Breanna's Running Blog

This morning I went for a run with my dad and Susannah. We ran on a trail by the hotel. We ran out just over two miles and then back. On the way back we took a bit of a detour which made the run closer to 5 miles. On the run we saw a racoon and 3 turkeys. Yesterday I saw 2 deer on the run. It was a really cool trail to run on I wish I could have seen a bit more of it.

We did one mile warm-up, then we did 2 laps of speed changes. Then the workout was 4x1 mile repeats. We were supposed to get progressively faster each mile. I was supposed to hit 6:25, 6:20, 6:15, and 6:10. I ran a 6:26, 6:20, 6:14, and a 6:01. We jogged 2 laps in between each mile for recovery. The first two felt good and were pretty easy. The third one was definetly the hardest. After that one I wanted to quit, and thought there was no way I would be able to hit a 6:10, but Emily told me to just stay positive and pretend like it was the end of a race. I did and was able to hit a 6:01. It felt pretty easy and I think I maybe could have went faster on the other ones. For a cooldown we jogged up to sunnyside park. We did a lap around and then back which was a mile and a half. I didn't take any ibuprophen before the workout and my leg didn't hurt too bad. I took some this morning but it probably had worn off by the workout. I'm going to try to cut back on the ibuprophen and see if I can be completely off of it by next week.

AM- This morning we ran to Sugar House park. We did one lap on the road and then ran back. I didn't take any ibuprophen and my leg was really hurting so I'll have to keep taking it to run.

PM- Tonight we did one mile warm-up, 3 miles of speed changes, and 1 mile cooldown. My legs felt really good, but it was very hot out.

Today we had a meet against highland, west and granger. Highland and West are probably the most competitive schools in the region so it was a good way to see where we are at. We jogged half of the course for the warm-up. Then we did some strides and started the race. The race went really well. I started out good but I was a few steps back from the first place girl. I should have closed the gap and stayed closer to her, but I didn't so she kept putting more and more distance on me. I ended up second and ran a 19:08. It was supposed to be an accurate 5k measured with a wheel, but I'm not convinced. That's a really big improvement from last week so I'm guessing it was a little short. After the race we jogged about a mile. It was a good meet and the girls team won. Hopefully this is an indicator for region. I think our legs are tired especially from monday's workout so on fresh legs I think I can run much better.

AM- This morning we did the short loop around the VA hospital. Then we did 10x200 jogging 200 in between these were my splits: 45, 41, 42, 41, 40, 39, 38, 39, 39, 37. Then we jogged 1 lap cooldown for a total of 5 and a half miles.

PM- Tonight we ran at liberty park. We just did 3 laps, on the last lap I threw some surges to help with turn over. The whole run was 4 and a half miles and it took me 34:05.

We ran up around the zoo, down 1300 s. and back on 1900 e. It was a good run but my shin hurt.

The race went ok. It was really muddy and wet on the course and rained throughout the whole race. By the end of the race I was covered in mud. It was kind of cold outside and I had troubles getting a good warm-up. I didn't get a good start probably due to the lack of warm up. When the course bottlenecked I was boxed in and practically had to walk. Once we got to the road I was able to move a little better. I just worked on passing people the whole race. I think I probably passed over 50 people throughout the race. My time wasn't great, and there were a lot of girls that beat me that shouldn't have. I was 4th from 4a but there weren't very many 4a schools there.