Well here we go...

About 4 miles up north with my dad. It's weird cuz nobody in my family has a running watch so we ran for about 20 minutes them turned around. We ran by my old neighborhood in magna that was fun. There was this big hill, I felt like it shouldn't be very hard but it was. So we got to the top and I let my dad run a little more so I could resurrect a little. Aren't I so nice? It was fun running with my dad, even tho we both like to run a lot this is the first time I've ever gone on a run with him. We talked a lot about college and track, catching him up on my life :)

Prolly about 4.5 today I think. Ugh hills, hills and more hills! We have to drive out to run because they have an inversion here so we're not supposed to run out in it. So we drove out to clearer air and my dad said it was more flat but everywhere we ran there was another hill for us to run up! But it was kinda cool to look out and see all the smoggy smog covering the cities. My hip hurt kinda yesterday but it was killing today. It hurt last week but went away after a few days. Might be due to all the hills and the cold air. I'm not too worried about it. Don't know if I'm gonna be able to run tomorrow because I have to get up early and drive to Idaho with my sister to check her in. But hopefully I'll be able to at least run on Saturday. Enjoy school everybody 😝

Still up in Idaho. I stayed with my sister in her apartment so we both got up and used their fitness room. So I was running on a treadmill which is no fun. Only ran 2.5 cuz I hate treadmills but when I got to 1.5 miles I started increasing my hills by .5 for every .05 miles. So it ended up being pretty tough. Then did an ab workout some stretching and almost ready to hit the road home.

Did 2x1000's today. They were nice. A little tough by the end but just cuz we were talking through the whole thing. Hit 4:24 both times. So right on target. Glad to be back with the team!

4.30! Added a little bit by going through tunnels and up hills we weren't supposed to. Trail run today. It was basically all down hill the first half so we figured it was gonna suck on the way back. So we formed a line and had a girl lead for every 400 meters. But it wasn't too bad actually. Pretty fun run with the girls

Tempo day! Woo hoo! It was a pretty good run actually. Have never been very good at tempos but helped lead with Nicole, Mia and Liz and stayed at a solid pace. I was supposed to be at like 7 minute pace and for the first little bit we kinda warmed into it but the rest of the time we were under 7. So really solid and had a good group of girls! Weights afterward

DI Warm up and cool. We did the kosmin test today. It was haaaaard! Bleh. Didn't think it would be this hard. Felt pretty good the first two laps, third was pretty tough but that last one was killer. I usually feed off of the peoples pace in front of me so the last one was harder for me cuz I started out in front so I didnt have anyone to feed off of. So ended up getting passed at the end. Which is okay because Nicole and Mia did stellar. Just next time hopefully I can stay up with them for the last few seconds. Pretty beat, prolly gonna be sore tomorrow so I'm gonna roll and stretch real good. 

3 miles easy with striders. Had a small group of girls today but it was nice. Got to see and hear from the girls their mile times from yesterday. Holy cow! We have speedy girls. I'm so excited for this season

Went for a run this morning with the girls. We met at 7 because Mia and Megan had all state orchestra. We ran up to green springs, it was me, Nicole, Liz, Megan Mia and Carli.So pretty good group! Meg and Carly turned around at the 5 and then the rest of us went another mile and started our tempo at the 5 mile mark on the way back. We were not very consistent. We got up to 6:10 on the downhill but slowed a bit after. Prolly averaged at about a 6:20 pace. It was a good tempo! We were just doing a 7 minute tempo on Wednesday so it will be harder to do these tempos but I think we just need to get used to going this fast. Both tempos this week I've finished out which is new for me! It's great :) 

Harts warm and then 3x1000's. They were a bit faster than last weeks. We were supposed to hit around 4:02 so our goal for the first one was 4:10 so we could increasingly get faster but our first one was 4:03! So that plan was off to a bad start. But we were gonna try to keep that pace. Our next one was 4:05 and my last one was 3:47. We took turns leading and Mia and I led the last one. Mia kept speeding up and I figured the best thing I could do was to go with her. So it ended up being quite a but faster and harder then we intended. But was still good. Liz and I did a 1.5 mile cool down on the track while we cheered and timed for Taylor. Then weights afterward

3 this morning with the ladies. And then yoga afterwards. It was wonderful

4 trail Tuesday up at green springs. It was a really nice run, with a beeeeautiful view of..my feet! Cuz basically that's what I was looking at for 4 miles trying not to trip over all the rocks

