You've got to want it to win it

First day of school! But since I didn't have class today I only went to campus for practice and to get my books. For such a simple task, it took way too much time. I went to practice at 11 and didn't get done until 1. We had to run the first 10 minutes on the track before we were allowed to go anywhere. We took fruit loop to Sunnyside and then cut through the golf course to get to Wasatch. Everyone else turned around a little after 1300s, so I continued on my own to 2100s before cutting down to Foothill to go back to campus. Back at the track I did my cooldown strides and drills and then joined Becky for hurdle drills and core. The coaches weren't able to arrange for an early lifting group yet so I had to come back at 3:45. Then the lift that was supposed to be 25 minutes was really 45. I'm a little irritated with how things are going right now because all of us have lives outside of practice. 

This afternoon we had a hill workout at Red Butte. We warmed up to the trail and then did a little bit out on the Shoreline Trail and back. We did our strides and drills on the dirt road and then got going on the workout. The workout was six 60 second hills with 3 minute recovery jog according to training peaks, but Kep forgot and said 3 minutes between each sendoff. So my group sorta got in trouble on the second one because I told them we were supposed to rest a minute longer. Afterwards Kep looked at the app and realized I was right. Oh well. On one of the reps we saw a snake coming out onto the road by our starting line, so we moved that one up a few meters. Once we got through those it felt like forever until we were ready to jog over to the Shoreline trail for some 40 second repeats. I thought it was just 4, and that's what we did, but later on training peaks I realized that one was supposed to be 6. But I don't think Kep minded us cutting that one short because we were in the sun way to long. Seriously, we were working out from 2:00-4:35 including the cooldown and cooldown strides and then GS in the training room. Way too long! I cooled down with Becky and she told me she was glad to have me back :) she had a class after practice and she was barely on time for it, so she appreciated that I was trying to keep the workout rolling.

Today was a sad day for me because new coach said we weren't allowed to run longer than an hour on our base mileage days. What. is. going. on.??? So we did our warmup on the bailiff and had to go "slow" in coache's words, and then were allowed to take off. I had a hard time finding my rhythm after that. Plus it is a little awkward when you take off from your team and then they catch up to you at every red light. I ended up running with Becky again, we did Albertson's loop and then finished the last couple of minutes on the track before doing our cooldown strides.

This afternoon we had our first threshold workout at Liberty. I ended up driving because I had class afterwards, and everyone else ended up driving too. A little sad to miss the Trax experience. We warmed up 2 miles (I went extra with the late arrival group) and then did strides and drills. The workout was 3 8 minute threshold with 1:40 recovery. We had 3 large groups which was really nice because there was always someone to pull the others along. We were supposed to go 6:20/mile pace for the first one, 6:15 for the second, and 6:10 for the third. On the last one I took off with Dre and Hannah and maybe we got a little excited because we were closer to 6 minute pace. But we all finished strong. Afterwards we did four 30 second strides and then did GS. The V sits irritated my back and then it hurt all evening as I sat through my 3 hour class.

This afternoon everyone met for 2:00 practice. We had the option of running the first few minutes at the track and then going to Sunnyside to run laps, or to drive to Sugarhouse to run. We opted to stay on campus to save commute time. The warmup was so quiet because I think we are all sick of this no going for a real run on any of our old routes business. I kinda thought that the reason we got garmins was so that we could keep the freedom of running where we wanted and to be held accountable by the fact that the data would be uploaded to training peaks for the coaches to see. I guess I was wrong. When we were done on the track everyone else decided they wanted to run on bailiff instead. I ran there enough when I was pregnant last year, so I went to Sunnyside by myself. I did a few laps there until I had just over 6 miles, then took Guardsman back to campus and finished at the track with strides. I did GS with everyone afterwards in the weight room. I had a nasty headache this morning that was still lingering when practice time rolled around, and the burpees really did not feel that great. Anyway, I don't have to run again until tomorrow!

It was a busy day. I had an awful headache again this morning so I went back to bed. Then I didn't get a chance to run until after fan fest. I did a few laps at Sugarhouse and then left the park. I didn't feel very good so I stopped for water, then when I started running again my head started pounding so I called it for the night. I need a day off to mentally come back for a better week next week.