Act like a horse, be dumb, just run.

Went to this meet despite illness and not training for a week.  Ran the 3200m run in the slow heat not knowing what to expect time-wise, but I think I PR-ed. 

Couldn't stop coughing and sneezing yesterday. I hate being sick. Ran the 1600m run in the slow heat again not knowing what to expect time-wise, but I PR-ed again.  I must have really sucked last year. 

Still sick but feeling a lot better.  Ran Bank Run by my lonesome, except for the first half mile or so.  Started slowing down quite a bit on the last uphill mile.  It was nice going my own pace though.  Since I don't have a car anymore I just ran home because I couldn't find Jeff to give me a ride.

Speed work today.  Ran 4 1200s, which is kind of a weird distance but it was actually pretty nice. I was supposed to be aiming for 4:45ish but didn't quite make it.

1- 4:38

2- 4:52

3- 4:52

4- 4:54

The first one went pretty fast but my legs tensed up after and I felt like I was pushing harder to go slower.  Still sick so I couldn't breathe out of my nose which made it a little tougher also.

pm- I was going to go on an easy run with Hazel my nasal, but I went and played soccer with the crew so I thought that would count for at least a mile (even though Zac might disagree because I "suck at soccer" and apparently wasn't doing much to help my team... oh well.)

Anaerobic threshold.  Sounds painful, yeah?  It actually wasn't that bad and it was even a little fun.  Ran about a mile towards the school on 2450 to get to track practice but Jeff pulled over and picked me up before I actually got there. 

For the "anaerobic threshold" thing we ran 4 miles with the middle 3 miles at cross-country race pace.  I did pretty alright, I thought I was going to be running with Zac but I pulled ahead of him at the first and he never caught up to me.  I passed Nikki J and got pretty close to Willy but just stayed the same distance behind him until I was done.  Ran the middle "3" in 18:15 but I am wondering how long it actually was, probably about 2.7 or 2.8. 

Easy recovery day today.  Ran with Zac to sunrise tire and back to the high school (3.5).  Then to Sandstone Elementary for a rousing game of ultimate frisbee, which counts for at least a mile... P.S.We won.

Hills!  Ran out to sunset tire hill with Jeff Ruth Josh Adam and Derrik (about 1.5 mi).  Ran the hills mostly by myself.  I was surprised at how much easier it was to run the hills compared to last time.  Last time I would stop in the middle of the hill but this time the only time I stopped was at the top and the bottom.  I must be getting in shape!  I did 5 hills, and I think the fourth one was probably the hardest but they all were pretty alright. The hill is about a quarter of a mile long.  I ran back with Josh and Jeff. 

I didn't run today! :( I was planning on waking up and running eight, but Catherine called and I went to Vegas instead.  I was going to run when I got home but my femininity came out and I stayed home and ate chocolate and watched pride and prejudice.  Happy St. Patty's Day!

I actually did a warm-up today, one lap around the track.  I should probably get into that habit.  I went on an easy 5-miler out to Green Springs with Ruth and Nikki J.  We were going at a pretty slow pace and I stopped at the golf course clubhouse and at a couple of lights.  I wasn't feeling really mentally strong today until the turnaround point and then I started getting into it.  When done with the run I did nine 100 meter striders.  After that I lifted weights... I would log that but I don't know what the machines are called or how much weight I was actually lifting.  So today was pretty nice; I guess its kind of a prep day for speedwork tomorrow.  I'm going to be running in spikes for the first time, so that will be interesting. 

Pain. I ran in spikes for the first time today and now I have to walk like a penguin.  I did a 400 m warm up with Amanda, then strapped on my spikes and started on some 1000 meters.  My times:

1- 3:40

2- 3:59

3- 3:57

4- 3:57

5- 3:51

We did those plus a 400m jog in between.  I felt like I was pushing on most of the repeats.  I usually fly on the first repeat of any set probably just because I have the most energy then.  That was also my first time running in spikes and I was trying to learn how to run in them.  They pulled me right up onto my toes (thus the aching calves) and I ran the first one like that, but I couldn't keep it up for the other ones, so I would save toe running for when I needed an extra push.  It was a little disappointing getting 19 seconds slower on the second one but I felt like I was doing okay, especially because I never did worse than the second repeat.  The wind was blowing pretty hard which made it a little more difficult, but helped when it was behind me.  It was blowing hardest on the last repeat, but I was working harder so I got faster (which upped my esteem a little bit).  We were supposed to do a 3/4 mile cool down but I forgot and just went home. 

a.m.- Met Ruth and Amanda up at the school for a morning run.  Killer pain in my calves.  I jumped out of bed this morning (because I have a bunkbed and have to jump off) forgetting how bad my calves hurt.  Not such a pleasant thing to wake up to.  I ran a lap warm-up and then we headed out for Arctic Circle (3 mi).  I ran with Ruth most of the way, my calves eased up a little while running.  We ran a little slow on the way out and then got up to a more decent pace on the way back.  The blister I got yesterday popped when I was running back but almost done. 

afternoon- Anaerobic threshold on Dogpound run (4).  Ran a warm-up up to Harts with Nikki J. and Ruth.  Ruth headed out on the threshold run first, then Nikki, and I was still waiting for my mind to will me to go.  I started it out pretty decently, even though I didn't feel really fast.  I caught up to Nikki J at about the Relief Society Building, after that I didn't really have anyone to try and catch up to, so that made the run a little trickier because I had to keep checking my pace.  At the dogpound I was at about 12 minutes something, which is about a minute or so faster than last time.  My finishing time was 17:59, 16 seconds faster than last time.  I must have slowed down a bit on the hills, but overall I felt the run went okay and I'm pretty happy with my time.  After that I jogged back super slow to the school, and then sat on the turf and checked out all my new blisters.  I have two decent sized ones, and two toenails are coming off. 

Easy run day before the race tomorrow.  It was supposed to be a 35 minute run, but I went running by myself during seventh period and got started a little late so I cut the run short so I could be back before practice started.  I ran for 26 minutes, and it was painful. I just ran around the neighborhoods by the school and it was neat just being able to go wherever I wanted.  My calves were still killing me today and so it was hard to even want to go running.  When I run fast I can't really feel my calves, but on this easy run I could feel them like none other.  I stopped once to stretch them out a little.  Overall I liked just being out by myself and being able to go wherever I wanted.  That kind of freedom is nice after so many course runs and track work. 

