Alli's running blog

Did Dino cliffs today and then added on at the end as its only 4 miles. I felt really good and wasn't too tired after. I like being able to feel the progress. Also I didn't have work this morning because there was a tournament. Hallelujah 

Drove down to Washington elem. and ran out to prospector trail then turned around. Uneventful run. When I was driving back to my house I got pulled over for like 3 offenses but I only got a warning. Honestly probably the scaredest I've ever been. And I was just telling sage last night how I had never got pulled over. I jinxed it...

Took my dog to prospector to run because she really wanted to run. She ran the whole time which was a very good accomplishment for her because she is very old. Also she's a wimp lol, when we got to the tunnel she got only a little bit into it then started walking about 1/4 mph and she kept getting slower so I took her out and we ran up the big hill where we practice downhills, and on our way down she slowed way down again. But I kept telling her encouraging phrases because she was doing very good. Also we rocked out to Carrie underwood on the way back.

45 min into Washington. My breathing was weird and my achillies/shins(?) is acting up but I've never been happier to run with my favorite people ever (plus Caroline of course)

we had the best workout ever today! Tempo on the track it was 15 minutes progression. I didn't want to lead until the last laps so I didn't and it made me push really good on the last one and it was beautiful. Weights after and I only went to 2/5 classes today so that was also beautiful. Oh and happy birthday to my mom she's also beautiful.

Such a quality run down the infamous river trail. Roberts came and ran with us and I felt very very good. 50 minutes at like 8:20 pace is pretty dang good for us I'd say

All on my own I went out on telegraph and just ran up it for a while then went back. It was uneventful and great

We drove out to hurricane and ran a trail out there. It had lots of hills. I turned around to get 69 instead of 70 because my achillies has been bothering me lately. Right at the mile marker to say we had 1 mile left I ate it so hard. My hip down to halfway of my upper leg is all scratched and my knee is quite swollen. Live and learn lol

30 to green springs. Felt like trash even though that's my home neighborhood. The end

I stayed home from school today because I was quite sick but by the time practice rolled around I was feeling better and my Tuesday performance was so crappy I felt I needed to redeem myself. We had a 15 min tempo around the track increasing pace by 10 seconds every 5 minutes. It was good. I struggled the last couple minutes staying with the pack but I did and I'm so happy I did. Then we hardcore lifted some weights. My bench max is actually going down idk how that happens but bad news it's back to 65 instead of 70 lol

40 min to neon spider plus striders. Like 10 minutes into our run I got a bloody nose and it didn't stop bleeding for 10 minutes, ew ahah. Everyone waited for me cause they're gems but it was kinda sucky. Through the tunnel was soo quality but alli june kept saying we were gonna die and I could've swore I was gonna find a hobo cause I went first. Sick run but pretty eventful

Oh man. So I had work this morning and me and my coworker skipped one of the things (that they actually don't care if we do it or not they just can't know about it) and my other coworker ratted us out so we had to go do it. It was total garbage. Then I drove to sullivan park and made up a loop with some added on around the park and stuff. It was a pretty good run. At one point I started to come up behind this boy & girl and they definitely didn't know I was there and they were totally doing something I didn't wanna see so I had to turn around before the actual time hahahaha it was so weird oh man

Today we had 30/30s. Which is 30 seconds at our pace we tested into, then 30 seconds recovery, that's 1 set and we did 30 sets. Honestly it's a brutal workout. The actual running isn't bad but it's a total mental game and I struggle with that to the max. Me, Addi and meskerem ran together and we pushed each other and it was way good. I was really feeling it at like 17-20 but I got my head back together and finished really good. After we had weights and I regret to inform everyone that brianna helped me realize I lied last week, I've never been able to bench 70. My max used to be 65 and now it's 60 lol. I'm working on it. But me & caroline planned a fun activity for tonight at 10pm if anyone wants details let me know(;

AM- first morning run of the year. Freezing I felt my hands go numb I swear

PM- mustang pass so I only drive Dallen over and he left with Mitch cause that's right in my hood. Quality run but my legs were absolutely dead. Tough stuff.

AM- it's cold

PM- yoga then 30 minutes to Washington. When we stopped at the light by harts, like 6 min into the run, I got a bloody nose again. So I ran in and cleaned up with Brianna, Ellie, and Caroline. When we came out all the other girls had left us... Haha so we had to run by ourselves. Then on the way back I got another freaking one. So we ran into mcdonalds and cleaned that up. The rest of the run was fine other than an old man stopped us to assure us he wasn't staring at us. Hahaha people are weird.

No morning run. It was way nice. We had our junior prom assembly today and bayless was king, oh man I'm so happy. Then after school we had a tempo. I went into it basically telling myself I was gonna quit. I didn't lead til the end again because I didn't do that last week and I had a horrible run so I just stayed in the back and tried to chill. But I didn't quit at all, I stayed with it for 20 minutes and that was pretty good because I knew i could do it physically but I didn't want to mentally and I won the mental battle. Very good progress and it was beautiful team work today as well.

