Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

Today was so hard! I did the 15 min. VO2 max test thing while everyone else was doing repeats. I ran the whole time with Rachel Lusk and it was awesome that she stayed with me the whole time! I didn't feel good because I am still recovering from being sick and I haven't run for a week! :/ I was happy I didn't walk. So considering that I did pretty good. I don't know what I got exactly but I had a watch and it said 1.8. So about 1 mile and 1400 meters. I can't wait to get back in shape again although I am going to be gone the rest of the week. Because Michael's heading off hundreds of millions of miles away.... :( :(

Man, today was not too good....I was happy we did the grass runs cause those are my favorite but I was having a hard time keeping up with my group. The first mile I kept up with them good, the second was a struggle, and the third I fell behind but caught up again the last lap. Afterwards we did striders. I have never done so bad on those in my life! I feel like I am starting all over again with my training because I'm not in good shape. I will try my best to run while I am up north, it will be easier because Michael gave me his watch:)

Kids club was Fun today! It went by a lot faster than it usually does. And Brianna had to take half of the girls -about 10- to the bathroom:)

I didn't get the chance to run today, we woke up early to drive to Provo and drop Mike off at the MTC! saddest moment of my life. :( I will be in Provo the rest of the week and plan on running the rest of the workouts everyday while I am here!

I had a hard time trying to make my run "hilly" but there was no hills around where I was so the best I could do was a few gradual hills. I ran 3 miles on gradual or no hills and ran to the Payson High Schcool track. There, I did some speed stuff just for fun, remembering the good ol' track times. Only a mile total there. I ran back and it ended up being .7 miles over. I went my own pace so it was a very fun run:)

am: 4.5- According to everyone else this workout was easy, but it was pretty hard for me. We did 3x1000's on the dirt mile. This was my first time doing it so I didn't have a time, so I just picked Liz's time to shoot for- 5:35. Getting under the time was really easy, but keeping up with Liz, Coach R., and the boys was harder. I did pretty good though I am still kinda out of shape.

pm: Easy 3- I have never sweated so much in my life!! It was super hot today and I felt like I was going to faint any second. We ran a perfect pace and I ran with my waterbottle for a while till it bugged me too much too carry it. So I stuck behind a bush and got it on the way back. Weights after went well, I felt weak.

Grass Runs today! I felt better than last week, still can't keep up with Liz though! I focused more on my form and then we did striders after. I felt really tight during those, stretched real good after. I definitely need to drink more water too!

Kids club afterwards was rough...Brianna and I were the only leaders of 20 girls. It's really hard to keep them all happy cause they are pretty sassy! :)

Today was hard! But great! After 1 mile warm up, I did the 30/30 workout for the first time. I think I did pretty good! I got to 25, and was supposed to cover 119 meters each time. I hit my distance pretty well as we went on but on the recovery it was hard to cover the distance. I haven't done this before so it was kinda fun to challenge myself to more speed and to catch up with Liz. Then did 1/2 mile cool down with Liz. Good Day:)

I woke up this morning and couldn't step on my toe. Last night I hurt it somehow and thought it would just feel better in the morning, but now it is all swollen and hurts every time I step on it. Decided it would be best to not run on it and ice it instead. Hopefully will be better by tomorrow!

Woke up and ran on my own. I was hoping to run farther, but 3 miles was all my toe could bear.

Some of the girls and I met at the soccer park and boy, was it humid! We ran 4 miles and I felt great! Good run:)

am: Today felt really good. The weather was way nice, not really hot. We did 4x1000 repeats. I still don't have a time so I used Liz's time again. Goal 5:35- first was 4:56, 5:19, 5:15, 5:00. It was a little hard to keep up with my group but it was a good push for me.

pm: 3 miles in the heat. It wasn't as bad as last Monday and I felt really good! Weights after were great.

3 mile grass run today! It went by faster this time, though my quads are super sore from squats and stuff from weights yesterday. Then striders, which was hard for me and kids club. Kids club was 10 times better today! Felt great but need to do better with stretching and rolling.

