Recovery

Half mile warm up on the track and then dynamics on the football field. Distance runners did 1 mile warm up, 2 miles speed changes, and a mile and a half cool down. I ran by myself because I've been so upset lately because dumb reality people are so exclusive. I don't want to do the 2 mile tomorrow, I just wanna do the mile and go home. But no, I have no freedom.

UVU Invitational today! When we got there, I warmed up for a few miles, and then changed into my spikes for the 1 mile. Susannah and Natalie were in the 1st heat, Sarah in the 3rd, and I was in the 2nd. The whole race I thought I was last, because the pack was ahead of me and I guess there was some distance between the last 2 girls and myself. I got a 6:08 in the mile, and I was pretty upset about it but I only let it hold me down for a little while. I ran a small cool down and went to hang out with my team for the next couple hours while we waited for the 2 mile. After a few hours of Scrabble, pillow fights, long walks, and listening to General Conference, I warmed up for the 2 mile. Susannah was seed 1 in the first heat, and Natalie was 3rd seed in the first heat. Amanda was seed one and I was seed 2 for the second heat, which was way cool. My first 2 laps, I was boxed in and I was trying to go around because the pace was really slow. Finally at the start of my 3rd lap, there was a small gap and I was able to get out and around the crowd and move into 3rd. I had almost caught the girl in 2nd, but then another girl passed me and the 2nd girl pushed to gap her. Then the girl in 1st who held first for about 5 or 6 laps died down and I easily passed her. For the last bit, I was scared someone would outkick me, so I booked it and ended in 4th overall.

Half mile track warm up. For speed workout we did 2 miles warm up and 1 mile of speed changes. My calves are really tight and my breathing is very dry, I need to drink more water and eat less junk food. I put on my Saucony flats and did 6 400s with the awesome distance runners. Then as the others continued to do 6 more 400s, I did a mile cool down to be at an even 6 today. I really need to take an ice bath...

Today we were being filmed by the news, featuring East High Track and Field. It'll be on KUTV at 6:00 tonight. We did our 2 laps warm up, stretching, and dynamics before breaking into groups. Distance then ran to Liberty park for 1 lap of firemen, and Bill split it Girls and Boys, and we got back to the drinking fountain at about the same time, although had the boys not been sprinting at the very end we would've beaten them by far. Then we ran back up to the track for 2 progressive 300s and practicing with batons. The first 300 I was supposed to lead, and the wind in that first hundred was TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!! For the next one, I got to call out "GO" when the person reached the yellow arrows, so I got to start last and draft. Then we practiced for our Medley Relay tomorrow at the practice meet, and I'm doing a 200. 4 Distance runners in a Medley...

When we got to the meet, we did half a mile warm up as a whole team and some stretching. Then I did another half mile when it got close to the 300M Hurdles, and then I did some hurdle drills with the other girls. I did alright, considering I didn't want to do them again this year. But I guess I'm still doing them... The event right after the 300 Hurdles was the 800, so I didn't bother to put my trainers back on, I just did some strides with the other 800 runners and started. My first lap felt great, so my second lap I really pushed. My goal was to be one of the top 800 runners, so being the 5th across the line felt great. :)

The event immediately after the 800 was the Medley. 3 events in a row? Yep, that's me. I'm not a sprinter, yet somehow I was one of the 200 runners... Amanda's hand off to me was the best one we've ever done! Yeah! My 200 felt awful, but I pushed hard through it, and my hand off to Natalie...Well I just felt like I hadn't done it too great, but she got the baton, so it's all good. Natalie brought us up from 3rd to 2nd, and Susannah was getting us from 2nd to 1st, but she says that her kick isn't too great...So we were 2nd, which is really good considering that I AM NOT A SPRINTER.

Thinking we were done, Amanda and I opened a box of doughnuts. Good thing Bill caught us at bite number 2, because he wanted us to do the 4x4 relay. So Amanda, Sarah, Angela, and I formed a team and practiced hand offs. I was our starting leg, and I had us in an okay spot when I passed the baton to Angela. She helped us keep that good spot, and handed it to Sarah, who also stayed strong. Then she gave it to Amanda, who finished us off excellently! :) Good job girls!

Finally, I declared this, "I have done 4 events today, now I am going to go eat food!" It was a good meet, better than last year, when the meet was over spring break and nobody knew about it so Susannah, Bre, and I were the only athletes there...Yes, the only three.