Long run!!!! And Roberts came!!!! And we did my favorite loop ever!!!! We had 60 min with 1,2,3,2,1 min pickups with equal recovery and striders after. Such a solid run. We ended with a smaller group than normal but it was still way way good. And striders felt amazing. My legs were completely beat (as were like everyone else's, this week was hard apparently) but it felt very good. 

I woke up at like 8 to get my run in before prom. It was way easy and chill after a way tough week. I just did my loop I usually do but I had to add on cause I ran it faster than regular. Then Preston picked me up for prom and we played a ton of way fun games and me and presto won overall. Cause we're the best. Then we got ready and did pictures dinner and went to the dance and played games at dallens house and it was such a quality night. And a long awaited something at the end of the night..(;

I skipped morning practice because I had a really gross cough that wouldn't go away but when I woke up from a truly terrible night lol IT WAS SNOWING!!!!!!!!!! Plus it was a short day. The day was weird and hard but the workout was completely perfect oh man. It snowed during like half our workout and I wore a sweatshirt lol. We had 60/60s and we switched leading every 2 laps it was great. A total of 4 miles in the workout. Then weights after I can feel my body getting buffer.

AM- BEST DAY I CAN ALREADY FEEL IT TODAY IS GROUNDHOG DAY AND ALSO THE HUNDREDTH DAY OF SCHOOL we did a morning run and holt ran with us but it was so quiet cause no one would talk and we had like 5 girls there. Currently im in portuguese with my good friend dallen and we're talking about his good ol weekend and his love life<3 it's crazy cause me and Dallen have like 8/10 classes together which simplifies to 4/5 which is a great fraction

PM- wow yep this day was everything I even could've imagined. I went bowling during 8th period  which i hate bowling but it was fun. And chilled the rest of the school day. Then we drove to a trail run and me Brianna and Nick and Alex drove together and partied and told secrets lol. Good times. We did 45 min and it was kind of hard but good anyways. Yep, best day ever

Wow no one told me it was a tempo so I brought the totally wrong shoes, dangit. we warmed up and had the smallest group ever of like 6 people doing it with us. But we switched off leaders every 2 laps and it honestly felt really easy. I think I work better with less people but I've gotta get used to working better with more people. Anyway then we cooled down and did weights and my bench press is really struggling lately guys I'm telling ya. 

Fine and dandy day, I've now been bowling 3 days in a row and I don't even like bowling. We just had 30 minutes after school with a very small group and I talk them the pine view beer song lol. Then we did yoga after and after that we decided to go get pizza and go to the girls basketball game. So I drove Caroline, Jacey, & Sylvia up the road to little Caesars and accidentally LOCKED MY KEYS IN MY CAR. At little Caesars!!!!! Also my phone was in there and so was everyone else's so we had to walk back to the high school and call my dad to bring the spare and also have Josie drive me back to my car. Ugh how embarrassing. 

Sand hills my favorite workout ever!!!!!!!! We ran there which was like idk 20 minutes. Then did 5x1 min up hills. They were nice and quick and fun. Then we ran back and added to finish up our time. It was a nice workout.

I went to my cousins softball game in snow canyon so I just ran from there up to Ivins. And I passed where they filmed high school musical 2 which was sick cause I've never been there. It was the farthest I've ever been up that road. It was actually the longest run of my life. I was all by myself because the girls team ran during when I had work. I just ran up that road for hoursssss. But I finished it and had a great time and yeah. Good run

AM- easy 30 with the good ol girls and also holt halfway through.

PM- hahahaha it felt SO good today. Like everyone was like "ugh it's so hot blah" but I LOVE THE HEAT. I cannot wait for summer. It's gonna be 300x worse than that everyday and it's going to be great. Anyway, we did 60/60s again. They were solid, there was only 4 of us and we switched leaders. It was hard and my legs were completely dead from last week but it was good and tough. Then weights after but I mostly just iced my achillies because it's been acting up.

AM- I'm retiring the shoes I wore cause they hurt my achillies. it was just me jos and Ellie. And we barely talked except to discuss marrying dead people and the railing by where we run.

PM- 45 min on the trailz. Everyone was mad at me because I forgot my watch so i couldn't tell them the kilometers we ran. And I got to run behind Nathan bietler for a little on the way back.

AM- good run.

PM- 30 easy and yoga before. Green spring(s). I'm putting the parentheses because it's not correct to put an s but everyone calls it that, ya know.

AM- we scared the boys and they were so scared 

PM- tempo but my shins hurt so I stopped for a couple laps and stretched them then jumped back in. It was not good. My shins have never hurt and so that's frustrating. I've been stretching and rolling and icing like crazy tonight so they should be nice and fresh for tomorrow and Saturday.

AM- easy run

PM- easy run but I was sick sick sick so I only ran 30 + striders and it didn't feel good at all ugh

We had dogtown today and I ran the 5k with my cute brother. We got 25 minutes so it wasn't a fast pace but it was his first one and he broke 25 and he was so happy and proud and it was cute. I still got first in my age group lol... Then after to finish my minutes I went and found the girls on the half marathon course and ran some miles with them. They were going way fast it was awesome. Oh also I warmed up 10 min before the 5k. 

We went out to suicidal tendencies and ran our long run. I was only going to go 50 but I sucked it up and went the whole 60. It felt way nice and we actually went a good quick pace. Our numbers dwindled towards the end due to half marathon soreness.

