Recovery

Today was a speed workout. We ran a 15 minute warmup around campus then did our drills, stretches, and a stride. Our workout was 2x500, 2x400, 2x300, 2x200, 1x800. My times were supposed to be 1:55-59, 1:27-30, 58-60, 41-42, and 3:05-3:11, but I ran 1:47, 1:47, 1:21, 1:24, 55, 56, 38, 40, and 2:56. It was just a good day! I worked with Genevieve the whole time :) For cooldown I ran with Mikesell and Maddie around some field by campus, which was a pretty fun adventure :) Now I get to try and get ahead on my study hall hours before weights, yoga, and history! Cedar City this weekend!

Today we drove down to Cedar City for our race! Yay! I warmed up with the team. The wind was 22 mph, which I could tell was going to get to everyone, so I decided that it wasn't going to get to me. The course was really nice and I really liked it. At the start I went out with my team and stuck with Harley and Caity for about a mile, then they gapped and I worked with Aisha, Savannah, Mikesell, and Savannah instead. We worked together as a team and drafted, then on the last turn to the uphill Mikesell and I broke away and started chasing people down. At the finish I got double roadkilled which made me kinda sad, but overall I had a really good race! :) I ran a cooldown with my team while cheering on our boys :) First time girls have raced first and I loved it! Then we all went to dinner, hopped on the bus, and drove home! Yay!

Today our workout was 7x1000. We ran up to Scera Park and on the way there I ran into a sign. At first everyone was "Abbie are you okay??" But I started laughing becuase earlier when I was going into study hall I fell down too. Great Monday, Abs. They all laughed with me and we continued running. At the park I did my first 3x1000s with my shoes on. My times were 3:58, 4:01, 4:07. I worked with Aisha, Shae, Genevieve, and Savannah as usual. My tummy was kindof hurting at the start of our 4th one, and I ran a 4:29 :( Then a 4:44 :( Then I told myself only 2 more and ran a 4:22 and finished strong at 4:04. So this workout wasn't a total flop :) And it really helped me to have encouraging teammates, especially Mikesell, she's too sweet. The Gatorade today was purple, so I was happy. I ran back to the WAC with Kenzie, Harley, and Caity, and Harley pointed to every low sign to help me not hit my head and fall over again :) Now I get to sit in study hall for an hour before going to weights. Yoga has been cancelled this week for fall break, so I get to go home early today :) New apartment! :)

Today I went running with Maddie, Kenzie, Genevieve, and Savannah. We asked Jason what a good run was, and he told us to find the haunted cabin. We over to Lakeside Park and continued straight on that road until we hit a trail with some really tall plants. It was like a corn maze. We kept going, then got a little lost in the bushes and suffered stinging nettle and other various plants. Let's just say we got hives and failed to find the haunted cabin, so we turned around to head back but then ran into Jason and Nelson! The other girls kept going back to the WAC, but Maddie and I wanted to find the haunted cabin so we ran with the boys until we got there. It was really cool. Then we turned and ran back. The boys turned left when we got back to the main road, but Maddie and I just ran back to the WAC. Hooray for adventures!

Today we did a hill workout at Carterville. We ran a 15 minute warmup and then did stretches and drills. Our workout was to run out on Carterville and go up and down 4 of the big hills we passed. Twice. On the way out we ran the hills hard and on the way back we ran the flats fast. After the first out and back I pretty much died. My tummy has been hurting really bad this week, not just while running, but any random time of the day. Luckily fall break starts tomorrow so I'll be able to relax for a bit and go home! On the second set of hills I just focused on my form while running as hard as I could. It hurt really bad, but I still finished the whole workout and that's all that matters right now. Yoga was canceled again today, so after I blog this I'm going to weights and then my 3 hour class. Then bedtime the second I get home!