At girls camp, ran with mia, stoner, and liz! It was fun, but super hard! lots of hills. and altitude made it hard to breathe.

ran at girls camp with stoner. We only did 2 miles cuz we were planning on running 4-6 miles that night. I didn't end up doing it, but I think the other girls did!

am: I met at the soccer park with Liz and Ali. We ran the river trail for 3 miles instead of 4 because me and Ali had to be somewhere. Felt good, kinda hot.

pm: I ran 4 more miles at night with preston, skylar, Jason, chandler, and macey. It was a lot of fun, I like running at night. We ran the perfect pace:) felt great

am: hard workout for me. 5x1000's on the dirt mile. My times aren't very consistent, I just tried to keep up with Roberts and the others. First was 5:17, then went 20 seconds faster 4:57, 5:10, next was awful 5:26, and 5:05. On the last one I had "gonna fly now" from rocky balboa going through my head. I think it made me faster:)

pm: 3 miles arctic circle! I felt really great for most of it, despite the heat! Weights afterward and feelin good!

30/30 workout- this time I only got 14! nearly half as much as last time. It was pretty hard for me. Hopefully I can build up my endurance over the rest of the summer.

am: hardest workout of the summer for me! But it was way fun:) Down in heck's hole we ran 4x1 min and 4x30 sec repeats. except we had to do it on the super steep hill instead of the usual one. I did better than I thought I would, I focused on pumping my arms and driving my knees and that helped. I loved this workout once it was over! Then we ran 1/2 to add mileage and ran (actually walked) back up the steep hill.

pm: 3 hot miles and weights. I actually felt really good this run except that my legs were suuuper tight.

I was happy with how I ran today, lately I have been really frustrated because I feel like I can't keep up with the top girls like I used to. But Roberts told me I need to build my confidence and keep trying and then I will eventually be happy with where I am in my running.

Today was really tough for me....We met at the Pine view park and ran around the fields and staheli farm and stuff. 7 miles with 2 miles tempo. For the first 2.5 miles I fell way back but caught up when the group waited for me to start the tempo. I was going to turn around at the 5 mile turnaround, but decided I would be mad at myself later. From there I kept up with them for about 2.5 more miles but fell behind again during the tempo.  My legs were super sore and aching. I think it was from the hills yesterday, and I am also needing new shoes. And I went a wrong turn at the end when we added mileage but then caught myself and came back with a few of the girls:) whoops. Overall it was very hard for me, and I felt really slow. I'm hoping that I can make myself do better next week and do well at camp!

I ran at night with my sister for a couple miles, then my other sister while she rode her bike beside me while I ran. Oh, and Chandler tagged along too! I only ran 4 miles, because it got too dark to see. I took it easy, prolly a little too easy though.  But it was fun and I'm glad I got myself to run! Excited for camp!

am: 6x1000's on the dirt laps. Pretty hard but I felt really happy about my times. My goals were one: Be consistent, and two: hit all my times under 5:10. My times were pretty consistent and were all under 5:10! It was a good tough run.

pm: left for high altitude camp!! when we got there we ran a 4 miler. It was hard for me to keep up with the girls so I ran with Nicole.

high altitude camp AM: First 8 miler of the summer. This was prolly the best run I have done mentally and physically. I kept up with the faster girls nearly the whole time and I felt really good. The weather was great and it was really beautiful where we ran so I was pretty positive.

PM: 3 miles with the boys, but we didn't keep up with the boys for very long. It felt great, and then we jumped into the lake afterwards.

high altitude camp AM: 5 hilly miles. This run was really hard and long. 2.5 miles uphill really hurt my legs. Then we went 2.5 miles back downhill and that was a lot easier :)

PM: 3 miles, but felt like 5. It was on a narrow trail down into the bottom of the canyon. This was one of my favorite runs! I led the way downhill and it went really fast, it was pretty steep. Then we turned around and I helped lead the girls uphill. It was so steep and we all had to stop quite a bit. But we finally finished and it felt so great!! Despite usually being tough, trail runs are my most favorite!