just for the run of it

mile wu then 10x60 sec pickups with 90 sec rest (active). goal pace was 6:20 and we had to do half of them on the grass. little bit of a struggle pacing cause my watch didn't want to adjust so quickly but hit under pace and by the last 3 i just tried to stick with guppy. felt  relatively good, and i think im figuring out good stuff with hydrating and nutrition that's been helping. cooled down half mile then did abs hips and ice bath. 

mile wu then low easy pace run. felt extra hot today but it was alright. did a loop by the jr high and came back by sego lily. 7:36 ap. did abs and hips and an ice bath. 

did grass mile wu then strides. premeet was on the grass and skyrim so i did it barefoot. hit 3:04 which was good, felt strong during it. went really easy pace out on a loop that ended up being 3 miles exactly so that was fortunate. did abs and hips and got our uniforms which are sick. finished with an ice bath that was nICE. 

got up to sugarhouse and had to wait around awhile cause my race was last. eventually wu a mile and did drills. got to the start and did a couple strides. once the gun went off i just tried to stick with watson through the herd of people. once we got up the first hill it finally spread out a bit. first mile was good, i felt strong and was really positive. can't say the same about the other twoish miles. i tried surging like my coach said but the motivation wasn't quite there, i think i tired myself out too much that first mile, or maybe im just still not used to longer races. last mile i didn't kick it in as soon as i should've, but when i saw the finish i definitely picked it up for a solid finish. i was surprised with my time, i thought the clock was rolling into 20 min, so it was a bit of a boost when i found out i broke 19. not quite a 5k course, but i was happy with placement and time. shoutout to the team for killing their races and also cheering us on. finished up mileage while waiting for awards. also rolled down the big hill a few times which was very pleasant. got back and ice bathed which was pretty sketch in the dark.

abs and hips before practice. mile wu on the road then jamie wanted us to do some barefoot grass running as part of our mileage so we did 2 miles with mario, then guppy watson and i headed out towards fox hollow elementary and on the way back hit up the splash pad cause it was really hot today. i felt slightly dead and very sore for most of it, thank goodness for recovery, 8:38 ap.

met up at watsons house and started on our run just going on some roads towards highland. my legs still were feeling so sore, so didn't really try to push a faster pace. stopped and stretched after 2 miles and my calves felt so sore. we kinda made a loop back and went on a part of the highland trails and such. it felt really good outside cause the sun hadn't come up yet. my legs finally warmed up at about 5 miles in so it felt better after that. 8:16 ap. came home did abs and hips and then took a nap.