LayJay's Blog

workout today.  .5 mile warm up with drills.  there was a soccer game so we did the mile repeats on the road.  two mile warm up towards the arizona strip.  then the first mile repeat going down the hill.  my split was supposed to be 6:02.  the first one I got 5:59, then heading up the hill 6:14 then back down the hill I got 6:04.  My legs felt kind of asleep today but it was a good workout. then a mile cooldown to the track.  4x200 repeats.  I love 200s because they go by fast. then a half mile cooldown after the 200.  

am- three miles at the gym. worst idea ever. 20 laps around the summit track and a mile on the dumb tread mills!

pm- first day of "mandatory" practice, to me every practice is kinda mandatory but whatever:)  .5 mile warmup with drills.  we were supposed to go 5 but we hit more like 5.5.  then plyobata! today was a killer and I will definitely be sore tomorrow (which is good).  being sore is a good feeling because you feel like you actually did something!! anyways then we did some stretching!

2.5 mile warm up.  then once we got back to the track we did some strides.  normally we do the power run over in little valley but today was windy so we stayed on the track.  it was my first time going the whole 8 laps at once.  the wind definitely made it harder but it was still a great workout.  my pace was supposed to be 6:07 and I ended at 12:23 so I wasnt that far off! 4x200 finishes with 10 pushups in between.  I always like doing 200s or barefoot strides after workouts! 2 mile cool down out the spectrum way.  then core and stretches!

easy 4 on the trails by hidden valley

Kenyan run.  

first off rachel got sick this morning so I ran this race all by myself.  the first half was mostly down hill and I felt really good so my pace was in between 6:30 and 6:50.  I could have gone faster but I knew I still had another half to go so I kept that speed.  the next 4ish miles I bumped down to a 7-7:15 becasue it was going up hill but I still felt pretty good! mile 11-12 a side ache hit me and it hurt but I still ran through the pain.  after that went away the last mile I sped up to a 6:40.  for this being the first time running more than ten miles, it felt really good and it was really fun! I did a little cool down with the boys, then once I got home I iced, rolled, stretched and walked a little more.