Strrt the Diabetic

AM- Met with Matt this morning and ran 6 miles. We didn't have school today so it was a perfect opportunity to go. We ran down by Thanksgiving Point and our average pace was a 7:24/mile. It was nice and slow but was perfect for us because we were both pretty tired and sore from our workouts last week.

PM- Went to the high school at like 3 to run premeet with the team. We warmed up and then ran 2x400's. I ran them way fast, my first one was a 64 and my second was a 66. While it would be sick, I doubt I'll be able to hold that for 4 laps tomorrow at my race. It was great to get out there and go fast though and it defintely got my hyped to race tomorrow. I cooled down and paced Sami on her 400's and ended up with 9.6 for the day. Then later on Emily Perschurt and I ran a slow 800 during the half of our high schools soccer game. My legs felt great and I'm sure they will feel even better once I ice and elevate them tonight. 

Crazy good day of racing today! I was originally going to run the mile but at the last minute I put together a 4x4 team and decided to run the 800 and the 4x4. We ran a few miles before the meet to get some mileage in and then 2 miles to warm up for the 800. I was able to run the 800 in 2:13 which was a solid PR from the last time I ran. I was in the faster heat which made me a little nervous but it was definitely better that way. I was super tired after and just laid on the ground, then we had the genius idea to run the 2 mile to get some mileage in. We did it way slow which was nice but I was still super tired at the end. The 4x4 was immediately after that and I was anchoring. The people on my team ahead of me ran a 55, 57, and 57. When I got the baton we were in 2nd. Tanner Melior (who was supposed to be on my team) was out infront but I wasn't able to catch him. Lone Peaks team gained on me hard core and I was able to out kick him at the end to keep us in 2nd. My time was a 57 which was exactly what I was going for. I'm definitely way happy with how far my training has brought me and am looking forward to see what else I can do next week.

It was supposed to be a easy medium distance run but my legs weren't working for me today. I started out with the team fine but a pain kept shooting through my right leg every once in a while. I kept running through it and it started to feel a lot better. That all changed on mile 2 or 3 when a pain shot through and I almost fell down. Right there I decided I was just going to run 6 and then bike for 20 minutes. Austin was only going 6 too so we broke off and went over to killer hill and then ran back to the high school. We ended up running a little more than we were supposed to but I was fine with it since the mileage was so low. At the high school we biked for 20 minutes and my legs felt a little better after.

Ended up asking someone to prom today so that was fun. There was a lot of extra running around and I considered adding it to my mileage...but that wouldn't have been fair so I held back. I also had a last second interview with my Stake President about my mission papers and they are now offically in. So now the horrible wait for the call to come so I can see where I'm going to be spending my next 2 years!

Speed workout today. My legs hurt really bad during school today and I wasn't sure how I was going to be able to do the speed. They were feeling a little better at practice though so I decided to run as much as I could. It was super windy so I was a little nervous for that because it really messed up my asthma, so I had my bandana on to combat that. The workout was 3x400 (at mile pace), 800 (at 2 mile pace), and 400 (at mile pace). We had 90 sec. rest inbetween every one and 3 minutes inbetween each set. The first set went fine and I was able to get 70's on the 400's and 2:32 on the 800. The next set wasn't as good though, the first 400 went find but by the time I finished the 800 I couldn't breath at all. I somehow told my coach and she told me to sit out the next 400. I did and it helped a little bit but not much. I ran the first 400 of the last set in like a 73 or 74 and then dropped out after the first lap of the 800 because I was really struggling to breath. I still ran the last 400 which just about killed me. We then had to go finish up our mileage which was really rough. My legs weren't feeling to great and I was in quite the daze from not being able to breath. We took a bunch of stops which was nice and I only ran 4 miles after. I was supposed to go 6 but so that my daily mileage would be at 10 but it just wasn't happening today. I iced after my run so hopefully my legs feel better tomorrow.

Distance run with Sean and Chicken Nugget today. The rest of team pre decided to leave and get miles done while we were warming up with the team (without telling us) so we just decided to go right when we finished. We ran on the bike trail that goes by my house and looped around to Chicken Nugget's house for a drink. We only took a couple of breaks the whole run which was good. We went a little over but I didn't mind since I am so far behind on my miles this week. Average pace 6:45/mile.

Was supposed to run 10 miles today but my legs could not handle it. The first half of my run was fine, I was able to just push through the pain but by around mile 4 I kept having to stop. I would stretch and then it would feel fine for a minute and then immediatiely start hurting again. I decided to cut it my run short and then went and iced for awhile after that.