Recovery

Today we met at Sugarhouse park for our cemetery run. I planned on doing 2 laps in the cemetery, but just before I ran into the cemetery I didn't feel too great. I was running with Maggie the whole time, and on our way back to the park as Natalie was passing us, we pushed to stay up with her until the finish. It started pouring rain, now I'm not happy but I want to go puddle jumping.

I wore my purple new balance shoes today because we met at Wheeler Farm for our workout and it's really muddy/crappy (Literally, crap everywhere!) and my new shoes are too new for that. We did a 2 mile warm up, a big lap around the farm and then we went to our spot. The Cottonwood team was over there doing 300s, and we were doing Fartlek ladder. We did 1 minutes off, 1 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, and repeat 3 times. However I missed the instruction 'Repeat 3 times' so I was very confused. Fortunately Amanda was running close to me, and she knows everything so she explained it. So I did 4.25 miles in circles around and around and around our little loop. After that, we ran to the drinking fountain for water, then did a backwards lap around the farm and then gathered by the broken sprinkler and jumped in puddles!!

Today was the Shoreline run. We met at the trailhead and went up the usual way. I forgot to turn my garmin on, so oh well. I also got stuck behind a lot of people, and we had to run in single file because the trail is really narrow. Finally when the trail widened up, I was able to get ahead and by the time I got to the drinking fountain by the amphitheater I had caught up to Natalie, Ben, Tomy, and that faster group. I kept up with them up the road to the fence and we ran up that trail by it for a quarter mile, and it was really rocky, steep, and muddy. We turned around and came back the same way, and when I finished, I was very happy. In all my years of running cross country at East high, that was the first time I have done that full Shoreline trail run without getting lost. We went over to the drinking fountain across the street, then we did step ups, arm swings, wall sits, crunches, and pushups. Now I'm all sweaty and gross...

Today was our annual bike and run relay out at Jeremy Ranch in Park City. This year we were doing it with the Brighton team, so there were a lot of people there, which made it really fun! I was teamed up with Teeples on my sister's bike, and I started on the bike. The first mile felt really fast, because we were all trying to get ahead of each other. As soon as I got off to run my legs felt like jelly and I was going to collapse, but I pushed through and that mile felt great! At about half a mile the bikers started passing the runners. When we got to the 5 mile mark, we were able to stop for a minute and get water at my mom's car before turning around. I was starting to slow down, and for the last 2 times I had to drop the bike off at the cone, Teeples was already waiting. We finished 4th from East, 5th overall. It was a fun workout, and Brighton made breakfast after. It was a lot of fun!

It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday... Happy Birthday Gavin. Today we went to Liberty Park for a simple workout. 1 lap warm up, 1 lap firemen, 1 lap cool down, add extra, do core, done. For the firemen I was with Natalie, Bill, Patrick, RJ, Amanda, Sarah, Anders, and Gavin. Tomorrow is Minuteman, so tonight is pasta night! :)

Today was the Minuteman 5K out at Rio Tinto Stadium. When I got there, I picked up my race packet with Annie, Jesse, and Sam, then we went on a warm up with Natalie, Amanda, Sarah, Bill, Gavin, RJ, Patrick, Vuong, Dakota, and Ben. We ran to the top of the first downhill and turned around then went to the top of the last uphill so Bill could show everyone the course. Then we changed our shoes and did some drills and strides and lined up for the race. The cannon was really loud, and even though I was expecting it, it still scared me to death! I didn't start to fast or too slow, which was great! Going down the hill for the first mile I passed Kiley and Patrick, and as Patrick and I hit the first mile it was a 6:23. I pushed ahead because there was a girl passing me who looked my age, but then as I caught up to another crowd I lost her. Just before mile 2 was a water station, but I accidentally choked on the water. My mile 2 time was 13:40, and as I worked up the hill I paced with the people around me. I got ahead of the little crowd I was with at the base of the big hill, then as I was almost there I was dying, so they started gaining on me. I managed to stick with them and when there was the downhill drop right before the final kick I kicked it and beat a lot of them. My final time was a 21:37, and it was okay, I could have done better though. For a cool down I ran out to the mile mark with everyone, and while they all ran the full course for cool down, I went back with Dakota and Jesse, and we got there right as they were announcing my name in the awards.

