GOING THE DISTANCE

7am-  Went to xc this morning after being sick yesterday.  Still didn't really feel great today.  I didn't have much energy so it was hard.  It was also the last running club,  I was able to make it through that.  Hopefully I will feel good tomorrow so I can give a good push on the time trial which I haven't had any good experiences with.

7am-  Met with the xc team at the high school this morning for our 1st time trial.  I was still not feeling 100% and the warmup was hard but I decided I was good enough to race and try my best.  As we started and got going I felt better and got positive about the race.  I got some cramp in my stomach a couple times but other than that I felt ok.  I just kept Dave and Reed in my sights so I could pass them in the end.  Last 800m Cam came up on my shoulder so props to him, he ran great.  But anyways that got me going and I pass Dave and Reed on the grass then just kept charging into the finish and finish about 5 seconds behind paul.  Time was 11:57.  I didn't really know what to think about it.  Last year I only ran the first time trial but got 12:01.  I guess its good though, I feel I did my best.

7am-  The run for practice today was 8 miles with a 3 mile tempo.  We ran down to the river then started the tempo at 2 miles.  All us level 2 guys stayed together for about the first mile.  Then a few dropped off and just Andrew, Cameron, Preston and Jake finished with me. Our mile times for the tempo were 6:40, 6:30, 6:17.  So pretty good pace.  The way back up 2450 was tough, my legs were sore and tired.  This was the first full tempo I have done with the guys down at the river and my longest run the whole summer.  All my muscles and bones feel fine, just a little sore in my muscles.

4pm-  Went to lift weights with the team at 3:30 after they did their afternoon run.  Good sesh, got swol.  But then to get a ride home my mom said I had to walk over to my dad's work (reid ashman manufacturing) and get a ride from him.  So I went over and he had already left so I decided to run home.  Nice short run in my kinvaras.  

7am-  Met at the little valley park this morning for xc practice.  We warmed up and all then ran three miles on the grass.  I ran bare foot and about half of us did.  Then we put our shoes on and went to do a hill workout.  I was really gonna go hard and try to do this full workout.  So we started and I was up with Matt and Colton and Reed and those guys on the one minute repeats.  We had 5*1minutes and 3*30 seconds.  My legs felt ok and I really got a good workout.  On the 5th (last for level 2s) every one was getting sluggish so matt told us to give it a good push if it was our last one.  So Cam came out of nowhere and like Cam Levins he totally wooped everyone up the hill.   Waited for everyone to finish those then started the 30 seconders.   I got sprinting on the first one and some tendon or something in my ankle really started hurting every step.  On the inside portion next to my achilles.  My legs felt really good but got really tired so thats bueno.

9am- 5.3 miles on the church rocks loop.  Got up really early and me and my dad drove over to the trailhead by the freeway.  Pretty fun loop but I struggled going uphill.  My legs were really tired from the hard workout yesterday.  But other than that it was easy and fun.  I was thinking about the race on tuesday and realized how close it is and I getting really excited.