#WolverineWay

AM- 3

PM- 9 

PM- 7, 5x800m hill repeats. Kept up for the first 3 then fell back.

I need: to stop pushing on easy days (like yesterday where I went sub-6 for the last three miles), eat healthier food, go to bed earlier, take better care of myself, and stretch and roll out more often.

PM- 4.6 miles after our team goal meeting session. I set my region goal for 14:52. I truly think I will be able to accomplish that this year. In the run we ran with the top 8 and talked about our individual goals and I made sure that they were aiming for my course record of last year (15:29). We went a little faster than I wanted to but oh well. Team dinner afterward.

Got to the race at around the time where the girls ran and checked out the course. They changed it from the last time I had ran on it (where I set the record) It involved quite a bit of looping and we only did the big loop once :(. I took off pretty fast to get to the front and made sure that my team was doing the same. Austin and I broke away from the pack pretty soon.

I tucked in behind him for the first mile and a half while he decided to try and surge away and make me die. I just kept going and caught him each time he surged. He eventually died and I had to finish the race alone. Rory came in 10-11 seconds behind me and Brower was around 10-15 seconds behind Rory. Did two miles for the cool down. 

PM- easy 4 miles plus striders and stretching.

Got to the race early and Connor and I went to go walk the course. There were parts that were muddy which was cool and I was pretty cool outside so I knew it would be a fast race. I sat down to put on my spikes and Rory decided to put his on right next to me and stomped on my foot with his 1/3 in spikes. I swore at him.

After cleaning my self up from Rory's spikes I got to line but they didn't start for a long time. I told the boys to just stay with me as long as they could. Rory and I got the front and made sure the pace stayed fast, the rest of the team all stayed in with us which was good. Rory and I led the race for the first two miles coming through the mile-to-go in 10:10 (our first mile was 5:00) We took off and Rory began to fall back and so did I but I tried my hardest to stay with the lead pack. I passed Paxton but Jaydn Asay was still quite a bit ahead of me.

I finished fourth behind Ben Saarel (14:58), Jake Heslington (14:59), Jaydn Asay (15:13) and I ran a 15:18 which would have had me winning this race last year. I did a 2 mile cool down with Ben and Paxton and we talked about our race. Ben noted that at one point in the race he saw our entire varsity team ahead of him, I lol'd at that. Our team finished second behind Mountain View's 64 with our 88. I am disappointed that we didn't beat them but I think by the end of the year we will.