get that hardhat on

10 miles with Pierce when I got home from Wichita (like 7:30 pm). Did a big loop around sherwood. It was a blast since it was dark for like 2/3rds of the run. Average pace was 6:43. 

1.5 warmup. Workout was 4x800m (w/3:30 rest), 4x400m (w/2:30 rest). It was nice and windy for the last 150 of each rep. 800s were 2:22, 2:19, 2:19, 2:17. 400s were 65, 64, 65, 64. 2.5 miles of cooldown.

Did 8 easy in the trails today with Ben and Pierce. 1 mile of barefoot jogging on the turf afterwards. We also had core this morning.

Premeet. Warmed up and did 4x400m in 75-79. Jogged around until I got to 6.

Home meet today. It was extremely windy (especially towards the end). Warmed up 2 miles before the 1600m and got stretched out. Went out in front because nobody got out fast (even though I was expecting this one kid to). Ran the first lap in 64 and felt pretty good. Nobody was pressuring me so I kept that effort on the second lap but the wind played its part. I came through the 800 in 2:16 or so and knew it wasn't going to be fast. I pushed a little bit anyways as we came through and made a little gap. I kept a constant pace for the next two laps. On the last curve I glanced back and saw Pierce a couple of meteres behind me but he had a nice gap between him and 3rd. I ran it in and won with a 4:37. Cooled down for 1 mile on the turf.

For the deuce I warmed up for 1.2. It was crazy windy. For the first mile I just sat behind the leader. We came through 1600 in 5:15. As soon as we passed I picked it up and ran a 70 for the 5th lap, making an 8 second gap on 2nd. Finished the 2nd mile in 4:58 so 10:13. Cooled down for like .1 because I had to get ready for the Long-D 4x4.

To warm up for the most important race of the evening we practiced handoffs and did some buildups. Nathan took it out and got us into 4th, behind our varsity, T-High, and HP. Hef got the baton and passed the HP guy because he ran fast and because the guy ran in lane 8 until the last 100m. I kept us in third but I was feeling pretty sore. Pierce ran a 53 to close, getting us to a 3:47. That 4 second PR is letting us recieve our first ever Long-D 4x4 medals. Cooled down for 1.3.

It was a good time. I was a little disappointed that it was so windy because I wanted to go for some fast times. This Friday will be my chance to do so since the wind is only supposed to be 5mph.

Did an easy 6 miles of jogging as recovery from yesterday. After dinner I ran 3 more to get to 9.

Warmed up for 2 miles. Workout was 2x2mile (w/800m jog after) on the roads, 4x200m. 2 miles were rough since, yet again, it was windy. First one was 10:38 and second was 10:48. On the track and without wind they probably would have been 10:20s. 200s were 32, 31, 31, 29. 2 miles of cooldown for 10.