The Mongoose

3 easy in the morning to Hidden Valley.  

In the afternoon we did hill repeats behind the school. It was a tough workout. I feel like I have been struggling with the heat more than usual lately. I've been drinking water during school but I guess it's just that hot. Finished strong, good workout. 

3 easy in the morning to the bridge. My left calf was super tight and painful from yesterday's workout. I stretched it good and rolled out last night but it didn't loosen up I guess.

6.5 easy w/8x100m strides afterwards in the afternoon. I felt much better in the heat today than I did yesterday. Also my calf felt better than it did this morning. Still a little painful, but better.

3 in the morning to the Spectrum.

Workout at the region course in the afternoon. 2.5 mile warm up (plus another .5 mile because I had to run to the bathroom), 2 mile power run, 2 mile cool down. Pretty hot but a good workout. I felt pretty relaxed and that was good.

3 in the morning to Hidden Valley.

Another 3 in the afternoon w/4x200m finishes to get ready for Nebo tomorrow. I feel ready and I'm excited for our team to go up and compete at another big meet.

3 in the morning to the bridge before leaving to go to the Nebo Invite at Salem Hills. 

We got to the race around 2:30, but the boys varsity race wasn't supposed to be until 6:00 so we just watched some races and hung out in the high school until it was time to warm up. We got in a good 2 mile warm up with some strides on the field. The race started and I got out pretty good, but things got pretty crowded coming out of the gate to the football field. I just tried to stay relaxed but didn't want to lose connection with Josh and Jaiden like I did at Woodbridge. I was able to stick with them and we came through the first mile somewhere around 5:10 I think. Second mile was pretty relaxed too, and Jaiden led us and a bunch of other guys in a pack through in around 10:20. I could feel it in the third mile and might've tensed up a bit. Josh started to separate from the pack so I went with him. We passed a lot of people on that last mile and finished strong. We ended up 2nd as a team to American Fork again, they had 24 points to our 87. Not a bad race for us, but I know we will do better. I'm excited for next week at Cedar, it is probably my last chance to go sub 15:00 this year. 

Ran on the state course this morning with the guys. State is almost here! It was sweet because it was raining on us pretty hard up there. Good way to wrap up the week. Next week should be a good week of training and a fun race on Friday.