Running is Life!

First day of cross country practice and was so excited to see lots of new faces!!!! Did a 1.3 mile run with the new runners and then did 5 miles after practice 7:26 pace. So excited for this season! 

Did 3x 1mile intervals today- 6:16 first mile (flat), 6:34 second mile (mostly flat), 7:00 third mile (half mile up hill). But should out to the random little kids on bikes who helped pace my last mile! And shout out to Connor Baller for his sick hair cut! 

Took it short and easy today. Did 6 x 1 min pickups with my team on the grass with 1 minute rest! First speed work out of the season, many more to come! But excited about the determination I saw from the new runners today- I see visions of champions! 

Nice easy run today- 7:31 pace. 

Nice long run today! After warming up for a mile and a half  (and some how tripped on a line in the sidewalk....), then did the dream maker! The dream maker is a 1.5 mile  uphill timed run that my team does every so weeks. At practice early today my team did the dream maker for the first time this season and I was super excited with how my team did! The girls rewrote the top 10 record list and I was very impressed with the times & effort put out by the new runners! My team motivates me to be better! I pulled out a time of 10:48, so not too shabby :) Then just took a nice easy run to get in my miles- Ragnar coming up in 2 weeks! 

Nice distance run with the girls team! 

Did 2 different tempo runs with the girls team today. First group went 6:57 pace for 2.5 miles. After cool down and short break, went out with Butters and Elena (they were at soccer) and they held 6:58 pace for 2.50 miles. The girls did great!!!! Awesome practice overall for the team, figuring out where are new runners are at and excited to see where the vetern runners are starting! It's crazy how far this team has come, from my first day as head coach last year. I am so proud of what they have accomplished and the hard work they put in everyday! I'm so blessed to call them my team!