Recovery

After a day full of haircut admirers (It's just bangs but okay) we had the normal. We did half a mile warm up and our stretching circle, then dynamics. For a varsity distance workout, we did a mile of warm up and a mile of speed changes. We changed shoes to do a ladder. I would be doing 5 minutes on, 5 off, 4 on, 4 off, 3 on, 3 off, 2 on, 2 off, 1 on, 1 off, 1 on, 1 off. In the first 5 minutes on, I got exactly 1200, and I didn't feel like I was going that hard, so I'm starting to beleive I'll do well on Saturday at BYU. After the 3 minute on, I felt really sick, but I pushed through it and I felt better. By the end of the last minute off, I had done 4.75 miles of it. We did 5 100 meter strides, so I did about 5 miles total in my spikes. I took off my spikes, and did everything else barefoot. That included stepping over hurdles, high knees over the little white bars, step ups, calf raisers, lunges, and squats with weights, then some crunches, planks, and headstands. It was an alright workout, a little tiring though.

Practice meet at Stansbury. I did the 400 and 800 for running events, so before each one, I did some serious striding and drills to get ready. For the 400, I was heat one lane one, so I felt stronger, which helped me push. A few events later, I did the 800. I don't know what my time was, but I was about 8th overall, and 4th from East. After the 800, I hurried over to the high jump area to jump for fun. I had missed it because of the 800, but the girl there was really nice and let Amanda and I jump. Neither of us ever cleared the bar, but it was fun to do. Although I'm pretty sure I bruised my pelvis and left shin pretty badly, but I'll be fine. I was planning on doing shotput, but because of the running events I did, I got scratched and didn't make it over there until final throws. Oh well. Actually this entry is supposed to be tomorrow, I mixed them up by accident, and I'm too lazy to go change it.

I just realized... I mixed up my calendar entries, so this is Tuesday, yesterday's entry is actually today. Oops. Anyway. Half mile warm up and stretches and dynamics, the usual you know. Then a mile warm up and a mile of speed changes, then shoe change. Bill set it up so everyone would eventually do 2 400s and 1 800. I did a 400, pacing Susannah for her first lap of her 800, Sarah for her 2nd lap. My next 400 I paced Amanda for her 2nd lap of her 800, and then I did my 800, and I totally don't remember who paced me. We did some strides for cool down because we're taking it easy yet hard because Regions is soon.

Before practice, we had a short meeting about BYU Tomorrow, and then to get us pumped, we begged the coaches to let Caroline read us a story. 'All My Friends Are Dead' is probably the best book ever written.

We did the normal half mile warm up and stretches and dynamics before breaking into groups. Distance ran up Sunnyside over to 15th, over to the gulley, and in. It was nice and shady in there, which felt nice considering it's a hot day. We did a lap and a half in there, exiting at the top, and running over to Sunnyside Park. There, we did a minute and a half of arms, then 4 long strides for form. We did another set of arms and 4 more strides, then a final set of arms and 4 more strides. Then we ran straight down to the stadium and sat in the shady grass talking forever.

Today was the first day of the BYU Invitational. I'm doing the 1600 tomorrow, but I still went down today to support my team. After watching Susannah run and Caroline jump, I went on a 2 mile run. I went out the spectator entrance and then south for about a quarter of a mile. I went up a fun looking street for half a mile, then came back down it to a big patch of grass, where I did 10 long strides, concentrating on my form. Then I ran back to the stadium and to my team tent. It was a great run, I'm hoping to do well tomorrow!

I did a 2 mile warm up with Amanda around the field by the track. We had POTTY break then did our drills and strides. In the bullpen, I was expecting to be seed 6 of heat 2. I was actually seed 1. Since it wasn't a waterfall start, the 6 of us on the main line had plenty of space, which helped me get out fast. I thought I had gotten out too fast, but when I was able to maintain that pace the whole race, with the speed changes to get around people, I knew I was going to PR by a lot. Since the group was a pack for most of the race, I spent a lot of time in the outer lanes. I wish I would've pushed ahead of the group, because my time probably would've been faster. Oh well. I liked that there was a clock at the 200 mark. When I passed it I was at about 5:07. I started sprinting, I made a goal on the spot to be in the 5:30s. However, I'm not a very fast sprinter, and I couldn't really hold my kick. I still came in fast, my PR was only by 3 seconds but I guess I'm okay with that... After my race I felt like I was going to pass out, but after laying down in the shade for a couple of minutes, I took my spikes off and walked around either barefoot or in flip flops all day. I walked around the meet for the most part, but I also made it to Panda Express which was just over a quarter of a mile away, and the BYU Creamery, which was about a quarter of a mile walk... My legs aren't sore :)