I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

A good easy run.  A little under 9:30 pace. Yesterday was overcast and drizzling.  Today was sunny and warm.  On my last mile I got a bit of cloud cover and a breeze.

My new shoes feel pretty good, but occasionally I find myself holding my foot rigid.  I don't know why I do that.  I'm hoping as the shoes mold a bit I won't do that anymore.

 Just found a new map that I like better than mapmyrun.com.  It tells me that my normal 5 mile route is really 5.1.  Good to know.  It's at www.gmap-pedometer.com.  You can use both satellite and street maps.

My run was split up today.  I did 1.5 before the girls' race, just by myself around the course.  Then I ran about 1.5 during the races.  Afterward, I ran about 2 with the girls as a cool down.

The race was a good one.  The girls ran especially well.  The boys didn't run as well.  Our #1 was not in top form.

Just a nice and easy 40 minutes with the girls.  Approximate distance, of course.

It's going to be a long week.  Two 12+ hour days in a row.  Then a meet on Saturday.

I'm determined to run tomorrow.  I just hope this week I have time to change before practice sneaks up on me.

We had a fun workout today--did a two-person relay (400, 400, 800, 800, 1600, 1600, 800, 800, 400, 400, alternating runners).  My assistant coach and I were partners, and sadly, we didn't win.  We were second.  I made the mistake of putting two people together that are fast over the short distance, but slower than others because of endurance.  They crushed.

Although I had a clock going, I wasn't really thinking during my portions of the race,  so I don't really remember my pace on each of the portions.  But we finished 5 miles in just over 30 minutes and I think I did the longest portion, a mile, in just under 7.  I know the shorter portions were a bit faster.

At any rate, I feel a little sick right now--my stomach was cramping, not during the fast parts, but definitely after and during the cool down.  I'm sure it was because I haven't done speed work in a while.

I started with an easy 5 miles before the meet.  Then, during the warm ups and the races, I got at least another 5 miles in.  Today was a good meet.  The girls took 3rd, missing our #4 runner, and the boys took 4th, missing our #3 runner.