These past 2 days have been amazing. I’m improving alot but I know I can do better. I remember when we first ran 30 minute warmups, I can barely hit the 2 1/2 mile. But since this is my 3rd week, I bumped it up to 3 miles in the time period of 30 minutes. It feels really good. And one of the returning freshmen from Cross Country asked me why I was so dedicated and I was astonished. That someone else thought I was dedicated. Someone that has at least gotten a patch at NCS. And that made me realize, that I had to work harder. I hard to run faster, that I couldn’t cheat myself. Because when you cheat yourself, you’re only hurting yourself. So now I plan on hitting 4 miles in 30 minutes. I wish I can run the All-Comers Meet in January):
Day 7: I ran 2 and 1/2 miles in the course of 30 minutes. WOW. I effing suck. I need to at least get that up to 3 miles. After, we did alot of leg work and work outs and my legs were extremely sore by the end of the day. We had to do squats and play this ‘game’ where people would duck walk through. Never ending torture…
Day 8: 25 minutes and I only ran 2 miles-____- I need my legs to just work a little harder. I was a bit extra tired today, I need to start drinking more water:/ After my warm-up run, we did drills than core. Oh my lord jesus. Roosevelt needs to step up his game when it comes to doing push-ups. Ferril, making everyone start over. He effin’ it up for everyone. We did so many crunches, and bicycles, and leg lifts. And all this other sheeez. Then we did some running workouts. Aghh, so tiring!! And then we got some freshmen trying to do the cat-daddy and his knees looked like they were glued together. Wtf 0.o But damn, another sore day. I have to beat her….
25 minute warm-up. Ouuuu~~~ Alright, so as I was running around the track, my 3rd lap was tiring. But I didn’t want to give up after only 3 laps. So I went for the mile. But once I hit the mile mark. I wasn’t even tired. So wtheck, might as well hit the 2 mile mark. But on my 7th lap. A deep pain was coming into my side. It was like multiple stabs in one area. But I couldn’t stop because a freshmen had caught up to me, and I’m like NAHHH, I have to keep going. And so I hit the 2 mile mark and the pain lessened. So I was like aghh, might as well do a few more laps. In the end, I got down 2 1/2 miles. And I wasn’t even tired! All that in 25 minutes which felt like eternity. T’was a great run.
Wow, 15 minutes felt shorter. But I’m anxious when we start running for longer times. I think I need a watch. I’m trying to pace myself and make my normal pace faster. By this, I try not to stop during my runs. Ahh, I’m getting less sore which is good. I guess. I can’t wait til the point where I can run 2 miles and itll be nothing. I ran a mile and a half today. Which isn’t too bad. And I wasn’t even that tired! WOAH. I never thought I’d be at this point. Let’s do thisss!
Ahhh, 3rd bittersweet day of track. It has been a sore 3 days. Todays run was 15 minutes which isn’t bad at all. I ran a mile and a half. Very proud of myself since I haven’t ran this much in forever. It’s pretty crazy how much I love track because I think I’m growing to love the feeling of running. Pushing until the finish line. I need to push myself to a faster paste. I can do this. I know I can.
It was really relaxing and we had 10 minute warm-up where I ran a light mile. I was sort of sad since a few people didn’t show up. But it was fun doing races and pull-ups. I have no upperbody strength whatsoever. I will not quit.
That was such an exhilarating run. I ran a total of 2 and a 1/2 miles today. WOAH. My first 2 laps were pretty easy. And then the first half of the mile was EXCRUCIATING. The burning pain, the ache, the stabs in my right side. Ouch. But then, I kept on running. I wanted to just do 1 mile. But I said to myself NO, keep going. You are dedicated. You will not quit. Not this season. And the rest of the 2 miles was a beautiful experience.
