It's a RUNderful life

Continuing Awesome Week this week we did five 500s at goal 800m pace. Was pretty rough but probably even more so because my lunch was basically my weight in peanut MnM's... Coulda been worse tho.

Recovery today with Gan. We discussed our deepest darkest secrets on our loop. Legs felt a little tired but still a great run. After went to the temple with Gups, Sam, Riley, and Colin and we had a wonderful time IMHO. Roxberry followed of course.

Another good recovery today. Also I basically hate Thursdays.

Jumped back into speed today with good old whistle hills. Haven't done them for... Awhile, but it went fine. Super pumped for tomorrow.

Ended awesome week with the famous 20x400 workout. First five at 5k pace, second five at two-mile pace, next five at current mile pace, and last five at goal mile or basically as fast as you can make them. I felt good today so I was kinda excited and the first 10 or so flew by. I think I struggled the most on the next set, the current mile pace ones, just to find a good pace and not overdo it. I actually felt wonderful the last five and my last one ended up being about a 71 or 72 which I felt really good about. Gan definitely pushed me the whole time and I was grateful for that. 

Met up with some of the girls and ran over to Kneaders on the Murdock Trail. Had a good time with some tasty food after. (I recommend an omelet.)

Low mileage and five 150m build ups on the track. I'm kinda getting way sick of low mileage, like there is only so many places you can go in a 2.5 mile radius...

Back on the blog finally (@Collin) anyhow, glad to get back to longer runs with actual people. Gotta love people... Even though it was pretty chilly today, it was a quality run. Did a mile warmup and then a 6ish mile loop out by Willowcreek. Also I truly enjoyed that cutie horse that let us pet it. I will love anyone who gets me a horse.

Had some easier speed today. 6x400 at current mile pace with 3min. rest inbetween. Usually that would not be too hard but I've got a little chest cold which made feel lots harder. Oh well. Hopefully I will be feeling well enough to to race tomorrow. 

Today I just feel like I've been run over by a train. I was also kinda mad I couldn't race so I did eight VERY SLOW miles to cool off, however I regretted it a bit because I was coughing half the time and then after I sat coughing for like 20 min. It was worth it though. Shoutout to all my awesome team mates who raced today. <3

Back to low mileage (meh). Don't even remember this run so must not have been that special.

Had a lovely little (but hecka fast) speed workout today. 3x400, 3x200, and 3x100 all at 800m pace. Can't remember the exact amount of rest but it felt pretty decent. However, my legs are in no way used to going that fast. Somehow I've lost all my speed, but that's okay I'll get it back... Hopefully. Anyhow, 400s were pretty hard but the rest was cake. 100s and 200s were definitely faster than they should have been but it's all good. Kinda glad I wasn't doing the 2 mile workout. Cool down after was a little rough cuz ma legs felt a little like rocks but after a bit they felt lots better and it ended up being a relatively speedy cool down, especially cuz I had to get back for MORP which ended up being a party. Shoutout to Sami and Guppy for staggin' it ;)

I really questioned my sanity this morning when I was at Gan's by 7:00 after being up until 2:00... However it was worth it. Sami and I met at Gan's and we all ran to the AF rec center. Right off the bat I regretted (a) not wearing a headband cuz my ears felt like they were going to fall off, and (b) another thing which Sami and Gan I'm sure know all about... 😒 Anyway, legs felt a bit sore and I was half asleep, but we had a good run and I got to experience some new roads which is always such an adventure. We did some very stretchy yoga at the rec center which was the best and then we went back toGan's where they taught me how to cook an egg INSIDE toast. Crazy. Highly productive morning overall.

Pre-meet today. Strides, and then two 400s. First one a little fast, second a little slow.#ugh  after did starts and finished mileage. Everything was a little rough without "watchson" :(

Raced at the David Invite today. First of all, the weather was no bueno. I ran the mile first so that was obviously the goal race, but in the end it turned out to not be so good... At all. I guess I was just not in it mentally even though I know I was there physically. So I vowed to redeem myself in the 4x800. I feel like I actually did do decently in the 800 even though I was a little tuckered out. I was the first leg which is my fave so that was good.... In other news, it's #nationalroastwatsonday so that sucks. So ya know, UNshoutout to Sami and Gan. But for realz good job to all the chicas that raced hard today <3

Went to the Salt Lake temple to do baptisms with Gan, Sami, and Guppy (which was the coolest ever), and then we headed up to the Davis meet to watch the boys race. Just got our mileage done up there inbetween races and stuff. Dang it was chilly. Shoutout to all the boys for being so speedy and big shoutout to Riley for a huge PR! Only down side of today was that I didn't exactly tell my mother I was going all the way up to Davis and that may have resulted in a punishment that includes me spending the weekend at a Deacon scout campout...

Good high mileage run with Guppy. Legs kinda tired but whateverrrr. We did a weird random loop out by Willowcreekish and then to state street and up to the cemetary and then back to the school.

Had a pretty good speed workout today. 6x400m at mile pace with 2.5 min rest inbetween and then 3x200m all out. Pacing was pretty inconsistent which is never the greatest, but I was feeling good. Those last 200s were extra hard, but I was happy with how I did and hopefully I can turn that into a better kick. Used the patented "Watson Power Push and Glide" method on the 400s which I highly recommend (see me for details). After the workout Gan, Sami, and I finished out mileage out towards the lake. Extra special shoutout to the nice elementary crossing guard who gave us Easter gummy bunnies! Can't say that I ate mine, but it's totally the thought that counts and it definitely brightened my day :)

Weird run with an Easter egg hunt in the middle. 

Speedy distance run with Guppy, Gan, and Sami, plus also Mario for like a mile. Glad to have her back and healthy though! Went up by Guppy's house with a stop at her house for some h2o and to see her gorgeous prom dress. Run was super quick but I felt decent so it was fine.

Raced a 400 today. Never doing that ever again ✌🏼️

Slowish recovery run. Haven't updated blog for awhile so I don't really remember anything about this run. Must have been fine.

Low mileage today certainly felt nice. Don't remember much of this one either...