Strrt the Diabetic

8 mile distance run today, we ran it with an average pace of 6:32/mile and had some build ups when we got back to the high school. I was in a lot of pain throughout and had to break off of the group at mile 6, I was able to catch back up and run all of the build ups with them. Other than my legs being a little sore, it felt great to be getting some speed in.

First speed workout of the new year. We did 15 300m at goal mile pace for indoor track. As a group we were going for 51-56 sec. per each one. We had 30 sec. rest in between each one and did them in sets of three with a slow easy 800m jog inbetween each set. Averages for each set: 53, 54, 53, 54, 53. I began to have breathing troubles on the last two sets and had to skip the 800m jog inbetween to catch my breath. Overall felt pretty crappy about the workout but this is just the beginning.

Nice easy slow distance run. We kept the pace around 7 minutes per mile and held it for the whole 8 miles. It was good to get some rest in after some fast runs.

After our nice easy run yesterday our coach decided we should do tempo. Our range was 5:42-5:56 for 4 miles. Felt pretty good but not the best. Splits for the tempo was: 5:48, 5:48, 5:41, 5:56. Cooled down 3 more miles after that to get us to 9 miles total for the day.

9 mile easy distance run, made the mistake of going to chuck-a-rama for lunch and definitely felt it during the run. My average pace was 7.25/mile which was quite a bit slower from the tempo run that we had yesterday. Utah State tomorrow, can't wait to see where my training has brought me this far.

Went up to Utah State to run the 4x800 and the 1600 with some teammates. I ran a 2:16 800 and a 5:16 mile. I used my inhaler early on both of these races so it didn't help me as much as I was hoping for. Overall I'm happy with how this meet went but also look forward to crushing these times in a couple of weeks at BYU.

10 mile distance day today. We ran the warm up in the pouring rain then went inside and lifted a little bit. I squated 95 lbs. with reps of 8, and I did that 4 times. Sean, Brock, and I then went and ran 2 miles on the track while the rest of team pre lifted some more. After we were done with that we went out and ran 9 more miles in the rain to get us at a total of 10 for the day.

6×800's at two mile pace with 90 sec. rest inbetween. The weather was really crappy and after finishing the 3rd 800 I realized that the wind was making it that I couldnt breath. I talked to my coach and she told me to finish it on the bike. After finishing it I cooled down 2 miles with Brock and Sean.

Speed changes during our run today. We did 5 min. on 3 min. off, 4 min. on 3 min. off...all the way down to 1 min. on 3 min. off. We kept the pace at 5:30-5:40 for each one. I felt really good and was up in the front of the group. Definitely feel like I got some redemption after yesterdays run.

Nice easy slow run today. Coach wanted us to get some rest in after all the speed we have been doing lately, especially with doing something else on the track tomorrow. Started off in a big group but by mile 4 there were just 2 of us left, Thomas and myself. We finished off our miles without really increasing our pace too much throughout.

Started with a mile of speed changes and then went right into a circuit workout. Felt good to do some strength things and then we went and finished up our miles to get 8.

Sean, Matt, and I decided to run together this morning. While we were waiting for Matt, Sean and I pulled out our new spikes and did a mile of speed changes so we could start to break them in. Then when Matt showed up, he warmed up and then we left on our run. We ran up to airport (where we do hill workouts) and decided to do a hill workout by ourselves. We would run up the hill and a distanceish pace (.2 miles) and then we would run a loop around the cemetery. The whole thing together added up to be about .7 miles and we did that 5 times. My times for getting up the hill were: 1:30, 1:30, 1:26, 1:22, and 1:22. After finishing we ran back to the high school to finish out 8 miles. My average pace was 6:34/mile.

Met with Matt for our 9 mile distance run. We were both feeling pretty crappy so we started out really slow. We ran into the heart of American Fork, it started with a gradual uphill and then a gradual downhill, then we just ran back the same way. Our average pace was a 6:36/mile, our last few miles were 6:10 and below so it helped to average it out. Then later in the day we went on a bike ride with some of the girls on our team to loosen up our legs so they can be ready to run all the miles required for high week.

Had a mini weight workout and then we ran to my house to get my new shoes. Put those on and then finished out my miles until I had to go to work. I wanted to get two more miles today and my plan is to make it up sometime later in the week.

Speed workout, we did a 400 (30 sec. rest) then a 600 (1 minute rest) and then a 200 and we did that twice. The rest between the 400 and 600 were pretty killer and the wind didn't help that out much. Felt good for most of the workout, around the 600 of the second set I started having trouble breathing but was still happy with my time for it. Then we finished out our miles to get 9.

10 mile distance run to the Timpanogos temple. It was 4.5 miles there and 4.5 back, the first 4.5 were fairly slow because today was meant to be a recovery day. On our way back from the temple we picked up our pace and ended up with an average mile time of 6:52/mile. My legs hurt really bad today and I'm hoping they will feel a lot better tomorrow.

Was supposed to go 10 miles today but my legs couldn't take it. Today was a pre-meet day since we have a race tomorow. We ran 5 miles and then went back to the high school and ran 3 strides across the football field and then we did two 400's at goal indoor mile pace. My goal is to offically break 5:00 so i was supposed to get 75 sec. per lap. I felt good though and ended up getting 67 sec. on each one. Then we ran 3 starts to practice how we were going to race tomorrow. After completing that my legs couldn't take it anymore and so I stopped 3 miles short.