AM- easy run

PM- 25 min tempo. We had a small group and only ended with me Jacey and meskerem. This was a huge step mentally for me because I was hurting so so bad and I told myself from the beginning that I was only going to go 20 min. It turned out to be super sick but on the cool down my hip hurt real bad and my achillies hurt real bad during the workout. Still a solid solid workout.

AM- easy and it felt nice.

PM- easy 30 with yoga after. My achillies hurt real real bad today so I'll ice and roll and stuff but I don't want it to be hurting for season what the heck

AM- it felt wonderful & was a bit rainy and just perfect weather. Achillies hurt a small amount

PM- 5x3min with equal recovery & 10 min warm/cool + weights. These were okay. Another big mental gain for me, I was only going to do 3 because of my achillies but it felt good so I kept going. I fell off a little on some of them but mostly stayed good. The last one I fell back like 75 meters from the pack and with 400 meters to go I got my crap together and caught up to Ellie by the end it felt so good, although I should stop talking about running altogether in my home because nothing good ever comes from it. Oh well. Good workout.

AM- usual

PM- 40 minutes to good ol green springs + striders. I only did 6 striders on account of my achillies doesn't love them much. 

LONG RUN again. i had 70 minutes and I couldn't run with the team because of work so I didn't get out until like 2pm lol. I wanted to do foremaster but it's only a 6 mile loop so before I went through those neighborhoods I went up and around harts to get the extra miles (so that I wouldn't be tempted to just not do the last 10 min). When I was almost out of the neighborhoods I heard an ambulance go by on the main road and I was thinking about it and then all of a sudden I got out on the main road and the crash was right there, I was running right into it. I really did not know where to go so I kind of got in the road and ran around the ambulance and fire trucks, all it was though was like some guy fell off his motorcycle, so no blood. So then I ran up sunrise tires hill and started to go across foremaster which is like my favorite place cause I used to live up there and that was my favorite house ever. I seriously just forgot I was running for like 15 minutes and was just lost in my thoughts. It was bliss. Then I went back down foremaster and down the river trail and back up 2450. I got back to the high school and just kept running until 13 kilometers. Very very solid run, one of the best all year even though I was alone and running alone sucks. ( PLUS no achillies pain during the run although I did have quite a bit when I woke up and at work)

And happy birthday to my girl JC finch

AM- I pulled a Sylvia and didn't talk but it was nice. The degrees in the morning is perfect I love being able to wear shorts and a tshirt and that's it

PM- 6 minute test. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I improved by about 30ish meters which is what I wanted, but I wasn't with the pack or anything. Maybe I need to focus more on individual improvements so I can be happy with myself? I'm not sure. We cooled down to get to 50 min

AM- easy miles. Maybe too easy this morning but that never really happens so we just rolled with it.

PM- 3x800 hill repeats. These were solid and I felt a good push. We had loads of cool down we did some on the track. I won the freshman 5 contest thing so I got a signed pic of all of them, lol.

AM- Brianna had to do her 6 minute test so we timed her and ran half of it on the track. iT was so cold I had to go get my sweatshirt out of my car. 

PM- root beer mile, lol... Me and Brianna ran together and got like 21:something but technically we were disqualified at the first can of root beer. I seriously cannot drink it for the life of me. It's so gross.. So total I probably drank about 1-1&1/2 cans... Then we had the most bonding time at sandburgs on our run. There was this jacket that they got out of the water then when we were all standing admiring it a huge bug came out of the sleeve, everyone screamed and ran away lol it was freaky. One of the best times  team wise it was so fun!!!!! 

AM- easy

PM- I felt really strong on this tempo. Finished it out the entire 25 minutes and with a new time to hit. Really good mental boost

AM- easy

PM- 45, didn't do striders because it angers my achillies

Run by myself, I ran by another accident. It was scary and idk why that keeps happening to me. I went the minimum because I wasn't feeling great.

AM- easy

PM- run in the new shoes. They feel way nice. 30/30s, I felt strong and good. Me and Addi are a good little group I gotta say.

AM- small crew cuz the ACT today. 

PM- the act wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, although I'm afraid of a 17. Idk why that number it just seems like that would suck. Anyway, easy 30 wherever, I don't really remember.

AM- easy

PM- tempo. Only went 20 min this time. I was dehydrated af and just struggling to keep pace. Weights after, my bench is getting no better.

AM- fell back asleep so missed the morning run, oops.

PM- 40 w/ 200s. Fire station loop, second run in the new shoes and it felt easy and nice. Roberts came!

Really good run. I felt pretty good. My Achilles hurt a bit and the striders hurt it pretty bad but it really was a fun run to green springs!! Just 30 min w/ striders 

We had old man hills today. 8x400. Not a successful workout. My Achilles really just won't feel better. I'm not sure what to do, I've been taking better care of it then I usually do. Maybe I still need to amp that up even more. I'll do it because I'm planning on qualifying for state at pv invite and that's definitely going to happen. Now I'm driving to salt lake for Easter break.

