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Well Christmas break is over which sucks but that means the start of after school runs again. I was pretty tired today mainly because I didn't get very much sleep. I went to bed at like 10:15 and I didn't fall asleep for a couple hours. Went upstairs and got a bowl of cereal at 1:30 then I finally fell asleep at like 2. No worries though. Today we planned for a mile time trial so we could gauge what heat we are going to be in on saturday, but turns out the snow on the track had not melted so we changed the workout to a 4 mile interval workout. Just easy the first mile, hard the next, then easy, then hard. I finished my first hard mile in 5:20, and then my 2nd hard mile in 5:31. I would've been faster on that 2nd hard mile but I had to run around a car that stopped in an intersection, then I took it easy for a couple of steps because I almost stumbled on some ice. Finished with a half mile cool down. Might go to the Sports Academy later on today to get some more mileage in.

3.5 miles at the Sports Academy on the treadmill. 6:45 to 7 minute mile pace. Then lifted and worked on legs. Shot some hoops.

Easy 4 miles with Hayden and Eric. Average mile pace was 7:16. No more lifting for the rest of the week. I destroyed my triceps and I am soooo sore. Hopefully it goes away by the end of the week.

We were supposed to go do a hill workout on a hill in providence, but because it was snowing and kind of foggy our coach didn't want me running into any cars and damaging them, so he gave us a workout in the school to do. 3 sets of 5 hard laps on the inside of the school broken up with an moderate paced lap after each lap. After set it was followed with 25 push-ups and 50 sit ups. We were supposed to be going 5k pace, but we were really going like an 800 meter pace. We were pushing so hard! Ended up having to do the last 2 sets on the indoor track in the gym since the school closed the hallway doors. Since we couldn't use our watches since we were inside we estimated that it was about 3 miles. Good speed workout! 

Went to the Sports Academy with Hayden later on and did 5 miles on the treadmill. First two miles in 13 minutes, and the 2nd two mile I finished in like 12:30, I can't remember the exact times. Then finished with a mile cool down with incline. Felt really good on that. Then we both shot some hoops for a couple of minutes. I'm way pumped for the USU indoor track meet. I hope I do well it's just really hard to say if I will or not because I don't have a ton of training behind me since I took a 10 week break for mono. I will just stay optimisitic! Peace.

Becuase of the crappy air right now, we just ran inside around the halls today. Got 2 miles of moderate and easy miles. Felt pretty good except for my triceps which still kill. Planned for more miles at the Sports Academy.

Did 4 miles at an easy 7:30 pace on the treadmill at Sports Academy with Hayden. Can't wait for the first indoor track meet. I'm gonna kill it.

Easy pre-meet 3 miles with Hayden and Eric. Average mile pace was 7:43 which felt different because I never go that slow even on pre-meet days. My legs were kind of heavy I'm sure that will go away. So pumped!

Today was USU indoor track meet. First one of the year. I wasn't really expecting to do great because I have only had about 3 weeks of training since when I first came back from mono, then getting sick with strep throat right after Footlocker. I ran both the mile and 2 mile. I wanted to p.r. in both of them because I felt like that was a reachable goal despite getting sick. When I ran the mile I was just really tight in the arms and they were hurting but I tried my best to push through. I ended up getting past by like 4 kids in the last 400 meters. My conditioning is not the greatest and when I tried to stay up with them my body was making it pretty hard to do so. I ended up getting a 4:50, but I'm not way upset about it. For the two mile most people left, so I believe there was only like 5 guys racing it. I went out with Ethan for the first 9 laps or so but I couldn't keep up the pace. My first mile was 4:57, and I finished with a 10:25. Yeah that's not good for me at all. I did fine based on my conditions. All I can do from this point is continue to gain my cardio and strength back so I'm excited to see how I do in these future meets. Great job to all my fellow Hobby Joggers. You all did great!