GOING THE DISTANCE

3pm -  6 miles total today from a workout on the track.  3 * 1600m repeats.  Today we were doing 85% of our Kosmin test time, mine was 4:37.  My goal time was 5:29 and it was pretty difficult so there will be some really hard mile repeat workouts to come.  Warm up 1.5 miles.  First mile was okay not to hard, 5:31.  Second was harder and I started to give up mentally but still ran good, 5:29.  Last one I prayed for mental toughness and ground it out good, 5:25.  It felt really nice to finish a workout good, hitting my times.  Cooldown of 1.5 miles and weight lifting after.  Knee got sore after but did some hip strenthening when I got home.  

6:30 am -  3 miles before school.  I showed up at 6 but I guess we were running at 6:30 so I drove around to stay warm.  the run was okay, a bit quick for my knee at first.  So I kept it at like 8:30 pace and it was a good run.  

3pm -  5 mile trail run.  it was really 4.9 but whatever.  It was hard going up the first 2 miles, it kinda sucked.  We ran mustang pass which is a 5 mile loop but we just went up and back.  Knee felt okay and probably it felt better after this morning cuz we did yoga in the morning.  

3pm -  18 minute AT tempo today. During a nine miler.  I didn't do core stuff cuz I left my other insole at home and had to go get it.  The run started out great, I found a dollar on the side walk.  We ran 3 miles warm up on our way to our tempo loop.  My goal was 5:37.  Me and paul started out together, for some reason matt and colton fell of the pace immediatly.  I led for a mile about then paul took the lead and when we started the second loop going up gradual hill it killed. me I totally got slowed down for a sec then kept paul about 20 meters in head of me the rest of the way.  I would say I probably got about 5:40-45.  So it was solid.  Last 3 miles were really slow my knee was hurting so I took it easy and it wasn't too bad.

6am -  Morning run.  Felt alright for about a mile then started to limp from tendonitis.  So chilled it down to about a 8:10, still a good pace.

3pm -  5 mile run by the mall.  We stopped at Old man hills and did 2 800's up it.  First was one was solid but I could do much better i knew.  So next one I dug and stayed good and finished 3rd.  

3pm -  nice run after school, but It was pretty tough.  We the team crossed into the property across riverside drive and ran on the 4 wheeler trails for 3 miles.  It was fun exploring new places but I was really tired and struggled to keep up.  We also dude striders and my knee kinda hurt

8:50 am -  Today was the St. George 5k.  It was pretty fun and a good way to do my tempo run.  Me, Paul, Preston, and Cameron raced it.  I've been waiting forever to get my shirt for the race and it finally came.  We met up at 8 and warmed up 2 miles.  Then we got in our flats and took off our jackets n stuff.  It felt like a cross race and I've really missed that I realized.  

The race started with some stupid countdown that didn't even say go and I got in front quick.  The competition was revealed.  Some guy maybe 30 and a redhead guy maybe 40.  Me Paul and Matt (who jumped in the race after the start) were together for the first mile also with Rodney a guy who runs at Dixie state I think.  I was feeling great so I picked it up here and pulled away.  The guy in first was out of reach by the 2 mile but I maybe could have caught the redhead guy if I would have focused.  But I swore I heard the Rodney guy right behind me so that's all I could focus on.  My dad ran by me for a second in the middle of mile 2.  I finished 3rd and got 16:53.  I'm pretty happy with that for beginning of winter training.  But I still need to get my pace down for my LT tempo.  My goal pace for that was supposed to be 5:17 so I'm getting there.  After the race was really fun hanging out and stuff.