Progression Daily

AM- Snuck a little run before the team showed up. Nothing special. 1.45

AM2- Day 1 of xc and marathon training. Ran with the girls out towards Maverick. Added a little with Jason and Kaelynn. Kids Club after. Triple Decker assembled and dominated. 5.6 miles 

PM- Needed this one to break up the day. Despite the warmth I still felt better than this morning. 3.05 miles 

AM- Ran with the younger crew and got strides rolling. I didn’t last too long doing barefoot running. Felt much better after putting shoes on. 4.01 miles 

PM- Fueled by movie theater popcorn and zeppes I embarked on a gut wrenching run in Bloomington. Came around a random corner and had a Pit Bull sprinting at me. I yelled and braced myself to throw hands only to have some lady yelling from a RV. Luckily cooler heads prevailed and I didn’t have to murder that dog. Ran into the desert and navigated my way home with a tummy ache. 5.5 miles 

Wanted to run with the younger boys but they were spread all over the place. Flipped with Bennett and Joseph and picked up Liam. Ran 3 sets of 2 minutes on and 3 minutes steady. Joseph stayed with me and did really well. Added looking for kids. 7.05 miles 

AM- Got to the school with 20 minutes to spare so went for a little loop. 2.2 miles 

AM2- Into Washington with the girls. After getting back to the school I went back for Terry, Allen, and Langston. Then additional out and back with Elin and Sariah. Added even more after stretches. 5.82 miles 

PM- 103. Getting used to those high temps. Enjoyable run around Bloomington. 3.1 miles 

AM- Snuck something before practice. 1.3 miles 

AM2- Hit Canal. Flipped with LJ and had a good talk. Went back for the boys and connected towards Schnoby. Felt hungry, running on empty. 6.86 miles 

AM3- Added even when I didn’t want to. Ran with Hunter’s Dad for a second. 1.26 miles 

One of those mornings where I found every reason to stop. Adjusted my shoes, took off calf sleeves, looked at a snake, etc. Decided to hit some desert since I was running slow. My last couple of miles is where I felt the best. I’ll bounce back and I’m super excited for next weekend! 8.53 miles 

Ran the road half with the younger boys. Since I’m taking it easy on my legs I figured I might as well clean up some dog poop left on the field. 3 miles 

AM- Ran a little warm up in my new kicks. Then ran Washington Steps. Gained confidence as I got going. Not my best effort. 4.6 miles

AM- Turf and Tea. Ran with Ada, Addilyn, and Lydia to get caught up on the tea. Then caught up to the rest of the girls down to the Dino Wash. Talked with Vanesa on the way back. 3.47 miles 

PM- Like the way things are going after thinking my body was broken for a little bit. Threw in some light speed and had to work with some head wind. Out towards Wal-Mart and back. 3.29 miles 

AM- Modified warm up loop pushing Trey. Mixed in with Nora. Ran around playground playing tag. 1.68 miles 

AM2- Summit Rock. Ran down to join the craziness. Trey didn’t let me do much looking so we left after visiting Jared. 1.02 miles 

Top of Zion: Leg 1. Got the party started by myself (we were the only team that started at 7. I ran pretty well. Really took advantage of downhills and flats. Back was hurting on the roughest uphills. I wrote my 2015 splits down on my hand so I knew when the fast and slow miles were. It really helped me be successful. 9.4 miles / 1:15:03 / 8:00 minute pace 

Leg 13. Hot and nauseous. My easiest leg and I blew it. Had no energy even though I had like a 10 hour recovery from leg 1. I really liked this leg but it was a struggle. I’ll blame the heat and the fact that I needed to take a spooky dooky 👻. 7.13 miles / 58:35 / 8:13 minute pace 

Leg 21. Reverse Bryce. Ran the most fun stretch of Bryce Canyon Half backwards so it was the opposite of fun. I was surprised how many cars came cruising by me at 1 in the morning. Proud of my efforts and that I didn’t walk. Felt so much better than my 2nd leg. 6.95 miles / 1:03:31 / 9:08 minute pace 

Half and Half. Should've counted my blessings and not played Ultimate. Hurt my achilles after a good run. 3.5 miles 

AM- Busy warm up past the boardwalk. 6x5 (3 on and 2 steady). Ran with Elin, Sariah and Vanessa. Branched off to trying to keep up with Vanessa for the last 3-4 sets. Glad I was able to sustain a good workout. Cool with some girls. 6.38 miles 

