It's a RUNderful life

Low mileage today (finally) and also "the kicker" so it pretty much balanced out hah. Mile wu and a few strides and then started off to conquer the beast. First mile was pretty much right on pace with was a surprise tbh. After the hilly part of the run I kinda died and lost kaylee (she is amazing as heck). I think I just lost some motivation after that because I was a little bit alone. I need to work on that finish. Anyhow, I muddled on toward the finish after the hill and basically had a lousy kick, but right in the last 50m or so Gan caught up to me and somehow that gave me a LOT more motivation to move. So shoutout to Gan. Finished with a good PR and a time of 10:07. Goal next time is to stick with Kaylee and break 10 minutes. After we ran over to Skyridge and ran on top of the bowl and said hi to old potato (much love for potato). I also made some major leaps for runner kind by being the first one to roll (oh more appropriately tumble) down the bowl, with Gan being the only one to follow in my legendary path. After that I made my poor jello legs hobble back on down to the crick for an ice bath. Goodtimes. 

Easy recovery run down on old "backcountry" road. Shout-out to coach J for running with us and being awesome. 

Low mileage plus the "6-minute test" today. Ran up to the SHS track as our wu for our first real workout on it (holla). I felt like I did a good job on the 6min test but right after I finished it I knew I could have gone a lot harder the whole last lap and started my kick a lot earlier. So frustrating. but I got a mile and like 90m. Goal next time is a mile and 150m. After we did a couple grass laps and headed back down to the creek. did abs and hips. 

*shoutout to Ryan for joining us today. he killed. I would tell you to check out his blog buuuuuuut... #private

Recovery medium dist run today. Gups and I ran with Jamie as she marked the course for our steady state run tomorrow. Unfortunately part of it is on the "rail trail" (boo) but it will be good I suppose. I felt kinda tired today but pace was still good for a recovery run @ about 7:55. After did a strength workout and a little abs. 

Mile wu and then 3.5 mile steady state run. Felt really good the first mile and then started to feel it a little the second mile. Stayed on pace the whole time so that's a plus, but I definitely didn't have the best kick at the end. Kaylee did tho so good job to her! Apr. pace was like a 6:45-6:50 i think. I felt good about my effort level and overall it was a good workout. Finished up another 2.5 miles after.