Recovery

This morning Kiley and I met at Sugarhouse late because we weren't told about practice because everybody hates us because we're annoying. When we got there, we went to 21st south and ran down to State Street, over to 13th south, and up to Liberty. We did a lap at Liberty before going along 7th east to 17th south, up to 9th east, over to 21st south, and we added on a bit at the park. Then we went to Eggs and the City, then after eating our bacon and eggs, we went to the track and ran 1 lap warm up and 3 laps of J's because we were bored. Then we went and got some snowies.

Today was Cottonwood. We did our normal 3 mile warm up loop before doing tempo on the region course. I started out alright, but about a quarter mile into it I completely died. When I finished I did 3.5 miles cool down with Kiley by running the 2nd half of our normal loop then the first half and then around the softball diamond. Then we got slurpees.

Today I met up with Natalie and Sarah for an evening run. We ran from the circle along 17th east to Guardsman and over to Institute before turning around and going the same way. Then we got some delicious gelato :)

Today we met at Liberty. We ran 1 lap around the park before heading out for a run. I couldn't keep up because my stomach still hurts from yesterday. I went along 5th east all the way to Granite High School and met up with everyone who had already done their speed changes. I couldn't find any motivation to do them without completely dying, so I just ran back with them, falling behind after about a quarter mile. 

Later tonight we did a golf run. We met at Bonneville Golf Course and did 1 mile out and back for a 2 mile warm up. We rolled our dice, and I got black, white, yellow, blue, yellow. I felt really sick the whole game, but I pushed through it. On the first one I started farthest back, and ended up 8th, but the worst for me was over. I did better the second one, I think I was 5th or 6th. The third one I couldn't find the yellow, but I was far enough ahead of everyone to be in a good position. But the light on our cone wasn't on, so I let one of the boys ahead of me because I couldn't see the cone. I ended up 2nd in that one. On the next one I was blue, and it was a hilly long run with a lot of ropes. I finished 3rd behind Susannah and Chris. At the last one, I started at yellow with Sarah and Camille. About 5 steps into it, Camille yelled "Hill!" And I slipped and fell down a hill. But I got back up and tied for 1st with Sarah. Then some guy on a golf cart asked us what we were doing. Just striding. We went back to the cars and I was feeling too sick to do any more. I ended up 4th overall, half point behind Nate and half point ahead of Dakota. I was first girl:)

We met at Sunnyside park today. We did a lap around the park before running down to the stadium, where we did another mile warm up and a mile of speed changes. Then we did 12 400s with 2 minutes of recovery. I was supposed to be hitting 90. My times were 1:28, 1:24, 1:26, 1:26, 1:27, 1:27 and then I crashed down to 1:35, 1:39, 1:37, 1:36, 1:37, 1:38. We ran up to Sunnyside then did the VA loop before going to Nat's for breakfast. Yum!

Fartlek around the pond at Liberty.

Lots and lots of strides at Sunnyside.

Workout at Liberty. 2 mile warm up, 2 laps firemen, cooldown till 6. Then breakfast at Village in!

I should be racing right now, but instead after all my preparations yesterday to get ready, I was told to just do a workout. I ran to Sugarhouse, 3 laps, and home. On the 2nd lap there I did my fartlek 2 minutes on 1 minute off 5 times. I lost count, and I think I did an extra set. YOLO. I felt terrible coming home.

Today we met at Sugarhouse. We started with a 5 mile warmup loop up to 21st east, down 27th south, over on Alden to Parkway, and back to the park. Then we did 8 hill repeats, where we would run up the hill a little bit, over, up again, over, and up again and then around a couple trees, turned around, and back to the start for 2 minutes of recovery. I felt alright the first 6, but on the last 2 I felt pretty sick to my stomach. We did 8 strides by the river before going on a cool down around the park. 

Today we met at Liberty for a time trial. We did a lap warm up around the park before running to the starting line and doing strides. Sarah and I were supposed to hit our timed mile between 5:35 and 5:40. At the 800 mark we were a 2:50, so I picked it up a bit but then I must've been gradually slowing down because my final time was a 6:01. We ran to the starting line again so we could start our 800. I wasn't told a time, but I got a 2:55, so my split was better in the mile. For a cooldown I ran a lap around the park with Sarah B, Patrick, and Caden, then a lap with Sarah S and Bill. Then we all went to the Park Cafe since it was our last summer workout. School tomorrow = Afternoon workout = heat. Eww.

