Kilometer Killer

AM over 1:00:00; who knows what pace

Really fun over nighter with my bros, but I did not perform in today's race. We weren't even really going fast anyway, but I personally just didn't finish it like I needed to. It's mental for sure. I've got to trust the training I'm going through and that it'll set me up for success. I've also got to get into a groove of embracing pain like I did the end of Cross last year and all through track. I love the pain. 

AM over 48:40; 7:32 pace; 8x striders 

PM over 20:00; 7:31 pace

It was a very wet, usual Tuesday run. It poured all through the night and kept going all through our run and epic game of ultimate. There were a lot of dope wipeouts, but Decker and Coach had the best one, where Decker just went down right in front of Coach and swept his legs out from under him. I hope I never forget that moment. The weather cleared up by the time we ran after weights. Overall, good, chill day of running. 

Weights- Squat 3x5 of 205; Bench 3x5 of 100; Thrust 3x5 of 115; Deadlift 3x5 of 165

AM over 59:40; 7:15 pace; randomized pace workout

PM over 30:05; 9:54 pace

Had our second pace workout, and I must say, it was quite a bit easier than the last one. It was a really fun format, though. It was 3 sets of 5 reps, but we drew cards to determine what the reps would be. The sets were as follows: CV, CV, T, Th, T; Th, CV, Th, T, Th; T, Th, Th, T, CV. The level 2's and 3's then had one more set of 3- Th, CV, CV. It was all equal recovery between reps and 1 min. between sets. It really wasn't too challenging, but it also just felt a lot smoother than the last one. Maybe I just got the hang of it a bit more. As for the afternoon run, I kept my promise of doing a hilly run. I went by my house up a super steep hill, and once I got up on top, the trail was also pretty up and down. At first I thought it would be a super dope trail, but all along the top there were these flying ant things that were super annoying. So I don't think I'll recommend this to my teammates. I didn't realize how steep the main hill was until I was going down and fell a few times. I never stopped running on the way up, so even though the pace was pretty slow, I consider this run to be a success. Good day to run 

AM over 1:00:00; 7:35 pace

PM over 20:00; 7:24 pace

I felt really good about today's run, especially the second half. We headed into the desert and made our way onto the Dino Cliffs trail. We then made our way onto the end of Prospector(hardly know her) and over by Maverik. We had to kind of meander(hardly know her) to get in the full minutes, but we got it done. The post-weights run was crazy hot. Overall, really great day. 

Weights- Squat 3x5 of 115; Bench 3x5 of 105; Thrust 3x5 of 115; Deadlift 3x5 of 175

I'm feeling ready for the long run tomorrow. I just have a feeling it's gonna be my day to break through a barrier. I'm getting to bed really early, preparing to crush this run. 

AM over 1:40:00; 7:18 pace 

Today was a huge success. This was my longest training run ever, and I made it the whole 100 minutes. We kept a good pace for the whole run. I'm really happy with how I ran today, and I know this is gonna help the team. 

AM over 1:05:41; 7:45 pace; 8x striders 

I took up Coach's offer to take the lower minutes today if we were feeling beat from yesterday. Went out to the Strip and ran down a road and flipped. Alex pointed out a man standing on a plateau, but Carson thought it was a pile of rocks. The rest of us voted with Alex. Good day to run