Life Liberty and the Pursuit of a Shiny Gold Medal

They really aren't threshold or VO2 max miles. For me it basically means fast and faster. So we did a 6 mile power run. Bridge, 6 miles, and I pushed it to 6:30 pace. My pace even dropped going up a terrible hill into the wind. Its about the fastest pace I've ever run for that course. We then did the Vigil acceleration workout. It was fantastic. I was relaxed and felt like I had a ton of speed. I was dropping people that have dropped since the first day of xc training. I was mentally strong and I could easily see me going low 9:50's. I'm in the best shape I've ever been in! Two after as a cool down.

In three inches of snow we... did an track interval workout. Inverted ladder 600, 400, 400, 300, 400, 400, 600. The paces where a little weird so it was mostly by effort because I was lacking a watch but Pruitt had my 400 splits soo...

600: 75-76 at 400

400: 77

400: 72-73

300: Faster than average pace

400: 75

400: 73 

600: 75 at 400 with a fast kick in the last 200. 35 maybe faster maybe slower.

It felt easy. Nothing really all that difficult. I dropped every two miler though, and Kenny's run 9:55 so I'm thinking low 9:50's. Through it all I was strong, relaxed and confident. Really an amazing workout considering the snow.  I'm way grateful for the snow. It makes everything so much more interesting!

It was a "just for kicks" relay meet today so I warmed up a lot and cooled down a lot, and ended up running nine miles. Pr's in the 1200, and 400. Tied my 800 pr. I still feel amazing. 

6 mile easy run with strides. I feel great and relaxed and fast. I'm breaking records this weekend! 

Got stuck in a slower heat and lost track of the pace in the middle laps. The first and last laps were on pace with a 1:09 and felt like I should've gone 4:30's. Ah well I'll take a 4:44. but I have to trust my own pace better. I know what state qualifying feels like I just have to stay focused. 

2 mile warm up

2 mile race

2 mile cool down

9 later that day

 Not gonna ramble about this race. I ran poorly. Lost focus and all will to fight the pain. I should've gone sub-10 I just lost the race mentally. Next week I'm just gonna go for it and I'll slaughter 10!