Mon 2/17: Casting Pond, 8.5mi. Ran with Aditya b/c Iggy ditched us =/. Legs feeling pretty tired. Also a bit tired from lifting yesterday.

Tue 2/18: 1600 at 5k pace, 300 jog, 600 at 3k pace, 200 jog, 400 a bit faster, 400 jog, 1600 all out, decent rest, 400 all out. 5:20, 77 pace, 73, 5:08, 65 (caught up with Diddy). Felt pretty good. ~7.5mi total.

Wed 2/19: Garfield Long Way, 5.7mi. Probably went faster than I should have.

Thu 2/20: 4on, 2off by 4. Hit around 2:40, for the first 3 800 splits and then died on the last one. Skipped Pattons because blisters were really acting up, and soleus is starting to get injured. ~6mi.

Fri 2/21: Soleus is really bad. Can't really walk up/down stairs and feeling constant pain. Bike 30min.

Sat 2/22: 3k.

76, 79, 78, 79, 80, 81, 77, 36.
76, 2:35, 3:53, 5:12, 6:32, 7:53, 9:10, 9:46. Pr by two seconds, but still disappointed. Had to run a lot of outside of lane 1/ lane 2 for the first few laps in order to stay in position, and then got trapped behind some CMS guys in laps 4-6 so slowed down a lot even though I felt good. Tried to pass them a few times but realized it would've taken a lot more energy... ~6.5mi total.

Total: 34.2mi + 30min bike.
37.2mi equivalent.

Mon 2/10: Lower Arroyo, 7.8mi. The protein bar returns :).

Tue 2/11: 4x1600 with 600m jog rest, went every 10min. 5:31, 5:26, 5:20, 5:22. Pretty happy with how it turned out. Was around 10sec behind Juan and Iggy for all of them. 9mi total. Thank goodness for Power Crunch Triple Chocolate protein bars with MICROPEPTIDES! After very close inspection, I found out that the new bars also have micropeptides, aka proteins that are broken down for better absorption! *This may not actually be scientifically accurate.
Also in case you didn't know, micropeptide/peptide is one of my coach's nicknames for me, because, you know, micro sounds like Michael.

Wed 2/12: Huntingson, 6.2mi. So sore from yesterday. Went ~7:30 pace. "I'm tired man, just tired."

Thu 2/13: Broken 3k workout. 500, 500, 1500, 500 all at 3k pace. Goal was 78s (9:45 3k). Ran pretty much right on, but it hurttt. It was supposed to be a pacing / not super hard workout... which kind of worries me. I'll just assume that I'll be much faster on Saturday. Definitely still feeling Tuesday's workout. ~6.5mi.

Fri 2/14: Happy Valentine's Day! Prerace, 3.4mi. Went to BJ's for dinner after practice, yum yum.

Sat 2/15: PP All-Comers. Ran 3k then mile. Felt pretty decent today. 3k splits were 79, 77, 78, 80, 81, 80, 79, 35, so came through 79, 2:36, 3:54, 5:14, 6:35, 7:55, 9:14, 9:49. Was only 1 second away from the 3k PR, so pretty satisfied. Race felt pretty painful from about 3 laps in until the finish, but that's pretty much to be expected. Surprised that I had that big kick in me, since I felt like I was already pushing it pretty hard with around 600 left. Possibly had the kick though because Santiago (the guy who ran with me in the 1500 last week) was trying to pass me, ended up holding him off by 0.09 sec.
Mile was horrible. Ran 75, 73, 75, 77, so 5:02 overall. Race went out really slow, got trapped, felt really bad the whole time.
~10mi total.

Total: 42.9mi.

Mon 2/3: Feel amazing, hamstrings much better. Lower Arroyo, 7.8mi.

Tue 2/4: 4x1200m every 7min and then 400m. Ran 3:59, 3:59, 3:58, 3:56, 67. Ran with Iggy on the last 1200 and the 400, pretty solid workout. 7mi.

Wed 2/5: Huntington, 6mi. Calf hurting a bit through the day, first 2 mi of run.

Thu 2/6: 1200 then 2000, then 2 strides, all at around 5k pace. 4:00 then 6:33. Stuck with Juan and Iggy for the first ~3.5 laps. ~8mi.

Fri 2/7: Prerace, 3.4mi! Legs could really use an easy day...

Sat 2/8: First meet! Ran the 1500, 3k, and 4x4. Legs felt really tired before the 1500. Managed to bust out a semi-decent race though, came through at 73, 2:29, 3:43, 4:38 (so 73, 76, 74, 55-like 71). Probably saved a bit too much for the kick, but ohh well. It's a disappointing time, but I've haven't done anything this short in several years, so it'll get better I'm sure. The saddest part was that after the race, people came up to me and were like, "Did you PR too?". No... no... not even close. It's ok, sometimes it's nice when everybody has really low expectations for you because the only person you can disappoint is yourself.

Legs felt even more tired before the 3k. Was cold and tight the whole race, ran really slow. Something like 82, 83, 83, 84, 85, 85, 75, 39 (so 1:22,  2:45, 4:08, 5:32, 7:57, 8:22, 9:27, 10:16). After finishing the 3k, Will was talking about how about how he had to run the 4x4, and I kept going off about how I was so happy that I was done for the day, and how being in the long distance crew is so awesome because we don't train for the 400 (and therefore never have to run it, right?). Right after that, Scott calls me over and says: you're running in the 4x4. CRAPPPP. Then I go spy on the coach's meeting to see when Scott's running, because I say I'll only run it if I get to run against Scott. The third leg it is then. I get the baton a few seconds after Scott, catch him 200m in, and pass him! Nothing makes an athlete happier than being able to race with his coach :). Ended up running 60 flat. So slowww. So happy though because we won! With 3:49! Destroyed the sprinting team, even though they had Eric. First meet down! ~9mi total.

Total: 41.2mi.

Mon 1/27: Lower Arroyo. Ran a bit slower than the team with Mark, and later Will when he dropped back to us. 7.8mi.

Tue 1/28: Ladder workout 8, 12, 16, 12, 8. Ran around 2:41, 4:02, 5:25, 3:58, 2:33, pretty happy. Ran with Will/Fabian in the beginning and ran with Jared coming back down. Didn't run the bonus because hamstrings started feeling worse going back down. ~7.5mi.
Fabian hurt his ankle so he's on the bike for a while =/.

Wed 1/29: Tu Madre, 5.6mi.

Thu 1/30: 8 on, 4 off, 6 on, 4 off, 4 on at Lacy. Was a pretty amazing workout, ran around 2:50, 2:40, 2:30 per lap on each. Ended up running with Jared and ahead of Iggy on the last two. 7.5mi.

Fri 1/31: Garfield long way, 5.7mi.

Sat 2/1: 3x1600 going every 9, felt horrible. Ran 5:40, 5:37, 5:39 I think. Saturday mornings just don't work for me... 8mi.

Total: 42.1mi.