PINE VIEW INVITE FINALLY. Best time of the year except we had way less people this year cause of the date change but oh well. I woke up feeling tired in my legs, we had a hard week this week, but I was determined to state qualify so I didn't let it bother me. I just stayed out of the sun and chilled all day. We warmed up around a bit and did our strides and everything else. Then we got to the line and I was seeded 4th, but it wasn't my actual fastest time but that's okay. I decided just to sick with whitney from cedar and this supposedly fast girl from skyline (except she didn't even place so it's good I didn't go with her). We got out and I felt good, I wanted a 2:20 and our first 200 was one second slow. I didn't let that bother me and I just kept going with that group. We were way slow at the 400 but my head wasn't really clear so I couldn't remember my split I wanted for that so I didn't even know lol. At about 300 to go Whitney pulled away and I think a park city girl kind of went with her. I wasn't paying enough attention to know they pulled away and so it never even crossed my mind to go with them. My finish was real good for me cause I generally lag but I passed 2 people in the last 100 so that's good. Overall it was a super duper slow race for everyone involved. No one state qualified and probably no one pr'd lol. I guess no one has that kind of speed in their legs at this point but once we get the speed workouts going we're gonna kill it. And I got a medal and that was the goal so pretty sick. I wasn't running this fast at pv invite last year and I still state qualified so I'm not worried. Overall super solid meet. We had loads of qualifiers and shoutout to rylee cause she is a complete beast. 

Dhells invite was today. I only was running the 400 & the 200 in the medley. I know I know, what the actual heck. Nothing distance. Today was just the 400 and I wasn't a very fast race but I liked the way I ran it because I ran it smarter than I ever ever do. I had a bit left at the end and was able to pass people & gain on people when they were all tired. It felt good. The track meet itself was really fun even though the weather was crappy, shoutout to Eugene cause I heard his name on the loud speaker thing and then sought him out lol cool guy

I have no idea how far I ran today. Not very. I had the 200 in the medley which I was terrified enough for cause I'm definitely not a sprinter. Anyway so they shot the gun and Lexi was off, then she got to me and a combination of the fact that maybe she was running slower than we practiced and maybe I took off faster than we practiced made it so she had to yell to me to slow down, well I did, but I was about to pass the exchange zone and I still didn't have the baton, so I turned around and as I did she went to put it in my hand and it totally fell straight to the ground. I didn't know that even if it dropped you could still go, I thought we were disqualified... so after coach yelled at me from 100 meters away to run lol.....(my mom said we stood there for a good 15-20 seconds..) I ran my 200 and got the baton to cierra kind of. Then Rylee ran and we actually ended up 5th in 2 heats so that's pretty good. We definitely would've state qualified but life happens so maybe if we get put in it again we'll do better.

Today we had 6x300s at 800 pace. Really not too bad of a workout. I ran with Brianna and Ellie mostly. Hit anywhere from 53-57 mostly. My 5th one I picked up it to a 53 because I need to work on hitting a faster pace when I'm all tired but it still isn't the end. Warmed and cooled down about 20 minutes. 

My current predicament that I'm in is that my coach is taking the top 24 overall (boys and girls and field and running through a point system it's kind of complicated) people  on the team to Orem this weekend. I missed it by 1 point & 1 spot but someone isn't going so coach offered me the spot. I just don't know if I would rather run at snow canyon or Orem and what the benefits of it would be because my season has been so utterly crappy. I know no one reads my blog anymore cuz I never blog but if anyone happens to get on it feel free to put in advice! 

800 region today cuz jv lol. I ran one of my best races even though it wasn't fast. Strong finish which was good. Me and Brianna both got on the podium and I even got a medal lol. Last race is tomorrow so just gonna go out and give it whatever I got

Last race of the season. Did the jv 1600, I warmed up actually a decent amount and I'm not very good at warming up so that was good. Then did some other stuff, I wasn't nervous at all cuz like I didn't really have any goals at this point in the season, mostly just don't suck. When the gun went off I got out decently and just stuck right on the second place girl. When we passed coach on the second lap he told me to move so I got up to the first place girl and just sat on her. When we hit the 3rd lap I decided to start moving so I tried to gap everyone which worked except one girl sat behind me. On the homestretch we were battling so hard for first and I'm actually way proud of how I stayed in it mentally. Supposedly she beat me but it was just the desert hills coach calling the shots and she was a dhells girl lol I don't really care though she probably is a lot more proud of getting first than I would've been so I'm happy for her. We ended up being .02 seconds apart. It was dope. Then I cooled down 3 miles with sage 

30 minutes with 4 striders. Hadn't ran in a couple days so the striders were harder than they should've been

15 minutes warm up. Then 10 repeats of 150 meters. There was lightning so we had to do them inside the school. It was so hot. I felt really good on them though and pushed myself really hard. Sprinting workouts are my kinda thing. Also we named all the words that end with the -ate sound. There's a lot. Also I got all my grades up so basically I don't have to go to school anymore

Back at it. .5 warm up then warm ups and all that. I brought the little brother, jacob and taught him all my ways so when senior year is over he can carry on the legacy. 30 minutes easy but it was hard, I'm so out of shape. Also I turned back with Sylvia like a minute before everyone else cause I was really worried about Jacob cause he wouldn't run with anyone, just by himself and he's literally almost blind and we were running on the road and idk, big sister instincts. He was fine though and ran almost the whole way.

