AM:
Today was our first Cross Country morning practice! Ah I miss running early in the mornings, before the sun is up. We did VA loop to 13th then back up to the track, Which felt really fast, then did 8 hill strides which I felt crappy on, those 2 pieces of toast I ate right before wasn't such a good idea.
PM:
I was dreading the speed workout all day, I had heard about it yesterday and was secretly hoping Bill had changed his mind and we were just going to do a run. I should have known better. We did a mile warmup and mile speed changes. The workout was 3x1 mile repeats with 2 laps recovery in between. Eleanor and I were supposed to hit 6:10. We hit 6:00 the first one, didn't even feel like I was pushing, I just wanted to hit the time. The second one hurt, 3:04, and the third I felt the lactic and probably crashed mentally. When Caden and Eleanor pulled away it was 10 times harder. It was a 6:20. I guess for not doing much speed lately it was alright. After the last one I did a lap recovery, then the girls did 2 grass laps cool down. My foot didn't hurt at all while doing it, just when I stopped to recover and right when we started. It felt good to finally be able to push myself. I feel like I'm finally coming back.
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