Well here we go...

No school today! Ran at 7 and it felt so nice. Did 6x1000's and they felt really good. I didn't have a time to go off of since I didn't finish my time trial so I just stuck with some girls. My times were 4:45 (way fast) 4:56, 4:56, 4:51, 4:40, 4:41. Or something like that. But I felt really good, got into a good rhythm and was able to progressively have my times get faster

AM: nice easy AC run. That's it

PM: Ran over at the region course. I've never run on it before, and it is not as easy as I would have hoped. But that is good! We had 2x2 mile tempos. The first one felt pretty good. It prolly felt more challenging for me then I would have liked though. My knee really started bugging me so I just jogged around and didn't do the second one. But its not where it's been hurting in weeks prior, its on the side, and it tugs at my knee cap like its pulling it. It just kinda freaked me out cuz it wasn't just tightness. So my sister and my dad have had lots of knee problems with dislocations and stuff like that, so they have exercises I can do to strengthen my legs to keep my knees in place. So I'll start doing those. Hopefully that will help

AM: Nice AC run. Didn't go to afternoon practice cuz I had a meeting!! But my knee was feeling a little better today. Although it would hurt just walking around school so that was irksome

AM: 3 easy miles

PM: 1/1 workout, it was a lot harder today. Maybe cuz it was hot. But I didnt do the 6 minute test last week. I was hitting about just below 9 the time before so I aimed for just a little over 9. I ended up doing 10 of them. Which was was I at least wanted to get to. I wanted to get to 12 but I was really worn out, I still felt good about my workout. My knee was really hurting on my cool down so I just went 1/2 a mile. Did some weights after

RUNATHON! Woo! I did it. I stayed up all night long. And did 4.5 miles ha. 

PM: Early out today, that was fabulous :) and we did 5x1000's today. It was at 91% today and I was not sure what time I should be hitting. Cuz I didn't do the 6 minute test thing a few weeks ago so the only time I had set for me was 5:14 but I've been hitting way faster then that. So I thought I would hit about what I did last week. The first one I got was 4:40 which was 10 seconds faster then I wanted my first one to be. But I thought I would just try to roll with it. And my workout went really well! My fastest time last week was 4:40 and that was one of my slowest times this week. My times were 4:40, 4:44, 4:40, 4:32, 4:30. So pretty solid. It definitely felt harder but it was supposed to seeing that we are at 91% now and I was able to get myself to push harder cuz I would just tell myself we only have 5 so you can do it. My breathing was a little messed up but I'm kinda sick so I dunno. My knee only hurted on my warm and cool so that's good, kinda. Did some weights afterward. 

AM: easy 3! Was feeling really tired this morning so on our way back liz and I just took it easy. And it was so fun. That's the most conversation we've had during a morning run put together! It was awesome, I like Liz

PM: 1/1s today with 1.5 warm with 1 mile cool. Did 12 today. Which is improvement cuz I only did 10 last week. It felt really good today. I ran with Kaelie, Nicole, Maskerem and Lacey. Lacey is doing flipping awesome. She kept up with us the whole time, just stopped a few reps before us. But during the workout I would be a little behind during the 1 minute on but I was hitting my cones good, and then my recoveries were a little faster then the other girls. So it all evened out. Felt good on it today :)

AM: Did my very first Michigan this morning. Was so excited cuz everyone talks about how much they love these things. But I was not sure on pacing so I stuck with Kaelie and Josie the whole time. By the last 800 loop I was getting tired but not as tired as I feel like I should have been. I had a pretty good pace on my 400. I got B standard so that's good. My 400 should've been faster but on my last lap I had to keep myself from throwing up. It didn't feel like my body was exhausted enough to throw up just that my tummy was a little upset. So my 400 I was just trying to keep it in so I didn't throw up on the track. My time was 34:21. I don't know! I know this is my first one so I did pretty good for my first, but I know I could've pushed it a lot more. Especially after seeing the girls do theirs this afternoon it got me really discouraged seeing how fast their times were. But I will try to stay postive and just use this as a tool to help me next time. Ugh! I just wanna...pft..man..hhhhhhh....ugh. Ok, it's ok.