Dear hell weak: bring it. Today we started at Sugarhouse with a lap of warm up around the park, which was a little over 2 miles. Then we went over to the bottom of the big hill and stretched for a bit, then went over the hill. We had a zigzag loop where you go up, over, down, over, up, over, up, around, and down the hill and get 2 minutes recovery. I did alright I guess, it's just that my weakness and strength are in the same category, hills. If you wanna lose me on a run, just go up a hill, but if I want to lose you, I'll go downhill. Anyways, after these hills we went over to a small "hill" by the pond and ran it twice just because we're crazy people. Then we went on a cool down. I was originally going to run 2 laps around the park and make it to 10 miles, but at the end of my first lap I felt so sick I wanted to puke. When we got back to the spot, I still needed half mile, so I jogged very slowly to the drinking fountain, then jogged along the river for a bit and back. Tomorrow is probably going to be worse... Blah! Oh well, tomorrow is the hardest day, so I'll just suck it up and do it!

Tear, tear. Today was HORRIBLE! It was our JCC run and hills. I ran with Maggie and Jesse to the 3.8 mile mark and turned around. On the way there I tripped and fell and when I rolled over to let Jesse by, she asked if I was okay and tripped on the same rock, it was kinda funny how we both fell... When we got back to 'The HILLLLLL' we had to do 10 of them. It's so hard because the hill is so long and so steep and just plain horrible! The first 3 I was crying I thought I was going to hyperventilate, and my sister told me I needed to calm down. I felt a little better on the 4th or 5th, but then I lost it again on the 6th and 7th. I toughed it for the 8th and 9th, and tried to go all out on the 10th. Finally when the torture was done, Jesse and I ran back down. I was ahead a little bit but I was scared of the animals moving around in the bushes because I don't know what it is or what it's going to do. Jesse and I stopped at every little stream that was in the path and splashed ourselves and I could cool my hand off in the cold water and I was able to get my knee cold. And we were really thirsty so we just had a sip...

Today was our team hike!! I'm not putting miles on any shoes because I wore my old blue mizunos I don't track anymore. We gathered at the park and ride at the bottom of Little Cottonwood canyon and carpooled up to the trailhead. The trail going up was nice and cool, but after a while it got harder and harder. When we got to the lake we sat down and ate lunch, then went to play by the lake and skip rocks. Bill was standing in the water for an ice bath, so Tomy and I joined and then Maclean, Nelson, Maggie, Annie, Mike, Patrick, and Taylor all came in. It felt nice and when I got out my legs felt so fresh! Then we all hiked around the lake to go to the 2nd part of the lake, and it involved rock climbing down, crossing the river by the waterfall, climbing up, and around the other part of the lake. Then some of us went bushwhacking and we planned on going to the snow to build a snowman. Several people decided to turn around and go back, but several of us refused to wuss out on such an adventure, so we climbed up the slick rocks to the snow. When we got there, it was Annie, Olivia, RJ, Jeremy, Dakota, Chris, Bennion, Sam, and Bill, and we had a snowball fight and built our snowman. It had snickers for ears, mentos for a mouth, and a carrot nose, with rock buttons, fir branch arms, and a very fuzzy red hat. We took pictures then had to go back to get our bags from the lake, if we had brought them with we could have gotten down to the bottom an hour before everyone else. Instead of going back the way we came, we went on a forest adventure with no path and a lot of rocks to climb, so we went around the whole lake. When we got to the marsh and were jumping over the small streams, I landed in the mud and my left foot slipped in and was all muddy. When we got back everyone was mad at us for taking forever, but whatever it was fun! We hiked back down and sang fun songs, like Princess Pat and The Ants Go Marching By. When we got to the asphalt, Annie and I started booking it because we wanted to be done! It was a really fun day :)

Today we met at the usual park and ride to go up to Guardsmin pass to run puke hill. We piled into cars and drove up the canyon, and it took FOREVER! Plus the gas light came on, not good... When we got there it was a little cold but once we got started it was alright. I hit my head on a branch and apparently I have a big scratch on my head from it. I ran with Gavin and Sam for most of the run, and when we saw Mike we turned around. With just over a mile to go I felt like speeding up, so that last part I ran alone. We even saw my 7th grade P.E. teacher and she recognized Gavin and Sam... Scary...Hehe

Last night Susannah and I had a sleepover with Michaela and Carissa so we just went to their team workout. Today was their girls run, and we were doing 5 miles. We ran along a road behind Davis High until we got to Happy Hollow. We stopped and stretched and then continued, then we had to cross several little streams and we all got wet and muddy. Then we bushwhacked through the rest of the hollow and got poison oak, so we ran to someone's house to rinse it off. Then we ran back to the school, where all the guys were SHIRTLESS! Hehe just kiddin'. Rissa just wanted me to write that...

