3pm - Michigan workout today. It was the first one of the season. I didn't really know what to expect from myself. So I didn't stress about it or hardly even think about it during the day. That for sure helped me do good. My knee has been sore so I was a bit worried it might prevent me from going all out on this workout. But luckily it felt great the whole time. So we started out on the track with an 800. I felt nice and got behing Byron, Taylor, Kyler. We got going on the grass 800 loops and started spreading a bit. I just stayed behind kyler like 20m the whole time. The second time on the track was we're it started getting hard. On the 2nd group of grass 800's I though about this book I read we're the guy said "you have your highs and your lows". So I just kept thinking positive thoughts over and over in my mind. I kept saying to myself, "just run, just run". So I did I as I went to do my final 400 on the track I was really surprised to see the time was 23:30's and I thought to myself that I could get A standard. So I started pushing even harder. This was mentally the hardest part. I wanted to jog it in so bad but I knew it would help give me a stronger kick so I just kept pushing. I was glad how I was able to win the mental battle in the workout today. I think my ending time was in the 24:30's. I cooled down a mile and it was actually pretty painful in my knee so a day of pool running tomorrow then race on Friday at Herriman.
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