Recovery

All day bus ride to Footlocker. :) Stopped in St George at the usual place to run on the trailway to the golf courses 2 miles out and back.

Went with the team for packet pick up and course walk through. After course walk through I took my shoe off and we did 8 strides by the start then headed to the beach. As soon as we got to the beach Sarah Sa and I sprinted barefoot in the wet sand and back for funsies.

When we got to the course, I ran a mile warm up with Maggie because we're the only junior girls. When we checked into the start we did some strides. I did some high knees and butt kicks and the second I got back to the line from my butt kicks everyone else was in starting stance, heehee. As soon as the gun fired both girls on either side of be elbowed, so I fought back and ran harder than them. The corral was alright, I worked on getting into position for the first mile. For the second mile I worked up the switchbacks and they made my legs hurt really bad, but as soon as it curved into a downhill I leaned forward and passed as many people as possible. Going up poop out hill I focused on myself and not the others around me. It helped to have Taylor screaming at me to go because I hadn't heard anybody cheering for me. I went down the rest of the reservoir hard and worked up reservoir hill. I used the last downhill to give me the kick I needed to medal. Once I got onto the track I kicked it. But at the last 10 meters I got outkicked by a shorty (Not as if that's every happened before. eyeroll) And yeah. I ran a 1 mile cool down actually cheering for my teammates instead of messing around. Then we went to Disneyland! :)

Went to the gym and biked 3 miles while doing my chemistry homework. Earlier today I walked to and from Smiths with my financial lit class to do some grocery budgeting heehee.

We did our track stuff and then us distance runners played 3 rounds of foxes and hounds. I survived the first round running around with Tomy. I almost survived the 2nd round but got caught last minute. I was out pretty close to the end of the last round. And the whole workout I was in my jeans.

Went to the gym and did 2 miles on the elliptical. It was really boring because I forgot my ipod.

Did the usual core, A Skips, hip swings, and break out. Distance did our step ups, wall sits, lunges, balances, leg lifts, and more. Then we went on 13th east to the cemetery, 1 lap, and back. Then it was only 2 and a half so we did 1 grass and parking lot lap behind the school and another grass lap. Omnomnom Christmas treats!

Olympic Oval team workout. 4 laps warm up, 4 speed changes, 1 recovery. Changed shoes. 2 sets of circuts then 10 laps of Js. I did these all by myself, along with a lot of other things lately. I did my mile cool down alone and then went home and have been sitting here pretty much all day.

Ow. Out at the Oval I did 1 mile warm up, and after a half mile of speed changes my hips were really hurting. I changed shoes and did drills laps then a 40 minute tempo. My hips were hurting really bad, and my plantarfacitis  was really hurting as always. I did 29 laps total today. I'm ready to go take a nap.

Went on a 4 mile bike ride while Susannah ran and we delivered Christmas presents to Natalie and McKensie. We then went to the grocery store to get presents for more people. Then we went home. My toes are freeeeeezing. MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE EVERYONE!

Merry Christmas everyone! :)

I went to my cousins house in Kaysville today for some Christmas fun, and Michaela and I still needed to run so we put on our new Christmas running clothes and went out for 2.25 and back. The route is secret and the conversation is secret, but my garmin measured 4.5 and that's all that mattered. Our average pace was 9 minutes.