Alli's running blog

AM- slowww run because holy moly my body is tired. It's that time of the season I suppose.

PM- hot nails easy run. Roberts sang to us and it was sooo good and also he played the guitar and I think the guitar is so impressive I love it. Then we ran and it was actually cool 98 degrees but as hot as it gets I'd rather run in summer than in winter any day.

AM- easy 30 we told all our dreams and meskerem had one about the dhells boys shooting us and it was hilarious.

PM- 15 warm up, 1,2,3,2,1 workout then cool down. The Cedar invite was today so we went over to the region course to do it. I felt decent. We packed really good and I never fell off I just felt kinda weird. I need to drink more water and get more sleep. Then we went over to cedar and cheered. Everyone did way good and I'm pretty sure we were all high especially meskerem she was cracking us up

easy 45 min and I felt soo good. I ran up green springs drive to the gas station then turned down towards fire station hill but instead of going up it I turned up quail ridge and ran by nicks house and back down. when I got done with that loop it was only 4 miles and 30 minutes so I extended down by the park and around the starting place of the desert. Ended with like 5.5 and I have a weird tendon in my leg that's really sore so I've been icing that. Also I had work this morning so I didn't get to go to the marathon but shoutout to all the people that ran it cause that's sick. Also it's starting to get really cold and I'm not loving that

AM- Josie and Rylee kept pushing the pace even though we had a tough workout in the afternoon but it wasn't awful I guess.

PM- 1600 time trial with an all out 200. We did 2 mile warm then due to lightning delays waited in the school for half an hour. I actually love lightning delays and just hanging with the team. Then we did a little more warm up in the school and got out there. I led the first 2 laps with caroline then starting the third lap josie went crazy and started killing it. I didn't think about it and everyone went with her but I fell off a little bit. I still picked it up the last lap and pr'd (which isn't saying a ton since I didn't run it during track) with a 5:39. Solid workout, solid day. Except for the fact that I spilled my icee all over my car but ya can't have everything in life

PM- no morning practice, we had a good long talk about goals and shiz and it was lovely. Then went out for a 30 minute grass run due to the fact that meskerem forgot shoes. We were a little crazy but I can assure you we are the funniest people anyone's ever met. 

AM- easy 30, excited to only have to go 20 the next couple days. Extra time to screw around and be stupid with the girls team afterwards

PM- 15 warm, 15 tempo, 20x100/100s (alternating pace between all out and regular tempo) then 10 cool. The tempo was fine and I felt good and stuck with the girls easily. The 100s were different. I was drained but I stuck in there decently and gave a good push on the tempo ones to try to catch up with the first group. We had a great pack and I'm excited for region for sure. Also we ran at the Bloomington park and dhells was there the end

AM- woke up very very late and so I sped (60 mph down green springs drive and didn't get caught;) to practice and went to catch up with the girls.

PM- easy 6 with striders after team pictures. Literal blast and a half. We laughed the entire time and had tons of fun. Caroline jumped in the blue/green golf course pond and we have a food afterwards hahahhaa 

AM- felt really really good and usually my legs feel subpar in the mornings so that was lovely

PM- sunrise tire hills. 3 sets of 4(20sec up with 10 sec recovery) felt really good and way strong. Caroline came late cuz she's a slacker in all her classes so we waited and ran back with her. Just a quality time, we're the best of friends

45 min after work and a cute little girls party at maceys. I love the fact that I can run in the middle of the day and not die of heatstroke, like that's the best. I just went into mustang pass. I decided I should start eating better and maybe that would help my running (so I'm eating an apple rn, props to me) but apparently that means I have to eat less bread and that's like my entire food that I eat because it is the most delicious food. but apparently it isn't entirely healthy to eat as much as I do so I am going to limit myself and also maybe eat more apples probably not though. 

AM- easy 20. I am super pumped for region tomorrow!!!!!

PM- pre-race, fun run to sandburgs! Then 200s afterwards which we did in the form of masterblasters. We had a team dinner at my house tonight and nows there's a hole in my wall... I don't think they're invited back next year

AM- easy 20

PM- region... Warmed up and got to the starting line. I was nervous and that's bad news cause I don't really get nervous. We got our way good and I led with Mic from cedar and Caroline for the first lap. The second lap I stared to slip away but me and Jacey worked together and pushed each other. The third lap she started to take off and I didn't go with her apparently. I had a decent kick and ended with 20:23 which is not at all where I wanted to be. I'm not thinking i''m running at state anymore because I placed 8th. On the bright side I've never been happier because we took 1st overall with 25 points and that's 2 years in a row of a region title!! It wasn't my best individually but honestly I love my team and I'm so happy everyone did so good

No morning run thank goodness cause I had to stay up till midnight doing math. Then when I woke up I felt way sick so I stayed home for the first 3 periods and didn't eat or drink anything. I went back during lunch and was feeling betterish. We just had 30 min easy and my legs felt so heavy and my stomach was still hurting bad. Definitely excited for fall break these next days

We had the option of 16x50m alternating all out and tempo pace or 4x400s all out with 3 min recovery. I did 4x400. They were a hard push. I did very good on the first one and my mental game was strong. I started to slip after that but it was still a good workout. I have a weird thing about me that when I get done and I'm tired I feel so much better when I close my eyes so I did like my whole cool down with my eyes closed. It was actually peaceful. 

We had 40 minutes easy and we drove to Middleton to run it. We had a good quicker pace going and it felt way good.