I don't know what was up with this day.  I ran the 1600 m in the second heat (I think?) out of three.  My calves were still aching but they felt a lot better so I wasn't even too worried about my race.  I think I should have been a lot more worried because I did 9 seconds worse than last time.  I tend to run a lot harder if I am nervous anyways.  So the first lap of the mile went by really fast, in about 1:18, and I got out in front and it felt really good, but I didn't hold it and I fell back a lot in the second lap.  Nikki J even passed me once and I was ashamed because I knew I wasn't pushing it hard enough.  So my second lap was crap, and my third and fourth laps weren't much better.  I needed to focus more on my pacing and plan out the race before hand.  There was also a bit of wind, especially on the last leg of the fourth lap.  That might have brought up my time a bit, but overall I think I just wasn't into it mentally and I wasn't running it smart.  I walked off the track disappointed and embarrassed, and I didn't do even close to my best.

I did a lot better today than I did yesterday.  I first ran the 3200 m in the second heat.  I tried to plan it out a little bit beforehand because I thought that would be a good idea after crapping the mile yesterday.  I ran this race a lot smarter.  I started out okay and then got into a settled (but pushed) pace pretty quickly; my thoughts were to get into a spot and work my way up from girl to girl.  My plan didn't work out the way I wanted it to because I ended up running in a pretty big gap.  I did work my way around one girl and then I kept my eyes on the next girl that was about 100m in front of me for the rest of the time.  I ran the mile in a decent pace but I didn't push it too hard because last time thats what I did and I died on the fifth lap.  The fifth lap was good to me this time and I felt like I was going at a constant pace for most of the race.  I had a hard time pushing it in at the end because my legs were sore and worked and I just didn't feel like I had enough energy to sprint.  Overall it was a good race, improved by 17 seconds, but I still feel kind of disappointed that I'm not faster than I am.  I know it is kind of a harsh thought but I feel like I am one of the slow girls and I am very unsatisfied with myself. 

The 800 was sort of an adventure... I haven't run this race since I was a freshman so it was kind of a new experience.  Ruthie gave me some pointers on how to run it before the race started and let me wear her racing flats.  I ran in the first heat (slow heat) and I took the lead from the start.  I ran the first lap fairly fast and felt myself slowing down after I started coming around the second time.  I kept telling myself to push it harder because I had less than a lap left, but I my distance-running self didn't like that idea.  I kept trying to speed it up but it was hard, especially because my legs still felt a little overworked.  I got passed right about at the start of the last 100 meters and ended up second in my heat.  I wasn't really disappointed in this race but I sure wasn't proud.  I didn't really know what to think of my time and walked off the track thinking, "hmm that was interesting".  It was fun just jumping in and running it but I still feel unsatisfied with myself. 

am- met ruth up at the school at 5:30, ran two warm up laps then headed to arctic circle (3 mi).  I noticed that right under my right calf is really sore, and the left side of my left calf.  As I ran my left leg felt better but my right leg felt worse. 

afternoon- had nothing to do during seventh period so I ran home (1 mi) and then chilled for a minute. Then had my mom drop me back off at the school for practice.  I ran 2 warm up laps, then a big grass loop (.5 mi) and then we started on our speedwork.  We did two sets of five 200m sprints with a 100 m jog in between. I was supposed to be aiming for 40 seconds. My first set went like so:

1- 37 sec

2- 39 sec

3- 39 sec

4- 40 sec

5- 41 sec

I'm not sure if thats exactly accurate, but thats the jist of it. My second set:

1- 37 sec (ran in spikes)

2- 36 sec (changed out of spikes and ran this in my regular shoes)

3- 39 sec

4- 38 sec

5- 39 sec

I tried running in spikes on the last set but I decided that I don't really know how to run in them correctly and that they are probably doing me more damage than good (plus I hate them), so I changed back into my normal shoes and still did pretty well.  I felt like I wasn't doing a stupid i-ran-the-first-lap-really-fast-and-now-i-am-slow-for-the-rest-of-the-repeats thing, and it felt good to be consistent.  Doing 200s was sort of an adventure also, because it is such a short distance.  After I did a cool down around the school (I'm guessing a little more than .5?). Overall it was a pretty good workout, I felt good today. 

Anaerobic threshold today.  Ran during seventh period by myself so I could come home and hang out with my Australian family.  I ran a 2 lap warm-up and then headed out to dogpound (4mi).  The three middle miles were the threshold miles.  Running it by myself was different because I had no one to keep my sights on.  It was pretty windy today, I generally love running in the wind because I don't focus as much on myself and I feel a bit more free.  The wind didn't bother me until I turned right at the dogpound, then it got a little hard to run against.  Mid-way up the first hill there was a massive onslaught of wind and I felt like I was inching my way slowly up the hill.  It eased up a little on the second hill but it was still pretty windy.  My time was 18:19, 4 seconds slower than the first time I ran this.  I jogged back up to school and went on a cool down, 2 miles on middle school run.  Overall I felt pretty good today except for leg soreness.

am- met ruthie up at the high school at 5:30 for a nice morning run.  warmed up with 2 laps around the track, stretched a little and then we headed to arctic circle (3mi).  my left foot was hurting pretty bad until i got warmed up a bit and then i couldn't feel it as much.  We took it really easy today because of the track meet tomorrow.  It was a bit chilly but not bad; i wore long spandex and a jacket.  It was nice running at a slower pace.

afternoon- best run ever.  we were in hurricane for region solo and ensemble, so after we performed me and ruthie went on a run and kept track of miles thanks to her sweet watch.  We ran two warm up laps on the track and then headed out for a wherever-the-heck-we-want five miler.  My left foot has been acting very stupidly, it hurts on the left side on the top and sometimes i have to limp run because of it, especially when i turn left.  the run was awesome though; we ran past some horses, over a wooden bridge, through an orchard, and as we were turned around at our designated (by a cone) turnaround point the wind hit us and it was raining pretty good.  We ran back through the orchard in the rain and came back to hurricane high school.  there was stick that had gone all the way through ruth's shoe.    

Today was not my day.  I ran the 1600m after running a slow 2 miles by myself before the meet and a 3 lap warm up at the meet.  Got new shoes today (asics 2120) and I ran this race in them.  They hurt a little because of the newness but were better than my other shoes would have been.  My left foot still hurts pretty bad, I keep getting told it should ease up because I got new shoes, so here's hoping.  It was a little windy but my time was pitiful even for there being wind.  One second slower than last meet where there was harder wind, and 10 seconds slower than my PR (which wasn't incredibly hard for me to get at the time...)

