Strrt the Diabetic

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.