I was late to practice today cause I had to clean out my backseat so I could give 7 people a ride in my 5 seat car lol. And there's like tons of cops on the road to practice but we didn't see any so that's good. We did 15 min out then 15 min barefoot on the baseball field then 8 striders. I'm struggling I'm so out of shape holy. Then we had kids club which was hectic. it was mostly just me cause my group members kept leaving lol. Then Brianna came and we had a good time. i had an orange popsicle and brianna and preston had blue ones

We eliminated the warm up lap cause coach said we're going to be getting enough miles this year we dont need it everyday. We had 40 minutes easy. Our old group was down to 2 members today, me and jacey (and Roberts of course). But swag Jessica and Macey jumped in with us. I was feeling really out of shape at the beginning but then we got about a mile into it and I was starting to feel really good actually. It was a real nice run and we ended with a nice game of four square in honor of prestons birthday. So special happy birthday shoutout to preston!! 

later in the day me, Mitch, & preston went and walked like 80 MILES "looking" for the summit rock lol. We didn't find it. Then we got snow cones but I didn't get one but I ended up eating a bunch of Mitch's anyway lol

30 minutes with striders. Strider always kill me but the run was good & we talked it up as a cute little team. We're getting more people back from trips so that's good. Now I get to go to gunlock reservoir with my frenz & I've never been there so yay

45 minutes with quick finish. We had good conversation going. The quick finish was hard but it felt way good. Strong run from all the girls & im happy 

30 minutes with striders. Quality run, I felt pretty good. Then kids club after. Me, Connor & Brianna were in charge of the 3rd & 4th girls lol. They're freaking crazy. 

45 min. Easy out to grapevine I think. There's like 12 trails out there and I don't know which is which. Still getting back into running so it's tough. Plus haven't been drinking water or going to bed before midnight most nights so waking up is a struggle. It was a good run though. Said peace out to Connor for 2 years/the rest of our lives possibly. He's a good guy.

60 minutes with 4x1 minute pickups. Long run with a very small crew. We had practice  30 minutes earlier than usual so lots of people didn't show up til 7. It was a nice run. Felt like forever but I pushed myself real good. Plus I'm sooooooo sore from weights on Tuesday. s/o to Maycee Hayes for sticking with us the entire run. She's definitely gonna be giving the varsity team a run for their money this year.

Weights at 3

45 min with striders. I felt really really good today. Josie was back & we talked all about her trip most the time. We were the only level 3's there so we just ran back with the level 2's and added on. Then did 6 striders, they probably weren't the right length cause there wasn't a lot of space where we were. Oops. My body is really sore and really tight but I'm excited that I'm finally feeling like I'm back into shape!!!!

45 min. We met at green springs park by my house after my work cuz the girls team is the best. I wore my kinvaras though and that wasn't the best idea cuz my achillies started hurting again. Tomorrow will be a good day of rest for it. The run was kind of a struggle for me idk why. This was a solid week though. I'm happy with it

About 60 minutes. My achillies was really hurting me today, I'm struggling lol. I did one pick up then just stopped cause good frick it hurt. I headed back on my own. It was a lot of thinking time with a lot to think about.

75 minutes. I stayed up late last night watching the bachelorette with Brianna lol so I was way tired + for some reason my stomach has been hurting every time I run lately so neither of those things helped me on the run today. At like 32 minutes I flipped around cause I kept falling off on the pickups and the team kept turning around to get me which was really discouraging. My watch broke so I didn't have a time but I took a longer way back (plus Rylee & Addi came back like 5 min after I got there & they ran 80) so I'm guessing I got about 75 minutes. Life is weird

40 minutes. 15 road/20 grass w 5 min striders. Felt good

15 minutes. Weights then 15 minutes just to get us used to the heat.

60 minutes. 25 minute tempo on the dirt mile at 7:30(ish) pace. We warmed up there then started the tempo. I took it step by step instead of thinking how long it was gonna be I took it by laps. It really helped a lot. Stuck in there the whole time & I felt really good about myself afterwards. Then a stellar day of fishing, I give this day a 10/10.

50 minutes. Hill run. I turned with Rylee and we had a good chat about this coming season.

15 minutes. Weights & 15 min run. Holy moly it's hot out these days.

80 minutes. 5x1 min pickups in the middle of it. We just met as a girls group at josies house and ran on the river trail which I usually do not like that trail cuz it feels like it goes on forever but once you get pretty far into it it gets actually really cool & there's like a foresty area & it's cool. I struggled the last little while. I needa get better at finishing strong. Overall a pretty good run & we had otter pops after

Then for the fourth me, Brianna, Dylan, Macen, Julien, mikey, & jake m. all went to the love shack & watched all the fireworks & lit our own, it was so sick. It was a real fun night & props to me cause I was the only one who got home on time, guess I'm just responsible.

45 minutes. We ran out on the turtle trail just until the gate then flipped around. Very quiet run, I think everyone was tired cause of the night before. Then 8 striders. They felt very good. I'm beginning to like striders now!!

