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Gary Ward

October 1, 2009 (Morning)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Cool outside

Comments:
Well I have been sick for the last week but I started to feel a little bit better for this race(with the help of dayquil, motrin and my amazing breathe right strips). Before the race a lot of thoughts were going through my head about how this is the 4th season in a row where I have gotten sick in the middle or right before the end of the season and just have done horrible compared to my times before. Before this meet I was, really, and I mean really nervous on how I was going to do because I was still not feeling at all healthy. I kept thinking of all the excuses of why i was going to do bad. I don't know why I was thinking this. But right before the race I thought where the heck is this going to get me by making excuses, if i do this i will just end up like the last 3 years where i am disappointed with myself after the race thinking, "I could've done better", that is the worst feeling. So I just thought, I am giving it my all no matter what, I dont care if i have a great race or an absolute horrible one. The start was right after that and I wasn't feeling to shabby. I was keeping up with Taylor, Dylan and Clay even though it was really crowded and I was getting pushed around a lot. I was starting to get a little tired right after we went up the second hill. After the turn right after that Dylan, Taylor and Clay pulled away from me and I started to slow down a little bit. I was starting to get really tired and I was thinking about how much I wanted to stop but I just kept running. Not to long after that Sam caught up with me and he was running at a faster pace. After that me and him just pretty much stuck together. I gotta admit that without him I would have done way slower, every time I would slow down just a hair, there was Sam which would make me go faster and he helped pace me which doesn't sound like much but it was a big help. Me and him during that second mile were passing a bunch of people, it was crazy. Then right when we started the second lap I saw someone, it was my rival Colt who beat me in every middle school race I can think of. So i did that counting thing and i was about 17 seconds behind him and slowly i started to catch up until i was right behind him. I stuck with him until about a mile left and then i just started to feel like crap again. But for the first time in my life I truly pushed myself to the limit. My legs hurt so bad but I just kept running. I dont know how but i started to go faster and then when I turned the corner I thought this is it, I am gonna lay it all out on the line and right when I started to sprint I passed 3 people and just kept going even though there was no one in front of me. When I finished and I saw my time even though it was way under what I usually run, I was proud of myself because I couldn't believe that I actually pushed myself that hard, usually i would have never done that. I felt good about myself even though Colt was in front of me at the finish(He better watch out next race because he is going down!). I just felt like that was a great accomplishment that i just did. I really think I dug deep and broke some mental barriers that have been limiting my performance. So overall it was a good run even though it was nothing close to my fastest time. I have to thank Sam for pushing me as hard as he did, that was what kept me going and just everyone who cheered for us, what is so cool about that i will see one person on like 4 different spots on the course which is crazy that they run around and go to different spots just to go cheer you on! It definitely helps motivate me and it pumps me up. So hopefully i can get feeling better and get back to the top of my game for Bend, Oregon! So nice job to everyone who ran today and I am excited to see how we will do at the Bend, Oregon meet!
P.S. I finally figured out what was wrong with me and why I keep getting sick during cross country season! I have this thing called bronchial spasms and every time I work out hard and am breathing hard the tubes to my lungs pretty much freak out and get smaller and afterwards for a while I am more susceptible to the common cold and stuff, its kinda like asthma. I now have to use an inhaler before meets and hard workouts. So ya, now me and Mr. Proventil(my inhaler) can go kick some butt haha. Ya just felt like I had to tell you that because I am way freakin excited about that.

Nick

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