C Mantz Run

At Lake Powell: I was taking the rest of the week off, but I wanted to get a little run in in the evening as the sun set because my legs were twitching.  My mom went on a hike while I jogged to the strider area and did 8.  On the fifth one I thought I saw an animal (like a big cat) on the hill, and stopped halfway to check; it was just a rock.  When I was done, I jogged back to my mom.  At one point I felt like sprinting on the rock because it had gotten easier to run on and I wanted to try it.  When I got to my mom we walked back and picked up some pretty rocks and talked which was fun. 

We jogged to central park and did some 1000s @ ipace, but the course was altered making it 850-900meters.  In between we did a little loop that was only supposed to take 3 minutes, but took us more.  Most of them I started slow, but finished in the lead.  On the last one I could hear Amber coming from behind sprinting which made me sprint faster, which helped a ton.  Lauren and Megan weren't there, though, and they would've kicked my but. Our times were 1) 3:15, 2) 3:25, 3) 3:23.  Then we cooled down back to sv which was about a mile. It was a ton of fun .

I had to get somewhere early that morning, but wanted to still get some running in.  I did 3 miles tempo.  It was okay.  1) 6:53, 2) 7:01, 3) 6:59.  I thought I'd be able to hit the times, but after the 2nd mile I just went for sub-7.  Afterwards I did a mile cool down.  It was worth getting in because I was way too tired that afternoon to go running anymore. 

We warmed up a mile, then did 6x1000 @ tempo pace with a minute recovery.  We were shooting for about 4:10, but I felt really good, so I wanted to go faster.  On the last 200 I would speed up to try to hit faster times and get a good sprint in.  Our tiems were 1) 4:02, 2) 4:02, 3) 4:05, 4) 4:04, 5) 4:07, (3 minute recovery) 6) 3:59.  I felt really good after the 5th, and wanted to do another.  So I convinced the others that we should take a longer recovery, then go all out.  It was the best one, too.  We recovered a mile which felt really good.

We warmed up to one of the hills and ended up doing beast, beauty, and lion's + 1/2 of golf course hills.  I really didn't feel good that day, which didn't help.  I wasn't hitting the hills super well, and after each one I wanted to throw up.  The loop was 1.2 miles, and we did it 3 times + beast an extra time.  I mentally knew I could go faster, but physically I didn't feel it.   I hope it helped me get faster.  I realized that the throbbing in the front of my head I would get when I did hills was light-headedness.  I didn't really think it would be that, but it was. We cooled down back to sv a mile.

When I got home I did 4 miles, easy.  I wasn't feeling good at all, but because I didn't run yesterday, I needed to get in some more miles. My times were: 1) 8:26, 2) 8:59, 3) 9:58, 4) 8:26.

That evening I thought I should get another quick run in.  I felt much better than this morning: 1) 8:10, 2) 8:08, 3) 8:02.

I met up with Vickie and we ran golf course.  It was a ton of fun.  Going up the first hill was difficult, though, because I was so exhausted from yesterday.  We had a blast just chatting about everything.  When we got into Smithfield we extended by going up an extra mile.  I was happy she got me to run, because I didn't want to after this long week.

We warmed up a mile to Mack Park.  I knew what we were doing, and really didn't want to do them. 6x1000 @ ipace w/ 3:00 recovery.  We were supposed to hit 3:44 according to our v-dot, but our times were all way slow.  1) 3:55, 2) 3:54, 3) 3:57, 4) 3:59, 5) 4:01, 6) 3:58.  For our recovery we found a 200 course to follow, so we could finish on a downhill.  I was happy with how well I felt, but I was mad that we weren't hitting v-dot times.  It could be from the grass and hills we were hitting instead of the flat track.  We cooled down a mile back to sv which felt good.  I was happy to be done with that one. 

I wanted to go tempo, even though I went hard yesterday, which was a bad idea.  My first mile was 6:42.   It didn't get any better.  2) 7:35, 3) 7:31, 4) 8:32 (hard uphill).  I mentally wanted to go fast, but physically I thinkg I was just tired.  I then cooled down a mile with Ruby.  It was fun, but hard.

At practice we warmed up about half a mile, then did 3 miles tempo.  We did church run which is easier than some of the others.  We planned to hit maybe 6:40s.  I wanted to go faster, to see how fast I might go with people, but that turned out to be a good goal.  The first half was easier and felt good.  Coach came to pace us the last half which helped a TON at the end.  When we turned around it got a little more difficult because you could see ohw much uphill there was to do.  I was also tired from the last 2 hard days.  When we were going downhill I hoped it would've gotten easier, but it didn't.  At the end, I sort of sprinted, but it wasn't super fast.  The times we got were 1) 6:37, 2) 6:38, 3) 6:27.  That added up to 19:52.  I was super tired afterwards.  I tried jogging to cool down, but it was really difficult.  I cooled down maybe half a mile.  Then we went to Ihop which was a ton of fun, but I was really tired.