BYU indoor track meet, ran a 5:00 mile and then a 2:18 on my 800 meter run. The track was 325 meters and it tooke 5 laps to complete a mile. For the mile, I was slotted in at the 7th spot in my heat. I put my seed time in at 5:05 which was a good 10 sec. faster than what I did 2 weeks ago at Utah State. I didn't know what to expect since my legs were giving me so much trouble this week and I was also feeling pretty sick for the past two days. My plan was to run the mile and see if I could handle running the 800 as well. Anyways, Right off the bat I was in third place, right behind the leaders. I quickly determined to just stay right with them the whole race. Around lap two we got passed by 2 guys but we quickly were able to regain the lead. Our group of 3 slowly got bigger and going into the last lap the group had grown to 5 or 6 people. I kept with them as best I could but didn't have the best kick and I began to think too much and let my sickness get to me so I dropped back from 3rd and ended up getting 5th or 6th, I'm not really sure. I crossed the line at exactly a 5:00 mile which I was thrilled about. Offically this is now my PR (I ran a 4:57 at NXR) so I'm happy about it. My coach was way excited about it, especially after running a 5:15 last week. The 800 happened like 4 hours later so Connor, Justus, Thomas, and I got some more miles in to waste some time. I was seeded 10th in my 800 heat and I was a little worried. There were 13 of us and I didn't know how I would stack up against the other runners. I started the race right behind the guy who was seeded 2nd (1st didn't show up) so I knew that I would have a good start, I was wrong. He was slow off of the line and I had to push him to keep myself from running into him. We got around to the 200 meterish mark and I realized that we were going way to slow. I was in 3rd at the time and quickly sped on by the two leaders to take the lead. I held that for a lap and then I completely died. I got passed by one guy, and then another and the distance between us was too much for me to make up. I think I ended up coming in 3rd or 4th with a 2:18, it was definitely frustrating. I know that I could crush that time, so next week if I run it I am going to put my seed time in at like a 2:10 so I can be with people who can push me. Overall it was a pretty good day, I'm looking forward to next week when I can improve more on my times.

8 mile distance run. I have been sick over the past few days and this morning I woke up with a horrible cough, throughout the day i wasn't breathing too well and I especially wasn't breathing very well during the warm up. I was only going to go 6 but once I got out running I felt fine so I did the whole 8. Average pace was 6:20/mile.

5X500 speed workout out. We did each 400 at goal indoor 800 pace and then sprinted from there until we hit 500 meters. My splits for the 400's were: 66, 67, 68, 69, 69 or something like that, I didn't quite get the for real accurate splits. We had 4 minutes of rest inbetween so that was nice. I didn't have my bandana to go over my face today so it was pretty hard to breath (being sick didn't help that either) but I survived and am happy with how it went. Then we did 5 miles to finish up our miles at 8. Our average pace for the cool down was 7:50/mile.

We started out doing an ab workout with the team today and then left to go on our distance run. I had work so I had to bail early and was only able to get 6 miles in for the day. I felt horrible today and had no motivation/energy to keep going so I was happy when it was over. Average pace was 7:28/mile.

Meet at the ice oval this weekend, half of team pre did pre-meet while the other half did a short circuit workout. I was in the group that did the circuit workout because I am running on Saturday and not tomorrow. Got 2 miles in all while doing the circuit workout and then went out to finish my miles with Matt. We were able to do a loop and finish at 9 miles when we got back to the high school. Average pace for the day was 7:10/mile. I felt great today, it was refreshing to be motivated to run again.

Did pre meet with Matt today. We started out by going 5 miles with Connor and Jacob and then when we went back they both left and Matt and I hit the track for some 200's/400's. I did the 400's because I am running the 3200 tomorrow at the meet. I did the first 400 at 72 sec. and the second was 75 sec. They were supposed to be at goal indoor 3200 pace so I was a little fast but that's how pre meet usually goes so I am not worried. Had to go to work so I had to stop after that and only got 6 miles in. I am planning on going over miles tomorrow to make up for it. Average pace for the run was 7:09/mile.

I ran the 3200 today at the ice oval. I ran 2 miles in the morning before I left and then when I got there I ran a mile with Sean and Matt on the track. I got there way early because I hitched a ride with Matt so I was sitting for a lot of the day. I checked my sugar levels after running the mile with Sean and Matt and my levels were 400+ which if you didn't know, is really really bad. I ended up having to change my site at the meet so that I could get the insulin in me. It took a few hours but my levels eventually went back down in the 100's so I was better. If they would've stayed that high I wouldn't have been able to race, which would've made my pretty mad. We warmed up for the 2 mile way too early and were stuck sitting around for over an hour waiting for it to be our turn. There were some bikes next to us so we spent some time on there keeping our legs warm. I was in the same heat as Matt and Colin. We started the race at a weird spot because the track is more than a 400 and it was only 7 laps from the finish line instead of the usual 8. It was pretty hard to know what you were on pace for so I just tried to stay at a consistent pace and to keep passing people. My first mile was under 5:10 I think, I can't really remember but I wasn't really gaining on anyone and no one was gaining on me. With about 3 laps to go I felt like I was getting passed by a lot of people (it was only like 2) so I told myself that I was just going to go and I didn't care what happened. From there I kept pushing my pace until there was about a lap to go. I was in a group of 3 at that point and I was just trying to stay with the group. Our group began to disperse and I passed on of them. Coming around the 200 mark I really started to go, the guy who I had just passed, passed me back with a little over 100m to go and I immediatley kicked past him. I then passed another guy, and another and I realized that I was having a great kick. Matt was a little ways ahead of me so I put it in another gear and sped by him and finished less than 1 sec. ahead of him. I ended up passing 4-5 people in my final kick. I went over to my coach and she told me that I looked pretty conservative during the race (which I agreed with). I plan on running it again in 2 weeks at the same place to see what I can get. Overall I was very happy with getting a 10:32. My last time running it in track I got 11:30 and during XC one of my splits was a 10:50 so I pr'd by a lot. After my race we went on a cool down. Matt got 11 miles before I did so I ran a little further with Connor and Sean so that I could get the same amount.