Breanna's Running Blog

This morning we ran at liberty park. I did 3 laps. My time was 35:20. It felt good but my leg hurt a little bit. I'm excited for the 5k tomorrow. It should be a good race. (Pegasus 345)

AM- This morning I ran the Minute Man 5k. I warmed up with Kiley about a mile. Then we started the race. I wanted to break 19. I knew that would be a huge improvement and a hard goal to reach but I decided to try anyway. My first mile was a 6:03. Me and Susannah were together at this point. When we turned to go on the downhill Susannah pulled about 10 meters ahead of me. She stayed that way and stretched the gap further and further the rest of the race. My second mile was a 6:16. I thought this was interesting because at Draper Days I also ran a 6:16 the second mile. My last mile was way too slow again. A 6:57, and then the last tenth was a 39. My total time was 19:58. I was 9 seconds slower than Draper Days. I think part of it was the heat, and I also wasn't in much of a racing mood. I need to work on that. After the race I did a 5 mile cooldown with Kiley, and some boys on the team.

PM- Tonight I went for an easy 4 miles with my Dad on the Jordan River Trail. It felt a little forced. I think I'm just tired. My time was 32:16 so just over 8 minute pace. I hit 50 for the week, so that was good! (Pegasus 350)

Me and Kiley went for a run on Rail Trail. We just went for an easy 4 miles. I was tired and didn't really feel like running, so we took it easy.

Today we did the Cemetary loop from sugar house park. It was 7 miles. It took me 55:00. I felt good and pushed the first half but then my leg started to hurt so I backed off a little bit. After the run we did 2 sets of the circuit. It was really hard, so I definetly need to do it more often. (Pegasus 362)

AM- This morning we met at the zoo and ran on the shoreline trail. We ran to the fence at Red Butte and back. Me and Susannah ran together. It was a good run. Our time was 53:33, so pretty slow, but trails always are. My leg felt pretty good but hurt on some of the downhill. (Pegasus 368)

PM- Tonight I went to the Wasatch Athletics workout, but my leg was hurting and I was very tired so I decided not to run very much. I only did 1.25 miles. (Pegasus 369)

Today I had a good workout. I was pretty sore from some drills we did yesterday, but I don't think it slowed me down too much. We did a 2 mile warm-up. Then we did 5 strides. Then we did about the last 500 meters of our region course. We did it 5 times. The first 250 meters were uphill, then about 75 meters of downhill, and the rest was flat. I didn't get my time on the first one, but on the last 4 they were: 1:54, 1:53, 1:54, 1:53. Then we did a different section of our region course 3 times. It was a short uphill and then about 200 meters of downhill. Each one was just over 300 meters. My times were: 1:13, 1:11, 1:10. Then we did a cooldown around the park. I was happy with the workout. It felt good. (Pegasus 376)

AM- This morning we had practice at the Jordan River Trail. We did 6 easy miles. It took us 51:00, so 8:30 pace. It felt good, and was just a nice relaxing run.

PM- Tonight we had our team time trials. We did it on the state course but we did a shorter version with a different finish. We did a mile warm up and some strides. Then we ran the course. I would say it was about 2.6. It took me 16:38. I felt pretty good about it. I need to work on more hills though. Afterwards we did about a mile cooldown.

Today we ran on pipeline trail. Me and Susannah ran together. We started at Birch Hollow and ran to Rattlesnake Gulch and back. It was 7.25. It took us 1:05:05. We just ran at a nice and relaxed pace. It felt good but towards the end I could feel that my quads were pretty tired. (Pegasus 391)

This morning I ran a 5k. When I started the warm-up I was hurting quite a bit and didn't really feel like racing. As far as I could tell it didn't look like there were going to be any fast girls so I decided just to run to win. It ended up being more of a tempo run. It felt great and I wasn't tired at all. These were my splits 6:35, 6:45, 6:42, and 35. I ended up winning so that was good. Afterwards I did a cooldown to finish off my miles for the week.

This morning I attempted to sleep in but only slept till 7, so I decided to go running. My dad was meeting a few people at the park-n-ride lot on 3700 s. and Wasatch so I went with him and just ran home. It was 3.75 miles. It took me 30:44. It felt good, nice and easy but my leg did hurt. It was also pretty windy at the start. I ran in a running skirt for the first time. It felt just like running shorts for the most part. (Pegasus 395)

Today we met at Sugar House Park. We did a warm-up lap, then we did some fartlek. We did 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 with equal recovery. It felt good, I pushed pretty hard. Afterward we did 1 lap cooldown and it ended up being just over 8 miles. Tomorrow I'm getting new shoes! :) (Pegasus 403)

