Recovery

Today since it's Spring Break we met at the track in the morning. We did a 2 mile warm up and a mile of speed changes. Then we did 2 sets of 400, 800, 400, the sprinters half of everything. I was supposed to be hitting 80 on my 400s and 2:38 on my 800s. I hit 80, then 3 flat, then 83. We did a lap of recovery before the second set and I hit 83, 2:59, and 82. We needed another 2.75 to be at 8, so we did our Foothill Loop and came back along Guardsman. We hit 8 before the track without realizing, so we just did a big lap on the track to be at 8 for the day.

This morning we met at Liberty Park for Firemen. We did a lap on the woodchips for warm up, then 2 laps of Firemen, the second lap faster. We did a lap cool down and went home. I can't wait for Arcadia!

This morning we met at the track for our workout. We did the usual 2 laps warm up and stretching with drills. Then we did our warm ups for our speed workout, distance did our 1 mile warm up and 1 mile speed changes. We were doing the 400-200 chase workout, 3 sets. I was partnered with Yance and I did a 400 first in a group with Patrick and Dakota. He caught me fast! I got a 1:17. For the 200 I didn't catch him, but after that he was done so I moved into a group with Sarah, Noemi, and Gabrielle, who were partnered with Dominique and Summer. I felt better about being in this group because Patrick and Dakota went out really fast the first one and I fell back. On this one my 200 runner didn't catch me and I hit a 1:18. On my next 200 I can't remember if I caught my person or not. On the last 400 nobody caught me and on my last 200 I caught everyone. We did 4 grass laps plus a little for 2 miles cool down and a total of 6 for today. I'm really excited for tomorrow!!

In California! We went down the main road by our hotel for a mile and a half before turning around and coming back. Love the altitude.

Today was Arcadia! When we got there, Kiley and I ran a mile, then Bill made us run another mile with some strides. At the start of the race I was with the pack but I had a really bad sideache the first two laps. On the third lap I was in dead last and the next girl was almost 100 meters in front of me. On the fourth lap is where I started to feel comfortable, something that should NEVER happen in a race. I picked it up and on my 5th lap I started passing multiple people, including the girl who had cut in front of me earlier in the race. After racing we drove back to the other meet so Tomy and Dakota could race and I did a mile of cool down over there.

Today we started with the 2 laps warm up and stretching and such. We did our bleacher drill laps today, ("Which sucked." -Kiley) High knees, butt kicks, skips, lunges, and grapevines both sides. Then we did 10 hills on Kernodle Hill and left for a long run. We ran up the canyon 4 miles to the diner, and back. I ran with Kiley up, and my foot was killing me. I fell behind on the way down because my foot sucks.

We did the 2 laps warm up and stretching, then more dynamic drills than usual. ("Every single dynamic drill known to man!"-Kiley) We were to do a mile warm up and a mile speed changes then a speed workout, but after the mile warm up my foot was KILLING me so I got some ice and did some core while icing. I did more than 200 crunches! Yeah, I need some abs to go with my Abs. ("You're funny"-Kiley) yeah, she's commenting on my blog as I type.

Today we did the usual 2 laps warm up and drills. After the drills and stride stuff I had to go to the dentist. I can't feel my face...or taste this delicious malt.

After school I went home and got my bike and biked back to the track. I did some laps in lane 8 there on my bike and then I biked alongside for the run, fartlek at Sugarhouse. I biked alongside Tomy at the park, I felt like a stud. We did 3 laps at the park and then went back on 15th east, and back at the track I did some more laps for 14 miles biking.

Biked ten miles.

Today, we did the warm up and drills and since I was on ibuprofen it didn't hurt too bad, although there was a slight pang of ouch. We did 15 hills, I did every other one then went running with Patrick, Caden, Gavin, and Sarah. We ran up by Bonneville to heckle Ethan and Andy at lacrosse practice, then ran back. I felt alright, but we were going pretty slow.

Today I did the 2 laps warm up and stretching with drills. I did a couple laps warm up, but the ibuprofen wasn't kicking in. We were to do 12 400s. I was not hitting my times, I was always about ten seconds slower. I feel like I pushed though. I stopped after 6 because my foot couldn't take it and my IT bands were killing me, so I stopped to ice.

Today at Highland I was to do the 800 portion of the Medley with Avvy, Gabrielle, and Dominique. I did a little bit of warm up and strides and practiced handoffs with the other girls before racing. We were in 2nd place by the time Dom gave me the baton, but it was only a few meters and I caught the girl in seconds. I don't know my actual time, I just put 3 minutes but it was probably a little faster, it felt fast... Later, I did some more strides and such for the 4x400 with Dominique, Jasmine, and Sarah. Dom was our starter, Jazz went next, then me, then Sarah. Jazz barely pulled us up into first and I held it for my lap, but not by much. Still, 2nd is pretty amazing. Ok so a tri-meet so not really. I didn't have time to cool down because Becca was picking me up to go to the spring concert... Yay Ensemble.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JASMINE!

Today we did 2 laps and few drills before working out. We did 1 mile warm up, 1 mile speed changes, and 1 mile cool down. Our warm up felt really fast, and as we were about to start speed changes I saw it was at a 6:20 pace. No thanks. Sarah and I went at a better pace for us where we're pushing but not killing ourselves. Gotta save it for Davis tomorrow.

I had to use my old trainers today because my current ones are locked up in my locker. Stupid school administration. Anyway, today was Davis Invite. I did my warm up with Sarah before doing our strides and drills. I was in the 2nd heat of the open 1600, and I did awful. I started fast, then that short Davis girl elbowed me really hard in the stomach, which made me really mad. I started out about a 75, and wondered how long I could keep up the pace. Not very. I didn't have any kick left. I did some more cool down and then went to my cousins house to take a nice long nap before my 3200 and 4x800 later. For my 3200 I did the same warm up with Natalie and Tomy, then strides. I got an okay start, and another Davis girl elbowed me hard, so I fought back this time and elbowed the bleep out of her. My first mile was a 5:55, and I knew that I REALLY needed to hit a negative split to qualify for state. In my last 150 meters, I heard someone say "11:30!" and I knew that I didn't have the time. As soon as I finished we did a 4x800. Sarah was our starter, then Noami, then me, and finally Nat. We did alright, it was more of a fun thing I guess, but it hurt. Good to know that Davis is going to get a new track, because the current one SUCKS.

Today we did a speed workout. We did the usual 2 laps warm up, then stretching and drills. Then we did 3 laps warmup and 3 laps speed changes. We then did 2 sets of 200, 800, 400, and 3 200s. After the sets we did barefoot strides on the fresh painted football field, fresh painted for the lacrosse game tomorrow, ah yeah! We still had a 3 mile cool down to do, and my calves were in so much pain. Kiley, Sarah and I ran up Sunnyside, across Guardsman, down 5th south, across 13th, up to the track, and some laps around the soccer field. I'm dead, I haven't ran that much since.... a while.