Today I went with Nelson and Brenden up to Sundance to run at Stewart Falls. I really like that trail, and it's really pretty with all the leaves, but it was a little hilly and rocky and narrow at some points. When I got to the waterfall I turned around and the boys kept running up. We all assumed they would catch me on the way back, but when I got back I was waiting for about half hour. Luckily the car was unlocked so I sat in there and took a nap. After we stopped for some hot cocoa :)

Today we ran up to Vintage Park for our workout. It was 6-8 1000s depending on how we ran them. My starting window was 4:08-4:13, but I ran a 3:55 with Genevieve instead. After that we decided to pace ourselves. Our next 3 were 4:05, 4:06, and 4:04. After that our coach said that if everyone could hit the next 2 in our windows then we could stop at 6. My window was 3:54-3:59 and I ran 3:57 and 3:56 :) Everyone hit their times, so we did our 2 400s and cooled down :) I've been feeling pretty great about the workouts lately! Later we did our weights with some new medicine ball drills, then Brenden and I went to Yoga :)

Today I was in study hall with Aisha, Genevieve, Savannah, Maddie, Brooke, and Kenzie, so we took a break and went for a run. We drove to a little paved path by the lake and ran on that, but after 2 miles the trail stopped and was fenced off because of the train tracks. We turned around and on the way back we ran down a ramp to run along the beach in the sand. We even touched the water just for fun. When we got off the paved trail after, we only had 4.25, so we kept running out on the road by these fields, which was slightly uphill. At the curve we turned around and went back to the car to get 7. It was a pretty fun run and we averaged 7:28.

Today was a great workout! We ran our usual 15 minute warmup and did our drills. Coach had a few new stretches for us, which popped my back and felt GREAT! The workout was 8x400, which was wonderful because we were expecting 12. My time window was supposed to be 91-93, and I was in the second group. I ran my first two in 87 and 88 with Maddie, but then Jess and Ivie joined our group and I ran the next 4 with them in 82s. My 7th one was 81 and my last one a 78. I ran a 15 minute cooldown with Mikesell and Emily on our same campus route. For lifting today we did ladder drills, then a superset of V-ups, scissor legs horizontally and vertically, with a 30 second back plank. We also had pull ups, inverted rows, Dead Seal lunges, weighted one leg squat things, along with the 60-60-60 abs, obliques, and lower back. I did hyperextensions forward and back, then some medicine ball twists, and crunchies. Then Brenden and I showed off some of our yoga poses in the weight room because we aren't doing yoga today, it's just a class for studying for the midterm. Ugh.

Today I met up with Savannah, Kenzie, Maddie, Bridgit, and Genevieve in study hall and we took a break to go running. We ran to the haunted cabin at a nice relaxed pace. The haunted cabin was beautiful today, we're probably going to run it again on Tuesday and take some pictures. #WolverineWay

Today I finished all of my study hall hours for the week early so I got to go home and put my pork in my crockpot! Then Maddie picked me up and we drove over to the Provo/Jordan river trail at the base of the canyon and ran along that. The leaves are so pretty on the trail! We ran out 4 miles and back, and I figured out that the trail goes through Nunns Park! I really like this trail and want to run it again! :) Now it's time to decorate our apartment for Halloween! Yay!

Today we did some speed. We ran our usual 15 minute warmup around campus then met at the track for drills and stretches. The workout was three sets of 3x400, 800. My first set was supposed to be 89-92 and I hit consistent 84s. My 800 was supposed to be 3:15-3:18 and I got 2:58, oops. My next set was supposed to be 87-90 and 3:14-3:17 and I got 85, 86, 90 and 3:11. Ugh. It was getting tough mentally and my next 400 was supposed to be 85-88 but I hit 96. Poo. After that, Coach told everyone if we could hit in a faster window for the next two 400s then we could be done. I almost cried because I didn't think I could do it, but Aisha and Savannah encouraged me to go with them. I was supposed to get 79-82 for these ones and I wasn't sure I could do it, but I went with the girls in the second group anyways and I managed a 75 and an 81! I felt so much better after that! I ran a 15 minute cooldown with Aisha and Savannah whilst talking about boys. Later is weights and my yoga midterm, yay!

