Barnhart,Stevenson,steady runs,slight ab

So a lot to type in- well see how far I make it before running out of gas.

Team doing pretty well. Need to get faster(duh). At Barnhart we lost to Catonsville- blech and Hereford and Towson. 1-5 split was the lowest in the race i want to say 23 seconds- outstanding. Our pack is too far back right now which is what practice is for- if they can all move up together "eiyyyyyyy"- Disco Stu. Today we beat Catonsville and were closer to Hereford(hunter back in helped a bit obv although theyre all so close together it actually didnt make a huge difference today- could in the future) 1-5 average was 1804 and the spit was even lower 20 seconds nice.But we cant get too hyped up about having a super low 1-5 if we are too far back. Sean had a good PR today which was def nice to see. We were 10 seconds behind Hereford average and 40 behind Towson. Last week 50 behind Towson so progress but that needs to accelerate potentially.

Girls top 3 is very solid for sure- potentially best top 3 in county?- good chance of that in region- and maybe the best top 3 we have had. The rest of the girls are new and developing which is fine they havent run before. If we can get Mackenzie into under 24 which is possible could beat Catonsville at counties. Mckenzie ran well although a little erratically lol today 627/703/supposedly 658 for last 1.1 haha. She sped up a lot though- good sign. I think the second mile was a little long because everyones second mile was slow and then they magically picked it back up. I still ned to do a better job with splits although it is a little challenging- but I feel like I have been doing this for a little while ha. But Mckenzie and Jari and both potentially in the top 5 at counties- just want to get good enough to be in that conversation which we can do. Briana is going to keep improving and should be in top 20 hopefully or even top 15 we shall see.

Goals for Gettysburg are to beat Hereford for boys. We want to get 3-5 people in front of Sweeney which is def doable he was 1742 today. Also he was with some of our people midway through the race and then ran away from them. Hopefully another 2 weeks of training will correct this. For girls the top two are taking a shot at sub 20 definitely- Briana closer(under?) 21 and the rest of the girls just try to keep improving. Actually for Mackenzie the home meet will be a good chance because Catonsville will be there and that is the pack she is trying to catch.

For me things have been sputtering along. A couple good wos within the last ten days- I did two loops in HH in 8:03/7:52 for 15:55 which was good and didnt feel super crazy. Then the next Tuesday I sort of repeated with a loop in 802 and then go out back onto course for 3 minutes. Then I was tired so rested for 2 min/ 800 in 306/1:30 rest/3:19 up the hill. Not ideal but not awful either- just try to keep doing these and build up. The workout schedule I have(it only took me approx 6-8 years to figure this out) is long Sunday,Workouts Tues/Fri,Doubles Mon/Thurs,easy Wed/Sat. That works pretty well with both papers and meets.

I just have to( as always) get more sleep and be more consistent. Then Thursday somehow I hurt my ab again slighty. It was either running 3 200s with Jasmine and Briana(they were in 39,didnt feel terribly fast which is good- although not easy either lol). Hopefully that was not it and I dont think that was as likely as sprinting briefly during sharks and minnows at running club. Btw this is my last season of running club its just a little bit too much of a hassle and I have better things to do with my time. I will try to channel the few people into one of the other running clubs. It is not a good sign when I am counting down how many times are left in running club(8) and looking forward to the mondays when we dont have it. That is not good for anyone lol. But we will finish this year well!

That pretty much covers that- could have gone into more analysis of invits but I did that on paper a little bit and will let it go for now.

Oh btw I signed up for Bachman Valley tomorrow and it looks like Im not doing it hmph. If my ab was fine(it is a lot better btw) I might go and try it. Knowing me I still might go and try it haha. Dont pull an Andy Passmore ugh. It is two loops 7.5 and 5.5 so I could always bail. Im undecided- the thing that will prob clinch it is that I dont feel like getting up super early heh- who knows though.