I can do it. I will do it NINE times!

Weight lifting at 6:30 am. Eew. Went back to bed after. 

Woo! First full workout back and it went pretty well!  Started off with a 6 minute warmup on my own, then a 10 minute jog out with the team. On the way back, we ran at 30 minute effort, not too bad. Then we did 8x400's together with a 400m (one lap walk, one jog) recovery w/ GP 1:12 - 1:20. Times were 1:15, 1:16, 1:14, 1:13, 1:12, 1:12, 1:13 and 1:13. Ow! Awesome, though my legs are thoroughly thrashed. Coaches say that I might even race the 3k this weekend at Boise if it all works out. :) Cooled down a half mile indoors, then outside for 9 minutes. (F spike 8.6) (K2 232)

Went early to the fieldhouse and did 2 treadmill, 2 track, 2 treadmill and 2 track miles. Whee. My legs hurt so much! I can't handle the soreness. (K2 240)

Hurdle practice at 2, then weights. Legs = death. And my abs are also freakishly sore.

School continues to ruin my life. Wednesdays from now on I have to work out by myself before practice because of my stupid 2:30 EE lab. Blah. So, today I warmed up for 20 minutes, then did a 1000 at 4:10 GP, then 4x800s at 2:52 GP w/200m walk/jog recovery. Times were 4:12, 2:55, 2:51, 2:51, 2:53. Died. Cooled down for another 20 minutes. Coach Reeder told me not to not be depressed by today's workout. Almost. (K2 245) (K spike  10.8)

Went out on a crazy run on the canal trail and Bonneville trail and didn't slip or die on the snow. I felt pretty hardcore for running in snow... on purpose! Win. (K2 254)

Race tomorrow!!!! At BSU ran around for 37 minutes outside, then a 3 minute push on the track and some quick bits in my spikes. (K2 259.3)

Goals for tomorrow: 10:30 and to not-hurt-too-much-in-an-injury-kind- of-way.

First race in almost 5 months! Before the race I was freaking out but it went reasonably well considering. Warmed up a couple miles outside, got race ready and hurried onto the track, started out on the outermost lane but got a good start. First lap was way too fast, went out in 2nd place at a 37s. I was aiming for 41s the whole way so that was not so smart. Next lap I calmed down a little but still I was at about 40s for the next few and at the 1 mile mark I was feeling a bit spent. My effort and thus, my splits dropped to about 42-43s and for the rest of the race, not great. I let a few girls pass me in those middle laps so I ended up pushing to pass on the last lap and only getting one place back.

I'm happy to have my inaugural race out of the way so now I can get back into race mode and kick some butts! Next race I'll do is UW in two weeks. Hoping to get some great training in between now and then and set a new PR! (K2 265.5) (F spike 12.7)