45 minutes. Ran up the parkway & ran into coach with his dog (idk which one but I think it was molly (molly is my favorite, she's so cute)). For some weird reason I've been having stomach problems & some days they're more endurable but today was not one of those days. 

90 minutes. Longest run of this year for me! Long run with 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, pickups in the middle. We ran out grapevine & up the big hill then over the top into coral canyon & down telegraph. We had to add on down to Paxman auto so we stopped for a drink (they have the deliciousest water in town). We ended with a small group, like 5 of us. It was a large mental battle today but I'm real glad I pushed through. I was really only going to go 75 but I would've had to run back past all the crows by myself and those things are scary lol. Solid run with some solid girls.

I'm really gonna try to blog the WHOLE week this week, we'll see how that goes. 

55 minutes.

AM- 35 minutes with 6 striders. i felt pretty good, I just expected myself to not feel pretty good & once I get out of that mindset I can seriously do 1000x better. Kids club after was fun, our group is full of lazy complainers but we manage to have a good time. 

PM- weights then 15 minutes. Idk if I can count the weights I didn't do much.... & everyone makes fun of me when I lift anyway so. But the run was nice & hot

50 minutes. Just an easy run out on turtle trail. It felt very very hard probably cuz I have been going to bed at 1 & 2 these past few nights. I should probably get on top of that so I can start feeling better. After practice me & Brianna went and got mozzerella sticks and they were delicious.

75 minutes.. 

AM- 25 minute tempo. I felt suprisingly good on this, my legs have been absolutely trashed this whole week but they felt way decent today. It was nice that the last 5 minutes there was only 3 of us. I need to try to have a better mindset about when teammates say stuff like "get up here" and I'm literally side by side with them, I'm doing fine worry about yourself. However I should be thinking "oh good they want me in front of them I guess". Idk, I'm wayyyyy too hard headed. 

PM- weights then 15 minutes. Weights were hilarious, me & Brianna found a huge rubber band stretching thing & swung around in it man that was some good stuff. Then a run on very very very tired legs.

50 minutes. 45 + striders at Bloomington hills north park. We started out just by doing the first & last lap of the region course then we went out on the river trail & finished with 8 striders. Felt like a solid run

60 minutes. I led the team to little black mountain trail to run cause I've been there twice & it seemed flat & nice. It was about a million degrees i swear. Overall a tiring but nice run.

85 minutes. 85 with pickups. We were running down to go get carolines butt to practice & ran into her running with her little sister. We just ran down telegraph (for the most part, we did weave into some neighborhoods) until about target then turned around. I was really struggling then we stopped at harts for some water and I was just completely refreshed and ready to run again. The last 5 minutes it was just me Ellie and Roberts cause there was almost no other level 3s there. Truly it was a nice run. I had the song London bridges by fergie stuck in my head the whole run. lol not the most appropriate song but it's so freaking funny. Also Frida was there so 3 cheers for her

45 minutes. 

AM- I'm in salt lake at my aunts house so I ran down to liberty park & just ran around the park on the grass then did striders there too. I didn't do anything barefoot because ew @ that park and also my achillies has been bugging me quite a bit so I figured it wouldn't hurt to keep my shoes on. I accidentally went over about 5 minutes because I didn't account for how long it would take to get out of the park from where I was doing my strides. Also I saw LOTS of dogs so that always constitutes for a great run

55 minutes. It's not hard to find hills in salt lake. I ran a big hill then turned and went into a cemetery hahah. I saw 5 deer in there. Then I left and ran past the U & by their whole campus. Then went down 8th south and ended at my aunts house. I was gonna do striders at Liberty park again but my mom was mad because we were in a rush to go to Idaho so I didn't do them, oops. Sh*z happens. 

55 minutes. Another 55 minuter. I wanted to go on a cool trail I found yesterday so I ran up a gnarly hill to get there & turns out the trail was a dud. So I just ran around the neighborhoods, got a little lost but came out okay. The last 2 days I've ran with my phone & music which is weird but I actually like it a lot. I got some gooooood music a couple days ago so I've been listening to it a lot, life is good.

60 minutes. Could've been better could've been worse. Legs were dead & im still really sore from wake boarding all day Saturday. Not a good run for me

55 minutes. Time trial today. We did 15 minutes warm then  10 minutes tempo then time trial then 17 minutes cool down. I felt good on the warm up and decent on the tempo. That grass is brutal it's so long and thick. But the time trial came and my legs weren't ready for it. I fell continuously the first mile. Then kind of just stuck it in the last mile. The time & place were horrible but I felt decent so I don't know why I did so bad. I need to focus when racing. My mind wanders and I just settle.

45 minutes. I had work again this morning so I ran at like 11 but there was a cloud cover so that was nice. It felt really good. My achillies has been bugging me again these past couple runs and especially today, ever since the time trial. I did mustang pass. And I came home and had a long nap

75 minutes (I think)

AM- morning workout @ Bloomington. Me & Brianna did the same stuff which was 4x1000s at a certain pace. I went faster because I know that I deserve to be hitting faster times than those and deserve to be up with the other girls. So there.

PM- 25 minutes when we got up to camp. My breathing was baaaaaad. But I got through.

70 minutes. 

