Recovery

Today was speed. We did things a little differently by splitting up boys and girls. The girls did 2 grass laps warm up and then boys and girls did 1 mile speed changes separately, which was weird to me. Then the girls did our speed. I was assigned to do a 1000 at 3:45, 2 800s at 3 flat, and 4 400s at 85. My 1000 was a 3:43, I checked my time every 200 to make sure that I was still on, which I was. My first 800 was 3:02 because my splits were both 1:31. On my next 800, my split was 1:31, so I picked it up and got a 3 flat. On my 400s I ran 84, 88, 83, and 80. I did grass laps until I was at 7 miles for the day before going home to my gatorade. Too bad I can't have ice cream anymore. :(

For our morning workout we ran along 15th east to Sugarhouse, did the state hill 6 times, and ran back. For an afternoon workout I did 1 mile warm up, 2 miles speed changes, and 1 mile cool down. Then we took ice baths and I was in to my hips for a little over 12 minutes.

Today was pre regions. I did a mile warmup with the girls and some strides. I feel like it wasn't enough warmup but I didn't have my garmin. At the start I went out in front, and Sarah came with me and picked it up. It was too fast. When I got to the top of Bertha, I was ahead of everyone by a few meters and I used the hill as a breaker. I kept the lead the entire race until the last time on the rollercoaster. Milika was behind me and even though I gained on her on the downhill, she caught me on the uphill and passed me. I decided I would let her lead a bit but as soon as she passed me I lost it and let her go. I'm never going to do that again. She gapped me quite a bit and I gained some of that back but not enough. At the bottom of Bertha I pretty much peed my pants teehee. I worked up Bertha and kicked it into the finish. I was really upset about what I did but I know how to fix it and it won't happen ever again. I did a mile cooldown while picking up flags. Also, I do not know what my actual time was, I just put a 19:20 because the blog requires it.

Today Bill was in Canada so Emily had a new run for us which I actually really liked. We went straight down 9th south to Liberty, did a big lap around to the drinking fountain, I saw my sister, and we got a drink. Some people went up 13th south to 15th east and back to the school, but I continued on with Tomy, Chris, and Sarah along 7th east to 21st south and up to Sugarhouse. When we got to Sugarhouse I did a grass lap with the boys and when we got back to 21st south and 19th east we went up to 21st east and over to 17th south where we caught up with Sarah again. The 4 of us ran together to 13th south, but after that Sarah and I fell off. I caught up to Tomy and Chris at the light on Foothill and Sunnyside, but they were going to go down 5th south to the cemetery, so I just went straight down Sunnyside to the stadium, where I did 10 strides along the 100 straightaway. It was awkward because of the JV Football game, so there were a lot of people watching me.

Today we met at the track and ran up to Sunnyside for speed. We did a lap around the park before doing 6 strides and 6 800s around the field. I started out with a 2:51, but then the next three got progressively slower. On the last 2 I managed to pick it up a bit, but they weren't as fast as my first one. After I put my shoes back on, we ran down to the track and I did 2 grass laps and a football field lap to get to 7 miles today. Now my legs hurt.

I felt really sick when I woke up this morning, and I was the only one home, so it's a miracle I even went running. The whole time I felt wiped out, but I never stopped. I went along 14th east to Blaine, up to 15th east, did a lap around Sugarhouse, went up to 19th east, over to 9th south, down to 17th east and over to 13th south and down home.