This is for you, Coach

harts warm and cool than a work out that put in 85% of our efforts which turned out really hard because none of us had a watch or knew how to control! 2x 1 miles at 7:09 pace but hit 6:40 and 6:56. than weight room work outs. I think i was doing the squats and dead lifts really wrong cause my back hurt really bad right after.. oops! 

We ran on trail called mustang pass in green springs. It was great. I looked at rocks and dirt for 5 miles.. so pretty. Trail runs this season are gonna be great!

Some funky weather going on so no work out today but for surely tomorrow! Ran a pretty hard 4 to dog pound and had some funky breathing problems.. probably because i ate prior to the run.. but anyways, it always feels better to push the pace than to drag it so happy we did but maybe next time we'll stay with the guys. sorry JP! striders were peachy and windy. And then weights! AND now it's raining :) wooo. gotta go run in the rain for a bit! :D

Harts warm/cool. did a gnarly work out to get a good estimate of what our track work out should be. Did 4x1min with 3min recovery, 2min recovery, 1 min recovery.. ended with a 1235ish. Kinda excited for the new work outs coming up!! wish i took this a little more seriously and just passed the dang guys from the start... Next time though! ohhh and no more choco. milk for recovery cause my mother discovered that milk is bad for you.. so now its GUAVA choco milk.. what the heck is guava?

woke earlier than i do for school and drove super slow to JP's trying to warm up my car... Thankfully i wore warm running clothes including a head band to cover my ears and gloves! But my fingers were still frozen after the run.. but not as frozen as it could've been! (see, that's me trying to be optimistic) We did a 7 mile loop that went down to telegraphish and passed washington elementary. There was practically no one driving around 6 in the morning so we could've ran in the middle of the road or something... but we didn't. JP's watch wouldn't take our time so we just went by the clock.. so it worked out! 10 min hard pace.. we didn't know our pace but it felt good. It wasn't too bad so maybe we should've gone a bit faster. We got from somewhere by wal mart to the stop sign by the bridge by firestation.. something like that. The hill up was pretty hard espcially with the wind against us.. not like our fingers were frozen enough. Anyways, great run! It feels really good to start off the day early with a run. Makes me actually excited for the day! The run took a little less than an hour so.. do the math? When i got home i attempted to warm up with some hot cocoa. Even added some sit ups while the hot cocoa was warming up. I still have to add a mile so maybe i'll go play tennis with all the other cool cats later today. But right now i've got rehearsals til 2! ahhhhh.

Harts warm/cool. work out- 3x1mi at 6:34 pace. hit 6:34, 6:36, 6:36. bad breathing for the last two and being pitiful but Roni's great! she kept pushing me and the best part was that she never gave up on me when i was ready to. But glad this is still the beginning of winter training so i can improve all the way til the end of the season! Something funky's been going on in my ankle-ish area (maybe i should take a medical class so i'll at least know the name of my own body parts) and i can tell that i'm landing on my left foot kinda weird so there's some pain shooting up my leg but wise coach says, ice ice baby. just kidding, he didn't say that.. but he should! So starting today i will, along with stretching! Weights afterwards, just grand. Roni, Jp and i realized how funny our faces look while we bench.. some serious business there. Anyways, cold cold cold.  

Dino trail. discouraging hills that stumped me but before that it was all good. quicker pace and jazz. stretch stretch ice ice.

Trail with tempo 6:40 pace. 

ran with stoner and had the hardest time talking cause my breathing was jacked up and my legs were tightening up like crazy so i stretched and had stoner roll me out. so kind of her! but anyways.. the days i missed while i was up north really kicked my butt so not planning on missing anymore days of running...not even saturdays.

harts warm/cool. work out 4x1600 repeats. Not good at all and couldn't get any positive vibes in my brain which caused me to start breathing heavier than i should've. Super bad times and dumb things in my head beat me up the whole time and i know coach is right about being more confident which needs to happen now! but first i need to get rid of all my lame excuses and meditate or something. weights.. i think everyone was a bit off today.. Me and JP were staring off into space way too much. The thing in psychology about the brain made me want to puke... but maybe i was having one of those staring seizures. creeepy. Anyways, posting my goals for this track season where i can see it so i won't have another horrid work out day like todays.

am- 3 miles.. first morning run of track season! woot woot. wasn't too cold.

pm- 8 miles w/ 24min tempo (6:30-6:40 pace) Ran it with Stoner around 6:20ish.. but then again i don't know cause she had the watch. Felt a lot better and took on the challange which was hard but glad i did it. Just gotta keep sticking with Rach. She told me to keep the Hairspray song, you can't stop the beat' in my head and go with the rhythm which helped cause it got my mind off of running. Afterwards me, rach and mike hit it at the library (super cool place to be) and finished out psychology project.. was quite the event. We tripped a little, embarassed eachother a bit.. and got comforted by a sweet lady.. and then got kicked out BUT it was worth it :) 

wooo! good day today :) Ran 6 to green springs with 1x2min and 2x1min fartleks. felt nice and hard. Had an adventure and went through a small tunnel that could've been a cause of claustrophobia but instead it was just a lot of sore knees.. except for aubrie who could walk through it ;) Had a berry war and admired some puppies.. fun fun fun. Weights which were hard on the legs.. then some dandy ol' striders that felt great! Kinda chilly on the toes but not too shabby!

am- 3 miles.. wooo

pm- 5.5 out in chakwkakakak? Roberts came and made the run even better! He took us on a different run which was pretty incliney but super fun! We stopped to look at the pretty scenery and it felt SO GOOD. like 60 degree weather? kinda hot but on the way down it was just peachy! today was a good day. sore muscles but today was just too good for them to get in the way. Oh, and i drove the girls out there.. almost drove onto the freeway but Byron was kind enough to let me back in... woo! pretty scary. 

Wake up 6:15 am, CHECK. A little late to JP's, CHECK. Unexpectedly have Gaby in my lap, CHECK. Morning run with Jessica, CHECK. Running in the rain, CHECK. funky tempo pace for 20 min, 3/4-a-check... stretch out those sore muscles, CHECK. Say Hi to Mr. Green as he ran by, CHECK. choco almond milk shake, CHECK. Still a whole day ahead, CHECK.

am-3 mile

pm- harts warm/cool 4x1mile repeats.  bed ridden after i got home, mom thinks it was food poisoning.. but will be back tomorrow and running! better than ever, please.

trail run on temple something.. old airport! got a little chilly but was pretty fun! We talked about geo cash and how some creeps might make a geo cash to there house and kidnap children.. it could happen! We also talked about Narnia and centars. i might've tied my shoes too tight cause by the end my left foot felt funky and numb. Fun run though!

am- 3 miles all the way with the boys. Felt great!

pm- 8 miles with 24 min tempo. Honestly felt good but didn't let myself push hard which disappoints me. my breathing was great and i was chillin' way too much. My mind was wondering everywhere and with probably 5ish min. left i picked it up and made me realize how much energy i'm keeping myself from using. gah. such a baby! but the weather has been super nice on the plus side! OH! and the pictures came in and i'm so excited to redecorate my room with them :) and I got coach the fab 5 tree picture. Hopefully i won't forget to give it tomorrow! 

old man hills 2x800's coach ran with us. He's fun, i like running with him. Felt pretty good but gotta close the gap between me and rach!!