Breanna's Running Blog

Today I had an awesome run. me and my dad ran from Birch Hollow to the overlook and back and then we added on the road to make it an even ten. The run felt really good, so at 5.5 we did a tempo mile till 6.5 in 7:30 and then a tempo half-mile from 7.25 to 7.75 in 3:45. Those parts felt fine but it was really hard to breathe. My legs would fatigue but I'm able to push through that it's the breathing that gets to me. Our total time for the run was 1:30.09. It felt really good but I got 4 blisters and my left knee was bothering me. I'm still a little bit sore from steeple chase but I don't think it affected my run today. (Pegasus: 17 miles)

Earlier today me and my dad certified the Judges Run 5k. So I also biked about 6 miles. The course should be interesting. It starts in the Highland High School parking lot, the first 400 meters is a loop around the lot and then you go out to the perimeter of the park and have the width of a side walk to run on. Then you run around the perimeter of the park on the grass and then run on 15th east to 17th south and up to the Wasatch Presbyterian Church. It should be an interesting race.

Also, I was just wondering, what are your thoughts on drinking carbonation? Does it really affect your running?

Today I ran on the pipeline trail again. I ran from birch hollow out three miles and then back. I took it easy and ended up doing it in 1 hour. It felt good but my legs were a little bit tired at the beginning. (Pegasus 23)

Today I warmed up 2 miles around the perimeter of Sugarhouse Park. Then I did 3 laps of speed chages and one lap slow. Then I did 5x400, I was supposed to keep them under 1:25, these were my splits:

1-1:22

2-1:20

3-1:24

4-1:19

5-1:13

They all felt really good ecspecially the last one, I think I could have went faster in the last one if I would have pushed hard the whole time instead of just the second half. After that I did 45 minutes of hurdle drills, and a half-mile cooldown on the track. (Pegasus 25)

Today I ran on the Jordan River Trail. I did the two mile loop three times, the first time I took it easy and ran a 20:13, the second time I did it as more of a tempo and ran it in 15:11 (Which ends up being 7:14/mile), the third time I ran easy and my time was 18:10. This gave me a total time of 53:36. It felt really good, the weather was great for running even though it was sprinkling here and there. My legs felt good, in the second lap they felt great, I could feel them hurting but I just kept pushing through it. I think if someone was running with me I could have went faster. I didn't think I was running 7:15's it felt slower but when I looked at my watch that's what it said, so I was happy with that. (Pegusus 31)

Today I did a mile warm-up at the highland high school track, then three laps of speed changes and one lap slow. Then I did some hurdle drills to warm-up for the workout. Then I did 10x200 with 3 hurdles in it where they would be in the steeple chase. These were my splits:

1-38

2- 39

3- 39

4- 37

5- 37

6- 37

7- 37

8- 39

9- 38

10- 39

Then I did 2 laps slow around the track and a mile of jogging in the park. It was a good workout I felt good about it. I need to improve my form when jumping over the hurdles but that should come with practice. (Pegasus 35)

I did an easy lap around liberty park. My time was 12:41. It felt good, I was sore at the beginning but by the end I had loosened up. (Pegasus 37)

Today I ran the Heart of Holladay 5k. I warmed up about a mile and a half. I was a little bit sore but once I started running I didn't notice it. Then we ran the race. My first mile was a 6:55, then a 7:14, then a 7:27, and the last tenth was in 41 seconds. It was a good race. My legs were exhausted by the end ecspecially after running up the hill. Overall, I was happy with the race, now I just need to improve my time.