Train insane or remain the same

AM: 57ish minutes from the house up to campus, out on Pipe to the viewpoint and back. Legs felt good. Smooth run. 

PM: 31ish minutes on the loop from Beus on lower and back. Good times. Strides. 

3x800,400,800,400,800 at Beus. 

2.5 Warm up to Beus, stretches, strides. Workout was 800's at 2:30-2:34, 400 active rest. 3-4 minutes in between sets. Averaged 2:31's, was locked into the pace nicely with Tracen and we were working together. Everything felt good, felt strong. Dropped a couple seconds on the last one. 

Cool down, lifting, ice bath. 

Recovery day that I was looking forward to. Slow start to get the most out of recovery day. Picked it up towards the end which I didn't really want to do but my legs were just going naturally so it wasn't too bad. 

strides

8x400 

Warm up and then some 400’s on the track at 70. It was a nice tune up. Cooldown 

AM: Easy 50 down Harrison and then a few strides. Feeling good for tomorrows race. It was changed to USU's course due to bad air quality in Utah County. Last time I ran there was sophomore year, I'm excited to run fast and see how it goes. 

Warm up, drills, strides. 

Didn't think about the race very much during the week. I got to the race and didn't feel very pumped so I tried to hype myself up and get mentally read to grind. Got ready and I was good to go.  

Went out quick to not get boxed in and then settled into rythmn. First couple miles just chilled. 1st mile 5:06 and 69th place, 2nd mile 5:17 and 61st place. Once we got to the top and headed downhill I started to pick it up a lil there. Coming back up the second time I was cautious to not go too hard and not have a kick at the end but looking back it is downhill to the finish and I saved a little too much. 3rd mile 5:26 58th place. Pushed it til the finish, had a good kick. Last 1.3 at 5:17 pace and finished in 47th. Overall I'm happy with it. It was another solid performance. I moved well throughout the race. Now we are gonna get a few solid weeks of training under our belts and then at the USU invite I want to go and really push myself to see what I can do.   

30ish minute cooldown with the boiiis. It was a lot of fun having a meet in Utah which meant seeing so many running homies. Shout out to fellow bloggers and childhood friends Nick "Hell Raiser" Hill and Preston "Warbeast" Warby for coming to the meet and cheering me on.