Running Blog

So obviously I realize that I'm running farther than 3 miles in 30 minutes but I don't have a distance watch (actually I have no watch because I still have to go get batteries for the one I have) so I'm just kinda making things up. Anyway. I did 30 minutes this morning in my new Kinvaras and it felt good. I did some good static stretching after.

Then at practice we did a full set of drills plus 6 strides in groups and a full set of core. Core was killer. But it was a seriously beautiful day, so Coach dropped the med. ball exercises and we got to do all our core outside, which was way nice. I'm 99% certain I got bitten by a fly though. Logan is weird. Tomorrow morning (at 6-freaking-30 AM) is equipment pick-up so I'll have another pair of trainers to switch off with, plus flats and spikes and a whole lot of other shiz that I'm stoked about.

I was super tired today because I make poor decisions regarding when to go to bed because I'm generally having too much fun at night to think about sleep (yesterday, for example, we had FHE where I schooled everyone in air hockey and foosball, then we came back and watched Pitch Perfect and did handstands in the hallway til midnight. Now do you understand that I have better things to do at night than get a healthy amount of sleep?). In all seriousness though, I really do need to be getting to bed earlier. I was exhausted today. We woke up at 6:30 for equipment pick-up. Then there were some serious issues with mine and Janzen's bags (aka they didn't even have ours in the equpiment room) and it took us an hour and a half to get it all straightened out. In the end, though, we got (almost) everything we needed (although we'll definitely be present on exchange day) and got back to the apartment by 8. They give us so much stuff it's unreal. Just for being on the team. Janz and I don't even have enough room in our dresser for all this stuff.

ANYWAY. I think I was supposed to do my run after getting our equipment, but, like I said, I was really tired and since Coach is super focused on the girls going to conference right now and since I'm just building a base for track, I'm pretty much the boss of myself when it comes to getting my runs in. So I went after Career & Life and it was beautiful outside. I went sorta slow today just cause I was so tired. I wore the Nikes the team gave me though and let me tell you. They are the cushioniest shoes in existence. They felt weird and I didn't like them. I don't think they gave me the right trainers anyway because they're a different color & design than everyone else on the team's. I'm gonna take them to exchange day and see what the heck is going on with my equipment. Other than my shoes though, it was a good run. Static stretching after.

Went up a trail in Green Canyon- super pretty. Ended up only being 20 minutes though because the way back down took less time than anticipated. 

Core later. Felt better than last time, although during the first set of sit ups I almost died because I was so sore. But I think this time was more of an ab workout than a neck workout, so that at least means I'm figuring out how to do all the exercises. Also the girls started calling me JP.. I think that name is going to follow me the rest of my life.

Went up Green Canyon again, except today I didn't have anywhere to be so I got the whole 30 in. My legs definitely felt the hills on the way out today. The way back was much easier. I wore my old Kinvaras because I do not want to wear my Nikes.

Pretty short run today (like 20 minutes maybe) cause I've been all over the place and we're about to leave for SLC. My guess is that I won't get a run in tomorrow cause of this trip and work but we'll see. Felt good today.

Ended up finding time to run today after work. I hadn't actually eaten anything all day though except like 8 ounces of smoothie at 9:30 and an apple at noon. My manager let me go a bit early today though so I had time before we lost daylight (& warmth) so I got out there and did 30 minutes while I still could. I just ran down around the cross country course, which is pretty much this gravel loop that twists and turns around some Ag fields. I got chased by some horses, which was new for me. I've been chased by dogs while running before, but never horses. They were on the other side of a piece of wire that I assume is supposed to serve as some kind of fence, but it was still kind of scary because the wire wasn't very high up and horses seem to be fairly agile creatures (have you seen Tangled? Maximus jumps off a freaking roof and survives). So I was a bit nervous they'd jump over it or something. Good news, though: they didn't.