Grass loop warm-up (.5 mi) and then the 3200, which was worse.  Ruth paced me and I wore her racing flats.  I felt pretty fast, and I felt good like I was really workin it and that I was doing better.  The wind was gone and I felt like I was gonna make a good time.  I had moments where it was hard to keep my pace but overall I felt better than I usually do in the 2-mile, and I didn't absolutely die on the fifth lap.  When I finished I was actually surprised at my time and I couldn't talk to anyone for at least five or six minutes (I actually yelled at Kareena), and thats why when ruth said "let's run the 4x4!"  i was completely up for it because i felt like i had a choice of either throwing something really hard at someone or running a lap really hard to get rid of my anger.  I forgot to do my cool down after but who cares, i am done.

I didn't run at all today.  I was planning on running six after school but I got tied up and by the time I had time I was in trouble and had to eat dinner.  I thought maybe it was a good idea after all to take the day off to give my foot some time to heal a little, however I still feel pretty guilty. 

I tried going out for an 8-miler this morning but I didn't get a half mile up the road before I turned around and walked home.  My foot is hurting and I can't run on it right.  I am hoping I will be able to run okay by Monday.

a.m.- met ruthie and green up at the track at 5:30, ran a two lap warm up and headed to arctic circle (3mi).  My foot is not good at all, it started hurting by the end of my warm up and was doing significantly worse by the middle of my run. 

afternoon- two lap warm up, my foot wasn't doing any better.  I ran around barefoot in the softball field for a while, probably getting in a good half mile.  My foot is awkward to run on and it feels really weak.  I am icing it right now, probably for about 15- 20 min.

foot was feeling a little better until i ran on an awkward slope and then it came back.  ran to catherine's then up to the park and back home.

I didn't run at all this day

banned from running until monday

banned

banned.  looks like i got in a good five mile week.  wahoo.

Ran a big grass loop, foot pain, walked a little grass loop, ran another big grass loop, more foot pain.  It is healing but is not better yet.

Didn't run at all even though there was a track meet.  Small confession:  It has been nice having a break from track, stresswise and all.  It let me get a lot of stuff done with a lot less to worry about.  Although I think I am about done with this pathetic little break of mine.  I feel lazy and not as healthy.  I feel like one of "those" people, you know, the people who don't run and I feel lame because I am not out there working my butt off every day.  Hopefully I can get back into it by the end of this week.

Back at it! Ran chuck-a-rama, it was hard but it feels good to run again.

Ran dogpound by myself.  It was hard for me again and kind of hot.  My hip flexor feels a little weak, like it is vulnerable but I haven't had any pain for while.  I could feel my foot just a little bit but not bad at all.  Its good to be running again!

Meet in Moapa today, I didn't run anything because I haven't been up and training for long.  I did randomly decide to throw the shotput (22' 8") and the discus (53' 9").  I ran two warm up laps on the track with the team and then ran around randomly with some people, so I probably got in a mile.

I intended on running all day but never found the time.

Ran down riverside dr, turned right on mall drive and ran all the way up until red cliffs drive.  turned right and ran down to 2450, all the way down that street and then home.  Im not sure how far that was exactly but i knew it was in between 3 and 5 miles.  I felt really good today, the weather was AWESOME for running. 

Didn't run today because I wasn't feeling good.

Grass loops! 

1. 5:27, pushed it a little, but it wasn't bad at all

big grass loop jog

2. 5:37, felt like I was working a lot harder but got a worse time

small grass loop jog

3. 5:42, felt again like I was working harder but still did worse, wanted to puke

small grass loop jog

4. 5:35, feeling a little better

small grass loop jog, stretch with team, big grass loop jog.

I was running on an extremely globbed peanut butter and jelly sandwhich along with cottage cheese and wheat thins and also about 8 gummy orange sugar things which were good but painful later. 

MW= my watch CW= coach's watch

Five 300m repeats.

1. mw 60, cw 60

2. mw 62, cw 60

3. mw 62, cw 60

4. mw 62, cw 62 cheerleaders got in the way!!

5. mw 61, cw 60

Each time I felt like I was doing a lot worse so I would try to push it to get an okay time but I actually wasn't doing that much worse anyway.

2 mile cool down, middle school run with ruth.  It was blazing hot today, this cool down felt like death.  I felt heavy and weak.

Dogpound with Ruth.  Had a MAJOR mental block today.  It was still pretty hot outside even though it was overcast.  I felt heavy, tired and weak and I had to keep stopping.  I knew I could run a lot better than I did today but I couldn't get my mind to make my body go faster.

Insane race today.  It was pretty hot outside but I felt like I prepared well by staying hydrated.  I was really nervous for this race so I actually planned out splits and even what I needed to run each 100 meters in to meet my goal (5:49).  I ditched the looking-at-my-watch-every-lap plan and ended up getting a better time anyway. I beat some girls who have been beating me all year so that upped my esteem!  I guess I just really wanted it today.  Afterwards I got a bad headache and puked a couple times (heat exhaustion?) and I am nervous for my race tomorrow.

I didn't do terribly well in the two mile, I mean I tried hard but I didn't want it  as bad as I wanted it for the mile so I ended up with 13:00, which isn't even a PR but not horrible.  I also ran the 800 , which isn't "my race" if you know what I mean, and ended up in second to last with a two fifty something time. 

Ran three miles easy after my AP Music Theory test.  Ran from my house to mall drive, all the way up to 450 N turning right and then back down 2450 to my house.  It was pretty hot today.  I stopped a few times to walk.  It was meant to be a relax run and it was nice except for the heat.  I felt a weird pain in my upper right back that made it a little harder to breathe also. 

Didn't run today, but I passed my lifeguarding class finally!  And watched the jazz game.

Hospital run from my house.  I wanted to run seven to see if I could still do it, so I woke up at seven and ran because it is senior sluff day today.  I stopped at PVHS for the bathroom and I was all confused because there were cars there but then I realized there is school today.  The next time I really stopped was at the hospital, even though I briefly stopped at a stoplight but that doesn't count.  I was planning on run/walking up foremaster but I ran all the way up without stopping!  I stopped for a minute at the top to catch my breath and ran the rest of the way home.  I did a lot better than I thought I would today for not having run for a week.  It felt good too.

