#WolverineWay

AM-Morning run with the guys.

PM-Mile and a half warm up with a half mile of striders. Our workout was 8x200 with 200 cool down and then 150m run downs. Mile and a half cool down. 

PM-Easy run by myself then half mile of striders and then took an ice bath.

PM- Herriman was hosting the Region Championships at our place so we didn't get to leave early but oh well. I at a lot of food throughout the day and made sure I was staying hydrated and fueled so by race time I would be in perfect condition to run fast. I watched the sprints and hurdles then went and headed out for my warm up. I did a mile and a half then a half mile of striders and then some idiot drills and headed to the line.

RACE: I took off in like 5th to last place and at the back stretch everyone moved away from the inside line so I was able to pass everyone and then catch up to Connor and Rory. I just stayed behind them for 3 laps because it was windy and I didn't want to be drafted off of. I stuck in behind Connor and let those guys do the work so I could save a bit. At 500m to go I pulled on Connor and started my kick, he hung with me for a while and I tried my hardest to get away from him and Jesse but I could feel them right on my tail. At 200m to go I was neck and neck with Jesse and Connor so I through down and gapped them by 20m in about 75m so I just settled back into my previous pace because I knew I was gonna get 3rd and I couldn't pass Rory or Austin Brower and I took a look back and saw that I was safe so I jogged it in. 

Connor actually let Jesse get 4th so he could go to state which was cool of him. I went and talked to some of my friends then went on a 2 mile cool down. 

Went out to the track after taking a test for my foods class then sat around and listened to music before the 800m. I went on my warm up and decided that if thought I could go to state in the 800m I would go for it, otherwise I would just jog it and go for the win in the 3200m. I knew this was a bad way to think about it but I do not like the 800m and I don't want to run it ever again.

800m- We got put in lanes and the kid in my lane decided to elbow me and put me in the back so I couldn't get around him so by the time we got around to the break line we were so far behind that I basically gave up right there but tried to stay in the race. I came through the lap in 61 and I felt like I just jogged but I was too far behind to make up how far I was behind so I just settled in and did like a 70 second last lap to come in like 9th. We were going to win by a lot in team scores so I didn't care about it.

I cooled down a mile and a half and then headed to the line for the 3200m. I knew I would win by a ton so I wasn't worried at all.

3200m- I took off and stayed in the lead the whole time. We were a bit slow on a few of the laps but I kept us on pace coming through the mile in 4:41. The wind was blowing so hard it pushed me off the track a few times on the straight aways so the USATF lady told me I was DQ'd at lap 5 but I kept going just to get experience and because I was so far ahead that dropping out would have been dumb so I finished the race anyway. I did my next mile in 5 flat though but they didn't have an official time because I got DQ'd so I would say around a 9:41-9:45.

I went and cooled down then went and did our victory lap because we won a region title (woohoo.....) and then took a lot of pictures.

PM- So hot today so I ran without a shirt and it felt fantastic:)

PM- Long run with the boys around the city.