Recovery

Today was really light. We ran up to Sunnyside, ran 1 lap, and met at our tree. Then we did 1 lap of firemen around the park, I was grouped with Maggie, Stephie, Suzette, and Sarah. After that lap, we ran 2 400s, but they aren't full 400s (but they also have downhills...) I ran a 1:19 and a 1:17. After that, we did strides, one down to the soccer goal, 1 to the other soccer goal, 1 back to the first goal, and 1 up the hill again to our tree. We did that routine twice. Then we ran 1 lap around the park and back to the school for a cool down, I stayed with Suzette throughout the whole workout. And I love her neon!! :)

State is tomorrow, so we did a really light workout. 1 mile warm up, 1 mile speed changes, 1 mile cool down. I hope we do well tomorrow, good luck ladies! "Be a Man!"

State today!! I slept in and didn't go to math, but I went to Language Arts today, and I skipped French and Health to get on the bus and go race! When we got there, they were still on 2a girls. The varsity girls and one of our alternates all went on a 3.5 mile warm up, we went over some places in the course where we could use our advantages. At the starting line, we sang our songs and did our cheer. The start was kindof terrible, people were crowding in too soon and I almost wiped someone out who sprinted right in front of me and started walking, it reminded me of in last track season how someone cut in front of me and I took her out... Anyways back to the race. Going up the first hill on the pavement didn't feel good, my spikes felt wierd. On the flat part, I went for the passes. Going up the hill by the Sego Lily pavillion, a girl in front of me kept looking back at me and cutting in front of me, honestly can't she realize that I'm just passing her? Anyways, I was pushing really hard, and in the last 800, I planned a speed change then a kick when I got closer, but then I felt really sick, so I only sped up a bit. I still passed a bunch of people though. When we got to the Highland field, I just thought "What the heck, proudly puke, victorious vomiting, triumphant throwing up, GO!" So I outkicked people. When I passed my goal girl, I heard someone creeping up on me, so I booked it in, and since my time was a 20:46.6, hers was a 20:46.7. It kindof reminds me how last year I finished .3 seconds behind one of my awesome senior teammates, Kelsie. Anyways, it was a pretty good day. In the chute, I thought I was going to die. I started coughing and nearly puked, then I couldn't breath. When I caught my breath, I bent over again and had to puke, but I just coughed again, and I couldn't breath. That cycle repeated 5 times, when the nice Logan girl in front of me supported me. I would really like to thank her, it felt good to know that someone I had never met before was so kind. People are so nice in the chute, because we're all recovering from our race. I'm very upset though that I didn't get in the top 30, but at least I got 50th overall. In the hypothetical meet results that were on athletic.net I would've gotten 77th overall, but I thought there was no way. As a team, we got 8th place. I feel that I could've done so much better... For a cool down I went around with Suzette. We talked with my awesome cousin from Davis for a bit, then we went to cheer on Ben and Scott. I love having an XC sister and cousin, it's always fun!! :) Great job today East! We're awesome, run like you stole something and be a man!! :D

After a painful day of school, I ran 1 mile on my own. It hurt. I just went from my house to 17th and back, I really don't feel great right now.

Today was just a nice easy run, since only 10 people knew that there was practice today. I ran with Natalie and Susannah the whole way, we went up Sunnyside Avenue to Gardsmin Way, across to 500 south and down to the cemetary. We ran 2 big laps around the cemetary, we saw alot of deer and were reminded of the time our distance guys didn't have a coach for a day so they chased deer. After the 2 laps, we ran down to 1300 east and along 1300 east to 800 south. I hate uphill, but it was the last stretch of the run, so we went back up to the stadium. When we entered the gate, Natalie, Susannah, and I ran 1 lap in lane 8 to get an exact mileage of 4 today. It felt nice and easy, I do enjoy these days. I'm so excited for USATF and Footlocker!!