Rainy day, so we met in the commons for track. Matheson never said anything about running 2 vertical laps, he just told RJ, Sarah, and I to lead the stretches. After that we went to the hallway for dynamic drills and such. Then Tolbert told everybody to go to the weight room, except for the ones who had received a text from Bill for a workout, so Tolbert got rid of us. I ran with Sarah, RJ, Taylor, and Chester up to Sunnyside park, where we met up with Amanda. We did a mile there for a warm up, then a ladder run around the field, 4 minutes on, 2 minutes off, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 1 off, 1 on, 1 off, then a mile lap around the park, then Taylor and I took the freshmen back down to the school to finish off at 5 miles. It was wet, rainy, and now there is snow all around the neighborhood. Oh joy.

Usual track warm up of 2 laps then stretching and dynamics. After that, I did the fire station run on 11th avenue, and I was on a roll. I had so much energy, I stayed ahead of Bill, Susannah, and Natalie until the fire station, then I turned around and they had farther to go, so I guess staying ahead wasn't that big of an accomplishment, I think it was a bigger accomplishment when I stayed with Susannah and Natalie for the first 7 mile uphill on a 10 mile run. Anyways, as I was coming back along 11th ave, I was dying, and when I stopped at the drinking fountain for a minute, I really had to go potty. For the rest of the run, I was dead tired, but I really needed to get to the bathroom, so I was pretty much booking it the last mile. I'm sure I did that 6 mile run faster than I did the Saltair 10K both years.

Today was crazy fun track day. I did the 4 people tied together 400, and our team white was 2nd place. Then it was the tube race, where people put on the inflatable pool tubes, sprint, put on another, sprint, until they had 4 tubes. Our team won that one easily. Then it was the 4 by 100 scooter relay, I was the  second leg for the girls team white. I think we were 2nd for that one, I'm not sure though. After 3 events, team white was tied for 3rd (there were 4 teams) And everyone had been instructed by Scotty to gain up against green. Then it was the 4 by 400 scooter relay, our girls did alright, and our boys won it easily. After that we did the shoe run, where we all put our shoes on a tarp and the coaches dragged it across the field and said go. The first team to have everyone back wearing both shoes tied wins, and we got 2nd. I picked up one of Natalie's shoes by 'mistake' so she was beating me up, haha. Then was the obstacle course, 4 boys and 4 girls per team. It was go over 4 hurdles, zig zag some cones, jump over a high jump mat wall (I jumped up, fell down, backed up, and jumped up again and managed to tumble over) then under a low hurdle, over a low hurdle, and under over again, then high jump, then sprint back to the beginning to tag a teammate. After the whole entire relay, we got results. Green got 4th, blue was 3rd, we were 2nd, and pink was 1st. Our reward was some of those USATF medals...funny. Then since Amanda, Sarah, and I all had to leave by 5:45, we did shorter runs. Sarah and I had time to go up Sunnyside, over to 9th south, into the gulley, one lap, and out again and back to the stadium, where we did a few laps around the track to make it a total for the day and head off to piano lessons and babysitting. Tomorrow we'll be having a speed workout then a practice meet, so I'm ready to fake an illness.

Practice meet against Stansbury, Bountiful, and Woods Cross. Before the meet, I did a workout of 1 mile warm up, 1 mile speed changes, a timed 1000 (4:11) and 3 800s. I didn't do the mile today as planned because of this speed workout, but I did do the 300 hurdles and the 800 run. I was hoping to win it, but I started out too fast and the Woods Cross girls created distance. Darn them, I need to kick their pockets at Regions. Anyways, I had been doing the hip bumps with the tubes from yesterday, which was probably the highlight of my day haha. I did a short cool down to finish off at 5 miles today and now I'm off to lacrosse!

Today we did 2 laps warm up, stretching, dynamics, and groups. Us distance runners went to Sugarhouse park along 15th east and did a lap and a half of fartleks, then turned around and came back along 15th east, with a lap on the track to even out our miles. Then we ate otter pops! Taylorsville Invitational is on Saturday, so tomorrow should probably be lighter. And next week is spring break! Huzzah! And then dead week because of AP tests for the next 3 weeks, whoop.

Tomorrow is the Taylorsville Invite so we just did our regular track warm up which is 2 laps, then distance broke off to do 1 mile warm up, then 2 miles speed changes, and half mile cool down. Then we had otter pops! It's Friday and next week is spring break! Yay!

