Sean Hagert Running

Easy run today, 9 miles at a 7:10 average.

Short speed workout totaling 2 miles followed by easy recovery to finish milage.

Speed Workout: 2x 400m, 600m, 200m mile pace

Pushed the pace a little about a 6:40 mile average.

Ran 10 miles at an easy pace, average of around 7:00 minute miles.

Ran out of gas around mile 6-7, I don't think I ate enough today, something I need to work on.

Waking heart rate of 72 bpm

After the warm up I did 2 miles of speed changes, that is slow on the curves and fast on the straits. Afterwards I finished up 10 miles.

I felt a little sick today so I couldn't go as fast as I wanted to, but I did hold a 7:05 mile average so I'm fairly happy with that.

Waking heart rate of 66 bpm

Started the distance run with a 4 mile tempo run. Went a little slower than I wanted to but im still a little sick. I averaged around a 5:55 mile. The I finished up my mileage staying around a 6:50 mile.

Rout was a little hilly today which made the run somewhat harder, plus I wasn't feeling the greatest, hopefully i'll be back at 100% next week.

Waking heart rate 90 bpm

Easy distance run today, low mileage, fairly easy. I felt pretty good today so I was able to somewhat push the pace. First half of the run was uphill at a 6:30ish average, second half all downhill with a 6:00 average. Afterwards did some squats 4x10 at 95lb with some calf raisers and abs.

Waking heart rate 90 bpm

Speed workout today, kinda tough, it was a little hard to breathe. Afterwards we finished up our distance at a nice easy pace with a 7:50 average. Legs are a little sore and I've developed a blister on my left foot. Hopefully it will heal quickly.

Speed workout: 5x 500m at goal 800m pace

Times: 1:22.6, 1:22.49, 1:26.53, 1:26.13, 1:27.93

I dropped off a little on the last few.

Waking heart rate: 84 bpm

Easy run today had to split up to miles due to a conflicting appointment. Average of 7:10 per mile

Pre-meet today

consisted of 3x 100m stride outs, 2x 200m at goal 800m pace, 3x starts

Afterwards finished up miles, 7:18 mile average

Ran the 4x800m relay at the Olympic Oval today, I anchored the relay with a split of around a 2:03, team time of 8:21.09. We placed second, the winning team ran a time of 8:21.08, needless to say some of the guys are a little dissapointed that 1/100 of a second cost us first place.

I didn't run as many miles as I should have today but I wanted to make sure that I was ready for my race, and afterwards I was too tired and it was a little late.

Ran the open 800m today, was placed in the fast heat. I was still tired and a little sore from yesterday so I probably didn't run as fast as I could have, I finished last in my heat but 14 overall out of 94 runners, so I'm pretty happy about that.

Afterwards I ran 6 more miles to cool down, less than I should have gone but my legs were pretty much shot. Had a 7:31 average for the remainder of my miles.

Easy distance run today 10 miles at a 6:55ish average. My ankle hurt a little during the run, I need to make sure I ice it tonight.

After the run I did a weight workout consisting of bench press 3x10 reps 75lb and a fouth set of 15 reps 80lb, curls 3x10 at 30lb (15lb each arm), push press 3x10 50lb, butterfly press 3x10 50lb

Had a mile time trial today, led the first three laps but couldn't keep it up on the final lap, finished with a 4:44 which I'm fairly happy with, not bad for the first mile of the season. I was still a little sore from my races the previous weekend. Also didn't help that I didn't have anybody to chase the first three laps, I tend to do better when I get to chase somebody.

Afterwards finished up the rest of my miles at a 8:00 mile average, a nice easy recovery pace.

Had a speed workout today, it would have been easier if I had not eaten a decent sized pile of Tootsie Rolls right before, had some stomach problems during the run...

Speed Workout: 2x 1000m, 3x 800m, 4x 400m all at goal 2 mile pace, my splits were 3:08.78, 3:08.36, 2:32.64, 2:33.31, 2:31.63, 1:12.12, 1:11.11, 1:10.56, 1:13.93.

Afterwards we finished up our miles at a 7:15 mile average

Had a hill workout today, the hill wasn't the steppest, it was just long with a slight incline. Consisted of 4 sets: 1x 200m, 1x 400m, 1x 200m up the hill at mile pace.

Afterwards we finished up our distance with around a 7:30ish mile average

Waking heart rate: 72 bpm

Speed workout today: 4x 400m at mile pace, 6x 200m at 800m pace, 4x 100m all out.

Felt pretty good, but I had developed a couple large blisters on the bottom of my feet, had to drain them before I could finishe up the rest of my miles. Went at an easy pace of 7:10ish minute miles

Recovery distance run today, 10 miles. Was a little sore so my pace was a little slower than usual. Maintained about a 7:20 mile average.

