Recovery

Today we took our Legacy Bridge route to the U track. There we did 1 mile of speed changes before doing 800, 4 400s, and another 800, each with a lap recovery. My first 800 was 2:42, and my 400s were 74, 79, 79, and 78. My last 800 was 2:54. Then we ran back to the school and it was exactly 9.

Today we ran from the school along 13th east to Sugarhouse park at a very fast pace. We met at the bottom of the sledding hill where we planned on 8 400s around the hill, but Bill changed his mind and we only had to do 4. On the hillier ones I hit 93 and 96, and on the downer ones I hit 84 and 86. Then we did a really steep hill 4 times before doing a 2 mile tempo. I was supposed to average 7 minutes and end at 14 minutes. My first mile was a 6:52, but then my pace dropped a little and I ended up at 14:04. Yikes. I ran back at about an 8:15 pace with Sarah and we finished right at 9. It was grand.

We leave for Footlocker later today, so I met up with Caden and Sarah at Sarah's and we ran 2 miles out and back along 17th east and Guardsman to the Institute building and back.

Today we woke up at our hotel and went for a run. We were supposed to turn left at the exit of the parking lot but then the first group went the wrong way so we had to chase them down and turn them around. Then we went over to the Dennys and under the freeway to a dirt horsetrail where we found a muddy trail, where we decided to be adventurous. It was fun and we ended up back at the hotel at exactly 4 miles. Then we went and spent the day at Disneyland! I'm going to be Princess Belle when I grow up.

As a team we ran the switchbacks loop at Footlocker. It was super muddy so we went and got in line for our packets and then headed to the beach.

I did my own warmup on the inside of the corral so I could cheer for people and have some space. I did some speed changes then ran back to our team spot, changed shoes, did some strides, and went to the line. I did some more strides, made friends with the people who elbowed me on the line, and raced my guts out. I didn't want to start too fast, but I didn't want to lose the pack, so I went out just enough to not burn out, but I had plenty to work up during a race, which is what I usually do and it works for me. I was boxed in the first mile anyways. My first mile was a 5:55, and I worked with some other individuals breaking from a big pack up the switchbacks to another pack. Then I used the downhill to catch more girls and ditch the ones I had been running the hills with. I struggled on poop out, but I took the downhill really hard. I started to mentally lose it at the 2 mile, but Bill and Tomy were there cheering, so I was able to keep myself going. Then I saw one of my friends from another school and thought to myself "try to beat her for once" so I worked with her up reservoir hill, and used the downhill to give myself a fast last 600. I passed so many girls once I got onto the track! I puked in the chute, so an official grabbed my tag, took my place in line, and another one helped me to the garbage can and gave me water. After all that, I went to our team spot, then saw my Aunt and Uncle, then did a short cooldown while cheering for Tomy in his race. It was a great race!