Taylorsville Invitational was today. I did a 2 mile warm up with Natalie and Susannah for the 1 mile, which I was in the 2nd out of 5 heats. I easily won my heat with a time of 5:45, which is a 6 second PR for me! I tend to run a lot faster at invitationals and if I'm leading my race. I got out fast because I didn't want to get boxed in, and since there was a girl in my race that I don't ever want to beat me (Because she outkicked me BYU XC Invite, I didn't medal cause of it) so I was determined to stay up there. I took the lead because I could tell the girl that went way out was tired, and another girl came with me. Normally I would've stayed closest into lane 1 as possible, but there was a girl trying to pass me on the curves so I decided to be fat and hoggy. Muahaha. I heard Tolbert and Matheson tell me that she was 10 meters behind me in the last 200, so I picked up my kick because there is no way I'm gonna bust my butt and then be outkicked. After that I ran a little cool down, about half a mile. Later, for the 800, I did about half a mile of warm up and drills. I was in the 3rd heat, and the bull pen I had heard I was number 10, but when I got to the line there was another number 10 and a 12, but no 11. We then found out that I was that number 11, so we tore part of my number to make a demented 11. I got out fast to avoid being boxed in, which worked for me. I battled with someone for 4th pretty much the whole race, and I ended up in 5th. I did a small cool down with an iceberg rice crispy shake:) And out girls were 2nd!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spring break! We met at the track today and it was just distance runners, so we went on a run. Gavin and I were supposed to do the fire station run, but since it's really close to his grandparents house we ran up to Shriners and up to their house to get candy from the happy candy jar :) However, they weren't there to let us in, so we jumped on the tramp instead for .17 (Does that count? It takes energy...heehee) And then we ran back down to East. Then I went puddle jumping with Natalie and Susannah for an hour :)Later I went to Steiner with Susannah and Scotty to bike. I did 5 miles so I counted it as 2; I would have gotten 6, but I didn't realize how slow I was going because I was preoccupied with Scotty's ipod.

I hate speed workouts with a fiery passion. We did the normal 1 mile warm up, stretching, 1 mile warm up, 1 mile speed changes, and changed shoes. We were going to start with 2 800s, and I was supposed to be hitting 2:50-2:55. Zuzana paced me, and she really helped me with hitting my times and drafting the wind. I hit a 2:50 and a 2:49. Then we did 4 400s, I was supposed to be hitting 78s, and this time I wouldn't have a pacer. I got a 78, 82, 83, and 76. We were then supposed to do a 4 mile cool down, but I didn't get the full instructions, so I ran up on Sunnyside to Foothill, down, and 2 grass loops, which took me to 8.5 miles for the day. My legs are dead!

I was dragged out of bed 5 minutes prior to practice, and when we got there I was really grumpy. We did 1 mile warm up, then 1 mile warm up and 1 mile speed changes. Right after the speed changes, I felt like I was going to puke. Bill told me to sit out on the first of 2 sets of intervals, so my stomach could calm down a bit. After the other girls finished their first set, I jogged 2 laps with them and we did a second set. We were working on our kicks and speed today, so our last 200s had to be certain times. We did a 600, a 400, a 300, and a 200 for a set. After the first set, my tummy felt a little better, so I jogged 2 laps before starting my second set, this time I would be doing them alone. Turns out I do speed work faster alone than with people, because I improved a lot, or maybe it was the fact I was feeling a little better. After that set, I jogged 2 laps with Bill and Patrick, then changed back into my trainers for another mile and a half, which I did 2 grass loops and a lap around the track. Snowshoeing and snowmobiling tomorrow!! Yeah!

I miss spring break and hate Mondays. Today I missed the warm up laps with the whole team because my running clothes got there late. I jumped in at the stretching and dynamics, so it's all good. For a distance warm up, we did 1 mile warm up and 1 mile speed changes and went on to do intervals. We were doing 2 sets of an 800 and 6 200s. For the last 500 of the 800s, we had the sprinters pacing us, but it didn't help me at all because they all started with the first person doing the 800 instead of staggered, so I didn't get a pacer. They also did 4 200s with us, both sets. They were supposed to try to stay ahead of us, and we were supposed to try to beat them, so it was a pushing workout for all of us. In between sets we jogged 1 lap. After the 2nd set, we stretched out a bit. I did another lap on the track with my ipod to get to 5 miles exactly, and then we did 5 stadium laps for a 2 mile cool down. During my 2nd lap, all hail broke loose, and I was like, "Hail no."

Today  we did the usual half mile warm up and stretching. During the stretches, all hail broke loose, so in the middle of calves, we all stood up and booked it to the shed to finish stretches and have a short meeting about tomorrow. For a distance run, we went down to Liberty Park and did a lap of firemen, and I was in a group with Sarah, Amanda, Chester, and Dorkota. After that, it started hailing again, (Gotta love Utah bipolar weather, we got sun, rain, snow, and hail all in one day!) so we ran back up the hill to the track to end at 5.5. Then I went up to the running company for new trainers, because my blue Mizuno's are really starting to hurt my legs.