Jeff was going to pick me up but couldn't find my house so I started bookin it to practice.  I got lost on the way and ended up being really late anyway but I figure that including getting lost that I ran about 2 miles on the way to practice.  Jeff and Amanda were late to practice too because they were looking for my house so I ran with them on the trails by bloomington hills for 5.5 miles.  Towards the end I was absolutely dying and giving everything i had just to keep going. 

Killer!  We ran a mile warm up to the bottom of Webb Hill, stopped, then ran a timed run (1 mile) to the top by the towers.  MAJOR MAJOR UPHILL.  It was really hard but fun doing something other than a distance run or repeated hills.  I got about 10:30 stopping once for about 15 seconds.  Afterwards we ran back down, got a drink and ran half way up again.  Then a one mile cool down back to where we met.  Overall I really had fun running this day!

Wasatch Back practice today.  I had half a gu for fun beforehand just to see how I took to them.  Ran by myself mostly today, at first I tried to keep a short distance behind Monty but it didn't last for long.  We did the trails by Bloomington Hills again and stopped at the trailhead by the Dixie Center for short break.  I cut my finger trying to get out of the bathroom.  There were scary tractors on the trail so I waited for Amanda and Fenja and we decided to go around onto Riverside drive instead.  So I did that and met back up with trail later, so I added .1 because I figure thats how much I extended it.  I did a lot better than last week on this run even though it was still kind of tough.  When I got home I felt pretty sick, I think from the gu, but I felt better after a short nap!

Took my sister in law Hazel running.  We ran two laps around the temple and walked around it twice.

Webb Hill again!  1 mile warm up, once up web hill, half way down and the top half up again, and then down halfway and up the top half once again.  Going up all the way was harder than it was last time, I think maybe because I have been having bad sleeping habits and not getting hydrated enough.  The last time up the top half of the hill I felt good and went a lot faster.  On the way back down to the bottom of the hill I had a monstrous sideache but it get better as I ran on.  1 mile (I cheated by cutting through the golf course, but still counting it as a mile) back to the church where we met! (I took Hazel running again this morning so I added an extra .5 mi)

I didn't know how long this run was but Decker put 6.5 so I did too.  We ran 30 min on a pretty intense uphill in this place out past silver reef.  I stopped to walk for about 30 seconds at 15:00 and then Jake Decker caught up with me so I started running with him.  I ran with him until the 30 min was up and it helped a lot having someone to run with on such a hard run.  We rested at 30 min, turned around and flew back, stopping once to get a drink in the creek. 

Same thing we do every monday.  I ran with Decker and RJ until Decker left us at the trailhead and then I just ran with RJ.  It was still hard, I don't think I would have done well had I not had these two kids with me, having someone run with you is definitely helpful. 

FIRST DAY OF XC... except I'm not in xc anymore... but I guess I am still allowed to be excited?  We ran Washington Parkway, I didn't stop at all but I was going pretty lazily along.  I didn't run with anyone, except for babyface for about a quarter mile and then he stopped, but thats ok because he is just so cute, right?

Played shuffleboard.  Lost three times, won twice.  I probably shouldn't make bets when playing shuffleboard.

Ran Sandberg's Pond with PVXC.  Ashley Judd ran with me for the first half but dropped back for the second.  I felt weak and tired today, probably just from lack of sleep.

Same run we do every monday.  I ran with Ruth Zac and RJ right behind Josh Jeff and Bake until we got to the first big hill and then I dropped back. Took a rest stop at the trailhead by the Dixie Center.  Ran last two miles by myself until Ross Decker came and helped me pick up my pace for the rest of the way. Overall it was a pretty okay run, though I did get a gnat in my eye and I think I might have inhaled one. 

To the tortoise gate with PVXC.  Didn't feel great today but didn't feel too bad.  Ran with Fenja for a little bit, ran by myself for most of the way and ran with Holt for the part that was probly going to be hardest, so that helped.  It was hard for four miles, lots of hills and the dirt didn't help.  Good workout though.  Then took Kenny running at the top of the Black Hill.  We ran about a half mile on a gradual uphill and then back down. 

WBR practice today.  Was supposed to be repeats of 1:00 intervals ran at 10k race pace with 1:00 jog in between.  I don't know what kind of pace I was going at but I tried pretty hard and did pretty well considering I had eaten a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich a half hour before.  I made home made root beer too for the first time ever and it was reheheally good. Today wasn't that bad, kind of a fun workout even though I didn't really have anyone to run with when I was running the fast minute intervals.  I am getting real excited for the WBR!! 

First day of the Wasatch Back Relay!

Run 1 was 6.9 miles on Leg 6, rated very hard even though it didn't seem like it should be.  First mile and half was a gradual uphill and one kind of tough hill.  I passed an ultra-er guy and a guy that said he was a biker not a runner.  There was about 3 or so miles of intense downhill after that on dirt with switchbacks and not very good footing.  I passed about four people on the way down.  When I got to the bottom my legs felt a little fatigued but not bad.  The finish was farther than I thought it was going to be though but I still pushed to the end.  I passed two more people after the hill and overall I felt like I did a good job on this run.

Biked some to loosen up my legs.

Run 2 was a night run on Leg 18.  Started at about 11:00 pm, I have never run this late at night before! This run was 5.7 miles and rated Hard.  It was harder than my first run, very hilly.  It seems like it is a lot easier to run at night however because it is nice and cool and you can't see the hills you are running up.  I think I passed about eight people on this run.  There were a lot of intense hills and one ginormous hill at the end.  I felt like I pushed it hard and did well again.  It is fun running at night even though I did get a little spooked.

Last leg of WBR!  Leg number 30, 3.6 miles long and rated Easy.  Started out kind of fast but I slowed down a little after a bit.  This run was fun, it felt like cross-country all over again.  Started out on dirt then went into some neighborhoods and finished by a school.  I passed nine people on this run.  It was nice running an easy one after two hard ones, and my legs didn't feel completely shot yet either by this time. 

Overall I think my favorite run was probably the night run, because it was something I had never really experienced before.  The whole WBR was just really an adventure and I definitely want to do another relay sometime, maybe someday an ultra. 

I ran around 6:30pm and it was really hot!!  Didn't run a lot though.  I ran through some neighborhoods and around the DSC campus.  Run time was probably 23 minutes ish.  So I probably didn't run quite 3 miles but I tried.

I guess this was my initial "getting back into shape" run.  Met up with PVHS XC and ran Washington Parkway,  Ran with Rob for the first mile and a little bit, then ran the rest alone.  I stopped to walk a bit because of a mix of out-of-shapedness and mentality.  So it was kind of hard today but hopefully this will make it easier to run for the rest of the week!

