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

I didn't run today because my parents are lame and wouldn't let me because I was sick yesterday. argh.

My calves are still stiff and sore from saturday at the meet! Warmup 2x around track, then a big grass loop (.75) Track work today: 4 x 1200m at 3200m pace with 600m jog recovery. Goal pace: 4:30 or less

1 - 4:25, went out well, felt kinda fast, but not hard

2 - 4:30, relaxed a bit too much on my first two laps (it felt good though) and had to push harder my last lap to get on pace

3 - 4:27, worked better first two laps, my calves were getting tireder and stiffer pushed last lap again to get a good time

4 - 4:22, went out hard and pushed all 3 laps and beat all the boys (none of the really fast ones were in town *wink* )

Good workout, felt strong the whole time and now my legs are more sore, whoopee. Then .75 mile cooldown around Sandstone elementary with Ally Robison.

Dropped off my car at the shop to get speedometer/odometer fixed then ran to practice (1.5 miles) from there. warmedup 1/2 mile on track then we ran Dogpound (4). First 1/2 mile was warmingup then anaerobic threshold with Jeff Frodsham for the middle 3 miles - mile times were 6:23, 6:11 & 6:42 - pretty good and about the pace I wanted...felt good on the downhills for miles 1&2, but the last 1/2 mile was uphill and my time barely stayed under 7 min/mile. cooled down the last 1/2 mile. overall good run, legs are still stiff from yesterday and the meet on fri/sat.

1/2 mile warmup on track, then stretched. Easy recovery run today, 4 miler to Chuck-a-rama from PVHS and back. Very nice, ran with Eric Goold out and Lindsay Judd back.

Lifted a little: Bench - 3x10 @ 50 lbs and Squat - 3x10 @ 75 lbs

After, I went with some of the track team and played Ultimate Frisbee at Sandstone Elementary. That counts for a mile or so of running... we only lost by 1. ;) and we had a heckofabunch of fun.

1/2 mile warmup on track, then we ran out to Sunrise Tire (1.5 ish) to do some hills. Ran up East Ridge of Foremaster (.25 up) 5 times - went pretty well, my legs are tired from lifting so it was a bit hard to get going and by the end my quads were burning SO much, pushed well most of the time, I still have a little bit of a hard time going fast enough at the bottom because I know what's coming up later, but I tried keeping fast the whole time, not just pushing at the top half. Then ran back, trying not to go ultra-slow and succeeding a bit. Legs are pretty sore.

Went on a nice easy long run from my house today. Chased some geese off the road for a car or two and moved large weeds off it too (good turn daily?) went well overall, legs are still sore from lifting and yesterday, but i think my calves have finally recovered from last week's race. My run was supposed to be a 9 miler, but my parents picked me up about a mile from the end to go on a hike - 5.4 miles and hard with my cute nephews ;). Ended up being only eight, but i'll survive, I guess. Felt pretty nice to go on a long run, I haven't in a while, but I'm not quite used to them anymore so it took until mile 3-4 to really get into it. There was this old (65ish) guy 100m or so in front of me at about mile 3 so I sped up to catch him. 'twas pretty easy. Then after I turned around on my out-and-back he had turned around too but earlier, so he was approx. .5 mile ahead of me. Pushed hard to try and catch him, but he turned where my run didn't go when I was about 10m behind (and closing the gap fast). Shucks. Overall a nice relaxing run.