Today I left my house and ran along 14th east to 17th south, up to 15th east to 21st south, up to 19th east to 9th south, into the gulley, out by the Bonneville church, up to 17th east, over to Harrison Ave, down to 15th east, over to my street, and then some laps in my tiny backyard. I had my ipod, which is why I survived.

Today we met at Sugarhouse in the usual spot at the usual time. We ran the state course for a warm up, then we did 10 hill loops on our little hill and 2 sets of circuits on the soccer field. We cooled down on the state course backwards, then I got stuck in a park bathroom stall. Thank you Annie for saving me.

Today we met at Liberty park for our workout and dutch oven breakfast. We did a lap warm up around the park then stretching before running over to the starting line. We did 6 strides on the grass and then did an 800, I hit a 2:50 or something close to that. We did equal recovery and then did a timed mile, and I hit a 6:27. We did half mile recovery and did one more 800 and I got a 3:01. We did a cool down by turning around and finishing the lap we were on, then I did another lap with Annie, Jesse, Olivia, and Dakota then we added some to be at 8. Then we had a delicious mountain man breakfast in huge dutch ovens, I wish we had those big dutch ovens at girls camp.

It was our last day at Pipeline for a long time. We met at the park and ride and then carpooled up to the trailhead. I started out too fast, because at mile 2 I started slowing down and my legs became really heavy. I tried to maintain a pushing pace for the rest of the run, but it hurt really badly. I guess that's the point of cross country, to be in constant pain. Teehee.

Today we met at Sunnyside park for a basic workout. We went down to the gulley entrance on 15th east and did 2 and a half laps in the gulley, while talking with Scotty about airsofting *cough cough* and then when we exited the gulley at the top and went to the white tree in the park for 10 little hill strides. We ran 2 laps around the park for a cool down and voted on captains. Our alumni BBQ and fun run and varsity trial is tonight, so I'll be back on the blog later.

I ran a warm up at the bbq, then the team race. I ran the 2.6 miles in 18:05, so add another half mile and you have my 5K time. Eek I need to get back to where I was (19:06) if I plan on breaking 19 this season. I made 2nd on varsity, congrats to Natalie, Sarah B, Jesse, Annie, Maggie, and Olivia, Saturday is going to be awesome. I ran about a mile cooldown to be at 10 for the day. Then we announced team captains, congrats to Tomy, Scotty, Dylan, Natalie, and Annie, we're going to be great! Good job everyone!

This morning we met at Liberty for a simple workout because of our race tomorrow. We did a lap of warm up then stretching and split into groups of firemen. I was with Annie, Jesse Sarah S, Amanda, Sarah B, Bill, Gavin, Sam, Anders, and Olivia. After that we did 6 strides then a lap of cool down then added a little bit to be at 5, then went up to Browning circle for a delicious breakfast. It was great!