AM- started out going down a HUGE hill & then got to turn around & go back up. Me, Josie & Ellie stuck together way out in front. It felt horrible but afterwards was the greatest. 

PM- 25 minutes around Navajo lake. A very quality run then a nice cold swim.

100 minutes

AM- long run on the virgin river rim trail. I turned to get 75 which is the lower end of my minutes because I got nervous about all the hills on the way back. I found Sylvia & Seanne on the way back & we were cruisin but I was just really enjoying running with them. I might run with them more often, they're very fun.

PM- 25 just out. Chill pace

60 minutes. We had a workout of 2(3x80 sec) hill repeats. We ran down this long hill for 15 minutes then did our workout then ran back up it. I felt so amazing today. Every single one I was out front leading. I made a goal to chill behind everyone until we passed under this tree arch thing then just go all to the wall. Before the 5th one Roberts told me to drive my knees and that helped ample amounts. My goal was to just keep getting farther on every one & I did except the last one but I wasn't upset. It felt so good. On the way back up the hill I kept having to stop to stretch my calves because they were so so tight. & that's the first workout I've ever actually believed that I was gonna pass out after. Oh man it was a good feeling. 

Camp overall was the best ever. I really bonded with a lot of people that I've just been decent friends with & I became really good friends with people I thought I didn't like lol. I'm gonna miss it so much next year but I'm ready to kill this season & actually be a contributor to my team. 

First day of senior year, oh yes.

50 minutes. 15 warm, 5 strides, 2(3x60sec) hills, cool back to high school. We did old man hills. I struggled on the striders. I didn't drink one ounce of water today & coach freaked us out at the beginning of practice about heat stroke & everything so I was scared lol. Once we got through the striders we started the hills & I was struggling to keep up with the pack. Then after we did 2 for some reason I started leading & really pushing myself. Hills are so easy probably cause I have long legs. The last couple we were just trying to pack and that was fun. We stole some water from someone hose & shade from their tree. Then a run back. A nice day overall.

Another thing! I got a letter from Preston today! It was so nice, it was from his very first week in the MTC & we've been emailing so it's cool to read his emails now & see how well he's doing compared to how he was doing at the beginning. 

11.5 miles straight up pine valley mountain. Probably the best/funnest thing I have ever done. I was real scared going into it. But once we got going it was so fun. We took a break at 2 miles into it & ate some gu (ew) & after that I just felt so refreshed and strong for the whole rest of the time. on the way down I was mostly with jacey & Maycee. The last mile was forever long hahaha. Renegade camp was the best thing ever & im SO sore now lol

AM- 9 hard miles after a hard weekend. My legs are gonna die. I still stuck in there 100% but holy moly. 

PM- 2 miles-ish. Hard even though like the shortest run ever. I need a stick to roll out.

AM- brought out the kinvaras cause my other shoes were tired. Weights w/ 15 minute run

PM- 40 minutes on mosquito trail. It was super hot out today but I felt pretty good. Although Roberts had us going sub 7:30 pace on the way out 

AM- none, I overslept. Be not worried though, I got reprimanded.

PM- 65 minutes. We went over to Bloomington hills park & did 1600,1600,1200,800. The first one I stuck in for about 1200 then for many reasons fell off the pack quite a bit. The next 3 I put all my feelings aside & pushed my way up. Everyone was falling apart so it was me jos jacey & Addi leading. I felt so amazing today. My last couple weeks of practice have been off the charts amazing for me. I just need to transition that into racing. which is easier said than done

65 minutes.

AM- 15 minutes & weights. Solid.

PM- 50 minutes on fire station. A hot run but I was feeling alright. Still feeling sickish from yesterday, hoping that will go away before the race tomorrow cause idk if I can endure a whole runathon being sick....

AM- 20 minutes.

PM- desert relays! My team was Addi then Brianna then me. We got to the park & warmed up & did some tempoing. When I got the baton we were in 5th place & I passed 1 girl (it was a youngster but still lol) & I almost got all the way up to desert hills 2nd team. It was a really positive race for me. Plus the girls AND the boys won the team awards. Then we rocked out in my car while waiting for the lightning to be gone

Runathon!!!!! My last one....wowowow. It was pretty quality but by the last mile I had to do I was 100% beat. It was a good night w/ a good team though.

AM- 80 minutes up & around foremaster. My legs were dead at the beginning but by the pickups I was feeling fresh. Way nice run.

PM- 20 minutes. Easy but hot

AM- weights + 15 min. Missing my weight buddy ):

PM- 60 minutes in hell....I mean in hells hole. Roberts broke a deal with me, which apparently is to be expected when you're like less than a minute late to his class.

AM- 20 minutes. Me jos & Roberts went slow but faster than everyone else. I felt goood.

PM- 50 minutes. Workout was 1200, 400, 400, 600. Solid day. I felt super good & if I did quick steps like coach said I just flew. What a solid workout, plus the team packed really good. Solid group

AM- weights + 15

PM- 40 minutes out to Arctic circle. We were speeding and my legs are beat

I might go catch up this week, probably not though. On Wednesday night I had a seizure so I missed Thursday of running. But this morning I ran 2 miles & felt pretty good. We'll see what I can do on the tempo this afternoon

PM- tempo at dirt mile. We did like 20 min warm then 5 striders then the 20(?) minute tempo. At one point I kinda felt like I was starting to black out so I stopped & sat on the ground, then I got back up cut across the field & finished it out. At the end I couldn't breathe & was shaking super bad but coach came over & calmed me down, I probably just freaked myself out. Today was most definitely not a bad workout.

