Recovery

Today was the workout of the devil. We did 2 grass laps for warm up and a mile of speed changes, and my lungs felt really tight and pushing against my ribs. Then we began the torture, 8 800s. I was in the group for the 3 minutes flat with Patrick, Sarah, Kevin, and Vuong. The first 2 were alright, we were right on, but our first 400 of each one was a few seconds too slow so the 2nd 400 of each one was really fast and painful. My lungs and esophagus started burning and I really needed water. For the next 5 800s I was dying and crying, I really needed to use my recovery to calm down and just breathe. On the last one I just wanted to go all out and finish the workout, but in the last 200 it hit me really hard and I couldn't breathe very well. Have you ever felt the saliva in your mouth just gather at the back of your throat? It's one of the worst running conditions! When we were finally done I had to sit down for a bit before doing my cool down. Thank you Jeremiah, Becca, and Sarah for water, it really helped. I'm glad it's over with, hopefully that was the hardest workout of the season, 4 miles of speed. Ughhh.

For morning workout we met at the track as usual. We ran up to 15th east to Sugarhouse park, a big grass loop, and back. I ran on 15th on the way to the park with Patrick, Annie, and Sam, and for the grass loops I ran with Annie, Dakota, and Jesse. Back along 15th Annie and I ran ahead. Happy sweet 16 Annie! I love you! Thank you to Tiffany for the delicious breakfast burritos!

For an afternoon run we ran from the track up Sunnyside ave to Shoreline trail, and we ran hard up the trail in groups to the steep short hill with the wooden side rail thingy 4 times. On the first one my group accidentally ran up the short and steep, but for the rest of them we were smarter. I was in a group with Patrick, Sarah B, Julian, and Teeps. The first one my quads were burning from yesterdays inhuman workout, the 2nd one was just plain hard, the 3rd was the worst, and the 4th one was the best even though I could feel myself crash. We ran back down to the school and I tried to keep up with Nat best I could. Then I kneeled in the ice tub for 15 minutes with Annie, Natalie, Tomy, and Sam, all of us kneeling and Tomy creating tidal waves and tsunamis. Then we had Swedish birthday cake. Happy Birthday Annie!

Today for a workout we ran down to Liberty and did a big lap until we got all the way around to the drinking fountain. We split into groups based on our times from BYU, and I was in a group with Gavin, Sam, Annie, and others. Turns out Sam and I both ran a 20:04.00 haha. We did a 2 mile tempo, and our group was supposed to hit 15:30. When we got to the 1st mile we were at about 7:20, 20 seconds faster than what we were supposed to be hitting. Near the end everybody kept speeding up, but I kept in mind that it was a tempo and we didn't have to pick it up because we were a little ahead of pace. We finished at a 14:30. As soon as it was over we ran back up to the school, and I had to go slow because this whole week my tummy has been really tight and hurting. I really need to remember to take my water bottle to school because this whole week I've been dehydrated at practice and it's been HORRIBLE!

For morning workout we ran straight up Sunnyside to Foothill, down 5th south to 13th east, and up 8th south back to the track. I kept up with Natalie the whole time, and running up Sunnyside, Tomy, Natalie, Scotty, Annie and I went ahead for a short meeting. The group spread out more going down 5th south, and just as we were passing the cemetery, Nat and I screamed because there was an almost dead deer laying in the gutter twitching it's ear. It was so gross! When we got back to the stadium I did a track lap and a lap around the soccer field and track to be at an exact 4. Thank you to Caden's parents for the bagels and oatmeal!

For an afternoon workout we kept it easy because of Murray Invitational tomorrow. We did a backwards mile on the track for warm up, turned around for a mile to do speed changes, and turned around again for a mile cool down. I ran the whole thing with Patrick, only slipping back a little bit on the speed changes. It was better than the last few days worth of workouts because I remembered to bring a water bottle to school. Now it's time to go clean the backyard for team dinner tonight!

Today was Murray Invitational. When we got there, Sarah, Maggie, and I in our neon green IRUNLIKEAGIRL jackets we ran to the bathroom by the Indian Head which was half mile away. After quoting Elf, we ran back to our team spot and went on a team run around to get to know the course. We introduced our rookies to the snake. When it was time to start, Natalie, Sarah, Becca, Maggie, and I did our prayer and cheer and strides. When we started, there were some girls coming into the finish so they started us again. That sucked because I felt like I had gotten out alright. For the second start, Ali was finishing and the stupid officials didn't care, so we basically all trampled her, sad day. I got boxed in really badly, there was a bunch of slowies that kept cutting in front of me so I started playing elbows and I got out and went to the side where I wouldn't get boxed in. When coming to the softball field, I ran up on the cement with a few others and passed several people. I spent a lot of the race trying to get out of the pack, and if I had gotten a better start and people weren't such idiots, I could have broken 20, because I haven't broken it yet this season and I'm so mad about it! I died on the snake, but got right back up for the ampitheater and then as we were going down the hill towards  the Indian Head I ran with Kiley until I broke off. When I had turned around the Indian Head I noticed there were lots of people behind me that aren't allowed to beat me (because I said so) that were getting really close, so I pushed really hard up until the end and outkicked several people. I was a little upset about my race, but later it was okay. I did a mile cool down cheering for people and then my jacket was wet so I got really really cold. We went to watch Natalie and Chris get awards, then we had some pizza and hopped on the bus to go home and get ready for the football game. Good job today East High XC! And East High Football for CREAMING Woods Cross! And yesterday East High Womens Soccer for KILLING Highland! Gotta love high school sports.