Breanna's Running Blog

I ran in the Payson Onion Days 5k today. I did a little bit of jogging to warm-up and then I started the race. My goal was to break 20 minutes. The first mile I started out in 6:20. I felt good, and the mile marker seemed to come really fast. From mile 1.5 to the end it was gradual uphill and was quite a bit harder. My second mile was a 6:26, my last mile was 6:28 and my last tenth was 40 seconds for a total time of 19:54. As I was getting closer to the finish line I was so tired and I was counting down the minutes. I didn't think I was going to make it, but luckily I did. After the race I jogged the course again with Sasha, Ted, my dad, and Braden. James did part of the course with us, but he didn't need to go as far so he turned around early.

AM- For our morning workout today we did one mile warm-up on the track, then we did a mile of speed changes and one lap slow. Then we did a mile. I was supposed to shoot for 6 minutes. My splits were 1:27, 1:31, 1:28, 1:25 for a total time of 5:52. I was really happy with that because my fastest mile during track was a 5:55. Then we jogged 2 laps slow and did 6x400. We were supposed to do 8 but we were going to be late for school. I was supposed to run between 1:25 and 1:30. My splits were 1:21, 1:22, 1:22, 1:20, 1:22, 1:17. We jogged 1 lap in between each 400. Then we did 3 laps slow for our cooldown. The workout felt really good. My legs were getting tired on the last 400's, but I still felt like I could have done more of them. It was nice doing the workout in the morning. It was lots cooler.

PM- This afternoon we did an easy run. We jogged a mile on the track. Then we did some stretching. Then we did a short run from the track that was 2.75 miles (Pegasus 341)

I didn't feel like I ran very well. My time was slow. I gave up mentally. The course was hard, but I should have ran it faster. I need to do more hill work. I think my legs might just be tired.

AM- We ran down to liberty park. Then we did one tempo lap. I took me 10:50. Then we ran back to the school. It was a good workout. I've been getting a sideache on every run for the past week or so and I don't know why. I've been doing crunches and I don't think it has to do with what I'm eating. Hopefully, I can figure it out.

PM- We ran on the track. We did one mile slow. Then we did a mile in 7:15, jogged a lap. Then we did another mile in 7:30. Then we did one mile cooldown. (Pegasus 348)

Today we ran from the track. We ran up to legacy bridge and then back to the track on sunnyside. It was an easy run. My legs felt good. I hope I can run well in BYU tomorrow. (Pegasus 352)

Today I ran a 5k. My legs felt really good going into the race. I didn't think about the race at all, I was just planning on running how I felt. I was really happy with my race. It felt good the whole time. I didn't go out very hard, and I was stuck behind the back for the first quarter mile or so. Then there were turns in the course so I went to the outside of the pack and was able to get around alot of people. I ran a 20:05, which is 30 seconds faster than last year. At mile 1 I heard someone yell 6:08, but I'm not sure. I don't know any of my other times though because I didn't wear a watch. I was happy with my time, and I think I probably ran better today than I did on Monday since it was a grass course.