Recovery

After school we met in the commons as usual. Bill wasn't going to come today, but he told us to do 6 miles. Well, Susannah, RJ, Taylor, and I were the only ones who actually did the run, which was to a point from the teacher parking lot to 11th ave and back. It wasn't too cold, thank goodness for gloves! We leave for Footlocker at 6am tomorrow!!!!!! :DD

We left at 6 this morning for California. We stopped in St. George for a 4 mile run. We ran out on the parkway, and I stayed close to Susannah, Natalie, and Gavin the whole run. Made it safely to California, we'll go check out the race course for Footlocker tomorrow morning.

We checked out the Footlocker race course today. We just did a walk through, only running down the hills and on flat parts. After we did that, we hurried to get our race packets and off to the beach. I ran around the beach along the water with Natalie and Susannah, we were running after a sea lion. And since I had ran down that part of the beach twice, I counted it as half a mile barefoot.

Today was Footlocker!! I got a pretty good start, Delaney, Maggie, Sarah, Stephie, and I started in a good spot so we wouldn't get boxed in. I got a great start, I went wide on the first lap of the corral to avoid getting boxed in, and I ran in about the middle of the road around it for the second loop. I stayed strong on the switchbacks; I didn't sprint up and I didn't jog so slow. At the top of the switchbacks I threw in a speed change, catching several people who had been weakened by the switchbacks. On the next downhill, I let myself go, watching my step and picking targets: AKA girls in neon. When I got to poop out hill, I looked up and used my arms. I passed a few people who went slow up the hill, when a coach at the side pointed to the 2 girls in front of me, "You're number 45 and 46, go!" I knew that top 48 get medals, so I used that next downhill as a trigger. I ran through a bush hanging over the fence, but it didn't slow me down at all. On the flat-ish part of that part of the coarse, I threw in a really long speed change until I got to the final hill. I pushed up it pretty hard, knowing that I would have an immediate downhill to propel me to the finish. I passed several people, and sprinted down the hill. At the turn, I knew the rest of the coarse was flat, so I went really fast. I passed everybody I had been running with at the point, and in the last 20 meters got outkicked for a final place from 32. I was the first from east in the Frosh/Soph, so that's what division I counted. I ran around cheering for a cooldown, and spent the rest of the night walking around Disneyland, but no waiting in lines because we had the ultimate fast pass. :)

Today, Bill drove Susannah, Dakota, and I out to the Olympic Oval for speed. We did 8 laps warm up and 4 laps speed changes around the track and changed shoes. We did 8 400s, each with a lap of recovery. I averaged around 1:30s, my slowest being a 1:36 and my fastest a 1:27. After the recovery lap on the last 400, we did 2 laps cool down and headed out. Next time I need to remember to eat before workout, because I was hungry!!

Easy six miles today. We ran from the school to Sugarhose park, ran a big loop, and came back along 15th east.

We ran down to Liberty Park today and ran 1 lap of fartlek, 30 seconds fast and 30 seconds recovery. We had a cool freshman today, way to go, MJ!

Morning: I ran from Marta's house up to the main road near her house, whatever that is called. I ran half mile out, half mile back. I'll do another run later today when I meet up with Bill and Bre in Alabama.

USATF Nationals today. I got there in time for a 5 minute warm up plus strides, so it made me run terribly. The course was kindof loose rocks and gravel everywhere. On the plus side, I got a PR on my 2 mile, a 13:23! :) But otherwise my time was awful. At a part in the race, I was passing someone, she clearly looked at me, and cut right in front of me. I tried to do my old fashioned tripping trick, but the official was watching and I didn't want to risk getting disqualified. After the race, I went and ran a mile around the pond with Bill, then we did team 'mafia' shots with our Sojourners black coats. :)

I just went and ran 2 miles with Sarah today, since we were both feeling a little bleh. We ran from her house to Sugarhouse park, did a lap on the road, and went back to her house. Then we layed on her carpet forever. :)

So I should have about 5 more miles... But I was way too sick. We ran up to the track, did some track drills while making sound effects, and went to our distance workout. We did Tony's dumb workout first, 8 little hills. After that, we did a grass loop around the stadium and ran up Sunnyside ave. The original plan was to do our Sunnyside and Foothill loop, but when I got to Guardsmin, everybody was ahead and made the light. I got stuck there, and felt really sick. So I ran all the way back to the school and waited for them to return.

Today we went to Fairmont, 10 strides, Liberty, 1 lap on the woodchips, and back to the school. I felt okay at the beginning, but when we were almost to the park, I felt really sick again. I slowed down by alot, and eventually found Fairmont, even though I didn't get lost, I just had lucky guesses. After our 10 strides, we ran to Liberty. Again, I fell way behind the group. They didn't have to wait for me, but they did. After grabbing a quick drink, we did a lap. Of course I fell behind again. When I got back to the school, Susannah was waiting outside for me. We went to the weight room and did some stretches, squats, and lunges. Finally we were done! But I really don't like it when I get sick like this...