Ran with PVXC again.  Did the Washington loop, from Washington Elem. to Zions bank and down that other one road back to the elem. school.  Ran with Fenja most of the way.  It was a recovery run day so it was just a nice run.  I stopped once at the top of the firestation hill to wait for Fenja, cuz she was feeling sick. 

I keep not wanting to wake up to go to XC, so I woke up a couple hours later and went to the gym and ran 5 miles on the treadmill.  My running time was 39:00, which evens out to be 7:48 minute miles I think??  If I did that right then thats faster than I usually run.  But it is a lot cooler in the gym and I didn't use any incline so maybe that is why.  I burned 585 calories, wahoooo.

Missed XC again and I didn't feel like going to the gym so I just ran in the heat.  Left a little past noon.  Ran down past the temple and old hospital and down to 700 south. Turned left, ran down to river road, turned left, ran up to Fab Freddie's and stopped for a drink and to cool off.  Then ran down 100 south until I got back to 200 east then just ran back to my house.  It was really hot but I think I did okay, and I only stopped once which is really good improvement since Monday.  I left my watch running at Freddie's so I am guessing my running time was about 35 minutes.  I am guessing I ran about four miles, I think I'll clock it later.

Just remembered, hip flexor was acting up a lot yesterday but it felt okay today, so it was okay during my run but I did some strengthening exercises afterward

I went on the foremaster six miler but I was such a big wussie today that I am only counting five miles.  The first two miles I felt great and then I kept stopping and each time I started running again I felt heavy and more sluggish.  And then I started feeling sick and started being an even bigger wuss and so I walked backwards up foremaster hill instead of running it.  Then my mouth got all parched and I felt dehydrated so I walked some more.  I probably walked about a full mile this run.  I think my suckiness of today has to do with that ice cream I ate last night, how I didn't eat anything before my run today, how hot it was, how I am not in the shape I would sometimes like to think I am, and how sometimes I am a baby when it comes  to hard runs.  Overall this run pretty much kicked my butt!

It was one of those days where you wake up and say "I'll run later" but never find enough will to actually do it.

Woke up on time and ran with PVXC.  Ran to the turtle gate and back. I ran with Haley Frodsham for a while and then ran by myself the rest of the way.  I felt really good today!  Usually that run seems a lot longer than it seemed today.  It was a bit more humid out but it was still a lot cooler than running in the middle of the day, so I think that helped a lot. 

Today was a really good run.  I ran with PVXC again on the dogpound loop.  I ran by myself most of the way and wasn't too far behind Decker.  I felt great on the first few miles and the last couple were hard because of the hills so I slowed down a bit and Decker got farther ahead, but I was still running good.  I felt sick afterwards I think because of what I ate yesterday.  Hip flexor is feeling good, I've been doing strengthening excersizes so hopefully it doesn't give me a problem again. 

Ran with PVXC again.  Started out with an easy 2.5 ish miler, we were supposed to run with a buddy.  Ruth was my buddy but apparently I smelled bad or something because she left me, so I ran with Jeff the whole way.  Thanks for being understanding Jeff.  Then we did 5 barefoot striders on a soccer field and it was fantastic and great and then we jogged back to the elementary school.  I felt good today but my knee was killing me because I bruised it on something yesterday and it hurts to bend. 

Ran with PVXC this morning.  Ran by myself most of the way.  We did a 5 miler through a little of the neighborhood in Washington then out on the dirt to the Washington Parkway roundabout, then out past that, jumping a couple fences until a random turnaround point, then back.  I had one major stop to rest, the others were to figure out how to get past the fences. 

Then ran on the treadmills at work after I was done working.  Ran 3.1 miles to see what it feels like to run that distance.  My time was 22:49.  It was tough trying to run fast for a distance. 

This run was on a really good course, I thought, because it was downhill most of the way.  It was really cool outside too which was nice.  I started out pretty fast and passed a couple guys and got passed by a couple guys and eased into my place.  I was trying to put a lot of effort into this race.  So I got second woman to a girl I used to beat in XC which kind of ticked me off.  She probably has trained more than me though.  Overall I felt like it was a good run.

Hills with PVXC this morning.  I ran really slow with Ashleigh to help her out a little on the way out.  The hills were okay, not too fast but I felt like they weren't sucky or anything.  I ran slow with Ashleigh on the way back too...

Afternoon- 3 miles on the treadmill.  Ran them slow, I think it took about 26:46.  Today was a good rest up day after the meet yesterday. 

The last two days I just felt super lazy and I didn't run at all.  So today was starting out to be a day like that and then I started feeling ashamed for not being dedicated to my sport and for just being a wimp overall.  I decided to go run the sunset tire foremaster six miler run because last time I ran it that run kicked my booty, so I wanted to sort of overcome that.  I did a lot better this time and only really stopped once which was at the top of foremaster hill for a drink from the hose.  My knee had been killing me lately so I think that the two days off may have helped some because I could hardly feel it today.  I am also starting to get sick I think, which isn't good, but I will rest up and drink lots of orange juice tomorrow. 

I was planning on running a little this morning but wasn't feeling so hot when I woke up, so I decided just to rest up. 

Been sick the past couple of days, but today I rollerbladed up and down the boulevard!  Hopefully I will run again tomorrow!

Ran after work today, in the sprinkling rain!  I went up 200 E and then up that big hill to where Red hill is, down that street and then right then ran down the boulevard, turned left randomly and back to 200 E and home.  I could feel the time I had missed running.  I really loved this run though, it was fun.  I stopped a few times though.  I am still sick but feeling a lot better.  My knee was acting up some, I hope there is nothing really wrong with it. 

Ran four miles with PVXC in bloomington hills.  Ran by myself pretty much the whole way.  It was fun running past the places I used to go adventuring to on my bike when i was little.  Then I did an intense workout thing at the Summit with Katie Richardson.  I did the circuit for a minute and then jumped in on a class and it was hard and all the muscles in my body were shaking afterwards! 

I went to a spinning class this morning and it was INTENSE!!  It was really hard but I feel accomplished.  My pony tail was even dripping with sweat.  So I didn't run today but I felt like a got a good workout so I don't feel too bad about it.  It was neat being able to do something besides run and actually feel really good about myself.  I was proud of myself when I was done because I thought it was really hard.