Tempo today my favorite and my best! Ha joke. I've inly been having bad dreams about this run all week (literally). I really did try to stay positive when we started going though. I was able to keep up pretty well for 10 minutes coach said, then I fell off away. But I didn't slow a ton down til during the second loop, right after the uphill. But! I never stopped. That's sounds pretty woos-ish but these are really hard for me. The whole time is a battle for me to keep going not just to keep the pace. So I would tell myself ok you can go to the next stop sign then you can stop, but I never stopped I kept going. Prolly averaged out 7 minute pace because of my last half. So not where I wanted to be but I'll get there. Ran back with maskerem and Carli. Then some weights! Oughta feel great tomorrow 

Old man hills! Which was perfect cuz Roberts heard we were running his hills and came and joined us ;) I love running with Roberts :) we did 2x800's and they were pretty tough. First one was good and strong but we were pretty spaced out. Second one we had a good pack for the first half! I got up to the boulevard and was trying to catch up to Liz but it was hard, it was really good to have coach helping me and pushing me to the end. Had a nice run back with Liz. Man was I sore today. Must be workin hard or somethin :)

Easy 3 to arctic cat! Whoa 😳 had a really good group of girls it was so fun. We made up an awesome story about fast baby turtles stuck in a bath tub. Striders when we got back which were also good. But man are my legs so sore from this week!

Got together with Liz, Megan and Carli and went up to green springs. About a mile and a half into it we realized it was a mistake to do green springs cuz 15 minute tempo we would have to start the tempo right then going up the steep hill. So we got to the 5 mile turn around and went up a bit so we could get momentum going down the hill to go back up into our tempo. We ended up doing just 10 minute LT tempo again tho. But we did a lot better at keeping our pace this week I think. It felt a lot stronger. Right in between 6:10 and 6:20 pace So it was a good run. We ardy planned out that next week we'll go down the river trail or something so we don't run out of road to do a longer tempo.

4x1000's today. It was a really good workout I hit all the times where I wanted to! Had 4:10, 4:03, 4:00, 3:56. Harts warm and cool and weights afterward.

4 easy miles out on..some trail. It was fun running with all the girls. It was weird cuz in dance we do these "leg swings" there's a fancy word for it but I can't spell it. But I always learned to think about brushing up under your leg instead of using your quads to heave it up. And I started thinking about it while we were climbing the hills. It worked really well! Pretty neat. Who woulda thought you could apply dance to running?

8 miles with 18 minute tempo. Goal time about 6:30 still didn't hit it. But I think I did better today than last week. It's just that steady incline on the way to the boulevard that gets me. Cuz I'm able to push it up there but wears me out and I slow down after. But I made it farther than last week, finished stronger and the mental battle was a lot better too. Might be on this 18 minute tempo for a while but at least I will master it! Ran back with Nicole Liz and Mia, and Mia told us a story about this creepy dude and his dog and then we almost got mauled by this big dog, but then! We saw the cutest fluffier little "pompoochi" puppies. Oh my gash they were so cute. So lots of dogs. Ooh I'm excited for hills tomorrow, I like those much better

AM: easy 3 and then some good elite minds discussion. And I think that book was mine. Just got it yesterday and I'm ardy losing it

PM: old man hills. These were fun. 1x800 and then 2x400's. The 400's are so much better. Had a fun little race with Jaron at the end. Man maaaaaybe I coulda won but I thought the ending was sooner. Just kidding he still woulda won :) Nice run back and then weights afterward. 

3 miles easy to sandbergs. Then striders when we got back. Not much else to say, it was a good run

Easy 3 this morning with Megan, Liz and Josie.

4x1000's this afternoon. Got bumped up to 87% goal time was 3:57. Times were 4:02, 4:00, 3:56, 3:50. Was able to hit good times and we packed up really good. I was able to stay on Mia and push each rep. Pretty good workout I would say. Harts warm and cool and weights

Am: 3 and yoga! 

Pm: trail run out by the old airport. Pretty fun trail, pretty crazy

Am: easy 3 with mia

Pm: tempo! I did so much better today. I was worried at the beginning because I fell off Mia straight off but I actually averaged around 6:45-6:50. The first lap I was able to run with Nicole and that was really helpful. And I didn't die after the second hill. Who would thought if you keep at something you would improve?! Ran total 8 miles 

Am: 3 miles AC. Felt hard this morning, man I need to get to bed. 

Pm: old man hills 2x800's. It's true what they say, bad days make for great workouts! I wasn't feeling too good either but the 800's felt good. The second one was nice cuz I got distracted by the cute doggy most of the time so I didn't think about the pain a much so as soon as I started focusing back I could just push it up the rest of the way. Weights after

3 miles to green springs and striders. I think I'm getting sick. Feel kinda yucky