Strrt the Diabetic

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.