Ran hills with PVXC!!  It was okay, I felt good today. I ran out with my favorite ethan ever.  I ran six hills, most of them by myself and the last one with haley pushing me. 

PM run was good too, I ran with Rob most of the way.  Finally, someone willing to do a run with me!  He got ahead of me at the end though because he wanted to beat Junior.  Overall it was hot, but I've ran in a lot hotter, so it wasn't that bad.  This run was 2 mi-ish.

Ran tortoise gate with PVXC, it was ok, the sand in the desert has gotten looser from the rain so that made it hard in some spots.  Ran with Annie for the first bit then by myself for the rest of the way...

PM- ran with PVXC from the high school to the bank and back, 2 mi. Ran with Rob out and back alone.

PVXC was at a meet so I slept in this morning.  I kept telling myself all day I was gonna run later but knowing I probably wasn't going to.  So I went through my day and decided to clean instead of run, but then I said to myself "what are you doing stupid?" thinking of what a bad example I was being and went running at 9:30 even though I hate running in the dark.  The run (hospital run) was nice, cool and long and I didn't even have to stop, which was nice, and the dark was really nice too I admit. I extended the run a little, I think. I just keep thinking of all my friends at the meet and wondering how they did and I hated not being there.  It sucks thinking of missing out on everyone's accomplishments and missing out on growing with the team and with my friends.  But I hope the race was awesome and that y'all did well!

grass loop, then ultimate frisbee with the xc team.  it was really fun today, even though we lost brutally!  but i met some kids i didn't know and had a good time!

Foremaster run with PVXC this morning.  Ran with Rob the whole way! Its great having someone to run with, I love it! We went at pretty easy pace and stopped twice, once at the top of Foremaster hill and once to grab a drink from the park.  I felt pretty good today.  I leave in a week.  Tears!! :'(

Ran with PVXC this morning at eight, today was hills.  We ran to the foremaster hill by sunrise tire and did hills there.  I ran four of them, it was hard but I didn't have to stop in the middle of any hill. There and back is 3 miles but I'm not sure of the distance I covered in hills but I guessed .75.

afternoon- ran arctic circle (3 mi) and it was just great.  it was pretty hot today but not torture

Did a run from my house today.  Ran up 200 E then up a huge hill, and across skyline drive, then ran south again and through Dixie college campus then back to my house.  It was a good run, a really like this one!  It was lonely of course and I'm sad that school has started because I can't really run with my friends anymore.  I am guessing this run was about 4.5, it was mostly downhill.  Total running time was 36:55, take a little for stoplights.

Spinning class this morning at the Summit.  I did 56 min, about 18 miles.  It was tough and I was kind of wimpy through some of it but I got a real good work out.

Spinning class again this morning.  It was an intro class, so a little bit easier... but still hard for me!  I did about 55 min, 14 miles.

Ran river run right after spinning class (whoa nice alliteration huh).  So the first couple miles were pretty hard because my legs were burning but overall it was just a slow long run.  I extended it a little going up and around Harts, and not through the neighborhoods.

I finished my freaking scrapbook.

I ran in Bountiful today by myself.  I ran out and around for a while, up and down a couple of big hills, then just decided to find a good hill and do hills on it because it was such a hilly place anyway!  So the hill wasn't huge but it was a pretty good size.  I did nine of those then ran around until I found the way back to my brother's house.  I have been sleeping a lot lately so I have been tired from oversleeping.  Also the altitude today was killer.

I am such a slacker!

I ran in South Jordan today.  I decided to go for about 60 minutes but didn't know if I would make it because it is boring running around a place you don't know, because you can't set a course to run on or know if you can take certain roads or not.  So I ran around until I decided to stop at the Jordan River Temple and take a walk around.  Then I continued on with my run and got lost but eventually found my way back to the house having run 62 minutes.  I think getting lost helped me to run longer.

Ran for fifteen minutes around turtle bay resort and on the beach, then a long time on the treadmill, then a cool down around the resort. 

Ran from BYUH campus, turned left on the main road and then turned around after a while.  Ran about 37 minutes. About 4.25 mi.

pm. Ran from BYUH campus and turn right onto the main road this time and turned around when I got to the little chain of stores.  I wanted to go check them out, they pretty much suck.  Ran for 50 min, about 5.5 mi?

Felt physically great but mentally blocked this morning.  Ran for 20:38 until I stopped at La'ie park and did some repeats.  I don't know the distance but these were my times:

1:45 felt good

1:42 felt good

1:47 didn't feel good

1:35 pushed myself

Cooled down for 8:16

I had another stupid running dream last night where I was trying my hardest to run faster but couldn't, so it felt good to run fast today.

p.m. ran about three more miles, just around this little town

I didn't wake up in the morning to run because I was really tired so I was planning on going on an 8 miler after classes but I got distracted and stopped a watched the ocean for a bit and then had to go to a health appointment so I had to cut it short.

Didn't run today, went on the Circle Island Tour and bought myself a pillow at Wal Mart, yay!

Ran with the BYUHXC team today.  We did repeats, (400m?) around the soccer field at 1:30 pace.  We did 8 and I was usually about a second behind on all of them.  It is nice to run with live people!

Ran by myself for 40 minutes easy, so I just guessed 4.7 miles cuz I felt like it.

We did 6 600s around the soccer field today.  I was way behind the other girls, but its all good!  Then we went and cooled down in the swimming pool, its like a scheduled part of our workout sometimes, its awesome.  So i met a few cool people today so today was alright.

Went on a run with Jonny T Watts!! We just ran around Laie and took random roads and ran into this crazy lady that was on.... something! She talked to us for about 1/2 hour about how mormons are evil and how humble she was and crap like that... so yeah it gave us a big break and i was kind of ticked but i finished my run, running time about 52 min. JT wants to marry the funny lady!!

Today we ran the "miracle mile" where we ran out and back for what we thought in our heads was 3:59, then we ran at what min/mi pace we thought we would ran at in the meet tomorrow, so i said about 7:30.  After that we did 6 striders.  Coach K gave me frickin sweet racing flats, blue adidas, they are the shiz!  Then we cooled down in the pool and drank chocolate milk. 

We had a race today, the BYUH invitational, it was my first race so i was kind of nervous!  It was a 5k and it was kind of hard... the course is good though, it has a big gradual uphill and two nice big downhills.  I ran in some adidas racing flats that coach k gave me yesterday.  I felt really good on the first lap (it is 2 laps) and on the second one i felt myself get a lot slower.  It was really hard to breathe the air especially when we went into the trees, because the air was so dense and humid.  My time was around 21:57 I think, which isn't great but it gives me a lot of room to improve once the season picks up a little. 

