Sunday, August 14: 12 miles

I ran 12 miles at 6:28 pace. I worked at our freshman retreat all weekend and l didn't get back till 5:30ish. I would've ran earlier had I not been gone. I was exhausted from the weekend but overall a solid run. I had a delicious Brisket for dinner for my Grandpas Birthday. 

Monday, August 15: 5 miles + core + 150s + 3 cool-down miles

I ran 5 miles before practice because I had free period last. Those 5 were alright. It was pretty sunny and I ran from school out and back. During practice we had a 10 minute warmup and then had "core day" where we did the hardest core session I've ever done in my life. Then 150's for speed maintenance and finished off with 3 miles feeling dead from the core and 150's. Our whole senior class went to a Braves game this night and the Braves won 13-1. 

Tuesday, August 16: 2.5 miles + 4 miles of work = 6.5 miles

I ran 2.5 miles before practice. The "BeReal" went off on the run, so of course I had to take the picture. Then we had a slight 10-minute warmup, then went to a 10-minute tempo on the track, followed by some hill repeats and then I did a 1.5 mile cool-down. 

Wednesday, August 17: 7.75 miles

The dreaded and needed "Core day 2".

We had a 10-minute warmup, then a moderate Monday core workout, followed with a harder (and hillier) 5 miles at 6:10 pace. I wasn't trying to go too quick, but my legs were just feeling good and I rolled through 5. We had a 1.25 mile cool-down. We got our senior ties earlier in the day, which is a pretty big deal. It's a ceremony where the Kindergarteners give us our chapel ties -- and we got a Chick-fil-A before, so a good pre-practice day all in all. 

Thursday, August 18: 9 miles

This we labeled "River Day".

Our Thursdays are typically medium long run days at the Chattahoochee River. I got nine (miles) total here. It was a pretty nice day and I ran a little quicker than I wanted at 6:10 pace, but again, it wasn't intolerable just not ideal. 

Friday, August 19: 3.5 miles

This was the dreaded morning practice that we have once a week. We had to arrive at the track and start out  by 6:30. It wasn't too bad this week, though. The team did a workout, while me and another one of my teammates did a 20-minute jog and 3x200s at "race pace" because we had a time trial on Saturday. I didn't do any extra miles before or after because mileage was where it needed to be. 

Saturday, August 20: 5 miles

I would've normally taken today off and ended the week at roughly 50 miles. Myself and a teammate had a half time-trial, half workout this morning. I did a 6,400 on the track. 10 minute warmup. The goal was cruise through the first 3,200 and then speed up in the second 3,200. I came through the first half in roughly 10:38. Then the next mile 5:00 and then closed the last mile in 4:43 with a 63-ish last lap. Overall, I felt pretty good. It was relatively early so it was nice out and my legs were under me the whole way. 1 mile cool-down. 

Mileage total ≈ 55 miles