First day of school, which means afternoon workouts. After a long day sitting in class, we met at the stadium to get our lockers and run. We ran to the gulley and did 3 laps. Someone fixed the hole in the fence we always climbed through, but someone else rolled the whole thing off so we can get through easier now. When back at the stadium, we all did 3 sets of crunches and pushups, 3 sets of planks, wall sits, and arm swings, then we went to the soccer field for 10 short strides. I did 3 grass laps cool down then I had to hurry home.

Tonight was our BBQ alumni fun run and time trial. I warmed up with the team and set up a couple flags. In the time trial I stayed relaxed considering our race tomorrow. I was first and then I did a cool down by myself.

Today at the track we did a grass loop around the stadium and stretched before driving over to Sugarhouse for the meet. I did a warm up with Sarah and then we did strides and cheers. The first mile was just getting in position, the second mile I could feel that half a peach, and the third mile I just had to mentally help myself make it to the finish. I raced in my spikes from freshman year, so I logged it as barefoot. Then I did a barefoot cooldown with the team. 

This morning I woke up and went on my own run. I'm still going to have a really long night run. I started at my house and ran along 14th east to Blaine. I went along 15th east to Sugarhouse, then dropped down to 13th east and ran all the way to Cottonwood Complex. I learned that the bathroom there is exactly 5 miles away from my house, and I was eternally grateful that it was right there. I got a drink at the park and headed back along 13th east. When I got to Sugarhouse, I did a big lap and exited at 17th east and ran down 17th south to the drinking fountain on 15th east. I went back up to 16th east, over to Harrison, and up to 17th east to go home down 13th south.

Today was speed. We did things a little differently by splitting up boys and girls. The girls did 2 grass laps warm up and then boys and girls did 1 mile speed changes separately, which was weird to me. Then the girls did our speed. I was assigned to do a 1000 at 3:45, 2 800s at 3 flat, and 4 400s at 85. My 1000 was a 3:43, I checked my time every 200 to make sure that I was still on, which I was. My first 800 was 3:02 because my splits were both 1:31. On my next 800, my split was 1:31, so I picked it up and got a 3 flat. On my 400s I ran 84, 88, 83, and 80. I did grass laps until I was at 7 miles for the day before going home to my gatorade. Too bad I can't have ice cream anymore. :(

For our morning workout we ran along 15th east to Sugarhouse, did the state hill 6 times, and ran back. For an afternoon workout I did 1 mile warm up, 2 miles speed changes, and 1 mile cool down. Then we took ice baths and I was in to my hips for a little over 12 minutes.

Today was pre regions. I did a mile warmup with the girls and some strides. I feel like it wasn't enough warmup but I didn't have my garmin. At the start I went out in front, and Sarah came with me and picked it up. It was too fast. When I got to the top of Bertha, I was ahead of everyone by a few meters and I used the hill as a breaker. I kept the lead the entire race until the last time on the rollercoaster. Milika was behind me and even though I gained on her on the downhill, she caught me on the uphill and passed me. I decided I would let her lead a bit but as soon as she passed me I lost it and let her go. I'm never going to do that again. She gapped me quite a bit and I gained some of that back but not enough. At the bottom of Bertha I pretty much peed my pants teehee. I worked up Bertha and kicked it into the finish. I was really upset about what I did but I know how to fix it and it won't happen ever again. I did a mile cooldown while picking up flags. Also, I do not know what my actual time was, I just put a 19:20 because the blog requires it.

Today Bill was in Canada so Emily had a new run for us which I actually really liked. We went straight down 9th south to Liberty, did a big lap around to the drinking fountain, I saw my sister, and we got a drink. Some people went up 13th south to 15th east and back to the school, but I continued on with Tomy, Chris, and Sarah along 7th east to 21st south and up to Sugarhouse. When we got to Sugarhouse I did a grass lap with the boys and when we got back to 21st south and 19th east we went up to 21st east and over to 17th south where we caught up with Sarah again. The 4 of us ran together to 13th south, but after that Sarah and I fell off. I caught up to Tomy and Chris at the light on Foothill and Sunnyside, but they were going to go down 5th south to the cemetery, so I just went straight down Sunnyside to the stadium, where I did 10 strides along the 100 straightaway. It was awkward because of the JV Football game, so there were a lot of people watching me.

Today we met at the track and ran up to Sunnyside for speed. We did a lap around the park before doing 6 strides and 6 800s around the field. I started out with a 2:51, but then the next three got progressively slower. On the last 2 I managed to pick it up a bit, but they weren't as fast as my first one. After I put my shoes back on, we ran down to the track and I did 2 grass laps and a football field lap to get to 7 miles today. Now my legs hurt.