The weather was nice ;)

PM: Easy 3! I love easy 3's. Especially while everyone else is working out. I ran with Liz, Kaelie and Jared to hot nails. And then we did striders and then there were yucky boys in the weight room so Liz and I didn't wanna go in there. But everyone else was taking forever so we just did it :) and it was good

AM: did grass runs and they weren't too bad today. They went by considerably faster. My legs were still covered in mud up to my thighs. I just am good at finding puddles

PM: easy 3 to sandbergs with 4x200's afterward. Felt pretty tired this afternoon but it was a good run. Think I'm ready to race tomorrow, pretty nervous. I keep having nightmares about this race ha which is always a good sign. My knee hasnt been bugging me as much when i run. It hurts really bad walking around school, kinda hurt today on the run but not too bad. My mileage dropped significantly low after suu so I've been working it up in 10 mile increments so I don't I injure myself. So I prolly will skip out on morning practice and just do the other two runs tomorrow so I can keep my mileage in the low 40's this week.

Ran on the state course while it was drizzling a little bit. It felt way nice. Was definitely better then last time we ran on it.

Race: Well we're going to try to focus on the positive here. It was a really fun course! Started out crazy though. We missed the varsity race so we ran JV. I was hoping to get in top 10 since we were in jv. There were so many flipping girls! And they really refuse to let you pass. Started working my way around on the switch backs and I felt really good. The hills were pretty tough but the downhills were able to give me enough momentum and energy to get back with it. And all that mud helped go fast downhill so it would cushion your landing. I knew I had a pretty good spot where I was at and the girls ahead of me on our team were Mia and Megan by the 3rd mile. I got up the mother cussa and it was...awesome. I mean that thing is a beast but I felt really strong on it just afterwards I was completely beat. Then after that I landed on a spot wrong my leg twisted and knocked my knee out. I still had maybe 1/4 of a mile left and I did not want to finish. I had to stop and walk a few times and right in front of my teammates that was really embarassing. But I finished, with not a very good place or time which is why I failed to put that in my race report :) So yes. You can see I just have the best of luck this season and it's getting a lot tougher to stay positive but I'm working on it. 

I am not sure if I should go on a run today. My knee definitely feels better then yesterday. I mean I can walk on it ok but it still hurts. I'm glad it's the weekend so I can really rest and ice it so I can still run. I do not want to stop running! And I really want to do the time trial next week so I can remind myself that I really can race. I guess we'll just see what the weekend brings.

Workout this morning, nervous about my knee but it was feeling ok so I just went for it. It was a good confidence boost from this weekend. My goal was to hit 4:28 my last one and hit in the 30's the other 3 seeing that was a little faster then last week. My first one I hit 4:44 so I knew I needed to pick it up on the next three. I had a whole strategy going in my head of placement and stuff ;) which actually helped a lot. It was really helpful to push with Alli at the beginning be ause I always start out a little slow. My times were 4:44, 4:32, 4:29, 4:21. So a good workout. Except my knee really killed on the cool down and they didn't have any ice bags so I just kinda rubbed ice over it but didn't do much cuz my knee was hurting so bad all day.

AM: 3 this morning

PM: had a nice inspirational talk by Mrs.Pete but when we ran through the arms thing, it hurt my knee so flippin bad. When we started on our run I wanted to cry it was hurting so bad. So I didn't go 4 I just turned around at hot nails. But I might've been able to go 4 cuz by the time I got back it wasn't huring as bad. So I tried striders and was able to do all 8. My knee still hurt but not as bad.

Time trial today. My knee was hurting more this morning when I woke up so I didn't do a morning run. But it felt ok for the time trial. I forgot my trainers, stupid, so I had to do my warm up by myself in my spikes just around the school. I really wanted to do well today, like really bad and I think I improved a lot from my first time trial. I don't know what my time was (but I would really really...really like to) but I finished 4th out of the girls. Coach told us to stick with the girl in front of us. Alli was a little in front of me and then it was Liz, I wasn't brave enough to get right up with liz but we were not too far behind. I have kind of given myself a place where I should run and have lost a lot of confidence and that 'daring to go' attidtude from my last few races so I didn't think I would be able to stick with Alli. But every time she would pull ahead I would stay with her and finished a little ahead. Nicole was with us for a little bit and then pulled ahead. I should've gone with her. That's my only regret about this race because I know I could've stuck with her. But overall this race really helped me a lot with getting back into race mode and pulled my confidence back up a little. Hopefully I can keep it. Did hill sprints right after and those were good. I liked em :) didn't get in a full cool down cuz I had to go to a meeting.

