Nicoles running blog

Rachel and I went to do Hansen Stadiums today..they kinda sucked. Warmed up with an 800, ran a stadium, 800, stadium, 800, stadium, and then cooled down with an 800. Took about an hour afterwards to stretch and just relax. Stadiums probably wern't the best idea for my hip, it was feeling kinda iffy after, so tomorrow I might chill and just go for a bike ride.

Easy 3 with Liz today! We talked about some very interesting stuff, and just had a blast. My lower back is starting to hurt a little bit, but I don't know if it's from running or something else. Hopefully something else and I'll be fine in a little bit!

Went 3 miles to hot nails, and then came back and added a mile around the 800 loop. I'm still feeling pretty good about my running, i'm where I should be mileage wise && my body isn't giving me too many troubles. So this could be a very good track season!

First work out of the season! 1.5 warm & cool with two 1000's on the track. We hit our exact time the first one (4:24) and the 2nd one we were a few seconds faster. Felt super good!

Fun trail run today! Kinda sucked at first, but then afterwards chilled and just attacked the hills one at a time. Took turns leading every 400 meters on the way back. Ended up being a way fun run(:

todays run was legitally fun. Got a small warm up in and then took 12 minutes at a 7 min. tempo pace. It was hard at first cuz we wern't completely warmed up, but about 5 minutes into it we were able to relax and realized that that pace wasn't as hard as we thought. We went about a mile and a half..maybe two? but it felt pretty nice and we had a way good pack! Afterwards we did a loop around my house, and then went straight up old man hills and took the neighborhood back to the High School.

2 Mile Warm and cool, with a Kosmin test in-between. Took them as hard as I thought I could, but the last one I still had a ton more energy then I thought i would so I gave it all and did better than I thought I would be able to. Ended up making it 3 loops and about 100 meters (1280). Mia made me go with her and the boys for the cool down which really was just another work out in itself, but it was still nice to be able to run with some new people for a change.

Best day of the week today: Easy 3. Mia and I ran with the boys for the first 1.5, and then chilled for a sec, sprinted back up to them, and then finished it all out with the boys team. We started and finished with them, and that's all that counts, so were good!

on a different note, I figured out from the Kosmin test yesterday that my mile times I could be hitting is 5:25. I didn't think much of it at first, but then I really started to think about it and realized that that's what I want to do this year. That's what I want my goal to be. I told some people in my family and they laughed at me saying that it's impossible for me to be able to do that and not get injured. But that just gave me more of a reason to do it. So my goal this track season: Qualify for State in the Mile.

"first do what is necessary... then do the possible... And then you will find yourself doing the impossible." -Elite Minds

The run this morning was freezing! We had to wake up at 7 for it, cuz Mia had to be somewhere at 9. It was Lizl, Ali, Mia, Megan, Carly, and I. We took the Green Springs Route all the way to the trail and then turned around and started our a little bit before the 5 mile mark. My Garmin was acting a little weird, it kept jumping from a 6:45 pace to a 6:15 ish pace. But we stayed the same, so I don't know what was up with that. Our average speed was probably around 6:20, we got up to where we needed to be on the down-hill, but the up-hill we dropped back to about a 6:30 pace. But i felt like I was full on sprinting the whole time, so i couldn't go much faster than I was going. We finished right at the first light, and went exactly 1.5 Miles. My hip was hurting a little bit after, but hopefully this break will fix it.

3 Thousands today, we hit about a 4:03, 4:05, and then a 3:47 ish I think. 1.5 warm and cool with weights after. Felt pretty good, starting to have some pain in my hip, so i'll probably have to back off a little bit and do some cross training this week.

2 Mile warm-up with an 18 min. tempo. Supposed to go at a 6:25 pace, but ended up being about a 6:48. I still feel like i pushed it pretty hard, but next time i know I can stay up with them. 2 ish mile cool down

two 800's on Old Man Hills today. I forgot how bad they hurt! Definately went faster on the 2nd one, but I had a bad start so I didn't finish where I should have.

Old man hills today. one 800, and two 400's. I did good on the first two, but my last 400 I lost all energy and didn't do how I should've

Fun trail run today! Almost died a few times, but it was great!
 

Tempo run today with 8 miles total. I did alright with my tempo, got around 6:42, which is the worst I've done..but with how i was feeling I did alright. I pushed it as hard as I could, and started catching up in the end..but in the middle i lost it and fell back.

Two 800's on Old Man Hills today. Did pretty good, not as good as I wanted..but finished them both pretty strong.

Easy 3 mile run today, felt great!