We are who we choose to be.

PM- 2 warm, 2x1600@85% (with 1 lap recovery in between), 1.5 cool. Felt pretty good today with an exception of a ton of side stitches. My goal time for 85% was 6:10ish so not too fast. First mile came in at a 6:09 and my second was a 6:04 and it really didn't feel too tough. Afterwards we got into the weight room. 

PM- 5 miles Trail Run Tuesday. Felt really good today and actually was breathing pretty well today. I've been trying out some breathing exercises that are supposed to help me and I guess they're working haha. Anyways, the trail was pretty tough, but not as tough as I had anticipated. Everyone, for the most part, kept up pretty well. We were going a little faster than maybe I would have liked, but it was still good.

PM- 6 miles easy w/12 minute tempo (goal pace 6:15). Felt really good going into the run today and we started the tempo at a really good pace, but then my stomach started feeling really bad. I just about threw up but I kept up and finished it with my average pace being around a 6:08. After the tempo, I still felt pretty bad but we went pretty slow so it went well. Weights afterwards.

PM- 2 miles warm, Kosmin Test (sorry not sure how to spell it), 2 miles cool. We ran the warmup and I was feeling really gassy (like my stomach) and it worried me because I usually run super slow when I'm like that. Anyways, we started and I put myself into position and finished the first one with Krenny and Cam. 2nd one cam and I pushed a bit ahead of Krenny I think. 3rd one Cam just took off which kind of helped push me and I really got a good gain on Andrew on this one. Last one I was just trying not to die honestly. I finished with a 1424 right behind Josh. Felt pretty good about this workout.

PM- 3 miles easy w/8xstriders. Felt really good today for just a nice easy day in the midst of all these workout. Have an 8 miler with some LT tomorrow and I'm kind of forced to do it on my own :( (sidenote to all the nonbelievers, I can prove that everyone else only did 7 striders and I did 8).

PM- 8 miles w/10 minute LT tempo. Goal tempo pace: 5:30. Achieved pace: 5:41. Got up too late to go running on my own this morning so I ran after honor orchestra on my own. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I went into green springs and didn't even start my tempo until 4 miles into the run. Not the best idea. My watch was showing my pace anywhere from 5:33 to 5:48 throughout the ten minutes, although the computer says I ran much much slower (which is why I am starting to not like the Nike watch for fast timed runs), so that's what I'm basing my average off of. I'm hoping the computer is wrong because I felt like I was going speed demon fast! Plus it was mostly downish hill. I feel like I pushed really hard and stayed mentally in it. After my 10 minutes, I stopped for a second and then ran to 8 miles. Never again will I run one of these on my own. So many people honked and cheered for me today that I don't even know with an exception of Nick. Guess it's the neon shorts