Easy distance run today. Still recovering from last week, but we felt pretty good so we went a little faster than we probably should have 6:46 mile average.

Another distance run at a faster pace, ran a 6:28 mile average, felt pretty good but my legs were a little sore

Bit of a speed workout today had 12x 1 min. pick-ups at mile pace w/ 1 min. or recovery pace in between each pick-up. To throw a little spice into the run on each pick-up a predetermined guy would do a quick surge at a random time and the rest of the group would have to not let the runner get away.

After we finished our distance at around a 7:10 average pace.

Pre-meet workout today, I'll admit I was a little out of it today, I was unusually tired and just felt dizzy so I cut my miles short. I maintainted a 7:06 mile average for what I did run.

Had the Distance Challenge today ran the 1600m and the 3200m

With the mile I was feeling preety good, I ran in the second heat (it went fastest to slowest) which was a rather large heat. I felt boxed in and often had to run on the far outside of the track, when I finished I still felt fine which told me that my kick wasn't quite up to my usual standards. I still got a PR with a 4:33.29 but I know that I can do better.

In the two mile I ran in the fast heat, I was surprisingly able to keep up with the leaders for the first mile until they started to break away. The race felt really good, the first mile felt like I was just on a distance run yet we still clocked in at around a 4:55 mile split. I went into the last lap in 5th place but had a killer kick which landed me in 3rd place behind Josh Ward, and Logan Mackay, both from Davis.

Throughout the day will all of my warm-ups and cool downs I managed to complete all of my miles.

Easy recovery run today, my legs are still super sore from yesterday, I probably need to do a better job at stretching, little slower on the pace with around a 7:30 mile average.

easy distance run today, felt good, still a little sore but i could still keep up a decent pace 6:57 mile average.

Started practice with some form work today, roughly a mile and a half focusing on form. Afterwards we finished up our distance with a 6:49 mile average.

Had a killer hill workout today. 9x 90 all-out up the hill to see how far you could go. The hill in question had an elevation gain of roughly 100 ft over .25 of a mile. It was rather tiring but we managed to make it through all 9 sets and finish up 10 miles.

Easy distance run today average pace 7:05

Easy distance run average pace of 6:49 mile. It was a little fast, a couple times we had to check ourselves to stop us from going to fast. I'll admit at one point I felt the urgent call of nature and increased my speed significantly to reach a gas station... fun stuff.

Distance run today had a 6:35 mile average, I was supposed to go 10 but I reached the turn around point at the bottom of a fairly large hill that I decided to get to the top of.

Distance run today with a twist, had 10x 1 minute pick-ups at mile/two mile pace with a little kick during the last 5 seconds with 1 minute of rest between each pick-up. It was really windy which made coming back somewhat difficult, we ended up with a 7:15 mile average.

Easy distance run today although due to time constraints I had to break up my miles doing 3 in Lehi and 5 at home, 6:56 mile average. Side note, I saw a familiar face on my run in Lehi, a pretty cool guy we encountered on one of our summer runs, his name is Wayne, so shout out to him.

Short but fast speed workout today 3 sets of 1x 200m, 1x 400m, 1x 200m with the 200m at 800m pace and the 400m at 1600m pace. splits were 34.71,70.46, 33.79, 31.89, 71.59, 34.38, 32.10, 67.72, 32.78 respectivly. Was hurting a little and it was quite windy so they weren't as fast as I wanted them to be, soon I guess, after I ice a little.

Afterwards we finished up our milage with a 7:52 mile average.

Waking heart rate of 60 bpm

Easy distance run average pace of 7:10

Easy distance run 6:34 mile average

Easy distance run 6:50 mile average

Easy distance run in preparation of h*** week. 7:21 mile average.

Waking heart rate 60 bpm

Morning 4 mile run at a 7:06 mile average pace.

In the afternoon we ran the dream mile and a half, a mile and a half race almost entirely uphill, it was super windy and cold so I was considerably slower than usual clocking in at 9:15.

Easy recovery run, probably went a little faster than we should have but it felt good so why not. 6:54 average mile pace

waking heart rate 66 bpm

Speed workout today 5x500m with the first 400m at goal 800m pace and the last 100m an all out sprint. Went slower than I wanted to but it was rather windy. Afterwards finished up milage with a 7:20 mile pace.

Whistle hills today, 3 sets of 3 all out sprints up a hill to see how far you can make it before the whistle goes off. Felt fairly good, little sore. Afterwards we finished up our milage.

