GOING THE DISTANCE

pm -  Did a 50 minute run with 20 min steady state tempo.  felt good and pretty easy, about 6:05 average.  7.2 miles

pm -  Trail run.  We went 3.8 miles in 38 minutes so the pace was pretty slow but we were trailblazing and jumping over cactuses the whole.  super dope run.

pm -  4x800m hills. my form is getting very solid.  

pm -  I've retired my green lunarglide 5's after 850 miles.  They were making my feet hurt.  So now I've got some Pegasus 30's.  They felt super dope today.  

Pm -  pretty beast kosmin.  Me and Paul were able to push each other a lot.  I got 820 meters for the 2 min/800m kosmin test.

Pm-  today was the St. George 5k and that was fun.  Warmed up 2 miles then raced at 9:15.  I was hoping to win this year after getting third last year.  The first mile was quick like 5:03.  Not bad but coulda been slower.  Then the guy who got second last year came on me then him and a kid from AF dropped me almost to 2 miles.  Then the guy who won last year passed me.  So I was just chasing them till the last 400 meter when I saw the AF kid was slowing I really kicked it in and passed him for third.  So the same 2 guys beat me again but they switched spots.  2 mile cool.  That race was beast, a pretty decent 5k I think.

am-  did suicidal tendencies with the team.  It was a fun trail but my legs were super tired today so it was freaking hard.

Pm -  did some solid 1600m repeats.  Goal was 5:17.  I ran 5:17, 5:20, 5:17.  My pacing was perfectly even on the last one.  Paul did 1000m repeats so i ran alone.

pm -  nice 8 mile run out east along the river trail and back to school.  it was good.  i didn't feel to great in my anklers but just being a happy brit made up for it.  did 4 strides on the grass and lifted weights.

am - 2 miles

pm -  did a 15 tempo on the track.  it was nice.  all our varsity boys were together for the first mile then just me and coach and paul picked up the pace about 20 seconds for the rest of it.  like 5:40 average or something.  It was pretty fun, I liked it.  My black lunarglides are getting retired today.  Today was their last day.

pm -  We went and did ice house trail.  It was really stupid because of a freakin huge hill and the trail sucks.  The only fun part was the technical downhill on the way back.  #feastonyeast

am -  I went out and did a beast 12 mile loop.  I got some LT pace in at about miles 2-5.  I was able to get about 5:10 pace at least during that, it was 15 minutes.  

Pm -  did 3 mile repeats.   I felt like I had the flu but I think it was food poisoning.  I got 5:24, 5:20, and 5:11.   I was gonna do 4 but I was just feeling like crap.  Coach ran with me cuz my times are like 20 faster than everyone else's.

pm -  Temple Quarry trail.

am -  4 mile easy run.

pm -  6 miles.  We did an 18 min AT tempo on the track.  Paul started out very fast the first mile.  So the second mile I slowly caught him.  Last mile we switched off laps.  It was pretty good, it didn't feel very hard either at 5:40 pace.

pm -  did some hill repeats.  3x800m and 2x400m.  400s were killer and the whole thing just really tired me out.  7.1 miles.

am -  3.9 miles.

pm -  Today our team did our annual Root Beer Mile.  I was coming back from a third place last year and hoping to improve on that.  Jason was strong favorite to win again.  So the race started and Jason chugged his first root beer in like 10 seconds.  Me and Mitch weren't far behind and I came into the second lap in the lead.  Jason got a big lead on this rootbeer and Mitch got a lead on me too.  I still felt great running on this lap.  By the third Root Beer Jason was already way ahead.  I struggled on the 3rd rootbeer and Mitch got further ahead but I was able to run like a 1:20 and gain a big on him.  On the last rootbeer I could tell Mitch was struggling so that pushed me to chug harder.  I was about 50 meters behind Mitch going into the last lap and he was really struggling.  I passed him with 250 to go and started sprinting.  But then with 100 to go, I felt everything coming up.  I slowed down and tried to keep in it.  It was just too strong so I stopped for a second then cruised in fine to get 2nd place.  Solid race, very sold I improved about 40 seconds from last year.  Oh and it was raining the whole time.  

After we drove over and did prospecter trail.  It was really fun.  6.9 miles

pm -  i felt very tired.  I did Dino cliffs from my house with some LT tempo on the way back.  My watch died on my run too so I don't actually have any idea how far or how long I went.