AM- This morning we met at the JCC and ran up dry creek. We carried rocks up to the overlook to add to our pile. We went 3 miles out and back. Our time was 59:25. Me and Sussanah ran together. I felt good. I used new shoes today and they were a little stiff. They will take some time to break in. I also started to get a blister but I guess that just comes with new shoes. (Pegasus 6)

PM- Tonight we did a speed workout with Wasatch Athletics. We did a lap around Sugar House Park for a warm up. Then we did 3 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then we started the workout. We did 1x800, 2x400, 5x200. Here were my times

800- 2:52

400- 1:18

400- 1:18

200- 35

200- 36

200- 35

200- 35

200- 32

We jogged one lap between the 800 and 400's, and finished the lap on the 200's. It felt really good and I was glad to get a speed workout in finally. My leg didn't hurt except for my shin which has been hurting for a while but not enough for me to back off. Afterwards we jogged a one mile cooldown. (Pegasus 9)

This morning we did a hill workout at Cottonwood Complex. We did a 2 mile warm-up, then we did 5 strides. Then we did a hill on the Region course 10 times. It started with about 100 meters of uphill and then 200 meters of flat, so it was 300 meters alltogether. These were my times:

1:07

1:05

1:03

1:03

1:04

1:04

1:04

1:04

1:05

1:03

My legs are very tired especially by the end. My shin was hurting more than usual but I didn't take any ibuprophen so that was probably part of it. The further we got into the workout the less it hurt, so thats good. I didn't think I would be able to do all ten but I just took it one at a time and was able to eventually. I was really happy with the workout. Afterwards we did a cooldown so it would even out to 8 for the day. (Pegasus 17)

This morning we went up to Jeremy Ranch Rd. and did a bike/run relay. We were in teams of two and biked/ran a mile and then switched with our partner. I was on a team with RJ. We did 5 miles of running and 5 miles of biking. My time for the 5 miles of running was 39:42 so I felt pretty good about that. Our total time was 1:15:12. My quads were so sore and by the end of the workout they had had it. I could hardly bike, but it was a fun workout. (Pegasus 22)

Today we ran at Liberty Park. We did 2 laps for a warm-up, then we did a 3-mile tempo run. Me and Susannah did it together. It was really windy so we took turns drafting off of each other. Our time was 20:20, so we stayed really even because at the half-way point we were at 10:10. It felt good, my legs were a little bit tired towards the end. Afterwards we did a 3 mile coooldown. Our total time for the 9 miles was 1:11:24, so 7:56 pace, with the tempo at about 6:45 pace. (Pegasus 31)

This weekend me and my family were in a town called Lapoint for a family reunion. Me and my dad got up in the morning and ran 8 miles. It was cooler up there than it was in salt lake city and it felt nice. My legs felt good, but I felt sick for most of the run. Our time was 1:07:13, so 8:24 pace. On the way back we got chased by dogs a few times which helped us pick up the pace. Overall it was a good run, and I got my mileage for the week so thats good.(Pegasus 39)

This morning we did a workout at Sugar House Park. We did a loop around the perimeter for the warm-up. Then we did the circuit to help us get warmed-up better. Then we did 5x1000 on a part of the state course. My times were fairly consistent but I think I could have done better. These were my times. 4:14, 4:14, 4:18, 4:14, 4:15 Afterwards we did a cooldown loop around the park. I need to remember to eat breakfast before workout, and to push myself out of the comfort zone during workouts. (Pegasus 44)

AM- This morning we ran on the trail from the zoo up to red butte and back. It felt good, it was pretty easy. Our time was 54:52, we came back 3 minutes faster than we went out so that was good. Me, Susannah, and Mary ran together.

PM- Tonight we did a lap around sugar House park for a warm-up, then we did 3 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then we did a mile. I was supposed to shoot for 6 minutes I was pretty close, but a little slow. I ran a 6:03, these were my splits: 1:32, 1:31, 1:30, 1:28. Then we did 3 more laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. (Pegasus 52)

Tonight I ran 6 miles at the Jordan River with my dad. Then we saw Demetrio and joined him for about a mile and a half. It was a good easy run. We ran it in about 50 minutes (It was just over 6). I was tired from the 10 mile hike we did as a xc team that morning.

AM- This morning we met at Liberty park. I was a little sore from the hike yesterday. We did 1 lap warm-up, then we did 2 laps of fireman. The group I was in had to hit 21:15 for the 3 miles, but we ended up hitting 20:50 so that was good. It was hard for me but I think I'm just tired. Then we did 1 lap cooldown.

PM- Ran 6 miles on the Jordan River Trail with my dad again. We took it easy. I ate dinner right before and by mile 2 felt pretty sick. Our time was 51:07.

