I didn’t set an alarm this morning since I wanted to catch up on sleep, and I ended up sleeping for like 11 hours last night. I got up at 9:30, played some mario kart and then ran 8 miles from my house. Cole wanted to do a fartlek since that’s what we were supposed to do today before coach switched today and tomorrow, but I decided to do the long run and add in some pace pickups. I ran from my house, to chestnut to telegraph where I did boe bealy house course. I started my pace pickups at the shops of Bannockburn, and I did 8x1 minute with a minute recovery in between. I did a loop of north trail on my way down Waukegan to make it 8 miles, and I finished my pickups right after the loop. I ran pretty fast today, but it didn’t feel that way. I feel like it’s easier for me to run faster when I’m alone for some reason. After I finished I ate a bagel and got in a good stretch, since I haven’t been stretching very well these past couple days, and took an ice bath. I’ll try to do bands and core later tonight if I have time, but I have a ton of homework I need to get done also.