Sock tans

50% run up Canyon, 7:21 average. Was a bit rough trying to hit sub-7:45 up the hill and against wind. Then 10 strides once back to the track.

Weights: 5x10 squats (25 lbs), 5x10 KB RDLs, 5x10 purple band rows, 5x10 elevated push-ups.

Both Coach and I agree it's better for me to be in the slower group for now until I feel like I can hit the paces for the full workout, then I'll be switched to faster group. It's something to work towards and my goal is to be with the faster group by outdoor. The next few months are going to be rough as I transition into faster paces and speed workouts. I'm going to be lowering miles to 6 a day to focus on the paces, then once I can handle it I'll go back up to higher miles. Also, going to be trying to lose weight, that's got to be a factor of my slower running. Going to do it healthily, I love food so much so it's gonna be hard, but more fruits and veggies, less carbs, and 3 meals a day (smaller portions) should do it! Hoping to shed 10-15 pounds by December, will put me at the lower end of my BMI. Got to be careful about it though, don't want to go below 125 lbs or 11% body fat, that is dangerous territory.

First day of classes!

Today we did pickups, 4 sets of 5 minutes on, 3 minutes off. We did it around Bicentennial park. 7:19 average. First was 6:05 pace (downhill), then 6:57 pace (mostly uphill), 7:08 pace (mostly uphill), 7:08 pace (pretty evenly split between uphill and downhill). Then cooled down back to the track. Hamstring has been bothering me, ice and STEM afterwards. 

50% run, coach biked next to us today for a mile then went who knows where haha :) Coach wanted us to do Campus/Main Street loop a couple times, those of us going the full 6 (we have some middle distance/sprinters in our group that are doing shorter) went all the way to the park. Ran with Sierra for the second loop, she was only going 5 so turned at Main Street with her and finished miles on the track. 7:19 average.

Ice and STEM after on hamstring

Weights: 5 sets of 10 (last couple of sets 11) KB RDLs, squats, elevated push-ups, and purple band seated rows. Then some planks lifting limbs, woo that was tough. Definitely am lacking strength in my core, might start doing some on my own.

60% run today, my group went Main Street loop. First mile was all uphill, then the second downhill, third mixed, and fourth slight downhill. Pace goal was 6:55-6:25, I really struggled with that today. Legs are just tired I guess. I hit 7:05, 6:57, 7:04, 6:42. Which is decent, just not quite on pace. Though I'd bet if we had done it on farm run I would have hit it just fine. Oh well! I worked hard and that's what matters. Milewarmup and mile cool down. 

Ice and STEM after

Wasatch loop in good old Salt Lake. Didn't pay attention to pace, just ran. Decided to go the full 8. Ended up averaging 7:43. I had talked to coach beforehand and made sure it was okay to do the workout on my own today, but things happened and I didn't get the workout until after I had already run. I couldn't wait until later in the day to run because of my cousin's wedding, so I may do it tomorrow, may not depending on wedding stuff (she really went all out, spared no expense! Lol).

Treadmill run in the hotel. 2.5 miles at 7:46 pace (I think 7.6mph?) then did a mock 80%, obviously not the same but I did what I could. I kept it at 6:44 pace (8.9),  it was comfortably fast and I definitely felt like I could keep it going for a couple more miles. Which I'm now realizing is actually 60% pace, haha my bad. I don't know what I was thinking. 3 miles of that then did another half mile at 7:46 pace (or tried to, my treadmill kept slowing down to 4.5 every minute and I'd have to bump it back up to 7.6. Lesson learned- do not use the cool down option on a treadmill.) just for kicks did 100 sit-ups.