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As Soft as Mattawan's XC Program

February 26, 2018 (Night)

Exercise Type: Run

Weather: Indoor Track

Comments:
I'll start off this log by agreeing with BJ.... I'm soft. I'm so soft in fact, I probably wouldn't deserve to be the 7th man on Mattawan High School's cross country team, because Austin (well and everyone else) served me up with a side of mayonnaise. This "workout" (if you even want to call it that) was stage 5. Maybe stage 5.5

I woke up from a nap and immediately felt like shit. I had not gotta a proper night of sleep in 5 days, so yup that's how it is. I thought I'd take some run gum and reenergize myself, but it honestly made me feel worse. I also didn't eat since 11am.... so probably didn't help tbh. On the warmup run to Jenison with BJ and Lucas, I felt super fucking shitty. I felt completely dead just from that, so I knew today would be horrible. On the Jenison warmup, I still felt horrible, so yeah major RIP.

The workout was supposed to be 5x1000m at 3-5k pace. What was my first rep you might ask? 3:25. Pure stage 5. Basically 8K pace. I could barely hang onto to that with Austin, King Ring, Carson, and new Eric. Then the next rep, they all dropped me. Luckily my watched died before I could read the official split..... but yeah I dropped out after.

The rest of the time, I dicked around with Steve Smith, Maginste, and new Eric. Maginste gave me her electric leg contraction thing (no idea what it's called lol) and it killed me on half the voltage.

But overall, I just need to spend time sleeping this week and recovering. If I feel better by Wednesday, I'll get back to the workout. If not, then I'll just avoid working out this week. Mileage march is upon us and i just need some time to recover before outdoor season. Shit day, but better days are ahead, my fellow loggers.