Keep Calm and Run On

Speed workout- 2 sets of 200, 800, 400, 200, 200, 200. First set felt good but the second 800 and 400 were hard to push through. My second 8 was 3 seconds slower than my first but the 200's felt good. My calves felt way sore from Saturday and our cool down was really slow. Did my crunches and push ups. 

Hill stride workout in the Avenues. We started at U Street and stride up a street, jog a street over and kept going until 11th Ave. To finish we ran 2 300's at the track. Did my crunches and push ups. 

3 mile morning run. Then after helping at the meet Tomy and I went on a 6 mile adventure run. Did my crunches and push ups. 

2 mile morning run. Afternoon workout was mile warm up, mile speed changes, mile cool down. Took a 15 minute ice bath to get ready for tomorrow's race. 

Amazing race day today! Ran a 2 mile shake out before driving to the meet. Ran 2 miles warm up and did drills and strides before starting. I was nervous because it was the first race with all the competition. The first lap I got out and took control of the race. My goal was to beat the record and I needed a fast first 1600 to be close. The first 800 there was a group close behind, but I slowly separated from them. My first 1600 was 5:11 and that was cutting it close. Laps 5 and 6 were the hardest mentally to push through. I had pulled away from the group and was pushing by myself which was hard. But when I saw I was still on pace to break the record and hearing the crowd cheering I could pull through. With one lap to go, the time was 9:08 and I knew I needed to kick hard to pull it off. I was close to lapping girls so I focused on passing which helped me to kick hard and finish strong. And I did it! A 10:22- PR and new state record! I felt really good after my race and was so happy. Ran a 6 mile cool down with Bill and Abigail. Later ran 2 more miles and took a 15 minute ice bath. 

Another crazy race day today. Ran 2 mile shake out and sat around at the meet waiting to run. Ran 3 miles warm up, drills and strides and back on the track to race with the same girls. My goal was to break the record but I knew this race would be much closer than the 3200. I took control and led for the first 3 laps. At the 800 and 1200 I was off by 3 seconds of where I wanted to be time wise. I could see on the screen the tight pack of 5 and I was running scared. On the gun lap, a girl moved in first and I didn't react quick enough. When I did, another girl slid into second so I was pushing with her and the lead girl gapped us by a stride or two. I ran the last lap pushing so hard and raced all the way to the finish. I was 3rd and less than a second behind the first girl. I was disappointed that I let 2 girls slip past me but it was a learning experience so I will be ready for state. I won the athlete of the meet award and ran the fastest 9 mile cool down ever- just to finally finish. It was a lot of track this weekend, but very memorable and I am excited for state!