Today I went with Genevieve to Savannah's apartment, where the 3 of us ran along Carterville to Gold's Gym, where we biked for 6.5 miles. We were gonna swim for 20 minutes, but we decided not to so we just ran back to Savannah's apt. It was nice to just cross it a little bit. And 3 mile biking = 1 mile running barefoot.

Today was the high school state XC meet! GO EAST LEOPARDS! When I got to the meet I went for a 5 mile run around the perimieter of the park and there's a new paved trail! That was soooo a single file dirt trail a few weeks ago. The sprinklers were on too, which was nice :) After my 5 miles I ran a little bit with my East girls for their warmup, then I did a bunch of running around to get to and from places on the course to cheer for everyone! Everybody did great! Love you girls! And guys!

Today we had team practice, but since nobody had checked online only a few of us showed up. We had a quick meeting about a few things, then I went with Harley, Caity, Genevieve, Maddie, and Savannah to the verticle mile because we wanted to run the trail up there. We all stayed together at about a 7:30 pace on the way up, then Harley and I turned at 2.5 and ran back at a 7:10 pace, and the last mile I dropped to about a 6:45. I really like that trail, once you get past the first mile. Oh well, it's the verticle mile for a reason. It was a fun beautiful run :)

Today we ran from the WAC through our little campus loop for a 15 minute warmup then met back at the track for stretches and drills. The workout was 1600, 1200, 800, 4x400. For the 16 I was supposed to run a 6:29-44, but I wanted to run faster so I worked with Shae and we hit a 6:06 :) Everyone ran it faster. For the 12 I worked with Shae again and we hit a 4:22. On the 8 we worked with Savannah and the three of us hit a 2:56. My 400s I worked in a group with Shae, Savannah, Aisha, and Maddie and went 85, 85, 86, 81. Today was just a really good workout for me :) I ran a cooldown with Caity and Maddie along Geneva Rd, I have weights in an hour and a half from now. I finished all my study hall hours for the week, and I didn't even go in on Wednesday! Yay for life!

Today a few of us met at Runners Corner for a morning run. I ran with Harley, Brooke, Jess, and Taylor down to PRT, and after a while I turned with Harley and Taylor to go up University Parkway back to Runners Corner, where we had waffles :) Yum!

Today we ran our warmup up by the Institute building and on the roof of the school then looped back down by the courtyard through the parking lot to the fields by the ME building, where we did 10 minute tempo, 2 minute rest, 8 minute tempo, 2 minute rest, 4 minute tempo, 2 min rest, and 2 min tempo. Then we did 4 strides to work on form. I worked with Genevieve the whole workout, and we cooled down with Aisha, Caity, Savannah, and Maddie. We did the same warmup loop, but instead of running over the tunnel we rolled down the hills because there were  A TON OF LEAVES and it was SO MUCH FUN! Weights was really light today, so that was nice :)

Today Maddie and I ran from the WAC over to the tunnels and along Sandhill Road to Nelsons Grove Park. We ran a lap in the park, then down to the roundabout under the freeway. I noticed the train barrier flashing, but Maddie kept running so I yelled "Train!" and she stopped and almost got hit by the barrier. Then it wasn't even a train, just a stupid maintinence truck on the tracks. We turned and ran back up to Sandhill and ran back the way we came. It was a nice relaxed run.

Today we ran our usual 15 minute campus warmup and met at the track for drills and stretches. I really like the iron crosses we do, they really pop my back! :)  Our workout was 2x800 then 4x400. I felt great! I was supposed to be 3:10-17 and 3:04-11 but I ran 2:49 and 2:51 :) Then my 400s were supposed to be 87-90 and I ran 83, 82, 81, 80. I made it my goal to get 1 second faster each one. I'm getting better at this! I ran a 15 minute cooldown with Kenzie, Genevieve, and Caity. Then I checked my study hall, 9 hours and 25 minutes so far! Awesome! I did my lifting at Gold's later. Halloween run tomorrow!!

Happy Halloween!! Today we did the Haunted Cabin run in our costumes :) I was Batman! It was fun! Minus the part where we had to jump over all of the tumbleweed... Steeple practice?