Gotta Run...

Ran a hill run with Ryan.  He was struggling from shin splints but he made it the whole way.  I decided not to run too far cause I'm running a 5k in the morning.  

The race was down in Las Vegas on Fremont St.  There must have been over a thousand people running!  I started out running with three other guys, but by the first mile I realized I was going too slow.  I started picking up the pace and lost two of the other guys.  I finished with way too much energy.  I felt like I hadn't even ran at all.  Guess I've forgotten how fast 5ks are.  I still got a pr!

Later that night I just ran a quick 1.5 miles to relax a bit.  My legs are not sore, but I am still having problems with my right hip.  I also got a headache, but that's normal after a race in Las Vegas. 
 

I was going to do some 2 mile repeats to get my speed up a bit, but after the first one my stomach was hurting and my calves were really tight for some reason.  I didn't want to keep pushing my calves so I just jogged for a mile and was done.

February has been a bad month for me.  After the first week I got sick and had a few minor injuries with my back and feet.  I decided to take a few weeks off before track started so I would be ready to do the workouts.  It really helped and now I am almost fully recovered and ready to take on this season.  Today was the first day of track.  We had twice as many guys as I expected, but I guess that usually happens and then half of them drop out in the first week.  Anyway, we designated Mondays for long runs so we ran a 10 mile loop course out south on the asphalt.  

For track today we have 2 miles for both warm-ups and cool down. For our workout we ran 3 miles on the canal trail. Then we ran pyramids -- 8, 6, 4, 2, 4, 6, 8 -- at 4 seconds slower than 1600 race pace. It wasn't really fast, but I'm not used to that yet so I took it a bit easy. 4x100m strides, those felt nice. I still got really sore and iced afterwards.

Warm-ups and cool down was a mile. Then we ran an easy 5 along the canal. This past week was a real killer. Track started and I had loads of homework because it's almost the end of the quarter. Hopefully the stress will cool off a bit in the near future so I can focus on my running and get some good sleep at night.

Warm-ups and cool down was a mile.  Then we ran 4x200s a little faster than 1600 race pace.  After that we ran an easy 5 miles on the cinder knoll loop.  It was a really fun run, nice and relaxed the whole way.  It was a great stress reliever.  My feet didn't bother me quite as much so that is a good sign.  I am trying to run lightly on them as much as possible.

 I got up at 6 this morning and this time I actually went for a run.  I've been waking up at 6 this whole week, but I always had to do homework.  Hopefully that's over with.  Anyway, just 3 mile loop around my house on the opposite side of the fair run.

This afternoon I did half a mile warm up with the track team and our speed drills. Coach told us to go 5 today. All the other guys just left Joe and I so I decided to take a fun trail run up on the H hill. Joe said his calves were really bothering him so I told him to take the weekend off. I ran a 5 mile loop course. I didn't think I would feel like going fast, but it turned out I was wrong. I felt great! It was really hot though, hottest day this year so far. Hopefully I will get used to the heat soon so it doesn't affect me too much.