PM- Found a circle or 2 that I have never been around. No need for speed tonight. 3.1 miles 

AM- All Alone. Gave myself a head start on the morning. Ran out and over the bridge and saw some mansions in the desert. Came back in the tunnels. 2.35 miles 

AM2- Tour de Washington and Canal. Fun run with the girls, Rush, and Dave. Felt really good so I added some laps at the school. 5.7 miles 

AM3- Ran while looking for that elusive rock. 1.3 miles 

PM- Ordering pizza while out on a run. Felt smooth. Enjoying these afternoon hot runs. It’s just a dry heat after all. 3.27 miles 

5 Hills. Missed practice because Isla and Trey conspired together to make sure Marieta and I got no sleep. Tried to simulate some hill work in Bloomington. Ran 2 hills off the B Loop. Then I found a shorter hill that I ran 3 times over. Ran a 55, 51, and a 46. Pretty proud of my hill efforts, even if it was no Washington Steps. 6.21 miles 

AM- Putting out flags on telegraph then ran back. .47

AM2- Slow man running in the back with Coach Wilson. Slowly pursued the top group in the desert towards Water tower. 4.57 miles 

AM3- Looking for the rock. 1.53 miles 

PM- The rock was some how found in the most obvious spot where at least 10 people were standing when I first started looking this morning. Added some minutes running out of frustration. 2.6 miles 

AM- Just adding some random miles before meeting up with Seth. 5.51 miles 

AM2- Gave Sethro Wright a little course preview of the marathon from Veyo to the church on bluff. Started our run at Diamond Valley turn off to the Church. Good conversations and run. I threw in a little “Beaver Half Prep” with an 18:22 3 mile section. Overall felt pretty solid. 10.3 miles 

AM- Half and Half (Extended Edition). Added some miles with 2 XC Legends Trey Despain and Trevor Prior. Tried out the Supernovas and they felt pretty dang good. 7.5 miles 

AM2- Ran a cool down lap with Fitz. .25

AM- Up into the desert and back. Did my best to keep close to the boys with some really slow miles in the sand. My new nike trail socks were too thicc so I had to retie my shoes. 8.6 miles 

PM- Ran towards Dixie Center until the river flies convinced me to turn around. Then just hit some random places to hit the minutes. 3.01 miles 

AM- Snuck some laps with Dirt for his HYROX training. .48 

AM2- Ran with the girls then branched off with Marcus from the park. Then went back out to find dem girls. 6.02 miles 

PM- Some rain and more humidity. Just out and about in Bloomington. Really ran 3.14 miles Rush Mills 😉. 3.15 miles 

AM- Showed up early and ran 2 miles. 2.06 miles 

AM2- Warm up with girls. Then I tried to find my crew for progression. I was being such a baby in the grass so I ran on the track when I could. Had a stint with Sea-Bass and the boys, with Samantha, and then I found Rylee and Laura. Stuck with them for at least 3x5 minutes. Good time. Cooled. Then added after some more after that even though I didn’t want it. 6.60 miles 

Hilly Run. Up on the Mesa with the boys. Felt pretty good until the strides revealed how slow I am. Took a while to get going again after post but I am glad I went for another round. 7.61 miles 

AM- Little back and forth testing the shoes .47

Rolled up with Royce, Kaelynn, Trevor, Jason, Janz, and Mia. Rush met us up at the top. Decided on the route 13.1 up from the turn to Diagonal. 

Started out ahead of the speedy crew and was immediately struggling, a head wind didn’t help anything. I only did well on the favorable down hill miles. My hat got blown off about half way through, luckily Kaelynn grabbed it for me but that cost me some time to go back and grab it from her and get the legs rolling again. I felt sick on the Winchester climb and just struggled my way to finish. Overall it was a good experience. 13.11 miles 1:26:22 / 6:35 mile pace 

Little cool with Jason. 1.19 miles 

Summit Rock BS. 1.24 miles 

Took care of the kids for the morning so I didn’t run. Got out in the afternoon and not too hot. Ran up Montezuma Wash (I guess that’s what it’s called now). I’ve never noticed the trail name before. 4.43 miles 

Started at Wal-Mart and worked my way into Bloomington Hills. Needed a couple of miles to start feeling good. 7.42 miles