Life Liberty and the Pursuit of a Shiny Gold Medal

Got a crazy week to catch up on. I was still feeling some residual depression at this point but things were going better.

Run 

Kick Workout

More Running

The kick workout was odd. All my paces were jacked up but I finished the full 11 reps and closed in a high 27 which is still pretty freaking fast.

Id personally like to think Garek B for todays workout. It hurt a ton and the right achilles started to flar up, but I think Im just getting over anxiety. Anxiety drains you.

Mile: 5:17 (<3:00 rest)

400: 1:08 (<2:00 rest)

400: 1:06 (5:00 rest)

Mile: 5:12 (<2:30 rest)

400: 1:07 (<2:00 rest)

400: 1:06

30 minutes aqua jogging for a cool down.

Easy day with a couple of hard hill sections. My legs were so clogged with lactic acid. 6:30 pace was honestly easier on my legs than 7 or 8 minute pace. Achilles was just weak. Didn't hurt.

I've honestly forgotten mileage for most of this week. We went running to bicentennial park and did 4x30 seconds at 5k pace or a bit faster. Did 2 after. Tiny hint of Achilles pain.

I was on edge, but excited. I ended up figuring out that I just needed to trust myself to pull through and I relaxed and tried to have fun. Race started well and I was in great position. Then I ate some grass. Foot caught on a flag fence, and I went down. I spent the rest of the race recovering from the crash and the rest cruising cuz I couldn't get myself to go after Id already thrown the race. Beat Tanner so cool. I out kicked a kid or two. It was alright.

My legs felt so incredible before. I was pumped. I was in a pack with a bumch of guys through 1.5 and then I lost the mental battle. A bunch of guys got by me and I sat between 4th and 6th most of the rest. Metal Effort=6. If I woulda been willing to hurt I probably coulda won. I just wanna hurt like I do in workouts. I WANNA RACE FASTER!!!!!!!! I know I have the potential. I talked to Coach Holt and he just basically told me to relax. I really like that guy. XC really brings out the best in people or the best people. I guess both.  My goal for this season is to learn to love xc racing. I wanna learn to push myself to the max.

Positives: I had to kick like nothing else to get a medal. I outkicked a Richfield kid for the second year straight. That one move put us in tying position with weber and we pulled out the win in total time. Congrats to the team. You guys desereve it.