Running!

I did a lot better than last year, so I'm glad to see improvement.  I hope to continue to improve over the season and relearn how to push myself.  I feel like I'm not performing at the level I could be at, and this may be because my legs are tired. 

4 in the morning

10 hills in the afternoon.

I felt pretty good about my race, and I knocked quite a bit of time off of last year, which was good.  I want to get out a little bit better and work harder during the 3rd mile.

My first 10k!  Ha, I can't believe that it was my first.  It was a pretty good race, not too hilly, and I feel like I maintained a good pace throughout the race.  I got a silver dollar for winning my age division, and my sister got a medal and a jacket in a raffle.  Onion (ongion) Days were pretty great ;)

4 miles in the morning, we did 2 staggered 300s and some sprints.

6 miles in the afternoon, we went over the course for tomorrow.

The course was really hilly and I couldn't see anyone, but I still felt like I had a good workout.  Bill said not to race it, so I didn't go all out, and it was quite enjoyable.  I passed people on the uphills :) and made sure not to get passed on the downhills.

 I felt pretty good about my race!  I got a lengthy warm up with Natalie and Abigail, and then we did some strides.  I fell down when the race started, but they shot the gun. However, after that, I fell down again, but I got up and kept running, luckily, because they didn't shoot the gun again.  Luckily I wasn't the first to fall down either time- I fell on top of other girls.  It meant that I was passing throughout the race, but that was nice for keeping me mentally tough.  I finished about 10 seconds behind Josephine, which I felt was quite an accomplishment.  That is definitely a PR for the course and, I think, for an xc race for me :)  It went so well because I brought it to the field for BIOTECH.

We also ran the torch.  I only got a little burned.

I read Susannah's blog to get this total :)

Firemen in the morning.

Speed in the afternoon:  6 800s at 3:20, 3:27, 3:30, 3:27, 3:28, 3:30.  I hit pretty close to my pace for the first four but not the last two.

I haven't a clue what my actual time was because I forgot to stop my watch, but this has got to be pretty close.  It was rather hard because my quads were sore from yesterday.

5 in the morning, 10 in the evening.  They were just runs, no speed or hills.  I love just runs.

Speed.  We did 1 mile and then 8 400s.  My mile was 6:41 and my 400s were 1:35-1:36, except for the 3rd and 7th at 1:32 and the last at 1:22. 

I gmapd this one, so it should be right.

With the strides, I'm guessing 3 1/2 total in the morning?

Afternoon 6 400s @ 1:26, 1:31, 1:33, 1:33, 1:35, 1: 29.  I hit on pace for all except the fifth one.  Then 6 200s untimed- the wind was rough.

1.5 miles warm-up

My race went pretty well, but I really need to work on pushing during the downhills because that was where I was passed the most.  It was a fairly slow course because of the "energy-sapping" sand, but it still went ok.  I had a hard time during the last mile because the girl in front of me was a little too far ahead to pull me along and there was no one close enough in back of me to force me to push.  I need to figure out how I can run alone better.

After the race I cheered for the boys and did a cooldown with Suzette and Abigail (1.5 miles).  Then I rested a while, and then I ran around the course with Bill (1 mile).  Afterward, I cooled down with Susannah and Natalie (4.5 miles).  Later I cheered for the freshmen boys and girls and ran around the course with Bill for both of them- he was hard to keep up with (2 miles).  The mileage is just estimated except for the race and Susannah's 4.5, but I erred on the side of fewer rather than more miles.  It was fun to cheer for Sarah's race because she got an award for being in the top twenty and was continually moving up until she finished in 14th. 

The day was quite tiring because we got on the bus at 3 and didn't get back until 1. 

Speed.  1 mile at 6:19, 2 800s at 3:04, 3:09, 1 400 at 1:28.  We finished with 6 200s.

Hills in the morning.

2 mile shakeout run in the morning. 

I'm not positive on the time or place.  I went out in the first mile to try to get a 6:20 and stayed with Susannah and Natalie for the first bit, but I ended up dropping back and I tried to push back up, but I couldn't stay with them, so I instead focused on sticking with people who passed me.  Bill said to continue pushing at the one mile, so I did, and I started to let fewer people past me.  In the last mile, I worked up to and caught a girl from Tooele.  It was a hot day and my quads and knees were sore, I think from the hills yesterday.