We are who we choose to be.

AM- did our 6x1000 repeat workout this morning. My time moved up to 4:17 because of the time trial, but I ended up running a bit quicker. My splits were 3:59, 4:07, 4:11, 4:05, 4:01, 3:56. So I ended up doing a V shape workout. As always, 1.5 mile warm/cool. Afterwards we did the team carwash. It was fun, but I got fried.

PM- 3 miles easy. I ran on my own for the first time in a while. I really love running on my own (no offense to my team members). It's just fun to go your own pace and have nobody to compare with. Anyways, I went up and did my run at the dirt mile today. Somebody destroyed our starting line!!!

oh... I almost forgot! I hit 500 miles since the start of summer practice today!!!

AM- Easy 3. Right when we started I was having sharp stabbing pains in my lower left back. It really hurt, but I got over it fairly quickly. After that, I had similar pains in my right glute. That ended by about 3/4 done. The rest was pain-free, but I had never experienced stabbing pains like these. They weren't enough to slow me down behind the group, but they still hurt. Hopefully it doesn't happen during the race.

Race- We went to the Dixie All-Comers today and boy did I not do as good as I would've liked. I started up with Andrew and only kept with him for not even half a mile. I started dying about then. I went the whole race getting passed person after person and I felt like I could do nothing about it. And that's why I didn't do good. I lost before I even started because of my bad attitude. That and my diet and hydration are the main things I think I need to change. I tend to have the worst attitude about myself during races. I ended up running a 19:21. Not exactly satisfied with my time, but I could've done a lot worse.

AM- 3 miles easy. Felt pretty normal this morning. Nothing hurt, kept up fine, good run! AC route.

PM- 6 miles w/striders (half a mile warmup). Struggled a bit this run. My legs hurt so bad at about the 5th mile to the end. I kept up until we had about a mile to go and then I started to fall off. Super tired as well on this run. Striders afterwards went okay and I did them normally.

AM- 3 miles AC. This morning I felt a little sore in the legs. I kept up fine, but it was a bit of a struggle.

PM- 1/1s 1 mile warm 1 mile cooldown. I made it to 8 today with the increased amount of distance. It was so hard, I couldn't believe it. Felt okay in my legs and most of my problems was just my tiredness. Didn't feel as bad today as yesterday which is improvement.

AM- 3 miles easy barefoot 4 miles total. Felt extremely good this morning and ran this fairly painless. 4x200s afterwards on the track and I went pretty strong on those.

Runathon- First 3 miles of my runathon experience. I hit pretty okay for not trying too hard! My first was a 5:45, Second was 5:34, and third was 5:43. Didn't feel too bad but my arches started to feel really uncomfortable. Race walking went really good and I took 3rd in my main event: the 50 m. It was sweet!

Runathon- Last half of the runathon. I didn't try too hard on the last three miles for the runathon. Just decided to run it about a tempo pace. My arches are still feeling pretty uncomfortable. On the dash for cash, I ran about 1:14 on both of my 400s. I was so tired! Haha.

PM- I was way too sore today to even think about running. I iced and stretched today and hopefully I feel ready to run on Monday.