MURRAY!!!! Wow what an awesome course/race. About an hour before the race me & Brianna were running around cheering & she frikkin sprained her ankle. So that made it so she couldn't race with me which was a huge bummer. There were 2 open races & I was in the second one so I warmed up alone (mostly looking for the varsity girls on their cool down, turns out they were receiving their 3RD PLACE AWARD) then I went and put on my spikes & went to the start. I got out really good & all on the top part of the course I just chilled behind like 3 girls. Then when we turned the corner to go down the big hill I surged ahead and took the lead. I didn't know where I was going so I got lost a couple times but found my way back. I felt really really strong all throughout the race, after going up then back down the huge hill I was so tired but I kept my steps short and quick then went up the super big ending hill and that one killed me too. But I kept it going & ended up 1st in my race (12th overall cuz Davis & AF). I was very pleased with my time because I thought I got 19:05 but the results had me at 19:00. I really wish I would've got under 19 but I'm super duper happy about this race & I know it's cause my training is finally paying off and I'm finally getting out of this plateau I've been in for what feels like forever. Wow I'm just so happy rn

AM- long run with hill workout. Strong from the whole team, yay for long runs. After the workout I always feel SOO strong which is soooo good

PM- 20 minutes. Yay for that, I felt good although the achillies is a bit buggy these days

AM- weights & run. lol when Brianna isn't there I don't have anyone to work with

PM- duel in the desert!!!! Warmed up a little, started the race. I got out good & threw in surges (which I never do !!!!!!!) & just felt strong & confident through the whole thing. Ended 6th on the team which is great, I'm so happy. My main focus is state right now, maybe that isn't the best but i just need to be a contributor in that. I don't think I've ever wanted anything more lol

AM- 80 minutes with 2x2 mile tempos. I felt excellent through the whole run. After the workout part of long runs I always feel my best. It's convient.

PM- like 20 laps around the baseball field. Don't ask me why we decided to run in small circles for 20 minutes but I didn't die. After a truly crappy day this wasn't a good ending but hey like I said I survived so small victories, people

AM- promise myself I'd blog everyday this week so here's I am(: weights + 15. Brianna was there so I didn't have to lift alone!!!!!! & I'm now squatting 45 pounds on each side so feel free to love me

PM- 55 minutes into Washington & it felt actually super super good! My legs were just ready to run today!! We ran urie circle for nostalgias sake & there's a good chance that's my last time ever running it, senior year wow(': 

AM- long run with tempos (10 minutes (6 min recovery) & 1 mile). I struggled on these. Low water intake is probably a factor

PM- 20 minutes around the grass loop

I'm gonna start recording the time I went to bed from the night before, maybe some patterns idk (I also plan on recording my eating habits eventually but 1 thing at a time here)

In bed at 10 (asleep by 10:15ish)

AM- arctic circle for 15 plus weights.

PM- 1200s @ Bloomington. We had 15 min warm w/ 5 striders & 4x1200 repeats. The first one was way off pace & there was a considerable gap between me and the girls. The second one started that way too but about halfway through I finally got going. I came down a hill into a surge & just kept going lol. It wasn't even my brain though it was 100% my legs. On the last 3 I really impressed myself. It just goes to show that even being tired, my legs like to run fast. Then the girls were just kinda talking so I went & cooled down by myself mostly for about 10 min.

In bed at 10, fell asleep right away

AM- 20 minutes arctic circle 

PM- 55 minutes into Washington. Legs are real tired and st.g weather is something special

In bed at 11:30, wow that was a bad one

AM- weights & 15 min run. I increased my squat to 145 pounds, I think this is my new claim to fame

PM- 50 minutes + 4x200s. Everyone else only went 40 so it was just me and Roberts for the majority of the run. We went to green springs. We had a discussion, Roberts has a way of getting things out of you despite trying to keep them in

AM- 20

PM- snow canyon invite. Warmed up & got to the line. I felt pretty good through the whole thing, wish I could've stayed with Halsey but that's life. 

AM- I accidentally slept in a little bit so I missed some of weights but I made the whole run 15 minutes.

PM- 35 minutes to green spring. 

AM- 60 around foremaster. My Achilles hurt really bad

AM- 20 min

PM- region, last xc season race. Lolz I've been doing this for a while. We got a good warm up. My legs were feeling tired today for sure but they have been for many of the races this year. The race started & I chilled behind carli for the first half of the first lap then I surged ahead & took the lead by a considerable amount. Ran like that for a while then Brianna came up & I stuck with her for a while then she started to gap me. Ended 2nd behind her, I'm sure as heck happy it was her that beat me. 

What a season. Some serious trials but I'm happy with what went on. I've grown more as a person this season than i think anyone could've imagined. Wish I could be lacing up for one final season race this next week but I seriously have so much faith in these girls, they're gonna do great things.