Wage War On Slow Running

AM- Great morning run this morning. Had some frosted flakes after so that was nice.

PM- Had a solid afternoon workout. Ran a little farther than Oak Canyon Jr. and hit 6.03 miles at 6:30 average pace. At the end of the run I decided to speed up to catch up to Riley, and we made it back to the high school at the same time. He went farther though. Tyler, Brian, and I did strides on the track, then streched and did some weights in the weight room.

AM- Apple grove for the morning run. Maybe the most enjoyable morning run of he year so far. We played the alphabet game which is fun. 2.56.

PM- Speed workout was 8 800's. There was a freshman football game so we did the last two on the track because the crowds were getting kind of crazy. AP for the 800's was 5:17. We had 3 minutes standing rest in between. Also had a mile warm up and a little more than a mile cooldown. 

AM- Morning run south on the canal. It started as just Brian, Tyler and I but eventually more showed up. 2.94.

PM- Shorter run today but still went reasonably fast. We had 40 minutes and I got 5.58 miles in to discovery park and past. 7:12 Ap. 4 strides on the track after.

AM- Morning run, went north. It was raining so that was fun. 3 miles.

PM- 30 minutes run because of the race tomorrow. 3.84 at 7:49 pace. 3 200's after: slow, medium, fast. Tomorrow we race at Nebo! Excited for the race and hope that the team and myself can race to our highest potential.

AM- 2.43 morning recovery run. 

PM- Nebo Invite. The varsity boys team decided to wear white button down shirts, ties, and short shorts to school so that was really funny. In my first class I sat by Riley and Matt so at least I didn't have to wear that alone. It rained all day, and we left in the afternoon for Salem hills. It was cold and windy with on and off showers the entire time but it was a really fun time with the team. Finally we warmed up, drained our legs, and went to the start. We thought it was about to start so we took off our warmups but they didnt start it for a long time after we got down there.

It was a hard race to start because there were hundreds of runners and there was a massive clump. I wish I would have gone out faster and not gotten caught in the clump but that's just how it went and the first half mile or so was slower than I would have liked. A couple guys fell right in front of me but I was able to hop over them. I felt a lot better in this race than Viking Invite, but my throat was still a little sore and I know I can go a lot faster. I ran a 16:58 and measured it as 3.13. There was a lot of mud and some dips in the course but I actually enjoyed the course. I finished 3rd for PG, which I am happy about, but I know that at region I'm going to have to step it up and stay with my teammates Tyler and Riley. We had a fun cool down and stole a sign that says Sat. from 9:00-4:00 and Brian kept it. Later I got some Costa with some of my friends on the team so that was also a good time.

Saturday was a super fun practice. It was still super rainy and overcast, which I love. We gathered at coach's room and then we did a 3-mile slow recovery run to Kneaders. It was a super fun run and coach knows the owner of Kneaders so we all got french toast, which was awesome. I ate 5 slices. We had people get the vehicles and then we all got rides back because it was so cold. Even though it wasn't super challenging, one of my favorite practices in a while.