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

Legs pretty tired and sore from the race, but the workout was reasonably good. Really hard, but not too bad. Warmed up on the churches loop, then started off with a 1600 @ GP 6:08. We ran a 6:05 and it was pretty easy. Then 4 minutes break, then another 1600, this time at GP 5:36. With hurdles! Ouch. It was super hard - but Erin went out really fast so I ended up running a 5:33. Five minutes break after that, then we did 3x800s @ 2:40 GP. For the first one, we did hurdles on the second lap, but we were dead. So we opted out of hurdles for the rest. 3:00 break between each. Times were 2:41, 2:41 and 2:41. After, we got a nice 10 minute rest, then did 4x300s @ GP 54 with 2 minutes break. We were pretty tired out, so we overcompensated a bit on all of them. Times were 51, 53, 52 and 51. Quite dead afterward. Cooled down with Ali and Ash on the canal trail. (DS 265.6) (S spike 26.7)

The weather was awesome today! Yay! Ran the canal loop and just enjoyed life so much. Well, it would've been perfect without the downheavals that necessitated a potty stop. And my shin was hurting lots. But oh well. I'm happy with the weather. A lot happy. Lifted with the team after the run. (DS 273.1)

Loved today's workout! Warmed up to the track and 20 minutes with the team, then we did a 2000 @ GP 7:40, got 5 minutes break, then did 4x400 @ GP 76 w/90 recovery. So awesome. We hit a 7:39 for the 2k, then the 400's were great: 75, 76, 75 and 72. Nice and short, felt fast and happy even with the intense winds. Practiced the water jump after the workout and got a bit better at it... started off really sucking. Good to get a few jumps in before running the steeple at UCLA this weekend! Cooled down on the extended churches loop after. And froze. (DS 279.1) (S spike 29)

After flying to LA, we went straight to the track and ran around the UCLA campus for a while, then ran on their track a bit. The track is almost a circle, so it was kinda weird to run on. Especially since the barriers are in different spots than they are on our track. Don't really know what to expect for the race tomorrow, just want to do my best. If it goes well, I want to qualify for Regionals (sub-10:50). We'll see... (DS 283.8) (S spike 29.5)

QUALIFIED FOR REGIONALS! Wooo! I'm so excited! Before the race, I was pretty nervous and didn't really know what to aim for, but it went really well and I think that next time I can go even faster. Mostly, I just concentrated on having a good approach and good form over all the barriers and the water jump and the race went by really quickly. I really liked it! A couple of the barriers I got a little lazy and caught my trail leg and lost my balance a bit, but for the most part it was awesome. And I got second place, which was pretty cool too. (DS 289.3) (S spike 31.4)

We drove out to the beach to get in our hour-long run before the meet. It felt like the longest hour ever! My shin was so sore and my butt was having some major issues. Plus the trail along the beachfront was straight, flat and pretty boring. Still, it was fun to be at the beach. After the run, we took off our shirts and shoes and ran into the ocean - it was so cold! We played around a bit, but couldn't handle the cold very long and got out pretty soon after. Fun times. (DS 296.8)