Redemption

Today I did the workout with the 400 team. We did 10*200m @ :28 w/1:30 rest. The last one was all out and I actually beat our best 400 guy and ran a :25 but he was close. It was a lot of fun running with them, and changing things up a bit. Afterwards I finished up with the girls mid distance team, they were doing 400's/ab workouts. I couldn't keep up with them (true story) they run REALLY fast! Good workout, it was fun to get some speed in.

Today I woke up with a pretty big headache and a stuffy nose hopefully it's just allergies. I just cant stop sneezing. I'm not really putting too much emphasis on the D-hills meet this week. I figured I would just train hard through it. I plan on being somewhat well rested for Dixie and blowing away FAST times at Dixie. I hope to run a 4:25 1600m and a 1:56 800m there. This week at D-hills I simply hope to run a PR. Workout today was MUCH tougher today than it should have been with the wind. We did 4*200m ALL OUT (I ran 26's or 27's) I just didn't have it in me to go any faster, also it was tough because the wind was just shoving me back for the first 70-80 meters. Afterwards it was 2*1000m finishes @ 3:10 and 2*800m finishes @ 2:28 with the last 150m all out. It was very tough because of the wind I wanted to go much faster but simply couldn't. The last 200m always averaged around 31 or 32 seconds which is alright I guess. Afterwards I did a nice bathroom cooldown along with a couple extra laps around the track.

Woke up with a really sore throat it was tough to swallow anything...which sucks. I'm worried that it is not allergies and that I am legitimately sick...again! I hate being sick :( However my school is having sickness floating around (I guess it's that time of the year again) I'm pretty suer like 1/3 of my school is sick. So that's probably how this happened. Ha! I wished parents wouldn't force their kids to go to school when they are not feeling good, this is how these things happen in my opinion. Coach is worried that I am overtraining and that I need to get more sleep and stuff. So I need to work on getting more sleep I guess. Which makes sense because I have not had a single race yet this year where I didn't feel like I could just fall asleep at the starting line. 

Today we did our team warmups and drills and our team core workout. Then we did a fartlek run which consisted of 8 min easy, 4 min hard, 8 min easy, 4 min hard, 12 minutes easy back to the school. We finished up with a quick 300m sprint (I just joined in with the 400 guys and had to beat them) and 4*100m accelarations as well as a light cooldown.

Hahaha! I am just simply going to laugh about this, because it was simply just a joke! Our bus arrived at the school not long before the girls fast heat started, I was in the bathroom when Taylor Abel told me I only had 10 minutes before our race started...thanks Abel (if he didn't tell me I probably would have missed my race. However I probably wouldn't have minded today though.) I got out, grabbed my sticker put my shoes on (feeling sick as well) and started the race, and that was basically it. I was super upset and negative about it at this point, and did not want to run. But I didn't want to let Coach down so I did anyway, and sucked. Afterwards my Dad told me we had to leave immediately to Salt Lake for General Conference. So I was only allowed to do a half mile cooldown. This was kind of a sucky day. Coach was worried that I did so terribly because I am overtraining so he told me I should take 2-3 days completely off of running. In my opinion I am not really training THAT hard, and it was just the poor conditions that caused the sub par race. However, I will not ignore my coaches advice. I can't not train Saturday because I am going up north for conference, but also to work with Sean on some racing/training stuff. So I figured I would take Sunday off (obviously) and Monday just go very, very easy.

So today I met up with Sean, and boy did he kill me :) Ha! I have been feeling better from the illness/allergyness (or whatever it is) but my nose was still very stuffy making it hard to breath very well. I got there and warmed up just over a mile and did some drills. Then started the workout. So to explain why it was so difficult (because it really should not have been) it was SUPER windy. He had me doing a workout that went 4*(400m w/100m jog rest-200m @ :29) w/ 3:30 between sets. So I ran my first 400m in 1:08 (I had to go :30 seconds the first 200m, and then fight the wind the last 200m) rested for about 30-45 seconds of jogging then :29 200m. afterwards I walked back to start the next set where I did the same thing (same times). On my my third he wanted me to go faster, he wanted me to go out :28  the first 200m and then coast in faster than 1:08. So I did that and came through 1:04. Jogged my 100m and did my 200m (:29 seconds again). On my fourth set I did the same thing but came through even faster (1:03) the first 400m. After this he had me  jog two laps then had me do two more 400m @ :61. This workout hurt VERY bad. I wouldn't be surprised I went through more pain doing this than any race I have done all year. Finished off with a 1.5 mile cooldown

PM:  Warmed up a mile and a half, and then I met up with Sean again for a legit speed workout. We did 13*100m w/100m jog rest starting at :14.0 and incrementally getting faster till my last 4 at around 12.2. I did these into a little headwind, but nothing like this morning. Afterwards we went over some strategy/psychology stuff. It was very helpful working with Sean again I now have a renewed sense of confidence and ideas as I prepare for the upcoming races. Sean does not want me to "run through" races any more. I will now put big emphasis on each individual race I do, and ensure that I run to my best capability. Finished with 1.5 miles easy.

Workout: AM: 4*400-200 (400m @ 1:05 ave w/100m jog rest-200m @ :29 w/3:30 rest between sets), 2*400m @ 1:01.

PM: 13*100m Progressive (starting at :14 and working down to :12)