Thatcher's Running Blog

We did intervals at Kiwanis Park today. The workout was 1600, 1200, 800, 800, 400. We started out by warming up 2 miles. The 1600 was okay, I did 4:45, but wasn't in the best place. The 1200 was bad. I was at 3:45, and near the back. The 800 was also very bad. I was near the back at 2:28. The second 800 was a little better, 2:18 (but also more downhill). I beat a few more guys. The 400 was okay, 69, but I didn't feel great.We finished by cooling down two miles.

This was a very bad workout. I felt tired on the warm-up, but didn't think much of it. The 1600 felt okay, but after that, I felt terrible. My legs just felt tired. They weren't tired like they are after high mileage or something(like they were in the summer), but I just couldn't get them going any faster. I also had a terrible headache after the workout, and I may have been dehydrated. I need to get more sleep, and I need to drink more water during the day, and I will be ready for the UVU meet on Friday.

Went running on the provo river trail. It was pretty uneventful. We averaged 6:45 for nine miles. I am feeling a little bit sick, I hope I'm fine for Friday. My legs felt great on the run today, much better than yesterday.

We just did four 400's to get ready for the race Friday. I'm still sick, but I felt great running today. When I warmed up, I wasn't feeling good, but once we got going, the 400's felt great. I did 71, 68, 66, 65. I wasn't even too tired after, and  felt like I could have pushed harder on all of them. It felt pretty easy. We did a long cool down after. 

1 mile to the weightroom and back.

We just went thirty minutes today. A little over four miles. I felt pretty good, and am ready for tomorrow.

Today was the UVU Invitational. I ran unattached again. I didn't have a very good race. I came through the mile at 5:08, and felt pretty good. I passed a few people in the second mile, and came through the 2 mile at 10:44 or so. I don't know if the second mile was off or what, because I passed people on that mile, and felt like I maintained the same effort. The last mile was bad. I was passed by quite a few people, I don't know how many. I was feeling terrible, but in the last 600 or so, I passed two people. In the last 100, a kid passed me, and I tried to catch him, but he barely beat me. I at least tried to catch him, and put in a pretty good kick. George and Trevor beat me by twenty something seconds, and I had beat them in both of the other races.

This was a really bad race, and I felt really, really bad. I don't know what happened. I felt good the first mile, but after that, I felt like I was just hanging on for dear life. My past three races have felt just like this. I haven't been able to race anyone, I just have tried to hang on until the end of the race and finish. If someone passes me, I try to stay with them, but I can't do it at all. It was especially bad during this race. The only thing I can think of is going out at 5:15 or 5:20, and maybe try to bring it down to 5:10, 5:05 after that. 

I went and watched the Kiwanis Invite High School xc meet. I ran around cheering my friends on, and got in about two miles.

Later, I ran four miles at my house. I went home for conference and did it right before priesthood. I was supposed to do a long run, but I didn't feel like it. I really wasn't going to run at all, but I finally decided I should. I ran in the rain, and didn't pay attention to pace. My garmin was dead. I just pushed it when I felt like it, and went easy when I felt like it. It was a pretty good run.