Well here we go...

A little harder today. We bumped up the times, even from our fast times last week! Coach said we should be hitting around 4:50 which is what we were hitting last week but we were hitting around 4:35 most of the time. My times were 4:35, 4:40, 4:34, 4:36, 4:37, 4:34. So kinda fast but pretty consistent :). It didn't feel that hard but when I got back my head felt all swimmy and my tummy not so good. And my breathing was pretty hard during it, so when I got home my chest was hurting really bad. I don't really understand, because the workout didn't feel too strenuous. So I dunno, hopefully I will feel fine for afternoon practice. 

 PM: 3 miles. Just me, liz and megan were there today. It felt pretty nice outside too. Then weights and plyos after. These really hurt my knee tho :/ 

1/1 workout. This was definitely harder than the 30/30 workout. I got 12 reps. Of course I wish I would've hung in there til 15 but at least I hit my goal time and ran pretty well today. Usually I run with kaelie on these but she wasn't there today. So I started out with Josie and Megan but we all kinda got separated by speed and soon were all running alone. So that made it harder but still was able to push myself. Last day of kids club, gonna miss those chillens.

Time trial today. Did harts warm and cool. I was super nervous. I've never raced over a mile. And I only did that once last year. So I didn't know what to expect. I thought I would try to stay with kaelie and push each other but she raced early. So I thought as long as I stay right behind liz, you don't have to be up with her but stay right behind her. So after the first lap I started sketching myself out. I kept thinking "oh my heck I'm already tired I can't do 2 more laps" but I was able to calm myself down and felt a lot better. The last 800 lap I was still right behind liz but once I hit the top of the hill I just wanted to settle. I was feeling yuck and didn't think it would hurt to just come in running. But Alli started to catch up with me and by the bleachers we were pushing each other on. I don't know where the kick came from but thanks to Alli I was able to finish the race strong. I barely beat her getting 3rd out of the girls. I'm not sure what my time was though...14:somethin. Then did striders afterward with Liz and Roberts. I'm pretty happy with today. Really nervous for next week when I have to race 3 miles tho

8 miles with 3 tempo. Man I was trying really hard to keep a positive attitude about this run. It started out really well. I was feeling really calm and really strong. We had a good pace going. But by a 1.5 I was struggling a lot. I fell back a lot from the group and then on the last stretch Mia came and helped me finish strong. Mia is a pretty stellar captain. I don't know why but I really struggle with tempos. I don't have as much a problem with other workouts but tempos really hit my weak spot. My knees have been having lots of trouble lately but not every day. It's weird. But I talked to roberts afterward and I really don't want to use that as an excuse to drop back. So I guess tempo is just something I'm going to have to work on extra hard, mentally and physically. 

PM:couldn't go to afternoon practice cuz I was out in Zions! Hiking with my family :) 

So we went to the Little Valley park today to do grass runs. And it was a little bit of a "what the" situation because the field was closed and we weren't supposed to get on the grass, and neither coaches were there to tell us what to do. But we being the smart kids that we are figured it out (we just ran on the grass anyways) and it went by really fast. Then we went and did some hills. 5x1 min, and 3x30 seconds. Pretty hard I'd say. I mean the first little incline was awesome then you turn and your heart weeps a little bit, and your legs. We didn't have many girls today, me, liz, kaelie, alli, and macey grouped together to do the hills. And since mia wasn't there to lead us I was able to lead the girls on the 1 minute hills and then we all packed together pretty well on the 30 seconds. It was a good run to end this hard week. Yay easy 4 tomorrow :)

Went on a nice easy 4 with liz this morning. It was a really nice run, felt awesome :)