We did 5 800s around the soccer field today.  We were supposed to be hitting 3:06 each time... these were my times to the best of my memory

1- 3:06

2-3:00

3-3:06

4-3:07

5-3:07

So I did okay, i was behind most of the other girls but thats okay because i was hitting pace and they weren't!  Afterwards we cooled down in the pool and now i am locked out of my dorm. Gosh dang it.

45 minutes on the treadmill in the fitness center... i missed practice today and ate instead so i ran a lot later in the fitness center because i didn't want to go out alone because it can get scary around here sometimes. so i am going to have to learn to run during the daytime dang it.  i did a small cool down too, about .3 mi maybe.

warm up, then we did speedwork again today, 2 800s, 2 600s, and 2 400s.  Our group did ours in a pyramid - 4 6 8 8 6 4.  I was behind on a few of them which wasn't cool because I know i could have done better.  then cool down jog, pool cool down and then sauna time baby.

woops, decided to run later but the fitness center closed early for a v-ball game

Warm up, then red rover, then 10 100s. Pool cool down and choc milk.

Race today!  It was the exact same course as last week so it helped knowing the course I was running.  Today I went really strong on the first lap and again not so strong on the second.  I did a lot better than last week though, I don't know my time but last week I got 20th place and this week I got 13th and the race was against the exact same people.  I came in right behind Veronica like I did last week, but last week she swallowed a bug and spent some time on the side of the course trying to hack it out. so yeah i did better!

I'm putting in 2 miles because it was a 2 mile effort even if i didn't run that much.  It was hills today but I came to practice late so everyone had already gone off on the run, so coach k took me into the fitness center and stood by me while i ran hills on the treadmill.  it actually wasn't bad, i think i only did 5 in the end because I got wimpy.

I just found out my time from the race last saturday, 20:53!  That is a minute faster than the week before. Alright!

45 minute run by myself today, it was pretty okay... i wanted to go find the trails in the mountains but couldn't figure out where i should go... and the two places i tried turning into were private property and the first one had two vicious looking dogs, and the second place had a guy standing in his yard watching me.  SO, i guess i will just have to ask somebody.

We did hill repeats... I don't know how long they were, probably about .75 mi.  We did four of them and I kept getting slower on each one.  We ran up a huge hill and then it turned into a downhill, we did that front wards and backwards.  My times:

1-5:25

2-5:32

3-5:45

4-6:02

Thats so bad... ahh i need to stop being a wimp.  Cool down in pool and choc milk!

Just went on a run by myself... I tried to find the trail that goes up into the mountains and past all the guava trees but the trail I started running on went past a place that said beware of dog and then i saw a vicious dog coming toward me so i turned around and walked slowly away because i was scared.  then i ran back to the cemetery and walked around looking at all of the headstones... so today was just an easy day, it was just chill.

10 100s, we just did them as striders... after a warm-up... it was really easy because we have a meet tomorrow.

The course today was so beautiful, it ran right alongside the ocean. It was on a military base too which was even cooler. The other Hawaii teams, BYU Provo, and I think a team from California were there. I pushed it hard for the first 2ks but felt myself dying a little after that. I think I could have pushed a lot harder toward the end but I wasn't sure if it actually was the end or not. I was way tired from staying up until 4:30 the night before (I had to wake up at 5:00) but I think that I ran well despite lack of sleep... but I still think I could have done better.

skipped this day

Did a loop from the school through laie park and some trails and a cemetary and back to the school.  Ran kind of fast because I was so freakin excited to go to BRAND NEW!!!! I went and it was off the hook, the highlight of my week.  My feet are bruised and skinned because i wore flip flops... but they are still in running shape!  

i am just guessing on mileage.  we did a course repeat, it was an uphill, flat, downhill, flat.  Working on short quick strides on the uphill, going for speed on the straights and long strides on the downhills.  We did six overall but i don't remember all my times.  It usually took about a minute thirty something for each one.  

I am getting sick and that sucks.  Today I went for a long run by myself on the Laie Falls trial, I didn't get up to the falls but I took a loop trail that I actually didn't know was a loop and I was just hoping my heart out that it was so I wouldn't pass out in the woods and die and get eaten by wild boars.  It was a really good run though.  awesome. beautiful.

HARD DAY! We did 6 800s, and mine were supposed to be at 2:50 pace.. uh yeah right. my first one was 2:58 and it just got worse from there.  we were only supposed to take a 30 second break between each but i couldn't do it so i took longer breaks after the first couple.  It sucked and i was coughing a lot cuz i am still getting over my cold.
 

Me and my friend were going to go on a run but he came out with a backpack full of food and stuff so i told him to leave it and he wouldn't so we went on a "run" that was actually a hike, we went on the Laie falls trail and it was really really beautiful!! We turned around too late though and it got really dark and it was scarier than heck hiking back down.  I thought we were going to get shot/ attacked by wild animals.

Today we did 1200s, the first lap at 5k pace, the second lap 5 seconds faster, and the third lap at 5k pace.  I ran with sylvia and we never really paced ourselves right.  Our overall times

1- 4:59

2- 5:01

3- 5:00

4- 5:02

5- 5:08

I was actually trying to slow down on the last one.  Overall a pretty good workout.   

lazy

Easy day, ran a mile in my head then ran 10 100s.

5k time trial around the school and surrounding area... time: 20:49 which would have been a pr for this year.

6 800s around the soccer field.  ewww i hate this workout!!

1- 3:08

2- 3:12

3- 3:14

4- 3:16

5- 3:16

6- 3:15

I was supposed to be aiming for 3:15 each time, so i did pretty alright on that.  our breaks were supposed to be 30 seconds but after a couple i started taking longer breaks.

Went for a run at seven by myself.  Did a loop through Laie park and by the cemetary and back (3mi).  It was nice waking up early and running even though it was a little harder.  I think my body functions differently in the morning... or something.

Did a 5k loop, the same one i did for the time trial, twice.  It was okay, I was pretty tired (sleepy tired) but it went okay.

4 1200s, was supposed to be first lap in 1:40, second in 1:35, third in 1:40.  So I guess that would equal to about 4:55.  Well these were my times i'm not sure about my splits.

