We are who we choose to be.

AM- 1.5 warm, 4x1600s 85% (goal time: 5:40), 1.5 cool, weights. Felt pretty congested and gross going into the workout, but it didn't bother me too bad. Tried running these with Andrew and Cam and I was successfull! 1: 5:42. Felt good on this one, but it was kind of harder than I had expected. 2: 5:40. Was stronger overall on this one and hit my time perfectly. 3: 5:39. Kind of just tried not to die on this one. It was a really tough rep, but got my time. 4: 5:35. This one felt kind of sloppy. Was with Matt on the first 3 laps, but then finished up with Dave. Finished 5th on the team on the last 2! Was super surprised at that (although it's because some of the varsity guys weren't there)! Cooled down and hit the weight room afterwards.

AM- 3 miles easy AC route. Felt pretty nice this morning... Very quiet. Did do some yoga afterwards which was great.

PM- 5 miles TRT fun trail surprise. We showed up to the trail late because Matt had to return his tux so we had no clue where we were going on the trail so we just ran the main trail talking about the dangers of addiction ??? haha then we found a nice little trail and started running on that. It was super sandy and we probably should have just kept going on the main trail. On our way back, we ran into the other guys and then just stayed with them for the rest. Felt good to have some quality easy running with Matt, Dave, and Bryan.

PM- 10 miles 18 minute tempo (goal pace: 5:50). Started this run off with running to Starbucks and then to the tempo loop to make about 4 miles. After that, we started the 18 minute tempo. I started off with Logan and Cam, but then Cam fell off a bit then I fell off Logan about 1.5 miles in but stayed a consistent distance behind him for the rest of the run. Did much better than last week at a guestimated 5:56 pace which means I will be attempting a 24 minute tempo next week :) after that, we just added on until we got to 10 miles total. My legs felt really dead after this workout. Goals for tomorrow: Hydrate, kill the 400 hills (avenge my last week's hills)

AM- 2 miles to old man, 1x800 and 2x400 hills, then cool. Did my workout on my own this morning because of a poor scheduled orthodontist appointment. Kind of tough getting into it mentally when you're by yourself and tired! Legs felt okay and my breathing was good. I think I did well under the circumstances. Afterwards we talked about chapter one of the book in coach's room. 

PM- 3 miles easy Straight to Hell and Back route. Took it nice and slow on my own because of the orthodontist. Ran to almost Hell's hole, hence the name of the route. Life Lesson: never eat a chili dog right before you run... No matter the distance!

PM- 3 miles easy with striders. Follow the leader friday! We followed Byron around and ended up at 2450 park where we did our striders and ran back. Felt good.

AM- 6 miles 15 minute LT tempo. Goal pace: 5:30. Hit: 5:38. Met up with the guys at Sullivan Park and we ran the river trail for the tempo. Started the tempo off just behind Matt and stayed right behind him pretty much until the end. Things were looking good until we had to turn around and that kind of threw off my groove. Ended the tempo about 10ish seconds behind Paul and Matt. Kind of disappointed that I didn't hit my pace, but I was closer than last week when I was racing! Overall a good workout.