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

Warmed up for about 45 minutes (give or take a few) around the Laub. I only survived because Lexie, Justine and Vanessa and I talked for most of the time and goofed off. Felt pretty nervous for the workout coach had emailed to us: 4x1600, 4x800, 2x600!

Started the workout off with the 1600's: GP 5:44. Did the first one in 5:48, got a 4:00 break, then ran the second in 5:48. As we lined up to do our next one, coach gave us a most welcome surprise and told us we were done with our 1600s! Whew. After a 10 minute break, we started on our 800s: GP 2:44. Times were 2:45, 2:44, 2:44 and 2:44. Right on, but hard, especially on the last couple. Finally we were on the 600s: GP 1:51 (1:14 per 400). 1:54 and 1:52 for those. Man, did they KILL. I just about passed out on the last lap of each of them.  I have no idea how I would've handled today's workout had we done all four 1600s!  But it went pretty well and I'm excited to race again this weekend. Cooled down 2 miles in the snow back home. Brrr. (DS 59.5) (M spike 37.3)

Ran on the treadmill at the Lundstrom this morning. This time I brought my laptop and read a book off it while running, so it wasn't quite as bad as usual. A bit tired out from yesterday, but nothing too unbearable. Slower at the start, faster at the end, but mostly 8:00/mi pace. (K 354.5)

Instead of risking death by running in the snow storm, I opted to treadmill it today. Not super fun, but bearable, since it was broken up with some fartleks. Ran 16 minutes at 8:00 pace to warm up, then did 4x5:00 pushes at 6:07 pace with 3:00 recovery between. After those were done, I did 10x20 second pushes at 5:00 pace with 40 second recoveries. Then 17 minutes of cooldown at 8:00 pace. Got into the groove a couple times on the 5:00 pushes, but trying to run that fast on a treadmillfor the 20 second pushes just felt odd. (K 365)

After a long day of travel, we went on a 60-minute run out in Moscow. Yes, I'm in Moscow! ...Idaho... And I decided once again that I HATE snow. The parts that weren't snowy were good though. (K 372.5)

Ran with the team around Pullman for a half hour and did our 5:00 push in the middle. Feeling really good, so I ran around on the track for another 15 minutes. Then I did a 400 meter acceleration on the track in my spikes to get the legs feeling fast. (K 378)

Excited for the race tomorrow! I'm going to do the 3k again - my goal is to break 10:30. The faster the better!

Awesome race today! Went into the race hoping to get in the mid 10:20's and did even better than I'd planned. The race started off pretty fast, one of the girls was going for 9:45, so I might've started off too quick. I felt strong for most of the race. Had I not lost sight of the lead pack, I think I could've even gone faster. Great race, though - 20 second PR and I can still do better! 

After the meet ended, all us distance girls kept with tradition and ran back to Moscow from Pullman (8.5 miles). We went pretty quick, too! Around 7:30/mi avg. Nice, but a bit tiring. (DS 69.5) (M spike 39.2)