do or dont there is no try

short recovery day today cuz we are moving saturdays long run to tomorrow. 5.5mi @ 8min pace

10.6mi with Joel on the backcountry loop. averaged a little over 7:20 and felt pretty strong. a bunch of hills but it was fun. strides after

just weighed again and ive dropped a few pounds with all the miles ive been doing so i guess thats cool. 7.5mi today under 7:20 pace on a mcandrews loop. did a hike also, so ill add a solid .2

was planning on getting in a repeat k workout. things didnt go well. warmed up then tried a few but they were off pace and i wasnt feeling good. just decided to cool down and do the team workout tomorrow.

warmed up and felt alright.. wasnt sure if i could do the tempo after yesterday. the workout is 2mi tempo then 1:30 rest then 1mi tempo. hit 5:52 pace for the first, then 5:40 last one. felt suprisingly good and a nice confidence booster for our varsity squad. 2mi time trial saturday

thought today was gonna be longer but it wasnt that bad. im glad tho because the legs felt heavy after a tough last few days. averaged a little over 8 i think

didnt hydrate that well today so i had a killer headache during the warmup. we did 3x3x70sec hills on surrey lane. they were REALLY tough. it was hot and just a tough day of work. pushed through with the guys and finished it up quick. cooled down but didnt have a watch so dont know mileage exactly. im excited for the time trial this saturday and im hoping my legs will feel good after a tough week

we did our team poster pictures today so no practice. no running for the first day in a while. excited for tomorrow

AM: awesome time trial today. warmed up and felt good. got to the start and didnt feel nervous suprisingly, i felt confident which was nice. we started and no one took the lead so i said screw it and i went out there and hit 76. then i continued to lead and brought us at a nice pace through the mile with 5:10. then all h*ll broke lose lol. joel, jobie, luke, truett, and ty all sped up and we started really going hard. long story short we had a great team race. i ran 1025 and all those guys i just named^^ they all beat me which means we are gonna be good this year

PM: needed some more miles i felt like. 7.5mi mcandrews loop after the dance almost midnight. averaged 7:20

my calf felt pretty tight the whole day, probs from saturdays race. warmed up then did 2x2mi tempo with 2:30 rest in between. Averaged like 5:50 i think for both. felt pretty hard and legs felt just decent but not great. getting excited for first 5k saturday. cooled down to 7.4

7 at like 8:15 pace. legs felt tired

did a geronimo repeat type workout today at the park. felt pretty good, it was moderately hard.

9mi after work at under 8 pace. added an extra half mile cuz endurance PC in the morning is pretty tough

3 easy ones. excited for first 5k with the boys tomorrow

warmed up and felt good, didnt feel nervous... only excitement! started off decently and felt pretty strong coming through the mile in 5:19. the next mile was really tough and I started to feel it pretty bad. I really gave it my all for the last 1.1 and it was tough. our team did pretty well and i was impressed with our pack running for most of the race. I finished 5th on the team and the 1-5 spread was 12 seconds. we can improve and i know that some of these guys are gonna go big this season. im not dissapointed today, but im also not satisfied. I know that me and my team can do some big things so ima go out and rock the rest of the season

5mi plus strides in the evening 7:25 pace

another tempo today. wore bball shorts so that was cool. averaged 5:50. 3mi then 3min rest then another mile. cooldown after

7 easy

repeat 800's today. felt good averaged 2:35. last one was 2:23

10 at 7:40 after work

traveled all day for the meet tomorrow so no running. pumped for tomorrow tho

so made the long drive to portland and it sucked. i ate a ton of junk food and candy on the way up so that was pretty stupid. we got to the race on saturday and warmed up pretty late. only got a mile in then went to the starting line. my foot started hurting really bad in one spot for some reason during the strides. i tried not to focus on it and i just decided i was gonna go all balls. btw this race was stacked and some utah teams came up just to wreck everyone. we started and i got out ok but i was a little bit boxed on the first turn, after that i slowly moved up and shoved a ton of people. mile 1 was 5:07!! so that was wierd because im kinda slow so ive never run a mile that fast i dont think. anyways i felt good and kept on picking off some of my teammates and working up the 2nd mile. thats basically all i remember. 3rd mile i held on to this one group and that saved me. the last k felt like forever but i kept on pushing it cuz i wanted to dip under 17. when i crossed i was pretty happy cuz ive never run that fast so that was cool. the team did well but we have work to do! cooled down and my foot hurt pretty bad.. gonna take the next few days easy and see a doctor

the good news is that i pinched a nerve in my foot but i can still run on it. it hurts a bit but the doctor said that it shouldnt get any worse and that i can most likely last the season on it. today i did on my own workout after work. 2mi warmup. 8x400 at 73. was gonna do 10-12 but i felt terrible and i was burning out so i decided not to. long cooldown to 9mi