June 1 - 7

Mon - 1 hour and 5 min w/ Beau at Rockies

Tues - PM - 3 mile warmup, drill/strides, 3 mile cooldown
1 mile 4:53, 4 x 35 sec strides @ Rockies. Mike wanted me to do an easy workout before I traveled out to Cali.

Wed - Travel to Los Angeles....no run today

Thurs - 55 min at the Redondo Beach woodchip trail. Ok pace...not too slow, not too fast. Probably around 6:30-6:45 avg

Fri - PM - 30 min easy + 4 strides

Sat - Jim Bush Invitational @ Mt. SAC - 3k Steeplechase - 4:35pm
- 15 min warmup, drills/strides, 20 min cooldown
Going into this race I did not know what to expect. I felt that I could run 9 minutes or better but really had not had any REAL indicators. So my goal was to be tough and hang with the front group as long as I could. I truthfully wanted to run around 9:05 pace for the first mile or so......bbuuuuuutttt that did not happen. I was right about 4:42 for the first mile, which actually felt pretty good and I thought I was going to be able to keep that pace up. I was right behind the lead pace at 2k and I was in 4th place. 3rd place was falling off the lead and I thought I would be able to move up to him and just sit behind him. Also during the race I heard the announcer say there were 5 laps left and I was like ohhhhhh shit...cause I thought I had miscounted or something, but when we came back around there were 3. With 800 to go, i realized that I was no longer gaining ground on 3rd place and with 600 to go realized that I was pretty much slowing down. I was at 7:50, roughly, with a lap to go and closed in almost 85 seconds for the last lap. I was not breathing heavy but my legs were just shot and would not go faster. I think it was just because I was not used to the jumping and crap like that. I am not happy with the race but I am not disappointed. It was a descent attempt at my first steeplechase. I ended up running 9:14.45. The link at the top is the start and finish of the steeple. Pretty weak that it is the only race that does not have a full video.



After the race I drove up to Lake Arrowhead, by Big Bear, and hung out with my cousin and some of his friends. This place is at 6,000ft and is pretty awesome.

Sun - AM - 45 min EASY run. This run was actually not that great feeling. I ran fairly slow and I still felt like crap. The place is all rolling hills, at 6,000 ft and I am tired from yesterday