Run Like A Guppy

Did 10 mins of abs and hips before practice, then headed down to the park. Easy mile wu then over to the jr high for some grass pickups. I wasn't expecting my legs to feel too great with the speed, but after the first two, the pickups actually felt pretty good. Not quite sure how fast of a pace the pickups were at due to some technical difficulties, but they were at least at 6min/mile pace. Cooled down and did 15 mins of extra abs with the girls, so call me an overachiever

Well it was an 'easy' pace day and really hot....so I had to run myself into a migraine...again. This is starting to get really annoying, I need to figure out the main cause for these because I keep thinking I've fixed it and then I'll get another one. Went home right after the run as soon as I started seeing spots and proceeded to be a dead person in bed the rest of the day. Wahoo.  

Still not feeling 100% after dying yesterday, but I got some polarized sunglasses to at least keep the sun out of my eyes, they were still pretty sensitive to light. Pre meet went ok for how I was feeling, it was actually a bit quick at around a 2:57. Finished up mileage and ice bathed.

I honestly was still not feeling the best before the race. Waited around because I raced last, and I started really getting in my own head and focusing on how I'd been sick and I still wasn't feeling 100%. Luckily I caught that pretty early on and went and listened to my mental tape...which really helped switch my mindset even if I wasn't all there physically. Wrote my trigger phrase on my wrist, listened to pump up music, warmed up a mile, and headed to the line with my trusty chocolate flavored gu in hand. Start was good, a bit quick...but since when is that actually a problem? Stuck on Sarah Musselman and just let the mental tape take over. I don't remember being so calm and confident in a race since I pr'd in the mile at BYU. I had 3rd place locked in the last quarter mile, but I lost it to Sarah's kick...better work for next time because I don't exactly believe in luck. So overall it was great start to the season, but I still have a lot of room to improve. Cooldown was miserable, I've never felt so horrible after a race...but I've never raced that fast so that's probably why. Felt about as sick all night as my race was. 

To sum it up, I'm pretty sure dead men have felt better running than I did today...and I've got an 8:45 average pace to prove it

Well I didn't want to get up before the sun, and I had work from 7-10 so I decided I'd drive to the Provo river trail for some shade and hopefully some cooler temperatures. First mile I felt like lead, but that's still better than how I felt all of yesterday so wahoo. Just slowly racked up the miles and took a good recovery pace going up the trail, compensated my pace on the way back down and ended up with a 8:19 average pace...so considering I barely feel like walking right now, I'd call that success.