Today was the premire invitational up Settlement canyon. When we got up there, varsity girls had 2 and a half hours until our race, so Natalie and I went on a mile shake out run up the road and back and we talked about this upcoming season. When we got back to the cars, Nat, Annie, and I took the JV girls on a 1 mile warm up, and we went backwards on the course to show them where to kick it and let them get familiar with the terrian. After they started their race, we went and relaxed in the smiletruck for a bit and did more warm up and strides. Our cheer really got us pumped up and we were all excited because it's our first meet of the season! When we we started I got blocked between a Hillcrest and Murray girl, but then I used my elbows and got through them and made my way up to at least the top 10. I knew that the top 7 get medals and t shirts, so I focused on getting up to the top 7. I even passed that Woods Cross girl I've wanted to beat eversince Regions sophomore year, WOOT! I worked in 7th for a bit, and I didn't want to get outkicked into 8th so I worked up to 6th and passed the Timpanogus girl near me and gapped on her, but she stayed close enough for me to hear her teammates tell her to try and pass me. When in doubt, pinkies out, and I seriously doubted that she would pass me, so of course I pinkied her teammates as I ran by. Teehee. When I was off the trail and coming up to the river I suddenly felt really sick, and when Bill told me to kick it I started whining. What the heck was wrong with me? Oh well, Timpanogus was NOT going to pass me after all my hard work, so before the finish line, I puked all over myself and I didn't even stop to do it. So basically I puked across the line, it was great! I was a slobbery and stinky mess, but once I got cleaned up and got the nasty flavor out of my throat, I went on a team cooldown on the course backwards. I turned around after half mile because I was feeling pukey again, but I slowed down enough so it didn't come up. Congrats to Tomy and Natalie my fellow medalers, and Scott and Annie, my fellow pukers. Way to work today!!

Today we met at Cottonwood complex at 3 to get used to running in the afternoon since school starts Wednesday. We did the usual warm up around the softball fields then up to 13th east, over to St Marks, down to 11th east, and back into the complex. I kept up with Tomy and we talked about what classes we're taking, and about my honors chemistry teacher. After the warm up we stretched while Bill marked the half miles on the course, and we also did 8 strides and stretched more. By the time we actually started we had been there forever. My first 800 was a 3:26, the next was a 3:21, then 3:26, 3:28, and 3:50. On the 6th one I was feeling very sick and about halfway through it I completely crashed and my stomach hurt really badly, and I hit about a 4:40, terrible! I could barely walk and I just felt so sick I lied down in the grass and cried it hurt so bad! :'(

Today we met at Sunnyside park in the afternoon to do a run. Varsity and others ran up Sunnyside avenue and down Foothill to 5th south and Guardsmin way. It was really sunny and hot and I was already really sweaty the first little bit. I made it to the drinking fountain, recovered in the shade for a bit, then ran up to 11th ave and past the fire station to M street, where I recovered in the shade for a few seconds before heading back the same way. I took another drink before continuing back down through the neighborhood and to the U campus, and as soon as I started running up 5th south to Foothill I got really sore and started to feel sick. I kept running and when I finally got to Sunnyside avenue, I had to run on the sunny side (ha. ha. Because the shade was on the other side, get it? Heehee. Urgh.) I got back to the park and did my core and drank my water. When I got home I took a cold shower and had a glass of brown cow, now I'm off to Snowbird! First day of school tomorrow!

Today was the first day of school, and I got a lovely nap in yoga. We met at the track as we always do after school and assigned lockers and got ready to run. Once again I have locker 81, the locker I've had since freshman year :) We did a mile of warm up and stretched for a minute then did 5 laps of drills, BLAST, and bleacher runs. The drills were high knees, pocket kicks, power skips, karaoke west, karaoke east, and finish. We then went to the soccer field and did 6 hills, fast up, walk backwards down. Then we ran to the gulley and entered at 15th east and then did 2 laps in there and came back the same way. Now it's chocolate milk and dinner time!

Today after school was our try outs, so we had a couple of new people, which was great! We started out with a quick meeting and then did a mile warm up and a mile speed changes. After the warm up we got water and a few people changed shoes, and we stretched. We then proceeded to do 3 sets of 3 minutes on, 3 minutes standing recovery. I did almost a full 2 laps on my first one, then Bill told me just to go the full 800. My next times were 3:04 and 3:03 for the full 800. After we did that we did grass loops for a cool down, newbies 2 laps, oldies 3 laps. It was pretty hot today.

Today we ran down to Liberty park and went to the drinking fountain the long way. When we got there we reassembled and stretched, then jogged over to the hill, where we formed into 3 relay teams. Everyone did 4 hills. Then we jogged over to another drinking fountain, got a drink, and split into relay teams. Everyone did 3 strides each and then we had a quick team meeting about morning practices next week. We ran back up to the stadium and went searching for our ice tub, which we found by the soccer lockers, and we filled it up with ice and water and captains got to go first. We also let Dominique in with us because of her leg, so it was Tomy, Natalie, Dominique, Scotty, and I in the ice tub for 15 minutes. When we got out we did the dinosaur walk to the sunny track and laid out for a few minutes.

