Don't Sacrifice the Gift.

I got off work a little later than usual, and wasn't able to make it to most of practice.  I showed up right as the team was finishing, and did some of their cool down.  Only got a mile in but some is better than none.  

Chukawalla-8-- Was able to run with some members of my old high school xc team! Good to see and run with old friends.  I showed up early at the chuckawalla trailhead in order to get a few extra miles in.  Was able to get a good three miles before anyone showed up.  Then with Devo, JP, Jared Ells, Allie Jo, and Brian from canyon view, we went 5 miles.  Good run today, legs felt great and I felt like I had a lot of energy.  Beautiful views.  

Neon Spider-4.5--   Was finally able to make it to practice with the team again today.  It's the last practice before they head up to State, so I'm glad that I was.  Just an easy, chill run today.  Weather was nice, and legs felt really good.  My stomach felt really heavy though,  probably from that whole large pizza that I ate for lunch...  But other than that and a few of the girls screaming their heads off resulting in what I am pretty sure is premature deafness for me... It was a really good run.  

Treadmill-5--  Went to the gym today.  Did a few machine things.  Not sure what they are called... But mostly was on the tready.  Not a huge fan of treadmills, but for the most part, I felt really good.  Picked up the pace a bit for the last mile, nothing to crazy up enough to get the heart pumping.  

Turtle Trail-5-- Drove out to Washington Elementary and enjoyed a nice run out in the desert.  For the first mile or so, my legs and body in general felt really tired and heavy.  But then started to feel really well for the next three miles, the last mile I started getting aches in my stomache and calves.  Need to start eating better and stretching more.  Today was kind of like a big milestone for me...  today was the first time in three years that my torso has seen the sun!  haha how awkward is that?