Practice at 1:30 again to get prepped for state. 15 min steady state with 2 wave hills. We did 10 warm up over to the middle school which I felt fine during. Then when we started the steady state I was okay for a little bit and around 6 minutes I started to feel very very sick again. I guess I'm not over it. I'm applauding myself for my ability to stick with the pack under the circumstances. The hills were okay. I almost biffed it on the 1st downhill, I really thought I was going down. Very very slow run back to the hs and now I'm gonna take everything there is to prevent sickness.

AM- easy 20 we were really speeding and it is freezing in the mornings.

PM- easy 30 to sandburgs. Felt sick again. It's gonna go away before state I know it, I just wish it would hurry up. Took miles and julien to the store with me and I bought a 30 pack of emergen-c and I have already dranken 2 packets and I will take it to state with me. Also it rained last night and due to the fact that my brother can predict lightning I got some very cool pictures of it. Also I don't want to go to school tomorrow. Also we got our state uniforms today. I am very very excited for state!!! 

AM- easy before heading to state

PM- got to the north and did a shakeout at a school with some striders afterward

AM- easy before state

PM- state. wow. We started and warned up and got to the starting line. I got out good and pushed good. Around the pond Caroline passed me and had I stuck with her, it would've made all the difference. It was an okay race for how my seasons been going. I had a good kick. When we finished my card (I was our 7th runner) said we got 1st and it said we got first on runnercard. We were crying and hugging and were so happy. Even writing this it makes me want to cry thinking how happy we were. After they awarded the top 10 medals they didn't award team trophies and we found out (3 hours later) that they had disqualified a stansbury girl for running outside the course but then they decided to requalify her, putting us in 2nd. Then we found out they disqualified a park city girl (making us and stansbury tied but our 6th girl was faster so we would have won). after 3 hours they finally decided to award the team awards and tbey gave stansbury the 1st place and us 2nd. It was heartbreaking. I cried for at least an hour. We know that none of us had our best races, but we still thought we had it. This was the hardest thing I've faced. I cried every time I thought about them taking home that trophy and them cheering when they announced their names and then being able to think about theirs races and not having to pick apart everything they could've done better. I'm past the crying part now, I'm just mad about everything. One of the worst parts is that our school was actually paying attention to XC for the first time ever and they were totally hyped for us. I stayed up for 2 hours that night and as of right now, I think I can speak for my whole team when saying this, we are going to work our butts off. I can assure you that I am going to prove that I want it more than anyone else, and that I'm willing to go through any amount of pain to get it. I'm hungry for NXR and I know my team is as well. I only have 1&1/2 years of high school running left and I'm going to enjoy every step. We will win state next year. And we will do extremely well at NXR. We're gonna go show everyone what we're made of and how incredibly amazing we are. I refuse to go through this kind of thing again. I'm forever going to be upset by the outcome of things, that's just the way it is, but I'm going to use that anger to push me and my team to new heights. After Nike, there will be no doubt in anyone's mind that pine view deserved that state title. So there's that, no one read this monster of a blog post but I needed to get my goals out there and to make sure I know and remember them always. Here's to a great month of training and a phenomenal race at NXR.

No morning after state. Easy run into Middleton. I didn't wear a watch but went about 30ish. We talked a lot about state. Roberts "doesn't want us to be bitter" but how can't I be? This sucks

Again no morning. We ran to panorama and played wall ball for a bit. Currently I'm trying to get myself to enjoy running again. We're getting right back into workouts and long runs next week so I gotta get my stuff together

Today was optional and I decided not to run. I stayed up last night (having a super sick night) but afterwards I thought about state a lot and something that sucks the most is no matter how mad or sad I am about it I can't change anything. I'm working on letting it go and I'm pumped to work my butt off these next few weeks and show everyone how I should have been performing this whole season. Nike is the main focus now and everything else is in the past

AM- quicker pace, felt good

PM- longest run in quite a while plus striders and it felt lovely and we ran into Middleton and also we had pickups in the middle 2 sets of 1,2 with 4 min recovery. My legs were tired but it was still grand. I believe in myself and I'm ready for monday 

AM- only Roberts and Josie and me. We were right behind the boys the whole time and we made it past the wall(:

PM- to hot nails. We found a staff that we will attach a lock of each of our hair to and bestow to a lucky person. Also everyone's trying to switch up nicknames even though that isn't allowed

Shoutout to nickley cuz he's the big 1-8 today and he made copies for me during 5th period. 

AM- It is so cold!!!! I am sick of winter or fall or whatever season we're in. Bring back summer

PM- we did 2(2x1000, 400) with an all out 100 at the beginning and end. The 100s and 400s were just hard and all out we didn't have a time for them, but my 1000s we were supposed to hit 3:55 and we hit 3:50, :52, :47, :47. I was pretty happy with these times and especially with our pack today. I really didn't feel tired during the workout like at all. It was way sick and I just thought positive and had a great time. Also we had 15 min warm and 10 cool down. Lovely day

AM- nice and easy but missing the sophomores...

PM- another easy! And it rained!!! I have loads of homework and I didn't pass the apush test but, really, life is just really good right now

AM- no longer missing the sophomores

PM- Halloween ice cream run. Was a fun fun time

We drove up to cedar and did a workout on the region course then watched the big sky meet. We did 5 min tempo then 8x400s. It was FREEZING but we lived and it felt good. We were a little behind our times the first half, then we were way ahead the second half. Then the race was fun to watch and we played tackle missionary tag which is the sickest game. And to celebrate halloween me Brianna and rylee hiked shinob kibe with some of our dhells friends. It was savage, lit af.