Later that night Natalie and Jesse had to run 4 more miles, so Olivia and I hopped on our bikes and biked behind them up Harrison ave, across 19th east to Sheridan road, across 20th east to Sunnyside ave, down Foothill and 5th south, across Guardsmin, over to 9th south, up to 17th east, and back to the circle. Nat and Jesse finished their 4 a few blocks before so Liv and I biked the rest of the way while they walked. It was quite the adventure.

Only 3 miles and I'm dying...why do I sweat so much? Seriously, it's warm for me in a blizzard with my shorts and tee. Ugh I can't wait until winter. I started at my house and went along 14th east to Blaine Ave, up to 15th east, over to 21st south, up to 17th east, turned around, went over on 16th east to Blaine Ave, down to 15th east, over to Sherman and home. I've still got sweat dripping off my face... This is so gross! Maybe I'll just go running again at midnight, whose in?

Today after a great day of school, we went to the track for workout. While waiting for Bill I managed to do all my honors chemistry so I only have to do APHUG tonight. We did a big grass loop for our warm up and then took up the southwest corner of the football field to lead everyone in stretches. After stretches we went on a run, there were 3 run options and I did the biggest one. We ran up Sunnyside to Foothill, down to Guardsmin, down to the Cemetery on 5th south, one loop in the cemetery, down to 13th east, over to 8th south, and back up to the track. Bill made us do surprise progressive 300s. The first one I did was to catch Vuong and not let Avvy catch me, I didn't catch him and she didn't catch me. On the next one I was to catch Becca and not let ... I forgot (sorry!) catch me. After 300s I went home and took a 15 minute ice bath whilst eating Ramen Noodles, yummy.

For morning workout we met at the track at 6:00 to do a run. We ran along 15th east to Sugarhouse, big 2 mile loop, and back the same way. I ran along 15th east alone to the park, but at the light I caught up to Patrick so I pushed with him for the rest of the run. The sailboat shower was open so I instantly got in, woo! We had a delicious French toast breakfast by Papa Jawn.

For yoga we learned all the poses and it was nice to stretch out and relax.

For our afternoon workout we ran 2 grass loops for a warm up then did a mile of speed changes on the track. Once again I pushed with Patrick and after the warm up we did a little bit of stretching, drank some water, and all lined up. We did a 2 200s with equal recovery, then varsity did 2 400s with equal recovery, then 2 more 200s with equal recovery. I didn't feel like wearing my shoes anymore, so for a cool down of 2 grass loops I ran barefoot and it was amazing! And good job to our soccer team, it was fun to watch the game while cooling down. We pulled out the paper gatorade ice cups from the freezer and rubbed our legs with the ice for a few minutes, then we filled the ice tub and Annie, Maggie, and I kneeled to ice up to our hips as Tomy and Maclean stood up. After 15 minutes we had a captains meeting in Bills office and I'm pretty sure my skort left a nice little wet spot from the ice tub...ha ha. We had a team dinner and later Natalie, Annie, and I made the treats for tomorrow. Time for bed!

Today was pre regions at Cottonwood Complex. When we got there the girls all ran a 1 mile warm up and when we got to the line we did some strides to get us ready. When the race started I pushed myself up to 2nd and held that throughout the race. About halfway through the race there was a Woods Cross girl close behind me, so I really worked it to create a gap on her and she worked to try to close it. I was feeling really sick and I was really thirsty, but I really wanted to get 2nd so I sucked it up and dealt with it. Coming around the last downhill turn I could see her out of the corner of my eye and I heard her coach tell her she could get me. But I was not going to allow that, so I sprinted to the finish and she was only a few seconds behind me. I need to work hard to stay ahead, because I know I can beat everyone in our region besides Nat, and I know that I can keep up with her. I did a mile and a half cool down and picked up flags with Olivia for the last half mile. Our girls team won by 2 points, good job today girls, keep working hard, what matters most is our real regions. Way to work today! Good job to our boys who placed 4th, just keep working your way up and I know that you can go to state this year! Good job to everyone individually, it was a tough race and I'm proud of you all for pushing your hardest and giving it everything. I love my team!