Sock tans

MY CALVES. They hurt so bad!! I'm the idiot you see grabbing the railing as I practically crawl down the stairs. This morning we did warmups then coach said to do a distance run, I was stoked because it's like the first time we could go whatever pace we wanted! It was much needed, I started with the top group like I always do, but after a couple miles even though we weren't going that fast (on the downhill it was 7:20 I guess) I just couldn't do it. It was kind of frustrating because I wanted to feel good especially since it was a long run, but the pace didn't matter. So I fell back and just enjoyed the run for a couple miles, then around mile 6 my legs got tired. I felt soreness in other places as well, but they didn't even compare to the soreness in my calves. Then we hit the hills, thats when I was crawling. The last 3 miles I just wanted to be done. Reminds me of some of the 15 milers Bill dragged me on in high school :) 8:15 average I think? My garmin died a mile before we were done.

Weights later.

Warmups and then started the 50%. I think everyone was feeling good today or something. When we hit 6:37 for one of the miles we tried to slow the pace down, but it seemed we could only do that for so long as we picked up the pace again soon after. We averaged 7:08 for 6.5.

Finished up my miles later. 3.5 to get to 11 for the day.

This morning we did warmups then a little over 2 miles warmup, and a couple strides before starting the workout. It was 3 x 1 mile repeats on the track with 3 minutes active recovery in between each. The wind was pretty strong this morning. Our pace was supposed to be 6:10-6:15 for the first 2 then 5:45-6:00 for the last one, I hit 5:58, 6:03, 5:58. The first one Ashley and Maggie were pushing it up front and coach had wanted us all to stay as a pack so we went with but it made it faster, the second one the other Ashley and I led and we didn't do so great of a job of slowing it down, and on the last one I guess I just felt good because I went with Maggie and ended up passing her a lap or two into it, Ashley created a large gap on us from the start.  Literally as I rounded the corner for the last 100 meters the wind decided to go all crazy so it felt like I wasn't moving an inch and probably took me twice as long to finish. Brighton almost caught me but I held her off just long enough, that definitely felt faster than 5:58 but it's whatevs. Cooled down a mile and a half, had to cut it short because I had to get to class on time.

Weights later, then afterwards ran 2.5 miles to get to 10 for the day.

Today we drove to Mesquite, then did warmups and a mile warmup, then coach shortened the 80% to 2 miles on the track instead of 3 and had us do it faster. We were supposed to hit 12:00, I hit 12:03. Every step felt very forced and I never could relax. Afterwards we did whistle hills, 3 x 15, 20, 25 seconds I think. Then cooled down and headed back to Cedar.

Drove up to a road above the C for workout today, we did warmups then a mile warmup and went straight into the 60%. My legs felt heavy. I wasn't expecting the hills, and I'm not so good at them so that was rough. Not even a mile into it I knew it was going to be a struggle. The hills were long and steep, and it just seemed to keep going up and up. But coach said that it was about effort not time so even though I was hitting a slower pace I tried to stay positive. It was supposed to be about 6:35 average but I ended up averaging 7:16. Considering the hills and elevation (over 9,000 feet) I'd say it was alright. Hopefully the next time we do it I'll feel better.

HR 56

Coach said to do a longer run today as slow as we wanted, I took that to heart! 11 miles, 8:14 average.

HR 56