so hot! 

3x2min w/ 1 min rec, 4x400 w/ 30 sec rec plus Harts warm/cool. Rachel told me this story yesterday and i kept repeating it in my head. You can ask her what the story was cause i don't feel like typing it but point of the story was saying 'I can, I can, I can' to yourself over and over. So i did, and i think it got my mind off of a lot of negative things that could've been on my mind. Oh but legs, way tired. ice bath tomorrow? 

3 miles out in the heat. Where was this heat when i wanted it?! goodness. Gonna be back in the routine tomorrow with the morning pracitces and drinking, drinking, drinking, drinking.. water! 

4 morning, 3 afternoon plus striders. I felt better in the morning but my legs are exhausted. claves were super tight throughout the whole afternoon run so gonna be doing a lot of stretching and roberts told me to remember to roll out. I remembered! that's a start. anywho, wasn't a big fan of today. OH! and my third toe is officially bruised with a blister. nasty! my brooks are doing something funky to my feet i guess..

AM: 3 miles plus 4x200. tried hard keeping up with stoner on the 400s. did decent.

PM: 3 miles green springs. hot hot hot. legs are still tight but rolled them out afterwards. 

first race of the season for me! Thought it was pretty decent way to start off. The race was fun, mostly dirt and road. First lap is always the worst but got myself into a groove and felt good! Proud that i kept Stoner in my sight throughout the whole race. Now that i know that i can do that, mind as well stick up with her right? So happy to see Kaylee, Rachel, Liz, and Abby supporting us! that was plus. but anyways, my legs felt fine, my breathing was manly cause i had a sore throat (but didn't bother me during the race) and i still need to improve my sprint at the end.. bleh. Only negative from the race that i'll take out of it is i got sick.. so hopefully i'll get better by mondays work out.