In the evening I went 5 easy miles.  I thought it was going to rain, but it didn't.  It was just really muggy.  It ended up taking me 44 minutes because I was so tired.

Premeet today, I ran 4 slow miles.  The first 3 were 8:30 pace and the 4th was 9:30.  When I was done I did 4 strieders.  I was hurting from some hip exercises we did yesterday, so it felt good to go easy.

Today was blue and white.  I got there and wanted to be in "race mode," but I really wasn't.  I was nervous because I thought, what if I don't make it onto varsity?  We only warmed up 1/4 of  a mile because none of us wanted to get going.  I didn't know it was girls and boys together until we lined up.

Our start was good, about a minute and a half quarter mile.  I did start out slow, but caught up to Megan and Lauren while we were still on the track. We just stuck together.  After the second time on the canal, I didn't want to keep going.  Lauren and I just stayed together.  When we had about 800 left I asked her if we should sprint.  She didn't want to.  We mostly coasted in until the last 200 when I said, "Let's get under 21:00."  She sprinted ahead and beat me by 3 or 4 seconds.  My time was 21:01.  It felt good and I was happy to be done. 

Afterwards we didn't really cool down, maybe a quarter of a mile.  I was just happy to be done.  I didn't actually feel like I had ran a race, like I wasn't very tired.  That was really nice.  I knew I could've gone much faster, but didn't.

I think I went nine miles.  It was super slow and I just wanted to get over with it. I did a 4, then a 5 mile loop.  I was mostly trying to get my miles up. 

Today was not a fun work out.  We warmed up a mile while Coach showed us where the coarse was.  It was all pretty much uphill.  We were supposed to do alternating 1200s and 800s 4x at ipace with three minutes in between.  We only ended up doing that 3x and some of our recoveries were 4-5 minutes which usually ended up being a 400.  Our times were: 1200) 4:53, 800) 3:25, 1200) 5:10, 800) 3:27, 1200) 5:11, 800) 3:31.  We were pretty ded the entire time, and our times were slow.  After a full recovery we did 4x200 all out w/ 200 recovery.  My times were 1) 29, 2) 38, 3) 39-40 (my watch didn't start.), 4) 38.  They felt really good.  Then we did a mile cool down.  I wanted to die during, but afterwards I felt really good.

So, I was really exhausted from yesterday.  I ended up doing 8 easy and slow miles.  They felt really good.  My first 5 took me about 44 minutes.  My last three I did with Ruby.  They wre about 27 minutes. 

Because Highland is tomorrow, we had a premeet.  The sophmore girls met after school and did Mack and Back.  When we got to Mack Park we did 6 striders.  They feel good without a ton of people because you don't get competative and I feel like I can focus more on form than anything.  It was really hot, but felt good to go easy.

We had been driving all day, and Conner and I hadn't gotten the chance to run.  It was late at night and we had a out and back we could do to get something in.  The first mile felt really good, and so did the second.  We were on a dirt road, though, and it was pretty dark.  When I turned around Conner came back which pushed me a ton.  We ran together for most of the rest of the way.  I had to get 1.5 miles in, but didn't feel good.  He offered to go that last bit with me.  It was really nice that he did that because it helped me get my miles in.

Because we didn't run with the team and went long yesterday, Conner and I had to do 400 repeats @ rpace.  It was in the afternoon and we were tired from a long day.  I warmed up a mile on Monticello's track.  It wasn't a very good track, but it worked.  I wasn't feeling good during the warm up. My goal was to hit 1:24, even though I was supposed to hit 1:20s.   In between there was a nice 400 recovery.  My times were: 1) 1:26, 2) 1:26, 3) 1:28, 4) 1:31, 5) 1:34, 6) 1:29, 7) 1:28, 8) 1:20.  My first two were good, I was a little shocked that I couldn't hit the times.  At the end of each one I'd be sprinting the last 100 to hit the times, but wouldn't hit them.  After the fifth one I used the restroom, which felt better.  Right before the 8th one Conner offered to pace me and he wanted me to hit 1:20.  I didn't think I'd be able to do it.  I secretly planned on stopping and the 200 if I didn't feel good.  When I started I actually felt okay.  The 200 mark I kept going and the last 100 I wanted to give up, but gave it my all.  And I hit it! I was so happy Conner was kind enough to pace me.  After a mile cool down I was SO tired, but glad I finished the workout.

That evening after dinner Conner, my dad, and I went on a short run.  It was really fun and felt super nice compared to earlier today.