AM: Mia told all the girls to come this morning so naturally there were only two of us there. But then we met Kaelie on the way. Felt really sluggish

PM: easy 3 to sandbergs. It was a nice easy run, no jumping in so ran back with liz and roberts and did our 200's. Felt alright today

AM: we got our new record! 8 girls showed up to morning practice today! It was a good run I just still felt sluggish.

PM: was still feeling really tired but I was able to pull out a pretty good workout. Had 3/3's today. I hit 4 reps with just over 7 cones each time. And I was able to stay pretty close to Mia the whole time. It felt good to push myself because I didn't stop til I couldn't hit my distance anymore. The last one I was just a little off. Then we did 4x30 second sprints. Ah I was so dead but I felt pretty strong during them. Really hard workout today it I feel good about how I did today :)

AM: another good group of girls this morning. Easy 3!

Pm: 3x1000's today. Well I was ready to hit these really good today because we only had 3! And all the girls today did so good. My time I was supposed to hit for 95% was 4:55 and then 97% was 4:31. But I had been hitting faster times on those when I had more reps so I just went faster. My times were 4:12, 4:07, 4:02. So I was really happy with this workout, it felt amazing outside and we all just did so good. Except I realized that those times I'm supposed to be hitting are off of my time trial and if I'm hitting a lot faster then them then I need to start applying myself to the races like I am to these workouts cuz apparently I can do a lot better.

Cool down and weights

Easy 3

Went over to Bloomington and did a workout in the region course before the others raced. We did 4 800's hard paced. The times were 3:21, 3:12, 3:07...4:01? I'm really not sure on that last one. I mean I guess we did our last one on the most hilly part of the course so that could've been something to do with it but I felt like I was going faster. Maybe we really did slow down a lot that last one, which is dumb but the workout was pretty good overall

4 easy miles out to Washington, it was nice

3 in the morning!

3 in the afternoon, up to green springs. It was a fun run and it felt delightful today. Did 4x400's afterward, ready to kick butt at nebo tomorrow.

AM: 3 miles

Race: well I finally feel good about a race! I think it counts as a PR. I mean I got faster at Hurricane but everyone said it wasn't a full 3 miles so I will count this one. It was really cold up there! So let's see, I got out preeety well. Probably middle pack and there were so many girls! Throughout the whole race I kept thinking I needed to slow down or I would start to get a little lax but I was able to get out of that and surge forward. The course was nice and fast so that's what helped me on my last mile, plus all my awesome team mates who were cheering like no other. The last little bit I remember Trevor saying we needed to kick in the last field but I did not want to. But these girls ahead of me started kicking so I went with them and was able to finish strong. Improvement needed: I really wish I would've stayed with briana, she wasn't too far ahead of me. I was with her for a while she just got a little ahead and I didn't go with her. So this week at cedar I really need to work on staying with her so we can beat desert hills!

Not sure the mileage, but we ran at the state course and it was pretty nippy. Did a 1.5 warm up and then did four 3/3's. I was able to get faster each time but I think I started out a lot slower then the 3/3's from last week. So I feel like I shoulda been closer to Mia and Liz on these but movin on. Did 5 hill sprints, those felt really good and strong and then we went and did 5 finishing sprints. The first 2 were pretty good and the last 3 I was able to stick with Mia the whole time. So I feel good about this workout, it was hard but good.

am: did 1 mile warm and then did a 2k and a 1k. My times were 8:22 and 4:05. My first one maybe shoulda been a little faster but it was still pretty good. I was hoping for my 2nd one to be closer to 4 even but I got faster so thats good. These were supposed to be faster then we've been hitting them on the 1000 loop but they weren't really. Prolly because they were on the track so I was more focused on going around and around. And on the loop I have finally figured out where to surge and go faster and all the kinks like that. So I wasn't quite sure where to fit those in on the track. But still a good workout nonetheless.

Pm: easy 3 to hot nails. My knee didn't hurt at all last week, I mean a little after the race on my cool down on friday but not really. Then it hurt on the cool down this morning and hurt during all of the afternoon run. I iced it right after so hopefully that helps.