One Who Runs

I did some pretty easy thousands today. I ran with some people that had to hit similar times. Personally I had to hit 5:26 three times. By the end of the third I was starting to feel it, but that's probably because my first rep was about 40 seconds faster that what I needed, and both reps afterward were below time.

We did the grass run today, which I have noticed that it is slowly but surely moving closer to Monday. I ran with the majority group of guys (level 2/3) and had a good bout of striders. 

I think that the 30/30s were lots harder today. But we were told they would be harder because of increased recovery distance. I really need to stretch! Not being good about stretching is probably going to hurt now and later. Good workout though, I managed 24 reps. Which is quite different then last time, but that was to be expected.

So I kind-of gave myself a bit of a weekend (you know, like two days in the middle of the week).

Morning--We did the thousands workout up at the dirt mile. I did four reps and felt pretty good about all of them. I beat my target time by about 20 seconds every rep. But this time I could feel more strain then last time, probably the extra rep. All in all, really good workout, and I hit 5 miles total.

Afternoon--We had our first afternoon run today. Destination; Arctic Circle. Temperature;  hovering around 102. It was a bit hard, to be honest. The heat was a bit of a shock. But, it was fun. And we were introduced to a new lift for our hips. fun (ish).

Morning--We did our grass run today. I did four miles followed by 8 striders. Kids club went well today. Thanks to the coaches for helping us.

We did the 30/30 workout today with a one mile warm up and cool down. I did 16 reps(which is 8 less than last time). I was supposed to cover half of my 122 meters on my cool down, but for the first 6 or 7 recoveries we where going much to far. I just need to learn how to pace myself early on no matter what everyone else around me is doing. I know what I need to hit, so I need to go out and hit it. But, being in a good group is much better than being alone in this workout.

Morning--We did thousands today. The level twos were upped to five repeats. I had an interesting run because I had not stretched enough beforehand, but everything turned out alright. I wasn't running with the main group of level twos, but I beat my time every repeat. I just didn't beat it by 30 or so seconds this time.

My legs were pretty sore and tight today. Definitely need to stretch. I did 2 for the grass run today plus one mile striders. Kids club was pretty fun today. I was excited to see all the kids who were interested in the Red Rock Runners team.

I did 15 30/30s + 1 mile warm + 1 mile cool. Kids club was cool. I was glad most of the kids were having fun too.

P.M. was a bit late coming to practice but I caught up pretty well. I never quite caught the main group. My legs didn't feel so awesome, and the last half mile was really slow. But swimming at Coach's house was really fun!

A.M.  We did a hill workout today, I did 4x1minute and 4x30seconds. I thought it went great. My legs only hurt for a bit at the beginning, and I felt I pushed the workout nicely.

A.M.     Did some good Thousands(6 repeats) and I was hitting my, slightly lowered, times. 6.25 miles

P.M.     Our first run up at camp was a good 4 miler. the first two were on a slight down hill and we came back the same way after us level twos broke off from the level threes. It was a good way to kick off camp.

A.M.     We set out on our long run for the week (level twos were going 8). It was a really good run up through the woods. It was a bit hard, but I felt good afterwards.

P.M.      3 miles out past the lake. I felt bad in the legs, but some stretching helped. Then went back to the lake.

A.M. We did our long hill for the week and went 5 total. I definitely felt a lot better going down.

P.M.  This was a 3 mile trail run down into a valley and back. I felt like I was flying going down and it was really pretty on the trail. Going back up was the hardest part, but I made it. (Thanks Andrew)