january 25-29

This week during cross country practice wasn't that exciting. this week i have been more tired than i have before. I've been loaded down with all kinds of homework, and ive been staying up late. Lately my days have consisted of waking up early, going to school, practice till 6:30, get home around 7 o'clock, take at least 30 minutes to eat, then do my AP U.S History homework and pre-cal till about 10 and then go to bed, and do it all again. My energy has been running thin thats for sure. So this week on monday we ran about 6 miles at a 7 minute pace and that was pretty tough but i made it through. On tuesday we didn't hae school because of snow, and coach couldn't run with us that day so i took a day off, but don't tell anybody! Then on wednesday we had a workout and i'm pretty sure i almost died. We had to do three 1 mile repeats and he wanted us to do them all out sprint as hard as you can, and i was so tired. I ran as hard as i could but i know i didn't do very good. I'm not that great at running hard for less than 2 miles. i'm better at running distance at a good pace. Thats why i run half marathons instead of measley little road races. So the entire time i was running i just wanted to stop and cry because i was so tired and our worouts and runs have been so tiring, but i pushed through and made it to the end of practice, coach always says discipline makes you tougher. Also i think last weekend was our UK track meet, which was SO much fun. I got second place in my 800 race and our team didnt do so good in the 4x800 because one of our runners wouldn't hand me the baton so we lost some time and a couple of places. But it was lots of fun hanging out with mallory and sydney and claire bear.....our freshman. Anyways, this thursday we did another six miles at 8 minute pace but i ran it at about 7:30 pace, and thankgoodness Friday is an off day. As much as i love running and could never stop, i sure hate it sometimes!