You've got to want it to win it

Today I went for a run with the team.  It feels so weird being back in the snow!  We ran the zoo loop, out on Foothill to Sunnyside and then up to Wasatch.  My calves hurt pretty bad going up the hill, so I stopped to stretch once we reached Wasatch.  They hurt even more going down, you don't notice these slight hills until you are sore.  When it flattened out again I was with Amanda until she decided to turn, then I turned with her so I wouldn't have to continue onto Wasatch alone and still be short of miles :P  The way back to 1300s was downhill too.  Ouch.  We caught up to the group on Foothill and then ran back to the lockerrooms.  Hilary and I kept going, we did a large loop around campus going above the track to North Campus drive and then through campus all the way over to the institute.  We finished at 10.  Then to make sure I didn't chicken out of telling Hanah, Hilary informed Hanah for me that my calves were really tight and sore.  So I got a massage with Tim.  It hurt really bad.  And I get to be worked on on Wednesday and Friday too :P  

This afternoon we had a workout at the oval. Since we are not racing this weekend, today was our threshold instead of Thursday. For warmup we did 7 laps and then our strides and drills. My hamstrings are super sore from lifting but other than that I felt great. Even my calves were doing alright! I decided to stay in my trainers though because it was a threshold, I will save my flats for Thursday. The workout was 3 or 4 2000s. Andrea and I worked together because we were both trying to hit between 86-88 splits for the 400s. I've missed workouts with her! But it was so nice to be able to have each other to work with on this one because it was so many laps :P On the first one we hit 7:24, then the second one in 7:27, and 7:30 for the third. The splits were consistent in the sets so that was good. During the third one was when my calves started to burn so I was done after that. Then I did 9 laps cooldown, some with Giselle and Charlotte, to end at 9 for the day.

Today I went running with Amanda.  At her pace.  I was dying.  Amanda kept telling my to keep it up though, so I did.  Average pace ended up being 6:57.   We did the Albertson's loop and back to campus on 1900e.  My calves are really tight.  I am getting them worked out again today.  The end.

Today we had a workout at the oval.  I started with 7 laps warmup with Megan and Alex, then the strides and drills with the team.  I took my sweet time and made sure to stretch really well!  My calves are still in pain from yesterday, so I decided to stick with my trainers for this workout.  It was three sets of four 400s, 90 seconds rest between then with 1 lap recovery between the sets.  My goal as to hit around 1:15-1:16s.  For the first set I hit 1:16, 1:15, 1:15, 1:15.  There were 3 Westminster guys there doing laps and cheering me on, that was nice of them.  And they smelled nice. :)  For the next set I hit 1:15, 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, then I decided to raise the recovery to 1:50 for the last set and hit 1:17, 1:17, 1:17, 1:17.  Pretty amazing workout for having sore calves, running in my trainers, and running by myself.  Twelve 400s within 2 seconds timing on all of them!  For cooldown I went outside with Hilary for 3.25 to finish at 9.5.  We ran around the neighborhood a little bit, and followed one of the roads out of the oval parking lot, just exploring.  Stretched really well afterwards, then took a 12 minute ice bath when we got back to campus.  

This morning I woke up quite a bit before my alarm so decided to run before class.  I was planning on getting up and running before class anyway, but I had extra time so I wasn't able to change my mind and pretend I would have been late.  I ran out 2 miles on 1300e, made it to just past Westminster, and then back to my apartment.

 This afternoon I went running with Andrea and Alyssa.  We did the Albertson's loop again.  Then Giselle, Alyssa, and I made a date of going to get our iron tested again :P  We evaded it for 2 and a half months though, I guess we did good.

I stayed at home last night since I needed to borrow a car for some late night plans, so I did my run from home this morning.  It was 45 degrees when I started, such a nice day!  I did the cemetery loop (minus the part in the cemetery, I just ran along 3300s) and then on the way back I stayed on 1700e and followed it up to 1900e, then ran down Harrison to get home and finish at 8.5.  7:10 average pace.