Breanna's Running Blog

This morning when I woke up my face was still a little swollen, and I didn't get home from the hospital till about 3 in the morning, but we had planned to meet michelle and dennis at 8:30, so I got up and we went running. Me and michelle ran together on a trail in draper. We ran for 40 minutes, and decided it was about 5 miles. I'm doing much better tonight and there's hardly any more swelling so that is good. I'd like to hit 2 weeks of 40 and then build up a little more, but I'll just take it day by day and see how things go. My legs were a little tired last week but I expected that. Also the doctors put me on Prednisone for the allergic reaction I had so maybe that can clear up some little aches and pains too. I also just found out I will probably be running wasatch back this weekend so that will be fun. (Pegasus 88)

Me and my dad went for a run just before 10 tonight. We were running at sugar house park. We did two loops around the perimeter. I twisted each ankle pretty hard because it was so dark, so we decided to do the last two on the road. We did a loop out on 1500 e. to garfield. Then up garfield to 1700 e. Then 1700 e. north 3 streets. Then back down to 1500 e. and back to the park. Our time was 49:04. It was a good run. My time wasn't that fast but it felt like I ran a good pace and opened my stride a little bit. (Pegasus 94)

Today we did a speed workout at the track. We did a loop around the park for our warm-up. Then we did 3 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then our workout was 5 sets of 400, 200, 100. We jogged one lap after the 400, and finished the lap on the 200 and 100. These were my times:

400:1:23

200: 38

100: 17

400: 1:19

200: 37

100: 18

400: 1:17

200: 37

100: 18

400: 1:17

200: 36

100: 17

400: 1:18

200: 36

100: 16

After the first 400, my nose started to bleed. It kept bleeding till the end of the second set. It was really hard to run and attempt to not get blood everywhere. I wasn't very successful. For my cooldown I jogged around the inside of the park which was a mile and a half. My leg hurt a little bit today but I think that was because I walked 3 miles earlier today and it normally hurts if I stand or walk for a long time. I was only planning on hitting 40 this week, but it looks like it might end up being 45. We start team workouts tomorrow morning so that will be fun. (Pegasus 97)

Today we had our first team practice. We did a warm-up lap around the perimeter of Sugar House Park. Then we did 5 strides. Then we did some drills. I'm a little bit sore from some of the drills. Then we did 3x25 crunches, 3x15 push-ups. Then we jogged around the inside of the park slowly for a cooldown. After me, susannah, and amanda sat in the river for a little bit. (Pegasus 101)

Today we went for a run from sugar house park through the neighborhoods. This is where we went:

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It took me 49:06. I am sore and tired but I felt good and was able to pick it up towards the end. After the run we did 3x25 crunches, and 3x15 push-ups. Tomorrow is Wasatch Back so that will be lots of fun, but I still don't know which legs I am running. Hopefully I find out soon. (Pegasus 107)

Today was Wasatch Back. Our team started at 4:00. I was on team Full Nelson. I was running leg 12. It was 3.1 miles and it was a pretty steep incline up to snow basin. I started around 10:30. It took me 27:10. My calves were cramping by the end. I passed 4 people and got passed by one. It was dark out so I couldn't see much. It was starting to get cold so I wore a long sleeve but I got hot along the way. I guess it wasn't really that cold.

After we had all ran the first leg we tried to get some food at the lodge at snow basin, but they had closed just as we got there, so we then drove to east canyon and had some pasta. Then we "slept" in the car for about an hour till it was time for our van to start running again. I was able to sort of sleep till my leg which I started around 5:15 I think. This leg was 5.2 miles. It was a nice gradual up to the dam, and from there it was gradual ups and downs to the end of the leg. I didn't feel like I was able to open up on this leg. I was still pretty full from the pasta so that could have been part of it. My time was 37:19. I think I passed about 12 people on this leg. After I finished my leg I fell asleep in the car and didn't wake up till our van had started going again. My last leg was fun, but it was really hot. It was 5 miles, and it took me 34:37. I think I passed 15 people on this leg. My legs were starting to feel really tired and heavy by the end and the heat wasn't helping, luckily there were some waters on one of the fences along the trail and some of the people standing by it said I could have some. Overall it was a really fun race, but now I'm very tired. I ended up getting 42.5 miles this week. I only wanted 40, but I guess 2.5 extra is ok. I'll shoot for 40 again this week and then maybe jump up to 45 or 50 after that.