Bad Day at Practice... :(

Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Today, as planned, we did hills. Horrendous, dreadful, abhorrent, nasty hills. It was so, so hot today! It was 93+ degrees! Our warm-up was to run with our water bottles to the pool shelter (the hexagonal one). After everyone got there, we all stretched and did dynamics. Then, we did 20 min of running around pine hill. I felt really sick. After that, we met back up at the shelter and Coach Dobson met up up with everyone to discuss what we were going to do. We started at the 1K mark from the Mason Invitational and ran through the woods and along the roller coaster. When we hit the U-turn tree, we went back the way we came. The first time we did that, Jade group led us. The second time, I ran with coral and I couldn't keep up because I was having a lot of trouble breathing. At least more trouble than I usually do with similar workouts. The last time, I went with blue and told Coach Kandell that I wasn't feeling well and my throat hurt when I breathed. That time, I barely even kept up with Blue! My throat just entirely closed up and I was wheezing and coughing all the way back to the pavilion. Kayla, thankfully, helped tell coach that I couldn't breathe because I couldn't even talk. She said that I was probably done for the day, which really bummed me out, but I guess I needed it. The other groups did an extra 1 or 2. Some groups did even more. I just sat and talked with Rachel. After everyone else had finished, Dobson told them to run 15 min of cool down and meet back there. Rachel and I walked to the Athletic Office entrance to the building and waited inside for the rest of our team to finish up and come inside to do weight room. Everyone else also had to do striders. After a while, we went to weight room and the trainer told us that she changed our workout because it was getting boring. When I was doing step-ups, Coach Kandell came to talk with me and she told me that I shouldn't go to morning practice because I'm sick. :( So I'm really bummed about that, but it's true because even as I'm typing this, my nose is completely blocked up and I'm breathing through my mouth. I really hope I get better before Friday/Saturday....