Morning speed workout today rather difficult it was 20x400m. The first 5 were at 5k pace, the next 5 were at 3200m pace, next 5 at current mile pace, last 5 at goal mile pace. Not gonna lie, these did hurt but I managed to stay approximatly on pace for all of them. Then we finished up our miles and had a nice team breakfast.

premeet workout today along with an easy distance run 7:10 mile average

Duel meet against Lone Peak today, planned on running the 800m and a 4x400m relay. In the 800m I had a bad start getting bumped around and ending up in the middle of the pack, gave it a little kick and by the 200m mark I was in second place, by the 400m mark I was leading the pack, I kept it up for another lap and finished first with a time of 2:05. Almost immediatly afterwards we ran the 3200m just for fun as a way to get in more miles, I was still hurting from the 800m so I took it nice and easy finishing with a time of around 12:15, a time that won't be showing up again. Then we went right into the 4x400m which drained anything we might have had left. Managed to run all of our miles periodically throughout the meet.

Easy recovery run today, 7:26 mile average, still pretty sore from yesterday, speed workout tomorrow... woot

Speed workout today 3 sets of 400m, 800m, 400m, with the 400m at mile pace and the 800m at 2 mile pace. The wind definitly made it difficult plus I was still pretty sore from tuesday. afterward finished up miles with a 7:20 mile average

easy distance run today went a little faster than we should have with a 6:42 mile average. I was still sore but was feeling a lot better than the past few days I kept on finding myself pushing the pace, luckly Strrt and Chicken Nugget were there to keep me from going to fast.

Easy distance run today was a little tired from the week but I still felt good, 6:57 average mile, looking forward to the Davis Super Meet next week, should be awsome.

Also to Stewart, Matt, and Connor I updated my blog... hope your happy

Today we did a mile speed changes on the track, going easy on the turns and fast on the strait aways. After that we finished up our distance with a 6:42 mile average. I was feeling a little sore at first but after we started going I started to feel better. When we got back I took an ice bath, hopefully it helps.

Waking heart rate 66 bpm

Oh and side note, on our run today we encountered a group of highly imaginative idiotic jr high students who, for some reason, felt compelled to call us homos (in my case asian homo) needless to say I gave them the bird and continued on with my run... fun stuff

Easy distance run with a premeet workout in the middle. We couldn't use the track for premeet since there was a jr. high meet taking place so we ended up doing our 400s around a park. We had a 7:02 mile average. I'll admit that I wasn't feeling the greatest today, I had a stomach cramp nearly the entire run, but it went away with roughly a mile left to go. I did feel loose which is good, and I am feeling ready for the Davis Super Meet tomorrow.

Waking Heart Rate 60 bpm

Ran the mile at the Davis Super Meet today, I felt good during my race but I know that the 2nd and 3rd laps were way to slow, I wanted to speed up a little but I was cut-off and boxed in. I managed to take 5th place and score some points for Lehi. After that I ran as the anchor leg in a 4x800m team. We took first by a good 6 seconds with a 8:25.36. I'm fairly happy with it. Throughout the meet we ran the rest of our milage in warm ups and cool downs.

Distance run today, I was super tired from yesterdays races so the run was quite difficult. My knee also started to hurt a little bit so I cut up my mileage a bit doing some in Lehi, taking a break and doing the rest at home. Had a 7:30ish average so pretty slow going for me. Hope I feel better tomorrow.

6 mile tempo run today with alternating fast and slightly less fast afterwards we finished up our miles

9 miles easy distance run

easy 10 mile distance run, 6:52 mile pace

Easy speed workout today 6 x 400m at mle pace with 3 min rest between each for a full recovery. afterwards finished up our milage with s 7:10 mile average

Easy 10 miles today, 7:06 average pace

usual premeet fot the mile today afterwards were finished up our miles 7:05 average mile pace.

Ran the mile today I was in the second heat, finished 2nd in my heat, I felt pretty good and was fairly happy with my kick, I felt like I could have done better, After the race I started on finishing my miles but my legs were really hurting so I stopped and decided to finish my miles at the hotel, unfortunatly we didn't get back until around 10 and I still needed to get ready for my 3200m tomorrow.

Ran the 3200m today while it felt pretty good I didn't get the results that I wanted but you do what you can, afterwards I finished up the rest of my miles

Easy distance run today, I only made it 5 miles because my legs were hurting a lot, I did the rest of my cardio with 30 min on the bike

Speed workout today 6 x 400m at mile pace, and 800m recovery, then 4 x 200m at 800m pace. I got new shoes yesterday, hopefully they will help lower my leg pain. Sill had pain in my legs today, only got to 7, finished my cardio with 20 minutes on the bike.

Easy distance run today we started at AF High School, passed by Lone Peak, and finished at Lehi. We went a little fast but it felt good, average mile pace of 6:55

Went to support the team at the Alpha Invitational, did my usual premeet with Matt, and finished my miles periodically throughout the meet. It was cold and windy but we managed.

