AM: I went for a run after my last class. I just did 2 mile out and back on Carterville. I felt much better than on my morning run yesterday.
PM: We warmed up to Kiwanis, dropped our shoes at the tree, then did a lap warm up, and after a potty break, I came back to the tree, put on my spikes, and did some strides. The workout was 3X2 mile. I wasn't feeling particularly bad or good before the workout, which is normal. Our goal for the first one was 10:10, and from there just keeping them as close to that as possible.
This is without a doubt my least favorite workout. The reps are long and they hurt, but more like a tiring hurt. I'm not super winded after them, but I just couldn't get myself moving quite like speed intervals, but I also never quite found a rythmn like in a tempo. Maybe it was just the day.
The first one, I just started out behind Nick and Doolin. I hit a 5:04 mile, and then finished in 10:15. My time was a little slow, but still good. I felt like for as hard as I pushed it should have been faster though. I was feeling heavy and clunky during this workout, maybe because of some fries I had with my lunch. I didn't feel full when I was warming up, but during the workout I felt insanely full. After good recovery, we started the next one. This one hurt even more. I hit the mile in 5:07, and then finished in 10:20. I was not feeling good at all, and tried making myself throwup to see if that would help me at all, but no luck, so my stomach wasn't upset at all. I pushed it pretty hard on that one and my time was even slower, so I asked Coach if I could do a mile on this last one. He said that was totally fine. So I did a mile and hit a 5:09, and still felt like I pushed way too hard for that time. After everyone finished, we did 4Xcorner strides focusing on arms, then we cooled down a lap and back to the locker room for 10.
I'm disappointed with this workout. My times weren't awful, and actually I was in the front of the group the whole time, but I still feel like I had so much more in me, and I just couldn't get it done during workout. I feel like hitting 10:10's would have been a tough, but manageable workout at Kiwanis. Obviously I'm mad at myself for, for lack of a better word, wussing out of the last rep, but I just felt so off. Another aspect that added to my overall disapointment, is the fact that I was allowed to wimp out. In high school, I would have been told to suck it up and push through it, or make myself puke and finish the workout, both of which I have done before. I think I was expecting Coach to respond the way Bill would and convince me that I had it in me to finish, instead of just forcing myself to push through. Hmm. Maybe this is just a sign that I'm maturing as a runner. When others stop telling you where your limit is, and you decided that for yourself. Well, that's one more workout done with, and I guess they can't all be gems. It wasn't quite what I wanted, but I wouldn't say it was a loss. I am just going to forget about this, and tackle Thursday with a fresh workout mentality.
After practice, we had lifting. It was actually a really tiring day in lifting. We've moved up to six exercises, and one of them was paired with something else. We did kettle bell throws, front squats, lateral jumps, 3 types of ball reps paired with the band stretching exercise, row pulls, and shoulder press.
After that I went over to the training room and iced for 15 minutes.
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