Anything Will Burn If the Furnace is Hot Enough

AM 11.69 Mi

80 min progression run

6:51 avg

Felt exceedingly well today. My ankle is no longer preventing me to run my best and my form was quite well mannered. I look forward to this week and next, the latter containing the most important event in my life to date.

PM 3.35 mi

25 min grass run

7:12 avg

AM 2.08 mi 

15 minutes with weights

7:13 avg

Getting back into weights. Haven’t done them for a while Bc of my back.

PM 7.68 mi

55 min

7:07 avg

Nice run up Green Springs and up into north bridge. Hills kind of hurt my ankle but I think it’s fine

AM 3.39 mi

24 min

7:08 avg

PM 8.61

60 min 5x 3:20 @ 5k pace

6:56 avg

First workout all year that I’ve actually struggled with. Not sure why though. My lungs and gut just hurt real bad. I tried treating it like a race and forcing myself to fight through it, but after the 3rd and 4th reps I thought I wa going to die. Led the last one for the most part until the end but I stuck in there and only fell off by like a second or two. Was a good workout that reminded me that I need to fight if I want to be great.

AM 2.02 mi

15 min and weights

7:12 avg

PM 7.61 mi

55 min

7:11 avg

Was pretty tired today and felt like cutting back a few minutes early but I ended up pushing through the end. I’m pretty beat up physically and mentally from yesterday. 

AM 3.56 mi

25 min + plyos + yoga

7:04 avg

PM 9.08 mi

60 min w strong finish and striders

6:37 avg

Up the giant turkey farm hill and back. Pushed pretty hard down the hill. Finished sub 6 the last 3 miles. Felt good to go hard at the end. 

Ran Logan’s mile thing for hygiene kits for homeless kids later so that was cool. 

AM 4.08 mi

40 min

Slow avg with very many stops and jogs

Pretty weak run with very little effort. Just ran up to a mustang pass carrying shovels and worked on it for Alex’s project for like 2 hours and then ran back. Trail looks super good though so I think it’s fine. 

AM 8.45 mi

60 min

7:01

PM 2.92 mi

20 min on grass

6:54 avg

AM 2.14 mi

15 min

7:00 avg

PM 8.04 mi

55 min 1-2-1-2-3-4 with recovery equal for blocks of 5 at 5k

6:39 avg

Great workout today. Confidence is key. 

15 warm then race then 15 cool

Nike Southwest Regionals was a fun time. I settled a little too early in the race, but still ran pretty fast I think. Connected with Alex at about 800 meters in. First mile was sub 5 (because I leaned over the line hehehe) and I feel like we were in like 80th place or so, and the rest of the race we just passed people. Started to gap Alex and came past 2 miles at about 10:10 and that was also pretty good I thought. Ended with like a 16:00 something. I surged just as I had planned in the zone where I pooped out the last two years and then just continued it hard into the finish because I realized that it was my last race:( passed like 10-20 people in the finishing chute which sucks to me because I could’ve passed like 30 if I would’ve put that energy into my second mile. Overall it was a pretty good last race. I achieved my goal of running hard through the pain and not being a wuss (but I think that happened because I wasn’t going incredibly fast), but I definitely missed my target of being top 30. Oh well.

Sad to say my time with PVXC is over, but it was an absolutely amazing time. Thanks to my bros for being Bros and believing in me, and thanks to my coaches for being the best. Thanks to my mom as well for being way better than anyone else’s moms. 

Footlocker here we come, and onto freaking track season. #Rekt.