Monday: 8 Miles. Ran to Stonington High via route one, returned on SHS roads, and CT neighborhood routes. I was going to do some laps, but it looked like there was practice going on. Thought about the meet Wednesday against them.
Tuesday: 6 Miles, last dual meet of the season. I was ready to run easy wins in the 1500 and 800. Until I felt terrible in school, with weak muscles and back pain. I wasn't sure how this would affect my meet. Luckily it went away during running, but unfortunately I had to do the 3K.
1500
I planned out going out hard, and my first split was a 63. Got slower and slower as it went on, and I became really tired. Finished in 4:16, disappointing, but not the worst time I could've run. It was more disappointing that I was on track to PR, then completely fell off.
3K
I don't remember much about this 3K. Light rain, I ran alone, it wasn't fun at all. It was one of the more unenjoyable ones, as I just counted down the laps. What made it worse was that I knew I was off, pace-wise. I was running 75s and 76s when I should have been running 73s and 74s. I finished in 9:23, also a little disappointing.
This was different from last week, as this hurt my confidence a little bit. Last week I ran fast times (somewhat) easily, and this week I ran slower times and it felt much harder. Hopefully I'll perform better in Wednesday's and Saturday's meet.
Wednesday: 9 Miles. Excited all day to run an easy meet at SHS, a rare meet just for fun, friendly competition, one that didn't matter. And then I was it was cancelled halfway through the day. It was even more frustrating to learn that it wasn't cancelled, but rather Westerly coaches pulled out because of the rain. Stonington and Waterford would be still holding the meet. It hard to get over that disappointment, but I eventually. Unfortunately, my run was pretty horrible. I mapped a new route, a loop to South Anguilla Road via Pequot Trail, return route one, but forgot to eat any bars before and really suffered because of it. Complete lack of energy made me feel terrible as well.
Thursday: 5 Miles. I felt much weaker than usual Tuesday and Wednesday, but Thursday confirmed that I had gotten sick. Many classmates had as well. It seemed I had more symptoms than usual- this time Chest Congestion, Running Nose, Sore Throat, and lots of coughing. We had 7xNarragansett and I felt pretty terrible, struggling to get through them. Except for my first, there were slower than usual. Difficulty of Workout: 4/5 (3/5 if I wasn't sick).
Friday: 5 Miles. Felt absolutely horrible with Chest Congestion, making it hard to breathe on run. Felt really terrible, and ran much shorter than usual, and much slower as well.
Saturday: 3 Miles. I had slept 12 hours, trying to recover from being sick as quick as possible, but still woke up the same. Unfortunately, I still had a meet to go to. It took a long time to get to the fast 1500, but it finally came. It was extremely stacked. I was seeded 10th. I was in a great position for the first 800, running 64 for 400 and 68 for 800. I lost the pack a little over the course of the third lap, but catching them I was still possible. I lost my energy and started to hurt in the last lap. My last lap was poor- I slowed down a lot, was passed and finished in a disappointing 4:16, 14th overall. (1st and 2nd ran a speedy 3:52). I was pulled out of the 800.
Sunday: 0 Miles. Still sick, but starting to improve.
Weekly Mileage: 38 (same as last week)
YTD Mileage: 751 Miles
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