Ran the 800m today, I was seeded into the second heat, my first lap was slower than I wanted it to be but I felt like I had a good kick. Afterwards we finished up our miles

Easy distance run today, I ended up running around the lake at Daybreak for the first time so that was pretty nice, my legs are still in recovery mode but I made it through the entire run, I probably went a little too fast but I was by myself and didn't have much to help pace me. I had a 6:41 average pace

Pretty good day today, visited the University of Miami and meet with the distance coach, Coach Griffiths. I was given a tour of the athletic facility and talked to Coach Griffiths about running for the University. Later in the day I ran my miles for today around the hotel I'm staying at since I didn't want to get lost, I ended up running roughly 10 laps around the block, It was hot and humid, but I was able to breath easily so it was a good run, average mile pace of 6:34

Easy distance run today, went early in the morning so that I would have time to finish all of my miles, 7:09 average mile pace

Was back in Utah for the day, it was cold and wet which kinda sucked but I did my miles anyway, 6:58 average mile pace

Arrived in California today, getting pumped for Arcadia. Wasn't able to do my miles until later in the evening, I didn't know the area around the hotel so I finished the last few miles on a treadmill when it got dark, I tried to get somewhat of a premeet in but the distances weren't perfect but it will do. 7:12 average mile pace

Ran the anchor leg of Lehi's 4x800m today at Arcadia. Overall I would have to say that I'm happy with how we did, there were some troubles with the baton being dropped but even with that complication we finished with a 8:21.89 a PR for our outdoor team. I felt that my leg went well, I don't know what my split was but it felt pretty fast, I know I pushed myself as much as I could because I spent the next few minutes after the race rediscovering all that I had eaten that day, Papa Heaps showed great care and support for me by taking pictures of the inccident, so those gems are floating around out there. Afterwards I stayed and watched Connor and Thomas run their 3200m. Connor ran a 9:27.17, and Thomas ran a 9:48.24 so congrats to both of them for a great race. After all that I went back to hotel to start preparing for my 3200m tomorrow.

I ran the rated 3200m at Arcadia today and I feel that it went rather well. I managed to saty with the pack for the first mile coming in around a 4:39 mile split, then I started to fall back I tried to keep in contact witht the group but it just wasn't happening, I did find enough in me for a killer kick passing about 5 guys to finish with a 9:32.58. Throughout the day I watched Thomas and Connor run their mile races, both of them did really well running impressive times. So all in all I would call Arcadia a success.

Did an easy distance run, my calfs were still sore but I managed to make it through all of my miles. 7:13 mile average

It's been a while since I have posted anything but I figured new state renewed commitment to the blog, anyhow just arrived in Florida and was able to go a quick 6 miles this morning. When I first started I felt great (most likely due to the altitude) and ran my first mile at 6:00.78 and my second mile at 5:32.73 which was kinda suprising because I didn't mean to be going that fast. afterthat however the heat and humidity really started to kick in and my pace took a steep nosedive down (or in this case up) with my last 3 miles being in the 6:30s. Overall not a bad run, I just need to start getting out earlier. Shoutout and good luck to everyone on Lehi cross country for your first official race of the year this week, be sure to kill it for me and let me know how it goes.

Today was move in day at my dorm so I didn't have much time to get a run in but I did manage to go 3 with a 6:36 average

Today was full of orientation meetings/activites but I did manage to go out on a run around midnight which was interesting

Was finally able to get a good run in today while it was a little short (only 6 miles) it was fairly fast with a 6:17 mile average, it felt good to be able to run around campus and we had a team compliance meeting for the XC team so hopefully I will be hearing back on that soon.

Today I ran another 6 miles however I did my run early in the morning without anything to eat beforehand so I was incredably exhausted, so lession learned, eat something before heading out. Anyhow it was a 7 minute mile average.

Turns out we also had our first XC practice today as well, since I ran in the morning I was told to cut it short in the afternoon I ended up running 4 miles at a 6:49 mile pace, I was able to easily keep up with the team so far. After the distance run we did 8 strides and finished with an ab workout.

Today was the first official practice with the team, we drove to a nearby park did a quick warmup and then ran around the park trying to maintain somewhere between a 5:40 and 6:20 pace. I was able to keep up with the top group for the first 4 miles but then my lack of breakfast kicked in and I hit a wall and died. I was able to finish up a 5th mile but it was slower and brought my pace up. Afterwards we did a short cool down and took an ice bath so overall not a bad day.

Early morning run today, we met at 6:00 AM to try and beat the heat, we went on a distance run around a nearby golf course with an average pace of 7:15, so it was a nice easy run, afterwards we did a short ab workout and called it a day.

Today we started with a 2 mile warmup, we then ran a 3 mile tempo run around the track staying around a 5:40 pace. After that we did 8x400s around the football field going a little faster than race pace. I felt good throughout the workout and was able to keep up with the group, I even paced the last mile of the 3 mile tempo run, although I might need to get a little better at maintaining a steady pace, I kinda flucuated a bit.

