Happy first day of XC camp! I am so excited that I get to be here this year, even if the running may kill me right now. We ran 6 mile Carterville after physicals. It felt better to run with a group instead of realllly slow just on my own.
Threshold run this morning. We ran a 3 mile warm up then did the threshold (2.9 miles long) First mile, I felt good. Then my lungs were dying. My legs got tired towards the end but overall the legs felt great. My lungs were not so great. I was breathing so hard to try and maintain. I finished in 18:08. I ran 4 miles later.
Woke up this morning with a sore throat. BOO! We ran along the rail trail. It was beautiful. My legs were a little sore but my lungs couldn't keep up very well.
Today was the worst day for my lungs. It is a bad combo of higher elevation, being sick and out of shape. I ran my own pace to try and catch up on breathing. When I met with coach, we dropped my miles for the week so I can get over this cold.
Tempo run at Jeremy Ranch. We ran a 2 mile warm up then 5 mile tempo. My throat and lungs felt awful so coach told me to just run and not push it. I started running with our new assistant coach (who happens to be a pro runner and really fast recovery pace) So 2 miles in I was already averaging low 7's so I just maintained and finished the run.
