I looked out in front of me and saw the last stretch, my legs burning, heart pounding, and said to myself I can do this!
Hey, Krystin here, thanks for reading my blog! Alright, so last time I said that I was going to run five miles today, right? Well, I actually ended up running seven. I'll tell you how eventually. First, let's start with the events leading up to that.
Alright, so I woke up at six to the sound of my phone's alarm clock. I'm really happy that I'm having a nice consistent sleep schedule now! :) Anywho... So, I woke up and got dressed in my running clothes, threw on my hat, socks and shoes and some lotion with sunblock. I then made my way downstairs. The house was quiet, all was still. Everyone was on a late schedule due to dog problems in the middle of the night. We ate some breakfast together and then continued to get ready for the day.
At eight I was in the field with the seventy some other members of the team, being introduced. My fried, Kaitlyn, was awesome. We ran the warm-up mile together and chatted while doing so. After the field excercises and stretches I was not feeling up to running five miles. I had already ran one in about ten minutes and my leg muscles hurt from the day before.
We all drank a few sips of Gatorade and then headed out. I ran with Kaitlyn until I was at the five mile mark. She was doing six miles and I had wanted to do that with her as well, but I was too exhausted and the five mile marker meant halfway. I turned around and started heading back. The guys were out running as well, so I ended up running past my brother. We took off our hats and hit them together. It was awesome. Another great thing about the team was that whenever you pass someone or are passed you say "good job". We did this with the guy team as well. So fun.
Alright, this is where the terrible messed-upness comes in. I guess I was ahead of everyone else cause I suck with pacing(I'm a sprinter) and I was running and running, but I didn't see anyone, so I thought I had gone the wrong way. I turned and started going back to the fork in the road. I went the opposite way, then decided that I had been going the right way and had to go all the way back again. So I got an extra mile in there, should've just gone to the six mile point with Kaitlyn. I was dying on the way back, wondering why I was doing such a gruesome sport.
Finally when I returned(and I was in the top fifteen back) I saw the other girls smiling and telling each other good job and then the happy endorphins kicked in. I took sips of my Gatorade and then, after everyone returned, we did stretching and core for a while. It was awesome. The coach talked to us about the schedule for the week and then we put our hands in the middle of the circle we had formed and said our school mascot, "Cougars". It was so fun, even though my legs hurt and I was certain that I was going to die out there.
So, including the warm-up mile, I ran seven miles today! I ran the six for the run pretty fast though. I think that I'm going to be an awesome runner. I want to train and be the best I can. My goal is to run the 5-k in twenty minutes, averaging each mile with a 6 minutes and 45 seconds pace, I believe. I'm certain that I can do it. I was averaging low eight minutes per mile for the five miles together and that was when I got lost and walked around, trying to find my way back. If I have time to walk on my first run, then I can shave a few minutes off after I get good.
Thanks for reading my update! See you guys tomorrow or Monday!
Puma Runner,
Krystin Haser
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
Starting Again
After not being able to run for three or four months I finally got out again...
I'm Krystin Haser and I am going to be on the Capo Cross Country team next year in school. I had a bad virus that left me in pain whenever I walked for months. Finally I came out of it, but now I face the problem of being able to run miles upon miles again. In previous summers I could run four or five miles straight. I LOVED running. Now it just isn't quite as easy.
The cross country team started running independently two months ago and then started their team runs a week ago. Today was the first time I have been running in months. My brother and I woke up this morning at six to eat breakfast. His name's Logan and he's going to be a sophomore on the boys' team next year. He's an awesome brother. I ate some Ovaltine and a banana and he had the same except cereal instead of Ovaltine. After that we went back to sleep. This was so we wouldn't get cramps when we went out at eight.
So, at eight we woke up again, got dressed, put on proper shoes (my puma running shoes), through on our hats and sunblock and then headed out. Of course we brought water and phones as well. It was nice walking to the high school, seeing that it's so close to our house.
Once we arrived we ran a warm-up lap around the track and then he showed me how to do a lot of different stretches. After that we did a lap. We made it in 2 minutes and 21 seconds which was better than my original goal for it. I'm suppose to be able to run five miles with a consistent 11 minutes per mile pace tomorrow. Since it has been such a long time since when I last ran I wasn't nearly as good as I would've liked. We had to stop after each lap. Logan was very supportive. He told me stories from his team while we ran. He normally runs about ten miles up hills a day, so I'm sure he probably thought I was very inexperienced, but he didn't show it. He just encouraged me and ran besides me, telling me to slow it down a bit at some points.
The hardest thing was probably the fact that you aren't suppose to guzzle water when you're going to be running. I was only able to take small sips of my water after each lap because otherwise I'd feel like I was going to throw up.
Our mother came and watched me train halfway through. I only ended up doing two miles because I don't think I could really take much more than that. We stretched afterward as well, Logan informing me that it is more important to stretch after running than before.
My mom ended up driving us back to the house, which I was very thankful for. Tomorrow I'll be running with the team for the first time. Hopefully I'll do alright. I'm going to do the five mile run and try to keep up with the slowest runners on the team. It's going to be hard jumping for nothing to two miles then five, but I think that in time it'll be alright and I'll catch up. Thanks for reading and you'll hear from me tomorrow after my first "official practice"!
Puma Runner,
Krystin Haser
I'm Krystin Haser and I am going to be on the Capo Cross Country team next year in school. I had a bad virus that left me in pain whenever I walked for months. Finally I came out of it, but now I face the problem of being able to run miles upon miles again. In previous summers I could run four or five miles straight. I LOVED running. Now it just isn't quite as easy.
The cross country team started running independently two months ago and then started their team runs a week ago. Today was the first time I have been running in months. My brother and I woke up this morning at six to eat breakfast. His name's Logan and he's going to be a sophomore on the boys' team next year. He's an awesome brother. I ate some Ovaltine and a banana and he had the same except cereal instead of Ovaltine. After that we went back to sleep. This was so we wouldn't get cramps when we went out at eight.
So, at eight we woke up again, got dressed, put on proper shoes (my puma running shoes), through on our hats and sunblock and then headed out. Of course we brought water and phones as well. It was nice walking to the high school, seeing that it's so close to our house.
Once we arrived we ran a warm-up lap around the track and then he showed me how to do a lot of different stretches. After that we did a lap. We made it in 2 minutes and 21 seconds which was better than my original goal for it. I'm suppose to be able to run five miles with a consistent 11 minutes per mile pace tomorrow. Since it has been such a long time since when I last ran I wasn't nearly as good as I would've liked. We had to stop after each lap. Logan was very supportive. He told me stories from his team while we ran. He normally runs about ten miles up hills a day, so I'm sure he probably thought I was very inexperienced, but he didn't show it. He just encouraged me and ran besides me, telling me to slow it down a bit at some points.
The hardest thing was probably the fact that you aren't suppose to guzzle water when you're going to be running. I was only able to take small sips of my water after each lap because otherwise I'd feel like I was going to throw up.
Our mother came and watched me train halfway through. I only ended up doing two miles because I don't think I could really take much more than that. We stretched afterward as well, Logan informing me that it is more important to stretch after running than before.
My mom ended up driving us back to the house, which I was very thankful for. Tomorrow I'll be running with the team for the first time. Hopefully I'll do alright. I'm going to do the five mile run and try to keep up with the slowest runners on the team. It's going to be hard jumping for nothing to two miles then five, but I think that in time it'll be alright and I'll catch up. Thanks for reading and you'll hear from me tomorrow after my first "official practice"!
Puma Runner,
Krystin Haser
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