This week I’m going to talk about my training and the college process for Mizzou since that took up most of my week. First off, Monday was the day before a meet but I still ran seven miles. I had my first outdoor meet on Tuesday at home. It was a nice change from my Monday practice allowing me to run different distances. I ran the 4x800m, anchoring with a 2:05 and we won the race handily. Then I had about an hour break before the 1600m, so I helped time and move hurdles. I ran a 4:54 mile winning by about ten seconds. Right after the mile was the 4x400m giving me about ten minutes of rest. I ran the third leg and put out a 54 second split, we won easily. It was a pretty decent first meet considering the weather. My high school track is situated on a hill so on days where it is windy it's 10x worse up on 'the hill'.'
Wednesday was a recovery distance run; I ran a little over seven miles and then I went to lift at the Human Performance Lab. On Thursday, I ran a six mile block with three two-minute surges in the run. I would pick up the pace for one minute and then even more so for the second minute. I did an ab workout when I got back. Friday, I was back on the track for another speed workout. I ran a 5 X 1000m with about four minutes in between each. It was hard to pace myself on the first one not having run one in a long time. I settled in on the seconds one and went a little faster each one. My mom decided she would show up to practice so she could get pictures for the blog. Above is a picture of just the distance team, which is about half of the whole track team. Saturday was an hour run around town.
Now, I want to talk a little bit about my college registration process. First, I had to submit an enrollment fee and an e-consent. Then, about a month ago, I filled out my NSRO or New Student Registration and Orientation to reserve a spot for me at one of the Mizzou Summer Welcome orientations. I will attend a June session. About a week ago, I had to complete the ALEKS math placement, which took about 90 minutes to take. I then took a 5-hour review session to brush up on my math skills and decided to retake it. I ended up testing into Calculus I for the first semester, which is what I hoped. This week, I was to fill out a housing and dining contract to have a meal plan for the 2013-2014 calendar year. I ended up going with the middle meal plan not really sure how many meals I would need since I can also have meals at the MATC, the Mizzou Athletic Training Complex. By completing the contract, I also reserved myself a room in one of the dorms. This week I also had to contact the office of admission to change my enrollment date from the Fall of 2013 to the Summer of 2013 so I could go down to campus early and run with any of my future teammates that might be down there for the July Summer session as well. Since English/ Writing classes are my least favorite subjects I plan to get a required English course out of the way and not have to worry about them during XC season. On April 14th, I will get to fill out my ROAR or Residents Online Access to Rooms. I get to pick which dorm I live in and who my roommates will be.
On Tuesday, I have a dual meet against a cross-town rival, Richwoods High School. Then on Saturday I will retake the ACT in hopes of getting more scholarship money.