Recovery

I was supposed to do 6 today, but I didn't have my orthodics with me and I was feeling really grumpy. It was cold, slightly rainy, and it even snowed for a few minutes. At 3.25 I couldn't take my laps around the track anymore so I went and talked and stretched with Sarah in the locker room for warmth so we don't get sick. Then when we went back outside to do core with everyone else, it was finally sunny. I hope the sunshine stays!!

The bus ride was very bouncy so I felt very shaken when we got to the meet. Also, considering it was a bus going to a track meet it was very, very quiet...Because it was girls only! Ha.

When we got there, I ran a 2 mile warm up. Susannah, Natalie, Amanda, and I found a 1 mile loop around Davis High School, so we just did that twice before putting on our spikes and going to wait by the starting line. I was placed in the first heat, which was people 6 minutes and under with Susannah, Natalie, and Amanda. They didn't do individual seeds, which I thought was dumb because Susannah obviously should always be the first seed, not the middle. The first lap I did my best to stay up with the group, and I wasn't last!

Then I calmed down a bit and jogged a bit to stay warmed up for the 800. I was placed in the first heat, but when it started I knew that it was too fast of a heat for me, but I held on and wasn't last! :)

Then I thought I was done, so 2 bites into my bagel my coach came up to me and told me that I was going to to be the third leg in the 4 by 800 with Amanda, Natalie, and Susannah, so after watching the three of them in the 2 mile (My sister kicks pockets!) I went to the infield with them to practice handing the baton off, because we had never done the 4 by 800 before. Amanda was our starting leg, and she got us into third. She passed the baton to Natalie, and she brought us closer to the 2nd place Davis team, and at the beginning of my leg I was ahead of the Davis girl but then she passed me, so I stuck right onto her. I passed the baton to Susannah and she instantly got away from her. There was still a ways to go to the first place team, but she was pretty close. We ended up getting 2nd.

For my mile cool down, Michaela came over from her Davis Lacrosse practice to run a mile with me. I just did the same loop as the warm up, and Michaela was barefoot. It was a great meet and I'm already impatient for regions...

After the usual 2 lap track warm up and stretching, we did 5 laps of 50 meters of drills (butt kicks, high knees, powerskips, karokes east, and karokes west) with zigzag steps on the bleachers each lap. Then for a distance workout, we did 10 sets of fartleks around the stinkin track, until I was at 4 miles for the day. Then I went on a 2 mile adventure cool down run with Suzette and Dakota, up to Sunnyside, a big loop, back down to the stadium, and random places until we were at exact 6. It felt great but my lower hip has been hurting lately and I'm pretty sure it's been hurting ever since I fell down on the school dance floor...Maybe I'm just whining.

2 miles warm up, 2 miles speed changes, and 2 miles cool down. I was feeling good today, so I was able to keep up with Amanda for the whole workout. Then we spent forever setting up cones and flags for Running of the Leopards tomorrow :)

Running of the Leopards this morning!!! When we got to the start, I ran up to Wasatch Blvd for a 2 mile warm up with Susannah and Whatshisbucket. Then I did some drills and ran into Natalie, Amanda, Gavin, Bre, Kiley, and all those fun people. For the first mile, I ran with Bryson and we were at 6:02 at the mile. Shortly after that, he gained distance on me for one of the steeper downhills. I decided to try and catch up to Kiley, who was just ahead of me. I guess she knew I was coming, so I did my best to stay close to her. I PR'd my 2 mile time at the 2 mile mark, a 12:20, which is a PR by about 25 seconds for me! :) My goal today was to break 19 minutes, and I got a 19:08. I was a little upset about the 8 seconds, but happy that I had PR'd by 17 seconds. :) Congratulations to everybody who ran today! It was a good race!