Today I went to the North Summit Invite with Susannah, Natalie, Amanda, and Sarah. Susannah did well in the 2 mile, and later all 5 of us did the 1600, Sus the 1 mile. We did a mile and a half warm up, and then I did speed changes for half a mile. Then the others told me we had warmed up too soon, so we'd have to do it again. Darn. When it was time to warm up, we took a POTTY break and went on a mile warm up. Then we did some drills until we had to go to the starting line. We had a start, and I was in a really good spot when everyone suddenly stopped and went back to the start. I never heard a second gun but okay. Then we started again, and this time I got elbowed, but I pushed through it and got a good spot close to the front. Unfortunately, that was also a false start. Lining up for the 3rd time, all of us racers said that if they fired a second gun, we would not come back, that they would have to suck it up. This time we finally got into the race. I moved up in the pack and was holding off Park City girls pretty much the entire race, and of the 1600 people, I was 3rd overall, 2nd from East, which I thought was alright. I hope I PRd, but I don't know my time yet so that's why I just put 6, I'll fix it later. We did a 1 mile cool down because Mama Shields had to get back home. When we were almost home, Bill called. We discovered that we were supposed to have done the 800...But we didn't know that, which is why we left so soon. Oh well. :) I love my new trainers!!

Today I found out I would be racing in the Davis Invite on Saturday, and we did a good workout. We did the usual half mile warm up and stretching. Then during the dynamics, one of the lines didn't do one of the drills the way back, so everybody else had to do a 400. After that, we broke off into groups. Distance went to the bleachers, where we did 3 sets of 1 minute of step ups. After that, we did smaller step ups, 5 rounds of one step, 5 rounds of skip step, and those two sets again. Then we went to the fence to stretch our calves, and after that we went to the walls to do wall sits, where we also did the Macarina because it makes the whole minute doing the sets of 3 seem so much faster and efficient. Then we jogged over to the soccer field, where we were supposed to do 10 hills. On the 7th one, Bill declared that the first 6 back would be done with the hills, and I was the 8th. I then discovered it was a good thing, because the others had to do leg lifts. After the 8th one, we were in the soccer teams way, so we had to jog away. Dumb boys. We did a 300 in groups, and I was with Amanda, Sarah, and Suzette. Amanda led our pack, which is really going to help me push her and her pull me. After that, we did a set of circuits: Popcorn, stride, jumping jacks, stride, squats, stride, mountain climbers, stride. Then we went back over to the 300 start, again to do it in groups. This time I was with Amanda, Sarah, and Chester. Amanda led our group again, and in the last 100, Chester outkicked me, so I've really got to work on my last 100 because that's probably my weakest. Finally, we did 10 100M strides, we did the strides with our backs to the wind, so we could jog towards the wind. After that, we talked about Davis and then went home.

We just did a pool workout today because we have a race tomorrow. Susannah, Natalie, RJ, and I all went up to Steiner to pool run. 10 minute warm up, 10 minutes of fartleks, and 10 minutes of cool down. It sucked because we had to be in the shallow end of the pool because our water polo team was there. After the pool, we went down to the stadium to get out track sweats :)

Today was the Davis Invitational. I was doing the 1600, 3200 (Grr.) And the 4x4 relay. I did a half mile loosen up with Patrick and then stretched for a bit. Then I did 2 laps around the block, which was 2 miles. I then went and did some strides with Amanda and we raced. My first 2 laps were alright, but I wish that I could have pushed harder. I advanced on my 3rd lap, and finished strong my 4th. Unfortunately my goal was to make it to BYU Invite next week, but my time wasn't fast enough :(

I did another loop around the block for a loosen up mile, then ran around inside of Davis because it was snowing outside. They procrastinated the meet for a few minutes to see if it would clear up, so we moved our stuff inside and camped.

Then I did a warm up for the 3200 meter, asking anyone if they're willing to kill me. I absolutely HATE the 3200 with a burning passion! I was doing okay physically, but I got a 6:25 for my first mile. Then it really started to hurt. I couldn't help it, I was in so much pain and feeling so much hatred that I cried it out. A Park City girl was nice, she encouraged me to go on and that I would make it, but at the time I couldn't take it. When I finished, I cried more and got really moody and snappy at everyone. Then I did a couple more drills to get ready for the 4x4.

Amanda was our starting leg, and she passed it off to me. I got a 75 for my lap, and passed it to Maggie. Sarah finished us off for a time of 4:57, which was our goal, to break 5. After, I went on a cool down to be at 8 miles today and then Michaela took me to her house to have some lunch, which made me feel a lot better and I stopped getting mad at everyone. But I still don't like it when people tell me I did amazing when I straggled and died, because that's just lying.