Recovery

Today we met in the commons and had a meeting about training for Footlocker. The only downside of XC after state is how few people actually come train for Footlocker :( I miss everyone! Y'alls should come to practice! We split the run into 3 parts, a short run, a medium run, and the longest run. I did the longest run with Annie, Sam, Bill, Chris, Sarah Sa, and Dakota. We ran a lap around the block which was about half mile then went along 13th east to 21st south, down to 9th east, over to 9th south, up to the school, another block around the school, and a lap around the grass and parking lot in the back. We stayed as a group for the first 2.5 miles, then we all sort of chained off. I stayed with Sam and Bill, and right after we passed Sam's house Sam got ahead and Annie caught up. When we got to the hill after 9th and 9th, Bill encouraged Annie and I to go hard up the hill. I did ok until about 75% of the way up, then I couldn't do it anymore. Finally at the top, I went up to 13th east and over to 8th south down to 12th east and up into the teacher lot. I stopped by Bill's car but we still had just over a quarter mile to add so we ran over to the softball field and came back to the parking lot, did a lap in the parking lot, and went back to the car.

Today we met in the commons again. We went to the weight room and did 3 sets of leg lifts, wall sits, planks, balance (aka push one another over), arm swings, squats with the bars, and lunges in the hall. Then we ran along 13th east to Sugarhouse to our loop hill, did 6 of those, a grass lap, 6 more loop hills, and back along 13th east. I felt pretty good on the way there and kept up with the group, and my first set of 6 loops was alright, but on the grass loop I lost it and when I got to the bottom of the hill I was surprised people waited for me. We did 6 more, I was still behind but I gave it the rest of my energy and saw Caden practicing on XC Skis. Running back I tried to keep up, but instead Dakota, Sarah Sa and I fell back and got stuck at every light. I did a lap in the teacher parking lot to finish up my miles for the day and went home. MYLO XYLOTO COLDPLAY <3

Today was just a long run. We ran up 9th south to Foothill, over to Sunnyside, up to the Shoreline trailhead, and ran along there to Red Butte. We ran up the road to the fence, back down the road, through the housing area at the U to Legacy Bridge, down through West Hyper by the Huntsman center, past the institute building, down 5th south to Guardsmin, over to 8th south, across Amanda Ave, and down 9th south to the teacher parking lot. We stayed as a group up until we got to the trailhead, where I became weak and the soreness kicked in. I ran up the trail and when I reached the part where there were no more bad uphills, Sarah Sa caught up to me and we ran together. The construction is finally finished, so we didn't have to run down to the road and back up around the construction, we could just run threw the new path and we saw a brand new drinking fountain and it was nice because the water was freezing cold. When we started running up the road behind the Red Butte amphitheater, we saw Natalie and our chemistry student teacher, I can't remember his name. Just before the yellow gate we saw Bill, and shortly after we saw the rest of the boys. We stretched at the fence for a minute before turning around. It was downhill from there so I felt like an 8 minute pace would be good. I just didn't want Sarah to get lost. We ran through the housing area, but I'm not exactly sure what wrong way we went, but somehow we came out on the road above the frisbee golf course and the bridge was to our left quite a ways, plus we had to run around construction. We ran across the bridge and down, then the construction made me upset. We had to go up by the trax station and then down through the West Hyper parking lot just east of the Huntsman center. I started to pick up my pace because I was to the point where I felt really sick and worn out that I just wanted to be done. We got down to Guardsmin and then down 8th south on Amanda Ave, down 9th south to the light. I barely made it and Sarah barely missed it. It was a good run to get over with, I'm not sure why it had to hurt so bad but now that I'm all curled up in my sweats with my Halloween Lofthouse cookies I feel better. Naptime!