Running and more running

Today was freezing! It was windy and sleeting soo bad. The run was good, though. Eight miles with an average pace of like 7:10. The first four were above 7:30 because we were running straight into the wind but the last four we picked it up quite a bit. I felt really good, except for the school "lasagna" (if you can even call it that) sat like a rock in my stomach. After the run I did abs for 20 minutes and called it good for the day!

Today was high mileage with speed. I wasn't quite able to finish my mileage, though because I had to take off before school got out so as not to get caught in traffic. I will add a few miles later in the week. Speed was good though! My legs were a little heavy but by the end I was doing better. It was just 6 by 400s, so not too bad. Overall, it was a good day!

Not very happy with how today turned out.... 5:01 in the mile. Eight miles overall and just felt pretty tired. Talking with Jamie she thinks that it is in the mental game that I am losing in races, so any tips would be appreciated... With the times I am hitting in practice I should be able to do much better, so hopefully it only goes up from here!

Ran with the team for about three miles then split off with Ryan and Connor. On our way back Ryan and I felt super good so we were running around sub-6:50 and ended up with an average pace of 6:57 for the eight miles. I felt really good, much better than yesterday! After the run I did abs for 20 minutes and then biked for half an hour. 

We had a nice speed workout today! 5 by 1000 meters at two mile pace. About three minutes of rest in between each one, which was a little bit less than it was supposed to be since I did it with varsity. My splits were 3:16, 3:18, 3:19, 3:21, 3:22. So I was slowing down by the end because my legs felt pretty wrecked, but overall I was pretty happy with it! 

Just a nice six mile recovery run today, about 7:08 pace. It was nice to sleep in a little bit and I have to say that it was the perfect weather for a run this morning!