Life's Swell

48 minutes, .5 warm 5.7 miles at dirt mile ran each loop progressively faster. i felt a little ehh today. My legs felt good and i had energy but my belly felt kinda gross. we ran to the dirt mile and then we went our first loop at about a 7:55 and we had a nice pack going. the next one was a 7:45ish and the last we turned to leave before the mile indicator and so i just stopped it and it was a 7:00. It was a solid run and Sylivias back! yay!!

We woke up at 4 and went down to havasupi falls today. It was a very long time and eventually we just wanted to get there so me and Ellie and addi and Parker and Scottie all ran down the trail with our stuff to get our minutes in. It was fun and it actually felt really good! There were a lot of dogs running around and it smelled like horse poop a lot. We set up camp, then went to havasupi falls. The water was so pretty and blue. Then it started raining and I took a nap. 

We went on this hike out to mooney falls and beaver falls. Me and Parker and Ellie and Scottie and addi ran on the trail while everyone hiked. It was very pretty and there was this one part that was like hiking angels landing times 50 in coolness and scariness (that part we didn't run). It was so cool!! It was the prettiest place ever! Most of the hike/run was through these vines and there were tons and some were growing up the walls of the canyon. The other parts of the run were almost like going through a rainforest it was the best run I have EVER done!

We left this morning from our campground at 3:30 when it started raining :( (it rained a lot, but made it not too hot) when we were hiking out, me and my dad ran so I could get in a run. It was very hard and I currently need a nap 

35 minutes with 3x3 minute fartleks

i felt really great to be back to practice! super fun run with the team and we packed really well and all shared leading

top of zion relay:

in the middle of the night 6.5 miles up a VERY large hill. it didnt EVER go down.Me and alli ran together on our legs! it was way fun and super duper hard. We woke up at 12:45 to get ellie and jace to their start. it was fun to cheer them on. then me and alli started. i was kinda scared and it was wierd running in the middle of the night. If i didnt have someone to run with, i probaly woulda peed my pants. anyways, it was a very hard hill that never ever ended. it was long and it took a long time. Also, there was a wonderful strong headwind if the hill wasn't long enough :) finally it ended and passed to sylvia and addi. they did awesome!! i felt surprisingly good after the run, i thought i would be wayyy tight, and i wasnt!

5 miles ups and downs.we went to some creepy, very dirty gameroom of a trailer park and slept for a few hours. then we woke up, and ellie and jacey started their legs. there was 2 papers and one said they had 4 miles and the newest one we had gotten said 3, so they were expecting 3. then they lied and they actually had 4, which stunk alot. then me and alli ran. much less up hill, but still quite alot. it was much less scary and it was bright outside

7.5 miles down a very large hill. hungout for a while before we started. We praticed our dance we made up. haha!! its absolutely hilariously awful. then ellie and jacey had a 7 mile run. then me and alli had a 7.5 mile run. We were hauling!! (or at least it felt like it) it was pretty much all down hill and it was way fun! when we ended, i didnt even feel sore at all! im so happy!! i definitely need to roll and stretch to stay that way. i drank lots of water and had a wonderful time! then we passed to addi and sylvia. they also had a 7 mile run. it had a much bigger up hill then the race people said, and they totally did awesome going up it! holy cow!! sylvia is a beast at running up hills!! slept at the finish line til the other car got there, then finished together and left! had an absolute blast!!