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1000's

September 3, 2016 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Comments:
Going into this workout I really wanted it to go well because last year there was a lot of tears. My freshman year I had a great workout and it was close to one of my favorites so last year was pretty disappointing. The weather was prime this year, however the grass was really wet so it was slippery. The first couple reps were challenging but we would definitely be able to go faster. Our goal time was 4:28 decreasing to 4:18. I think our times went 4:22-4:23-4:24-4:24-4:25-4:20-4:18. The worst part of the workout was climbing up the second steep part right before the little path because after the really steep part you think you have the worst part over with but then you go around the flag and it just gets worse and your quads are already burning. On the 3rd or 4th rep I stepped on something sharp up by the little path and it sliced right through my shoe into my foot. It hurt a good bit so that was pretty frustrating. The workout was actually going by pretty fast and the rest was just enough. Then on the 5th rep I slipped and skidded on the downhill, so Zoe and Amy had to hurdle over me. I got back up but it definitely slowed us down. At the end of that rep I felt really shook up and I had a scrape on my leg. The 6th one was really hard and Amy said I was slightly limping up the hill. I started crying again after this one and I was trying to figure out if I should do another one. I wanted to keep going but everyone kept telling me I should stop, I think that was only because I was crying. I knew if I didn't keep going that I would be disappointed with this workout so I did one more and it ended up being 4:18 so that was good. I knew that I wouldn't do another after that one but them B said we should only do 7 anyway so that made me feel better. I cried again this year but overall this workout was a huge step up from last year. Despite being banged up from the past 3 days I am very happy with the week.