4:51

4:50

4:52

4:52

It was hard but okay i guess :)

So basically i am a big slacker at logging my miles.  This day was Pacific West Conference in Belmont, California.  I am not really sure of my time but i think it was in the 20:50s.  It was a really fun course, but hard.  It would be a lot more fun to just run.  But it was really beautiful and I was lucky to be able to go and run it!  There were a lot of hills in this course.  I started out really fast and then died, then had some off and on energy then picked it up at the end.  The girls team got 2nd and the boys got 3rd.  We had the first finishers in both races!  Amanda and Golden.  Dixie state was there so I got to see Justin Decker!  It was a fun day and I felt like I could have done better on my race but I think thats just cuz I need to plan it out better.  I finished 5th on my team this day which is good cuz usually i am the 6th runner.

Mountain run! in the mountains!  haha.  well it was supposed to be an easy run but when we went to where we were going to run (this was in Orem, UT by the way) we found that it was deathly uphills with crappy terrain... well when finally i got to the part where we were going to turn around, we took pictures and then me and joseph decided to go the road way (longer way) back instead of the dangerous way.  we had an awesome, beautiful run down in the chilly weather and it was wonderful!!! i didn't realize how i missed running in the cold until i got to do it again!

am- went running with amanda around provo, around BYU campus (about 3)

pm- 35 minute run on some trails, it was pretty :)

Ran to the BYU track, did a warm-up, then ran 5 laps jogging the curves and striding the straightaways

ran around on the course we are going to run on saturday for regionals

Ran around at the course again, did the finish twice and some striders afterwards.

This was a pretty awesome race, the course was flat and fast.  There were a lot of girls there so I got tied up at the first behind some but i worked my way up.  It was pretty cold so I actually think that helped because my body was under unfamiliar conditions.  I passed V and Michelle so I actually finished 4th on my team, even though I am supposed to be the 6th runner.  Oh this was in Nampa, Idaho by the way.  Our girls and guys team beat all the hawaii schools, which was pretty awesome.  Well anyway, I was trying to run this race smarter than the last one, starting out slow and accelerating throughout.  It worked out a lot better, I would have beat my 5k time by a minute if it were a 5k. 

took a day off !

So I bought some sweet trial shoes and a speedbelt at Golden Harper's store in Provo so I could start doing some more trail running.  I ran up in the mountains today on the Laie falls trail.  It was really pretty!  Then I cut through Laie park when I got back down to add on an extra loop, of about a mile probably, instead of going straight home. 

Went on a somewhat distracted run by myself because no one on earth would go with me.  It was nice.  I think I am going to shape it up next week and do a lot more running!

I went running with my friend Aaron today, who hasn't been running in a while.  I think it about killed him but I had a nice run.  I wanted to run at least eight today but I ended up not having time.  I want to get a lot more mileage in !!

My distance is just a random guess... today was the funnest run ever.  Me, Nate, Diana and Hillary went running on some trails back behind Laie park.  It was so lush, and so beautiful!  We stopped a whole lot to gather lilikoi (i don't know if thats how you spell it)  and it was delicious.  We also played a lot in the dirt because it was the softest nicest feeling soil i have ever felt in my life... so we came back covered in mud with a whole bunch of lilikoi.  And we took pictures of ourselves as savages... hehe.

I was so proud of myself this day.  I wanted to show my friend Joe that I was no wussie, cuz I told him I wanted to run to Waimea and he said he didn't think I could handle it.  So I just went without him and only stopped a couple times.  It wasn't even as bad as I thought it would be.  I found it is really nice just running and running and running... and getting farther and farther... it is a really good feeling.  There were a lot of straightaways that I thought would never end but they did and it was always a good feeling getting to the next town or beach.  The run from Laie to Waimea was about 14 miles.  I took the bus home and ran home from the bus stop.  Total running time 2:10.  Don't ever let anyone tell you that you can't do something!! 

i've been sick and lazy

i lifted weights this morning!

lifted weights and went on a run this morning.  i could feel the time i missed! 

I lifted again... a little...

went to work out but the weights side was closed so i ran two miles on the treadmill. man i am getting lazy.

I ran three miles today!  At this exact time next week I will be in a car on my way to the airport to get on a plane to Las Vegas where I will be picked up and driven to St. George and will be able to run with all of my friends!  And not take any more finals!  Yay.

i'm not sure if this run was eight miles... but if it wasn't then it who really cares.  This was the most amazing run EVER!! We went up to Mala Kahana Falls (not sure about spelling), it was amazing.  The way up was pretty tough, a lot of uphill, and I had to stop a lot because I have gotten a little out of shape.  It was really muddy and slippery.  There were parts where it was like you were going through a maze, once where there are little trees really close on either side of you and a path cut through and a long way like that where you are running through tall bushes with a path cut through.  When we got to the falls we played around for a bit!  We jumped off this one waterfall (scary!), which falls into a pool that has another waterfall off of it.  Then we went to the other ones...we had to literally climb up the waterfall with ropes and it was crazy, and that led up to a really tall waterfall on a cliff face, and it was SOOO beautiful!  It was amazing.  We also gathered lilikoi before we went up and made lilikoi juice at Joseph's house, mmmmm.  This was me, Joseph, Nate, Golden, and Tommy.  Fun day!

FAT FAT FAT! Ruthie, Jeffie, Manda, Decker... you guys need to get me skinny again, mmmk??  he he.

p.s. my gender really isn't unkown... I'm a girl! 

Ran/hiked Male Kahana falls again... I love that place!

Went on a run with my old buddies!! But I'm a wimp now so I only ran short.  :)

Green springs run, ran with Jeffie and Ryan there but turned around while they went ahead.  Running has gotten harder as I've gotten fatter! Hehe

Bank run with Jeff.  Ran the first four miles well but stopped a few times on the fifth mile.  It was hard, but Jeff was nice and ran with me most of the way, which helped a lot!

Bleh! This run was way harder than it should have been... feeling out of shape and slow.  Ran the 2450 loop from my mom's house.  Took 26 minutes something.

Ran with Jeff from his house on 2450, went up to telegraph then down mall drive, turned on riverside dr and up 2450.  I think I ran pretty well considering being all fat from Christmas and not being in really good shape.  It was a pretty good run overall.  Time was 31:37.

Went on a run by myself, Dogpound from my mom's house.  I am more estimating the mileage but I think that is about right.  It was a good run, I feel a billion times better, kind of like I am getting back into shape.  : ) Total run time 34:31

Ran down 2450 and onto the trails and back with Jeff.  Just went two miles out and turned around.  Just glad I got my run done early today!