Running is a means and never merely an end

.75 mile warm up, 30 minute easy pre-meet jog, and lots of stretching. First meet tomorrow, but its really more like a competitive practice because it is in GA and isn't sactioned. I think I am going to run the 800 and 3200.

My 2 mile was terrible. I ran a 12:13 at indoor states, and a 12:42 today. It wasn't even that it hurt so badly physically as mentally. I was just readyto stop by the end of the 3rd lap...I kept making mental excuses like the heat and the fact that its only the first meet. I just didn't have any motivation or love for the sport. My 800 was a lot better. I prayed a lot about it after the 2 mile and so that is totally thanks to God. I was shooting for sub-2:45 and ran a 2:42 and won pretty easily. There was barely any competition though so the win didn't mean much. Something needs to change...I'm not happy with today.

.9 mile warm up. We were supposed to fo 6x800 but I thought that was ridiculous the day after a meet and 2 days before another meet...so I had us do 5, and they were more like 775's because our track is too short. It was a stupid workout and I was really unhappy about having to do speedwork in a situation like this. The wind was blowing SO hard too and it was raining at times. 1 mile cool down. 

Easy pre-meet jog by myself, with 5x80m strides afterwards. I am running the mile and 800 tomorrow. I'm really just happy to have a little break from the 2 mile, which I have done in every single meet since the first meet my junior year. I'm trying to take tomorrow as more of a speed workout day and not get to mentally wrapped up in these early-season meets. I may even get a few extra miles in afterwards seeing as we haven't done crap for mileage this week. I've gotta start doing more on my own...

Second meet of the season (and week) today! I feel so, so good about today. I had the worst mentality after Tuesday's meet about my track career and running in general. I think part of what made today so much more successful was that this is the first time since the beginning of my junior year that I haven't ran the 2 mile in a meet. It felt really fun and gave me a break mentally to be able to enjoy some quicker races. So I won the 1600 in 5:44.7 (recorded at 5:45) and also the 800 in 2:37.8 (recorded at 2:38). Both of those met regional qualifying time. And to top off a fun meet, I was named female runner MVP of the meet. I feel super thankful that God just totally turned my mind around and helped restore my love for the sport. 

2.5 mile cool down jog around Franklin's campus after the meet. Probably about 2 miles total for warm up for my events.