C Mantz Run

The highlighr of my Mondays are reading Conner's letters after school.  Then I go for my run.  I was feeling really tired after last week.  I was hoping to do tempo, but that didn't play out very well.  I warmed up a mile around the block. My stomach wasn't feeling the best for multiple reasons.  I started, though, towards and down golf course hill.  I got my half mile splits: .5) 3:13 1) 3:06 which added up to a 6:19 mile.  I decided then to go up golf course and see how fast I coukd hit it.  Going up, I felt really good.  When I got to the top I was at 2:20 which is 20 seconds slower than going down. That half mile split, though was a 3:35 meaning I slowed down a bit after the hill.The final half mile, I was struggling.  I finished with a 3:38 half mile which totaled to 13:23 in 2 miles.  I was not super happy with it.  My stomach still hurt, probably from the food I ate yesterday during the super bowl.  I didn't cool down.

Around 9:00 I ran 5 miles on the treadmill in 38:30, so under 7:45 which felt good.  As I did so I watched youtube videos which kept me going. I wasn't feeling good enough for a hard core workout, so I did some light core.

After school I only did 4 miles. I felt really good until 2 miles, so I turned around. My pace slowed way down the last 2 miles, but it was okay.

After mutual I ran 4 on the treadmill under 31 minutes.  It felt good, a lot better than earlier today.  I also did a pretty hard core workout which felt good.

I didn't want to feel sick, so I did 2 easy miles, then I ran to beast which made my warmup a little over 3.5.  I ran up beast 4 times.  The entire time durig each repeat I was really focused.  My times were shockingly consistent, even though it was my first hill workout since before Foot Locker. My splits were 1) 1:13, 2) 1:12, 3) 1:13, 4) 1:15.  I was going to do more, but I knew my times woukdn't stay consistent. Also I was feeling really tired, so I then did 2 beauty repeats, but they weren't very good (like a 41 and 42). I ran home after that.  It's hard to cool down at a decent pace after hills, and my pace was way slow. 

I later did 6 on the treadmill.  I don't remember the total time, but they average under 7:45.  I took 2 breaks (after mile 3 and mile 5). I've been feeling pretty tired, possibly from last week.

My watch wouldn't lock on, so I ran a mile to Mack Park. On the way to Macl Park I could almost taste the inversion, it was pretty bad.  At Mack Park, I did a few strider until my watch locked on.  I continued my premeet on Sunnyside.  It was super pretty, and the inversion was gone.  It felt really good. The last mile, I again could taste the inversion. It was mostly when cars passed. I'm feeling really good, though. I averaged 8:45 pace which is good for premeet.

It was a really good day.  We made it to the oval right on time.  I had plenty of time to relax. I began my warmup around 7:50ish because they were behind, and I wasn't sure exactly when they would start the 2 mile.  I warmed up outside, and did 1.3 miles.  I want to bring up my warmup miles during meets where I only do one event, but I don't want to over warmup, so this meet I decided to just bring it up a little. When I finished, I just relaxed.  When they called I was feeling ready.  They didn't give us lane assignments, so I was on the outide or the second row.  

I got out nicely.  I mostly wanted to stick with the lead pack.  I did get passed by a few girls, but just stuck with them.  I then got passed by two Davis girls.  I thought they would have stuck with the lead pack, but on one of the curves we lost them.  I then just decided to keep Aubrey (from Davis) in my line of sight.  I was confused with the number or laps, because they had one too many.  I was way confused!  On the second to last lap, she pulled away.  On the last lap, I quickly calculated the time and realized I had one left! I was a little mad, because I started my sprint a little too late. I felt really good sprinting, and I finished under 11:30! I was pretty happy, but my body was tired.  I'm happy with the race, but I wish I had known the number of laps or kept track better, then I would have been able to pr (one second away!).  I love that track and was glad to run on it atleast one this year.

After I watched the boys race, I ran .7 outside, then went inside hoping to run around the track another mile.  I ran with a bunch of guys from the Hobby Jogger project which was way fun.  I did 5 laps, so around 1.2 miles.  It was a good day.

It was a really fun run.  I didn't start until 2:00 because I had to watch the olympic trials which was fun to watch. I did the same loop I did last week, down to sv, then to Ceda Ridge, then back to sv, and back home. I felt really good the first 3 miles.  My third mile actually ended up being a 6:45 (so that is fast). Towards the end my body felt so tired.  I just continued on.  My pace slowly dropped, but I kept pushing.  While I was running I realized that I hadn't eaten much since lunch yesterday (at Olive Garden).  My body was so tired.  I finished 10.3 at 7:50 pace.  Then I had some cereal and apple juice.  I was exhausted, but a long run was what I needed.

Later I did .5 to finish up my miles to get 50.