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

Good workout today! Started off a bit funny with warmups being all jumbled... I missed the memo that our workouts are now a half-hour earlier than before. But we ran 20 minutes with some recruits. So I ended up getting in about 35 minutes of warmup before. Then we did 5x1000s GP 3:35 w/4:00 recovery, 10 minute break, 3x800 GP 2:44 w/3:00 recovery, 5 minutes break, then a 600 GP 1:51.  

My times were 3:34, 3:35, 3:34, 3:35, 3:34, 2:45, 2:45, 2:44 and 1:52. Nice! A bit tired on the last few and definitely worn out as I cooled down, but a quality workout today. Almost makes up for the freaking blizzard outside. Almost. (DS 94.8) (M spike 53.7)

Read a book and ran on the treadmill. Then I ran to weights. (K 415.4)

Warmed up to the Laub and a half hour on the TT road before our speed workout. We did one 2000 @ GP 7:10, 10 minute break, 2x1200 @ GP 4:18 w/4:00 recovery, 5 minute break, then 2x300m untimed accelerations. Times were 7:06, 4:17 and 4:16. Nice workout and not too hard either! Yay! I'm so excited for the meet this weekend. Seattle! Cooled down back home 2 miles. (DS 101.4) (M spike 56.8)

Did the 25th north loop this afternoon. My eye got cold for a while and it hurt! Talk about a weird sensation. Why can't it be spring already? Fun run, maybe a bit quick for a recovery day, but I was happy... so it was more of funning. No watch. (K 422.9)

Easy shakeout in Seattle with the team. We ran on the greatest trail - with bridges and through marshes and in an arboretum - it was so pretty and the weather was really nice! It was amazing. At the track after, I did a few laps of acceleration in my spikes. My left shin has been hurting a bit from all the pounding lately and today it was pretty sore, especially on the laps. (DS 106.4) (M spike 57.3)

Goals for tomorrow's race (3000m): PR, be happy and make it hurt lots!

PRed by 18 seconds and broke 10:00!!! YAY! And still I think I can do better. So awesome! Only 25 seconds off provisional qualifying time for nationals... ok so that's a lot, but still! The race was a kind of weird mentally since the track was 307m instead of 200 like I'm used to. Nice to only have to run a bit less than 10 laps (instead of 15), but different to try thinking in 400s after thinking in 200s for so long. 

The first couple laps of the race, I felt really tired and stiff, not really in "race mode." Still, I tried to stick on Kim and keep hitting my splits right on. I lost her a little on some of the middle laps, but kept contact enough that (once I got my head and body together) I caught up on the last couple laps. Went all out on the last lap, just trying to make it under 10:00 and barely got it! Truly, I love running at sea level. My lungs didn't even feel like they were bleeding when I finished! Yay! 7th in my heat, 1st from USU. My 400 splits: 1:20, 1:20, 1:21, 1:20, 1:21, 1:21 and 1:19, with the last 200m at 37. (DS 116) (M spike 59.2)