First day running with new shoes, while they didn't feel bad I'm not going to say it was a totaly transformative experience. The workout was just an easy recovery run, we ended up going about a 7:42 average so it was nice and slow. Afterwards we did some strides and an ab workout

Todays workout was a 2 mile warmup followed by 8x1000m on the grass followed by 6x200m also on the grass finishing with a mile cooldown. I got to try out my new flats on the workout today which was nice, they felt good but they are a little heavier than what I'm used to but other than that they were good. I felt pretty good during the 1000m, I never really got a good start but I was able to really open up and finish with the first group.

Interesting day today, we went out on a long run, 11 miles at a 7:11 average pace, so it was a nice easy run, I felt pretty good throughout the run. Afterwards we took an ice bath and got breakfast, during which I blacked out several times... we think that it was a combination of not eating, taking a cold ice bath, and standing in a cold dining hall. It was a whole ordeal and kinda just an embarasing situation. I feel fine now but when it happened my blood pressure was pretty low (75/30) but now its back up to a more normal levels. Anyhow that was my excitement for the weekend and I'm hoping that it doesn't happen again.

Started the day with the usual 2 mile warmup. We then did a 4 mile tempo run around the track at a 5:35 mile pace. After that we did 8x200m to get our leg speed up I averaged around 30-33 seconds each 200. we then finished with a mile cool down. I'm not gonna lie, I ate way to much last night and it came back to haunt me this morning, needless to say I felt like garbage the entire workout but I still managed to stay with the lead pack which is always good.

Today was just a short easy weight workout followed by a run. I had an early morning class so I was only able to do the weight workout with the team, the run I did on my own and I maintained a 7:16 mile average.

Speed workout today we started with the usual 2 mile warmup then did 3x5x600m. The first set was paced for 80s, the second for 75s, and the third set was sub 75s. Not gonna lie I was still sore from monday so todays workout was incredably tiring, but I made it all the way through while staying on pace. Getting ready for our first race on friday, should be a good one.

Easy day to day in preparation for tomorrow, we did a short weight workout, then an easy distance run, only 4 miles at a 7:39 pace, I felt pretty good, but I'm still a little sore from the past week, hopefully I will be ready for tomorrow.

Race today, we did a 2 mile warmup before. The course itself was very flat which wasn't too bad, but I wasn't feeling the greatest during the race, my first mile was 4:59, and it went downhill from there with my second mile being a 5:23, and my third mile being 5:39. I placed 3rd on my team and can only go up from here.

Long run today, we had a 6:44 mile average, my calf was giving me some problems, it was incredably tight so after practice I got it stretched out which hurt like no other, hopefully it won't give me any more problems.

Did a hill workout today (technically bridge workout since there are no hills in Florida) on the Key Biscayne bridge. Our workout was 13x600m up the hill/bridge and then jog back down as our recovery and go right up again without stopping. Not gonna lie this workout was pretty difficult and I was having some problems with my calf, but the problems should be resolved.

Weight workout today followed by a recovery run, 6 miles 7:33 average, still a little sore from yesterday but overall a good run.

Tempo run today 4.5 miles at a 5:40 pace. We ended up going about a 5:35 average so a little fast but we did a good job of staying on pace. Afterwards we did 4x150m to get some work on our leg speed. My calfs are still sore but they are better than they have been feeling lately, hopefully they will survive the rest of the week.

Weight workout today followed by a recovery distance run. We went 6 miles with a 7:18 average. My shins were hurting a lot the entire run and I was worried that I might have shin splints but I went to the trainer and he said that the muscle along the shin bone was just super tight due to me switching shoes (there is more room for my toe to raise up in the boosts) the problem should be completely resolved soon.

Today was mile repeats day. We did 4x1600m around the track with the goal pace of 5:05, my first 2 were right on pace but then my calfs started gettign really tight which slowed me down a bit with my 3rd mile being 5:15 and my 4th mile being 5:20. We then did 4x400m to get some speed in, they hurt a lot but I managed to get them all done. I then got my calfs worked on by the trainer which has helped.

Celebrated the anniversary of my grand entrance into the world by waking up at 6:00 AM and running 12 miles... woot. we took it fairly easy holding an average pace of of around 7:23. Afterwards I immediatly went back to bed

Todays workout was 12x800m with the goal pace being between 2:30 and 2:35. Our first few were around 2:33, but then we dropped down to around 2:28 for the rest of them with our last one going all out and dropping to 2:24. I felt good and comfortable throughout the workout but about halfway through my ankle started to hurt, I saw the trainer about it and he stretched it out so hopefully this problem won't continuemuch longer.

Weight workout today followed by a distance run, I had early morning class so I was unable to run with the rest of the team so I did the run on my own after class, I went fairly slow because my ankle was still bothering me from yesterday averaging around 8:24 a mile.

