Recovery

Today we met at Sugarhouse park for our cemetery run. I planned on doing 2 laps in the cemetery, but just before I ran into the cemetery I didn't feel too great. I was running with Maggie the whole time, and on our way back to the park as Natalie was passing us, we pushed to stay up with her until the finish. It started pouring rain, now I'm not happy but I want to go puddle jumping.

I wore my purple new balance shoes today because we met at Wheeler Farm for our workout and it's really muddy/crappy (Literally, crap everywhere!) and my new shoes are too new for that. We did a 2 mile warm up, a big lap around the farm and then we went to our spot. The Cottonwood team was over there doing 300s, and we were doing Fartlek ladder. We did 1 minutes off, 1 on, 1 off, 2 on, 2 off, 3 on, 2 off, and repeat 3 times. However I missed the instruction 'Repeat 3 times' so I was very confused. Fortunately Amanda was running close to me, and she knows everything so she explained it. So I did 4.25 miles in circles around and around and around our little loop. After that, we ran to the drinking fountain for water, then did a backwards lap around the farm and then gathered by the broken sprinkler and jumped in puddles!!

Today was the Shoreline run. We met at the trailhead and went up the usual way. I forgot to turn my garmin on, so oh well. I also got stuck behind a lot of people, and we had to run in single file because the trail is really narrow. Finally when the trail widened up, I was able to get ahead and by the time I got to the drinking fountain by the amphitheater I had caught up to Natalie, Ben, Tomy, and that faster group. I kept up with them up the road to the fence and we ran up that trail by it for a quarter mile, and it was really rocky, steep, and muddy. We turned around and came back the same way, and when I finished, I was very happy. In all my years of running cross country at East high, that was the first time I have done that full Shoreline trail run without getting lost. We went over to the drinking fountain across the street, then we did step ups, arm swings, wall sits, crunches, and pushups. Now I'm all sweaty and gross...

Today was our annual bike and run relay out at Jeremy Ranch in Park City. This year we were doing it with the Brighton team, so there were a lot of people there, which made it really fun! I was teamed up with Teeples on my sister's bike, and I started on the bike. The first mile felt really fast, because we were all trying to get ahead of each other. As soon as I got off to run my legs felt like jelly and I was going to collapse, but I pushed through and that mile felt great! At about half a mile the bikers started passing the runners. When we got to the 5 mile mark, we were able to stop for a minute and get water at my mom's car before turning around. I was starting to slow down, and for the last 2 times I had to drop the bike off at the cone, Teeples was already waiting. We finished 4th from East, 5th overall. It was a fun workout, and Brighton made breakfast after. It was a lot of fun!

It's Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday... Happy Birthday Gavin. Today we went to Liberty Park for a simple workout. 1 lap warm up, 1 lap firemen, 1 lap cool down, add extra, do core, done. For the firemen I was with Natalie, Bill, Patrick, RJ, Amanda, Sarah, Anders, and Gavin. Tomorrow is Minuteman, so tonight is pasta night! :)

Today was the Minuteman 5K out at Rio Tinto Stadium. When I got there, I picked up my race packet with Annie, Jesse, and Sam, then we went on a warm up with Natalie, Amanda, Sarah, Bill, Gavin, RJ, Patrick, Vuong, Dakota, and Ben. We ran to the top of the first downhill and turned around then went to the top of the last uphill so Bill could show everyone the course. Then we changed our shoes and did some drills and strides and lined up for the race. The cannon was really loud, and even though I was expecting it, it still scared me to death! I didn't start to fast or too slow, which was great! Going down the hill for the first mile I passed Kiley and Patrick, and as Patrick and I hit the first mile it was a 6:23. I pushed ahead because there was a girl passing me who looked my age, but then as I caught up to another crowd I lost her. Just before mile 2 was a water station, but I accidentally choked on the water. My mile 2 time was 13:40, and as I worked up the hill I paced with the people around me. I got ahead of the little crowd I was with at the base of the big hill, then as I was almost there I was dying, so they started gaining on me. I managed to stick with them and when there was the downhill drop right before the final kick I kicked it and beat a lot of them. My final time was a 21:37, and it was okay, I could have done better though. For a cool down I ran out to the mile mark with everyone, and while they all ran the full course for cool down, I went back with Dakota and Jesse, and we got there right as they were announcing my name in the awards.