february 5th and February 7th: Race day and Workout

Saturday: I raced the mile at 11:30 in Boise, ID. The track is 200 meters in length and so for me to complete the mile its 8 laps. I had an o.K race I ran a 5:12 which is descent for me because I am just getting back into racing and working out after I broke my foot in the fall! To start of the season with a 5:12 mile and placing 6th out of 36 girls I thought was pretty good! After that race I had 3 hours and I had to race again in the 3000 meters. The reason I raced the 3k was because I was pacing two of my slower teammates to get a better time! So thats what I did, I helped my two teammates run 10 second P.R's( personal records). I won this race with a 10:48. Which is not really a good time, but I wasn't trying for a better time. I had a pretty descent day overall.

February 7th: Workout at Olympic Oval

Today we had a workout at our 436 meter indoor track! This indoor track is called the Oval and it is where the speed skating competition for the olympic's were held! It just so happens that they have a 5 lane track on the outside the skating rink. The facility is really nice and helps us get in some great workouts! Our workout today was 2x 1000 meters and then 5x400 meters, 5x300 meters! Our 1000 meters was supposed to be in 3:30 seconds with 3 minutes rest in-between each 1000 meters. I ran both my 1k's in 3:25 a little fast but it felt easy. Then our 5x400's were supposed to be in 84 seconds with 2 mins rest in-between. I ran them at 73 seconds each and got into some trouble from the coach for going to fast. I was upset over this because I felt like I need to get more speed work in, I did not feel like the 400s were to fast, I ran the 400 meters really smooth and it was easy! Lastly the 5x300 meters were supposed to be in 60 seconds but I ended up running all of them in 57 seconds! This workout was terrible for me because the times I was supposed to run were too slow, I was very frustrated. I got told off by my coach today for going to fast! I needed to go faster because I needed to be pushed harder. Overall today I pretty much did what I wanted to, and got in trouble for it.  Hopefully tomorrow and the next few days will be better!