Today was supposed to be a speed workout but after the warm up my ankle was giving me problems that it hurt to walk, so my coach had me run on the water treadmill instead. I was an incredably cool experience for like 5 minutes and then it just turns into any other experience on a treadmill except you are in the water. I ran for a good 40 minutes. I've been taking it easy today and will take it easy tomorrow so that I will be in good shape for Saturday.

Today was another weight workout followed by what was supposed to be a distance run, but the trainer had me on the water treadmill for another day... aparently I have tendonitis in my ankle. So I've been taking it easy but we think that I should still be able to run on Saturday as long as I'm smart with the training tomorrow. I talked to my coach about goals for Saturday and he said that he thinks I could finish in the mid 25 minutes which seems like a lofty goal but it just might be achievable, we shall see if it happens.

Easy premeet run today only 5 miles. We started off going down a little trail and taking a right at a fork, we then abruptly turned around after the trail ended at a house with dogs that were about to come after us. So we decided to take the left fork, only to find out that during the day a lake magically appeared in the middle of the trail, so we just turned back around and ran on the road only to get hit by a torrential downpour that made it hard to even see... all in all it was an interesting workout

Ran at the Mountain Dew Invitational hosted by the University of Florida today. It was my first 8k so I didn't quite know what to expect and it hurt a lot more that I thought it would. It didn't help that my calves were still super tight and it had rained a lot the night before which soaked the course. It was super tiring and I ran out of juice around the 4th mile but I still managed to finish 3rd on the team and 43 overall with a time of 27:46.25 which isn't terrible for a first time running a 8k, but I think I could have done better if I had just stuck with the lead pack for a couple miles. On the plus side I now know what to expect for the next one

Interesting day today. The workout was supposed to be a hard mile followed by 16x400m and finished up by another hard mile. I got through the mile and 7 of the 400s before my calf tightened up to the point where it hurt to walk and my coach told me to call it a day. When I visited the trainer he told me that my form is what is causing my calf to hurt so much since I'm running on my toes a lot, which means I have to go back to square one on my form and try to get off of my toes...

Today was a weight workout which I followed with a 30 min run on the water treadmill to work on my form

Another weight workout today followed by a 50 min run on the watertreadmill to work on form

Short speed workout today it was 12x 300m with a 100m walk/jog recovery. I made it through 8 of them before my coach pulled me out due to my calf tightening up. Later in the afternoon I ran a 30 min session on the water treadmill to work on my form.

Today we drove to a nearby park to do 3x 3200m repeats at 5:35 pace. I made it through the first one with out any difficulty but halfway through the second one my calf started to hurt and around the 1.5 mile mark I hit a root wrong and wrecked my ankle... after I tried to do some hill repeats with the team but I only got a couple in before I started to feel it in my calf again. My calf is getting better but I still have a bit of a ways to go

Today I did a short 30 minute run on the water treadmill to work on my form. I believe it is improving

Today we did fartleks on the grass. My coach told me to stop if I start to hurt because he wants me to be ready for the race on friday, I made it through a couple before I had to stop and I did a couple of easy miles to wind down. The trainer said that my calves have gotten a lot better from when he first started seeing me which is good. I am planning to do another 30 minutes on the water treadmill after classes today to work on my form.

Weight workout this morning followed by 45 minutes on the water treadmill at varying speed to get some form work in.

Today was a light pre race workout, 8x 400m to get some leg speed up. I was able to complete this workout without too much problems although my calves were starting to hurt a little.

Today we flew in to Tallahasse and ran the course as our workout. It seems like a nice course and I'm looking forward to running it. We finished up with some strides at the start line.

Today was the day of the race, first mile was right on pace around 5:00 second mile was when my calves started to tighten up and it went downhill from there, I havn't been feeling the greatest lately and it definitly showed in todays race, it felt like utter crap, I'm suprised I even managed to finish. Was barely able to do any kind of cool down because my legs were so tight... overall not the greatest day

Woke up early to do a long run today, got half a mile into it before my legs gave up, I decided to finish the rest on the water treadmill, made it 30 minutes before my leg completely tightened up decided to call it a day and try again tomorrow.

30 minute session on the water treadmill. My calves were still super tight from friday and it was still painful even on the water treadmill.

Todays workout was supposed to be a 6 mile tempo run at 5:40 pace, I tried to hold out as long as possible but after a mile my calf tightned to the point where I was having trouble walking, I have gotten a pair of compression calf sleeves which should help fix the problem, I also schedueled some time to work with the trainer to help fix the problem, hopefully it will be resolved soon.

weight workout today followed by 45 minutes on the water treadmill

Today I ended up doing 5 miles easy on dry land and 25 minutes on the water treadmill. I'm optimistic on my treatment for my calves and I will hopefully be back at full power soon.

