Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

I was excited for this workout cuz i love racing the mile! It was the 6 minute test thing. But i ended up not even getting to run it and iced instead:( I ran the warm up to harts and my shin was really bugging me. which was sad cuz after the race on saturday i thought it was lots better! but its not so i just have to take it easy this week and keep helping it so hopefully i can race on saturday!

Only ran a little cuz i was hurting:/ but i am going to run the time trial tomorrow!

Warmed up 1 mile, and was hurting a little bit. But I wanted to run so i decided i would stop if my shin was hurting too bad. SO we started after the youngsters and boys and i went right up to the front. i was hoping to stick with ali. The first lap was hard, but i felt alright. I then caught up with ali but after the second lap she had to stop which meant i had no one to push with. The last 800 kaelie passed me on the hill and beat me by a second. My shin only really hurt up the hill and the final sprint at the end. Then i cooled down 1/2 mile. I got 30 seconds slower than the first time trial, but hey, at least i got to run it!

Drove up to AF today and once we got there we ran the state course. I like the course alot and can tell that it goes by fast. I ran the most i have at once for a week. I was feeling pretty good the first mile and then my legs hurt really bad. everywhere. at first it was random stabbing pains in weird places. Then i fell behind and my calves tightened up super bad all the sudden and ached. It hurt with every step and i had to stop and walk and was on the verge of tears:/ afterwards i stretched really good which felt nice and rolled alot.

Super nervous this morning!! after how i felt on yesterdays run i was really worried for how i would feel for the race. But good thing it was only 2 miles! I warmed up a couple miles and i felt good except for my calves felt super achy and sore. right before i went to line up for the race i took off my compression sleeves. That did the trick! Then i was able to walk over there with no tightness so apparently the sleeves were suffocating my legs and making them hurt!

i was the 5th and last leg for the relay. I had to wait a while as i cheered on liz, mia, alli, and ali who all did really good. Ali did a great hand off to me and i started out strong with desert hills rachel slade following a little bit after. The girls helped me alot with their cheering and i made sure to surge on the downhill. On the uphill, rachel slade caught up to me and i stepped up to a little bit of a quicker pace to stay with her. I think she really helped me push myself past my limits because she made me go with her at a faster pace than i wouldve been going. i stayed with her for almost a 1/2 mile i think and then she passed and i just aimed to keep her in my sight. It was alot of fun with the hay bails and especially because it was made into a relay which made me run for the team more than for myself. Very happy with how i did and my legs didnt hurt at all!!