Recovery

It's just been a rough day for me today, and I guess it affected my workout. We went to Cottonwood Complex and ran the region course for a warm up. On the warm up it killed to stay up with everyone, I was breathing really hard and short and it felt like I was trying to run through a wall with million pound weights on my legs. I finished the warm up though, so that was something to be proud of. We did the Bessie finish loop 6 times, and even though I felt like I was pushing, my times showed me that I wasn't. I tried, but the invisible wall and stress of today were just holding me back. The trauma of losing my camera, someone stealing my orthodic in yoga (Who the heck does that??) and all sorts of other things. On the cool down I thought it would be easier to keep up with the team, but I had difficulties and fell behind quickly, which really sucked. We stopped at mile 2 and called it good at 7.5 miles for the day and went back to the stadium.

For our morning workout (LAST ONE! YEAH!) we did 2 laps warm up and 3 laps speed changes due to time. We then did a timed mile, I got a 6:08, which is pretty good for a workout, about my race pace for the first mile of my 5ks. We did 2 laps recovery, then 6 400s with standing recovery. I got 1:23s on all of them but the 2nd, a 1:24, so very consistent. We did 2 laps of cool down and got ready for school and had a delicious waffle breakfast, thank you Sheffields!

Afternoon workout was simple. We were all in uniforms so we could do team pictures, and right after pictures we ran to the gulley along 15th east, ran 2 laps, came back the same way, and did 300s. I ran with Sam, Gavin, and Annie the whole run and when we got back to do progressive 300s I was in a group with Sargent and Annie for the first one, then I was paired up with Annie for the second one. I hopped in the ice bath for 15 minutes, kneeling with Sargent while some of the guys stood, and I played action figures with Cole. After my ice bath I laid on the grass to warm up again and Bill massaged my plantarfacia and calves, which really hurt but now my legs feel a lot better than they have been recently.

Today it was East, Highland, and Bountiful at Highland. When we got there the girls all took POTTY break then got started on our warm up. We met at the line, then Natalie explained the first mile which is exactly like the state course. Since the second mile is right by the starting line, we started at the 2nd mile which was also same as the state course and ran until the finish. The course is exactly like the state course up until the 2nd mile, where it goes left instead of right. We did our prayer and cheer and lined up in the middle. I got an excellent start, I kept up with Natalie for the whole first mile, it was the hill near the end of the mile where she made a huge gap, and on the next  down I tried to catch her but she took it faster so I tried for the next mile to catch back up to her but I could feel myself crashing. Since the last mile was flat though, I pushed and focused on keeping my place. My stomach started sloshing really uncomfortably with half a mile to go, but I pushed through it and finished strong. Cedar City is on Friday, and since it's flat it'll be easier for me to maintain a good pace and keep up with people and place high, I'm hoping for a medal. We had a team meeting and then did a one mile cool down.

Simple half mile warm up, mile and a half speed changes, and half mile cool down while listening to music and watching JV football and soccer kick pockets in their games.

Cedar City Invitational! We had the long 4 hour bus ride down there on a school bus, which was a party until the last ten minutes when I hit my head on the seat. When we set up our spot my head really hurt, but someone gave me ibuprofen and I went on a warm up with the girls. My head felt better when we changed shoes and went to the line. We did several strides while we waited for the official. This year at the start I decided to pay attention and start on time instead of being turned around and talking because the official doesn't talk loud enough. At the gun, I went out hard with Natalie, and there was a pack of 5 that went out ahead, 2 Salem Hills girls went the wrong way and when they came back on the course one of them was way ahead of everyone, but we all caught her. I decided I would stay close to Nat since it's a flat course. When we exited the track for the first lap, a girl in dark green in front of me grabbed the gate and tried to close it behind her but a spectator grabbed it from her. So I put it in my head that I would be beating her, which I did. The rest of the race I don't really remember, because I was really focused on being close to Natalie. I PR'd by about 20 seconds, I finished in 10th place with a time of 18:44. I felt really happy, and after I changed my shoes I did 1 mile cool down and we headed out for pizza then Maggie, Scotty, Patrick, and I all headed down to St. George to volunteer for the marathon tomorrow.