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.