This morning we didn't have XC practice so I ran at sugar house park. Just as I was getting there I saw Susannah and Amanda. Amanda was just heading home, but Susannah was doing a few more laps so I joined her. We did 2 laps then ran to her house. On the way to her house we saw her brother Clayton starting his run. At Susannah's house I got some water and then ran back to the park and did a lap on the road to make it an even 8. My shin is really hurting so I'll have to ice it more and I'm going to take some ibuprophen to see if that helps. Hopefully it won't bother me in the 1/2 tomorrow. My time for the 8 miles was 1:05:13, so just under 8:10 pace. (Pegasus 78) 

This morning I was up at 3:30 to head to the start line. I slept most of the way up there but I still didn't sleep much. At the start line I didn't do any warm-up because there were too many people and I couldn't see a good spot to do one. I started the race and just ran off of feel. These were my splits:

1-6:43

2- 6:48

3- 6:42

4- 6:41

5- 6:26

6- 6:24

7- 6:23

8- 6:34

9- 6:44

10- 6:48

11- 6:56

12- 7:26

13- 6:24

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I took a Gu just before mile 6. I didn't really feel like taking it, but I was glad I did because at about 10 and a 1/2 my legs started to feel really heavy. Overall it was a good race. I was happy with my time, my fastest 1/2 in a while. My legs felt pretty good through out the race with a few aches here and there but my shin didn't bother me at all. After the race I jogged 2 miles, one with my mom while she finished, and one with Sasha. (Pegasus 80)

This morning we had our last summer workout. We met at the track. We did 1 mile slow, then a mile of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then we did 1 mile and 2 800's. I was still very sore from the 1/2 so I did it at tempo pace. I did the mile in 6:43, and the 800's in 3:19 and 3:16. They felt fairly easy but my legs were tired and my calves were knotted up. Afterward we did a cooldown around the block that was 3.25 miles. We have our first meet on Wednesday so I hope my legs will be feeling better by then. (Pegaus 86)

AM- I ran the golf course loop this morning in 29:12, I was hurting pretty bad and didn't loosen up but I think that's because it has so many hills you never have a chance to get into a rythym. (Pegasus 89)

PM- Since my shins have been hurting I decided to try a different pair of shoes. It seemed to work. I'll have to try them again and see. We ran from the track up to the drinking fountain at Shriners and back. When we got back we did 10x100 meter strides and 2x300. My 300's were in 53, then 51. It was a good workout, I think my legs will feel better by tomorrow. (Skylon 5)

Today we had our first XC meet. It was at wheeler farm. We started out by doing a warm-up. We jogged part of the course, but when we came to a spot on the course with a foot of water we decided the course needed to be changed. Once all of that was figured out we did some strides and started the race. The race went well. Me and Susannah ran together the first mile we hit a 6:10, then I pushed a little bit and was able to get a lead. After that I was just working my hardest to maintain. From the mile to the finish was 12:43, the course was 2.93 miles. I figure if it would have been three miles I would have run around a 19:32 so that's pretty good. After the race we did 10 hills and a 15 minute cooldown. My shins didn't hurt. I took ibuprophen, and put some biofreeze on them so that's probably why. (Skylon 9)

AM- This morning we ran from the school to Sugarhouse Park, did a lap around the park and then ran back. Me and Susannah ran together. It took us 47:56. Once we got back we did 5x100 meter strides.

PM- Today we ran up to sunnyside park. Then we did a 2 mile warm-up. Then a 2 mile tempo run. It took me 13:10, so 6:55 pace. It felt good, not too hard. Then we did a 2 mile cooldown and ran back to the track. (Skylon 23)

Today we ran to the Gully from the school through it and back. That was 2.75 miles. Then we did 1 mile of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then we did an 800. I was supposed to run a 2:55. I ran a 2:56 so that was good we jogged one lap. Then we were doing 8x400, jogging 1 lap in between. I did the first one and decided I was too sore to finish the workout without pulling something, but after the team had done another 400, I decided to jump back in and try to finish the workout. I did and these were my splits:

1- 1:24

2- 1:22

3- 1:25

4- 1:22

5- 1:24

6- 1:26

7- 1:24

8- 1:24

I felt good about the workout and my splits. I forgot my flats so I did the whole thing in trainers. After the workout we jogged 5 laps cooldown. (Pegasus 33)

AM- This morning while we were in Midway I ran 6 miles. I did the cooldown with my dad. My shin was hurting pretty bad so it took me a while to convince myself to even start the run. Once I started it warmed up a little bit but then hurt the rest of the run.

PM- 7 miles at Liberty park tonight. My shin hurt even worse tonight. We started with a lap on the grass but I think because of it being uneven it made it hurt more, so we went on the roads for about 4 miles. At one point we stopped at a light which made it hurt way worse once I started again. I looked back through my blog and its been hurting for 10 weeks. I don't know what I should do. I'm going to back off a bit next week and hopefully that will help it. I don't want to stop running because I don't want to loose my fitness. (Skylon 46)