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So I woke up this morning so glad to start my first day of spring break, just to look out the window and see a winter wonderland. Great. I wanted to get a tan on, but no. That dumb ground hog lied! Hayden and I thought of places we could go to run so we decided to go to USU and try to get in the field house. It turned out that the USU track team was using the track, so that was a no go. Since we were both dressed warm we decided to just run on the campus. Don gave us a workout of 4 mile repeats at 5:30 pace. I was actually planning on combining 2 of the intervals together and then pick up the pace to 5:10 pace. That was going to be really hard since I wasn't going to be on a track and it seemed like every direction that I turned the snow and wind was being blown right at me. Warmed up for a mile then did the workout. I was sopping wet and still had to do 6x200 at mile pace. After my 3rd 200 my femur started hurting but I couldn't tell if the pain was in the bone or it was muscular. I decided to not do the last 3 because it is smarter to be safe than sorry. Didn't cool down because, well, I was already cold. :p I wish I could've gotten more milage but I didn't want to hurt anything. Stretched later and it feels like the pain was in my muscle, so I should be good. Peace.

7 easy miles with Hayden at about 4 o'clock. It felt a little chilly outside, so I dressed pretty warm but I ended up regretting it because I got way too hot. Ran to the highway from my house and then to Hollow Road about a mile and half down it then turned around and ran back. I felt really good physically. Average pace was 7:01. We have a way hard hill workout planned tomorrow so that makes me happy. 

Well I had a tough hill workout planned for today but I just decided last night that I'm going to race at UVU on saturday, so I am going to do the hill workout after my race later in the day. I'm going to run the mile by the way. I did 7 at an easy to moderate pace. I know yesterday was easy but I just want to make sure that I'm feeling fresh for saturday. I started from my home and did the same route as yesterday, but instead of turning back I kept going down hollow road and up Blacksmith Fork hill. I was just going to run to my grandmas house in Hyrum and get a ride home from my mom who was coming a bit later. I had kind of a stomache ache so it made the first 7 miles kind of miserable. Grandma fed me lots of junk food when I got there so that was awesome. A couple hours later I did a mile at my home in 5:46 which felt pretty good.  

Today I did 6 moderate paced miles around Nibley. The air felt lovely and I felt really good. Only thing is I got pretty bored running by myself. Hayden is in Moab right now so I got no one to talk to on my runs. Average pace was 6:20. Followed by 10x100m strideouts. Finished to 7 miles. Excited to race at UVU.

Pre-race today so I only got 5 miles. Did my favorite Nibley loop and I felt really good. I was having a hard time making myself go slow which sounds weird. Did some strideouts to finish to 5. Average pace was 7:05. I have a little bit of pain behind my knee but I'm hoping it will feel fine for my race. I just want to get as close as I can to state qualifying time tomorrow. 

Definitely not what I was hoping for. The night before I got about 4 hours of sleep. I went to bed a little before 10 and I kept on checking the time, and the last time I checked it was 12:45. I think the reason why I couldn't sleep is because I kept thinking about the race in the morning. I woke up at 5 because the plan was to leave by house at 6. The drive down, I didn't get an ounce of sleep because usually once I'm awake for a while, then I can't go back to sleep. When I got there I checked in then did a mile and half warm up. My event was about 15 minutes later. Finally to the race. I had the 4th spot on the line and when we started, the 18 people on my outside had cut in and I was immediately boxed in. To make matters worse, whoever was in front was not pushing the pace at all. Our first 400 meters we did in 1:11. Way to slow. The whole next lap I was pushing to try and get out which I finally did. The third lap I did a poor job on keeping my position and staying tight on the person in front of me. A few people slipped in front of me which was bad of me. The fourth lap I did a poor job of kicking and passing people. I didn't get passed by anybody, but I didn't pass anyone either. When I crossed the line I still felt like I had more in the tank and I could've run faster. Physically I felt good. I ended up finishing 24 overall but I’m a much better runner than what my race had reflected. Although I was not happy with my time I still was glad that I got the opportunity to run because I learned a lot of valuable things during that race. Things that I will be able to apply into my races in the future. It was the first time that I have raced this outdoor season so I hope I can get all the bad out of the way at the beginning and start doing well from now on. I don’t race again until this Saturday, so I’m looking forward to a week of good workouts.

Later at about 4:30 I did a hill workout that I promised my coach I would do after my race. The workout was 6 by 2 minute hill repeats on center street hill in Providence. I was a little tired but still got a really good workout. Cooled down for 2 miles so I could get 10 for the day.