So after doing a bunch of core stuff that included circuits and carrying weights from A floor to D floor and all sorts of stuff, we ran along 13th east to President's Circle, up to the U Bookstore, along Guardsmin, and down 9th south to the school. Last night I had been assembling my running stuff in the dark, so I was a bit shocked to see I had brought my flats and not trainers...

That was awful. We met up at the Oval, and I was so excited to see the Kearns team!! Anyways, the workout was terrible. 8 mile tempo run = 30 laps on the Oval track. Grrr. I did it in 68 minutes, and I was pretty ticked off the whole time, until I was on lap 30.

Went running with Natalie, Amanda, RJ, Taylor, and Gavin today. We started as a group, but I felt everybody else was going too fast, and soon I had a side ache that felt like someone was using me as a pin cushion, it hurt so bad! Anyways. We started at ZoBell's, ran along 15th east to 21st south, and down to Toys R us. Gavin wanted to go shopping. We ran around Sugarhouse Plaza a bit, passing by Deseret Book, Zurchers, Payless, and Shopko. We were following the FedEx truck! We followed it for a little while, and we went along 9th east until we got to John's work. We decided to see if he was there, but he had gone home for lunch break. Sad day! So we ran up Kensington up to 13th east, over to Sherman, and up to 15th east. Then we ran home, aka ZoBell's, for coffee cake and corn bread!!!

We went to the Oval today for speed. We started with 4 laps warm up and went to stretch. After stretching, we did another 4 laps of warm up and 4 laps of speed changes. I kept up with Susannah, Natalie, and Bill all 12 laps. After speed changes, we changed our shoes to do 5 sets of 1000, each with partial lap of recovery in between. I hit a 3:59, 4:04, 4:03, 4:13, and 4:00. They were tough! For the cool down, we did 9 laps around the track, Delaney joined me for part of it, and it wasn't so boring. :)

So we went to the Oval again today. I'm so glad the guys came, even though the workout was hard, it was really fun. We did 5 laps of warm up and went to stretch. After stretching, we did some core work, which involved 7 laps? Maybe 8. After step ups, we did flannigans circuits and went on a 5 mile run. At mile 3, I couldn't find anyone, I was lost in Kearns! So I saw the Oval and ran right back to it and waited.

New Shoes!Susannah and I ran to the grocery store and took a longer way home.

So I got a Garmin for Christmas... :) I went on a run, I was breathing pretty hard though, my lungs don't like the cold, foggy air. I went up my street to 15th east, over to 9th south, up to Le Grand street, down to 18th east, over to Harrison Ave, down to 15th east, and home. I'll try to go running again with friends later today to get a few more miles, because 2.5 is not enough, even though it hurt. My foot was hurting again too. I think it was my spikes this time, every race I've raced in them since Pre Regions it feels like something along my arch is tearing... I should find out what's wrong.

Ow. Bleh. Grr. Ugh. That was my workout. I woke up really tired, feeling really sick. Susannah was mad at me and telling me I only had a few minutes to get ready, so I brought a pillow for the car and got an hour nap in. For workout, we did 4 laps warm up and went to stretch. After that, we did 4 laps warm up and 4 laps speed changes. Then we moved on to do 6 800s, each with a lap recovery between. I hated that, I was on the verge of tears, my stomach hurt and my foot pain was moving up to my knee. After the 4th 800, I dropped out. I changed my shoes and ran 6 laps with Delaney for a cool down. I'm going to go see the doctor tomorrow about that darn foot of mine...

Went to the doctor this morning. I have a swollen plantarfacia, so I need to take it easy until I get my arch support thingys. Later, I went running with Amanda, Gavin, RJ, and Taylor today. We started at home and ran up to Bonneville Elementary and up to the field. We went down one of the streets on about 20th east until we got to 17th east, then went and rang Nelson's doorbell. After getting rejected for juice, we entered the gulley on 9th south and ran to the exit by the Bonneville church. We ran over to Sunnyside Ave and came through Amanda Avenue to 9th south, past Nelson's again, and back home along 17th east. Muffin time!

Today we met up at the Highland marquee. We ran up Parley's road until we got to Evergreen Junior High, until we got to a random street. We went up and when the Garmins said 3 miles, which was our warm up. Then we went back the same way, we were supposed to be back at Highland within 22 minutes, that was the goal. I started too fast, with Natalie and Susannah. They left me in the slush, and then I was able to run with Amanda, but eventually I fell behind her too. When we got back, we ran on that route again, this time only 1 mile out and 1 mile back. My foot only hurt during the cool down. My stuff should be here on Tuesday so running will be less painful. :)

Note to self: Don't eat nachos 45 minutes prior to running. I went running with Natalie, RJ, and Taylor today. We started at ZoBell's and ran to Shriners along the route we usually take. We ran a bit on 11th ave to get up to an exact 3, then we turned around and came back. There's no way I'm doing a race tonight, it'll be about 9 degrees. Happy New Years Eve, everybody!