We warmed up to where we were doing hills for the day. It was the upper road, that turned onto the golf course hill. We started towards the bottom and went one minute hard. I was able to turn onto golf course and I made it to a red fence. We were told to do 7-9. Clara stuck with me on the first few, which helped. Although the boys sprinted further up, we ended up recovering with them as they came back down. The first 3 felt really good. On the fourth, I could feel the acid in my legs. It started to hurt more and more. Sometimes we were able to start with the boys. The 6th and 7th really hurt, and I didn't nearly make it as far. I got pretty light headed. I told myself that if I stuck with Jordan on this last one, I would be good. It was better to do that hard one above 2 bad ones. I did 8 repeats, and felt pretty good about them. The turnover when it got steep was always difficult, but it helped mentally. It was pretty dry, which didn't help. My energy was gone at the end. We ran back as a cool down. We did some hip exercises, and getting down on my knee hurt. It didn't hurt during the run, which was good. After a while, Ethan and I went 3 more miles. We did 2 on a random loop, then one more on the track. They weren't super fast, but they felt good. The last lap on the track, I tried barefoot. It was fun, but felt weird. When I got home I did a pretty hard core workout. I haven't done core in a while, but it went well.
I got new shoes, which might help with my knee. I'm pretty pumped because my current pair had 800+ miles on them. I got my previous pair in the middle of last summer, so they're pretty worn out.
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