Run Like A Guppy

If you didn't know, Idaho State has a very large, very old, very creepy cemetary exactly .75 miles from campus. I was out doing a warm up for the speed workout and I dared myself to run in the cemetary since I was already running by it anyway. Luckily I finished my 2 mile warm up without being attacked by zombies. Hit the ISU track and had a decent speed workout. My 5x400 at 5k pace were very consistent with my splits ranging from 1:24-1:25, the next 3x400 at 2 mile pace were solid ranging from 1:15-1:19, and the last 2x400 weren't quite mile speed at 1:14 and 1:12...I just wasn't used to that pace and I couldn't seem to get my legs around fast enough. Cooled down with a super cool girl named Corbin. Shoutout to ISU for being awesome. 

Medium mileage with the girls. Mile speed changes felt good, only a little stiff from yesterday. The rest of the run was solid, just cruised through the miles. Shoutout to Saltboy for being able to run again, he's hecka fast.

I'm happy to announce that none of us were attacked by clowns on the trail as the girls and I did an easy low mileage run. I did, however, get splashed multiple times by the infamous puddle jumpers (Gan and Mario) so pretty much I'd almost prefer the clowns. 

Pre-meet felt ok, legs are a little tired but not bad. Wahoo for low mileage and fall weather.

I'm not sure what to think about this race. I wasn't in a great place mentally heading in. I'm still happy with my place and ok with my time, but I know I could've done better. In the moment everything just seemed to hurt more than usual...my legs felt more tired at the 2 mile mark, I felt like chucking a half mile out, and I just wasn't able reach that focused zone I was able to find at Bob Firman. I finished much farther behind Kate Hunter (shoutout to her for winning) than I have in previous races. But I'm overall satisfied I guess. Shoutout to the girls because we're going to STATE!

I miss old Lehi. We ran one of our usual routes from the good ol' days and it was great. The weather was a perfect fall crisp. My legs felt way better than they should for racing region yesterday though. But we're still going to state (wahoo!) so I guess I should be grateful we're going and I can head into this week not wrecked.