Distance run today, I decided to do half and half running 4 miles on dry land and 30 minutes on the water treadmill. My calf is still hurting but I feel like it's getting beter.

Hill workout today, I managed to finish half of it today, which is a solid sign of improvement for me. Still working on my form and getting it all together.

I took it easy today, ran 2 miles on the grass, and finished up with 30 minutes on the water treadmill. My calf has been doing much better and I'm sure that it will be back to full strength fairly soon.

Morning weight workout followed by 45 minutes on the water treadmill. My calves have been doing a lot better lately and I'm confident that they'll be able to hold it together during races.

Was able to go on an easy distance run today, ran 2 miles on the grass, 3 miles on the street, and 6 strides on the soccer field. 6:55 mile average, my calf felt a lot better but I stopped because I could feel it starting to tighten up. After the strides I did 25 minutes on the water treadmill to work on my form.

Weight workout followed by an easy premeet 4 mile distance run. I felt great during and after the run, my calves are holding up so far and I feel ready for tomorrows race.

Had an evening race at the University of Southern Florida today, I'm not the biggest fan of evening races because I still haven't figured out what the best thing for me to eat for lunch beofre a race is. Needless to say my stomach wasn't really feeling the race and the entire thing felt sluggish, throw in the fact that my calf started to feel like it was on fire after the second mile, and I've got a combo for a bad race. I fell off of the lead pack almost immediatly and found myself struggling to maintain a decent position. Shout out to the random guy in a pink headband that I raced with the entire time, definitly helped me out a lot. This was the last meet before the ACC championships so I've got two weeks to get back into fighting shape if I want to finish the season with a good race.

Woke up early with the team for a long run in Tampa today.  12 miles 7:18 average, I felt pretty good a majority of the run, my calf did start to cramp up a little after the second mile, but after runing another mile it went away. The rout we took lead us to a trail that went through a long clearing surrounded by tall trees, the fact that it was super dark and foggy made the entire run super creepy, we were all pretty sure there was an ax murderer following us, but we all made it out alive. It was a good day.

Steady state run today, we did a half mile warm up to a fairly straight road and started a 8 mile run with the goal to be between 5:45 and 6:05, I stayed with the team for 2 miles before my leg gave out and I had to turn back. After I got back I did another slow mile around the athletic fields.

weight workout followed by a 45 minute run on the water treadmill, kept it at a good steady pace the entire time and it felt pretty good.

2 mile warm-up followed by a 4 mile tempo run around the track, I made it a little less than 2 miles before I had to stop due to calf pain. Got some work done on them today and boy did that hurt... pretty sure the trainer enjoys causing pain...

Weight workout followed by a distance run today, 7:16 mile pace. My calves are definitly improving, I am at the point where I can go back to doing distance runs again without much difficulty, which is good. Just have to appreciate progress.

Speed workout today 4x4x400m on the grass field with the 4th of each set being a "hammer" aka faster then the rest. I made it through 2 sets before my calf started to slow me down. Coach then told me to stop. 

45 minutes on the water treadmill

easy 10 mile run today, calves were feeling good, average pace of 7:16, ran with the team down to the ocean along Aligator trial, was a fun run.

5 mile run today instead of weights followed my 30 minutes on the water treadmill after class, I felt pretty good today

Easy 7 mile distance run at 7:23 pace, I felt good during the run but after I finished my ankle started to hurt and the trainer said that it was the achilles and that it was related to my claf problems.

4 mile premeet at the course in Tallahasse followed by drills and some strides, ankle has still been bothering me, got it worked on by the trainer. I feel ready for tomorrow.

Today was ACC Championships and boy were they rough. I ran the first mile in 4:54 but was still in the very back whcih was rather discouraging. I ended up running by myself in the back which slowed me down a lot, I came through the 5k at 16:54, so not the greatest ever, After that though everything fell apart and my calves were on fire. I struggled through the final 2 miles and finished 4th from last... After the race I found out that the guy who won beat Ed Cheserek the week before so it was definitly a super fast race. I was pretty disapointed in how I did but its just motivation to train harder for next year and stay with the main group.

Distance run today I made it to 1.5 miles before my calves gave out and I had to slowly make my way back to the athletic center. I'm still having pain in my calves and achilles but after some work from the trainer I think they are feeling better.

Weight workout today, then after class I did a 30 minute run on the water treadmill.

Mile and a half warmup today, I was wanting to go 2 but my calves were already hurting so I decided to turn around early to get some stretching in. The wrokout was 5x 1000m followed by 6 x 400m, I sorta made it through the first 1000m and halfway through the second. My first set was extreamly painful but I managed to get through it although I did finish behind the pack. Afterwards I managed to get through a small cooldown before getting work done by the trainers.

