Sock tans

Distance run today, Dike's run and then when we were splitting into the two groups to go 6 and 10 I really needed to use the restroom so I went to the park ones but they were locked, then backtracked to Ace and it didn't open until 8, and finally went to the gas station and they were open. Thank goodness! So then I was on my own and I did walmart loop and added a bit, it ended up being .25 over but that's okay. 7:23 average.

Weights later. Coach talked today about eating healthier, ever since moving out I have been eating seriously so unhealthily like its not even funny. Okay, yeah it is I joke about it all the time with my roommates. Hahaha anyway I think I gotta give up the poptarts. This is going to be a real sacrifice. Who am I kidding I can have them after races! The struggle is real. OK but really, I'm going to start making real meals with vegetables in them because I've had vegetables literally 3 times since moving to Cedar. Fruits I think I'm doing alright but I can still improve. And I got to stop eating so much bread. Ahhh I love it so much. And oreos are the bomb. Maybe I can have those on Sundays... :)

Today was our hard day, we did 50%/80%. It was much better than the pond loop that's for sure! For the 50% we ran 3 laps on the soccer fields and then 80% was on the track. It honestly wasn't even bad. I actually really liked it! Basically it's like continuous mile repeats with a mile recovery at a faster pace. I didn't feel great, but tried my best to stick with the pack. It was a larger pack on the first one, I hit 6:00-6:01. Maggie and Ashley were pushing it up front and I felt like I could've gone with them but decided to be smarter and stay with the pack like coach wanted. On the second one I moved up next to Angie and I guess everyone else fell off or something. Maggie and Ashley still were up ahead. 5:58 for that one. Last one Angie took off and I was stupid enough not to go with her. This was when I started to feel sick and got winded pretty quick, a change from the other ones where my breathing was even and it didn't even feel that hard. I could feel myself slipping and tried to push harder, yet despite that I still got slower each lap. I now really like pack running. 6:08 for that one. We did a mile warmup and mile cool down. And warmups and form mile, speaking of which we do everyday still I just don't think we're supposed to count it as mileage so I stopped.

HR 52

I need to be getting more sleep. I am typically getting 6-7 hours which still isn't enough, but the last two nights I have been exceptionally sleep deprived. It was because I had to study/do homework. I was super tired this morning but by the end of the run I woke up a little. 7:35 average.

AM:

6 miles before heading to Minneapolis! I felt sluggish and held back a little from the group.

PM:

Drove from the airport to a park, we did 4 miles with 30 second pickups in the middle. They felt a lot faster than they probably should've.

AM:

4 mile shakeout, felt good until the last mile.

PM:

Ran the course, we somehow cut out 1000m of it but I think I know where that was. Then did the last 1000 faster, I ran it in 3:52. Then did some starts and finished to 6. I'm a bit nervous because I didn't feel good at all. Like I was really struggling to keep up and that 1000 I was last from the team by a lot. I did have a full stomach so that probably contributed, but more than that I just felt like I couldn't move. I have had a cold for the past couple of days so maybe that's the problem? Idk. Anyway, the course is good I think, its hilly but Cedar is hilly too so I think we'll be fine. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel good!

Also I found out I actually can count the form mile as mileage, I was confused but Angie cleared it up for me so I'm going to fix it!

AM shakeout run, one mile. Later did 1 mile warmup and drills/warmups. Awful race, 200 in I already felt tight and every step was forced. 1k in I was already falling back. I was dying by 2k. I think low iron and a bad cold are a terrible combination. Coach is having me see the doctor on Monday, I think to get my blood tested again. Hopefully my iron levels are headed in the right direction! The last couple Ks were hard for everyone cause I think that's where a lot of the bigger hills were. Idk I just suffered through them. I was really upset about my time, its awful but perhaps not as bad as I'm thinking cause Riverside and Griak are completely different races, Riverside was relatively flat and dirt and Griak was grass and hills. It was a bad race for our whole team though so that's comforting, we're all in this together #HSM

Cooled down 2 with the girls then good ole Bill and Garek joined for the last 2. Shout out to Garek for winning the HS section, he won by a lot!