Weight workout followed by 45 minute on the water treadmill

Instead of doing a speed workout coach had be do a 50 minute run. I maintained a 7 minute average and only had to stop and stretch a couple times. At some point a bug flew directly into the back of my throat so that caused my to stop an additional time to cough it back up, which wasn't fun...

Distance run today, I ran with the group to tropical park, but my calves started to hurt so I turned back early. After practice I had my gait analized by the trainer in order to get some orthotics to help correct my form.

Speed workout today, coach had me do something different than the rest of the team to help try and bring me back into good condition. My workout was 3x1600m with a goal pace of 5:40 to 5:45. I screwed up the pacing on the first set and ran the first three laps as if I was trying to hit a 4:45 pace, I realized my mistake the last lap and slowed my pace down a little. I came across the line at 5:13. After that my coach told me to aim for 5:30. My I was still a little fast on my second mile coming across at 5:21. My last mile was finally at the adjusted pace coming across at 5:31. Throughout the workout I felt good and didn't feel anything in my calf until the very end. All in all it was a good day.

Morning weight workout followed by 30 minute on the water treadmill, the doctor I saw yesterday suggested mustard before a workout because it somehow helps with cramping so I've decided to experiment around with it... should be fun

Easy 5 miles in the morning at 7:21 pace. I would have gone further but I could start to feel it in my calf. After I got back we did strides, hurdle mobility drills, and abs.

Weight workout this morning followed by a 6 mile run a 6:57 pace. I think the mustard is helping a little since I didn't tighten up as bad as I usually do. My legs were still sore from the weights (we did a lot of squats) but I made it through the entire run.

30 minute run on the water treadmill today to work on form

11 mile distance run at a 7:05 average pace. A new trail opened up nearby called the Ludlum trail so we went to try it out. We got there in time for the "Grand opening ceremony". the trail was only 2.5 miles so the round trip would have been 5 miles but we added 3 miles around a park at the far end of the trail to bring the total to 8 and then we finished 3 more running back to the athletic center. It was a good run overall but my back started to hurt a little near the end.

30 minute run on the water treadmill today, My calves have been feeling a lot better lately, which in nice.

Weight workout followed by a 30 minute run on the water treadmill

We had a mile time trial today to gauge where we were at the end of the season. I finsihed near the back with a time of 4:43. It wasn't where I wanted to be but it isn't a terrible time considering I haven't really been able to train for the past month and a half.

Weight workout followed by a run. My calves were still super sore from yesterdays time trial so I had to turn around at the mile. I finished up my miles on the water treadmill.

Today was an easy 5 mile run at a 7:00 average mile, afterwards we did an altered version of strides where we did a horseshoe around the soccer field followed by two strides diagonally across the soccer field, and we did that 4 times which totaled to 1.25 miles. My calves felt good throughout the run so overall it was a good day.

9 mile distance run with a 6:52 average. It felt pretty good didn't have any pain, there was breakfast provided at the end, which was nice.

Easy workout today, 10x600m at around five minute mile pace. I felt really good the first 4 but then my calf started to hurt and I was only able to finish 7. On the plus side the 7 that I finished were all right on pace.

Weight workout followed by 30 minutes on the water treadmill

Today the workout was a 3 mile tempo run around the track at 5:20 mile pace followed by 6x200m as fast as you can. For once my calves felt good for a workout, they were a little tight but it wasn't bothering me that much and I thought that I would be able to make it all the way through the workout but a little after the second mile my foot hit the small railing that is on the inside of the track since it was jutting out into lane 1 and I rolled my ankle. I was able to make it through the 200s but I was stopped at 2 during the tempo run. It was rather disapointing

Weight workout today, I was going to go on a run but I wasn't allowed to because I was scheduled to have BodPod testing, which was to test body composition. It was a pretty cool experience, the machine looked like a mix between an egg and the capsule from Captain America. After it was all over my body fat percentage is 12.7%

30 min. run on the water treadmill today

It was a crazy morning, we had a speed workout today which consisted of 400, 800, 1600, 800, 400 all at 5 minute pace. throughout the workout it was raining super hard, lanes 1 & 2 were flooded and it was hard to see. I felt fairly good durig the first 400 and 800, but my calves started to tighten up during the 1600 and I finished way behind the rest of the group, it was a similar story with the 800 but I was able to fight through the pain for the last 400 and finish with the team. It was the first workout that I've been able to finish with the team in quite some time, so I was super excited about that, hopefully things only get better from here.

Speed workout today it was 6 sets of 2x200m, 1x400m. I ran with the other injured members of the team so the times were managable, if anything we were going faster than we were supposed to. the rest of the team did 10 and after I finished my 6 I was feeling good so coach let me do a 7th. Overall a good day, my calves weren't giving me much trouble and I felt the best post workout than I have in a long while