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This morning, I woke up early and ran only one mile because my calf was still incredibly sore... I am going home and icing it and hopefully that helps. After icing it, I did squats, crunches, side crunches, arm swings and push ups. No calf raises today.

Later today I will go running again.

Tonight, since Nadia came over I didn't want to go running for very long so Courtney, Nadia and I went over to the East track and I did 2.25 miles there. I did a mile of grass laps, then I did 4 X strides then cooled down. Since before I finished out to two miles I wasn't done with my last lap I decided to go to 2.25 haha 

In the blazing sun above, I went out and did 2 miles..... I ran on the grass to help my calf because it still killed last night..

When I got home I did crunches, push ups, squats, calf raises, side crunches, superman's, and other core activities.... I'll go running later tonight haha 

This afternoon at CCC, I did a longer run to loosen up my legs and to try to stay in the shade. I went out two miles and back. Half way I stopped and stretched because I was absolutely dead from the heat and lack of water. I feel bad for the people who had to have shirts on at the "U", it was way to hot for shirts.. 

This morning I went out two miles to see how my calf was feeling.... IT FELT SO BAD! I thought I was going to tear it on every step! 

At CCC I did a mile warm up, then 10 strides on coach "K"'s hill then did a grass lap. Then I did the team warm up, and timed the distance kids in 400's. I did the last 200 with them and we did 5. Roughly 33-40 depending on the kid. When I got home I did an extra quarter mile to get to 15

I didn't get up to run but I will try to go later in the day... But when I got to my grandmas house I did squats, side crunches, crunches, push ups, and other core activities. I didn't do calf raises because my calf is still killing me

This morning I slept in passed my run so I didn't go run in the morning:( But I did do two miles on the elliptical then I did my core: Push ups, crunches, side crunches, bike crunches, superman, and squats. I would have done my calf raises but my calf is still killing me. I will go run later today though.

PM: I went over to sugarhouse park to meet up with Levi and Larry for a speed workout. So when I got there, I did a mile warm up, then stretched for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 20 minutes went by of stretching and no one came so I ran home which brought me to 2.5 miles then I ran 1.75 miles out the other way and back to get to 6 for today. 

This morning I met up with Stormy and Eden for a run. We decided to go up to shoreline by the zoo and do a 5 mile run. A half mile into the run we forgot how hilly that trail is and how horrible it is to run on! It was an incredibly fun and crazy run! After that we went over to the grass to do core...... That didn't happen!

PM: My sister and I went over to Highlands Track for a light speed workout. I did a half mile warm up, and 800 at whatever pace felt comfortable for me. I was running at 5K Pace so 2:40 is what I hit. Then I did a 400 at mile pace, 75 seconds then I did 6x50 meter sprints for the 4x100 I race:) Then I cooled down til I was at 2 miles. After the 800 I did a lap recovery then after the 400 I did the same. Then I finally started my core when it started drizzling on us. I did crunches, push ups, bike crunches, and side crunches. Then I stretched a ton while my sister was finishing up her lap. My calf was hurting on both runs today but it was bearable... 

AM: Half mile warm up, then some things with the 4x100 team then I cooled down till at two miles. Then when I got home, squats, arm swings, push ups, crunches, side crunches and bike crunches.

PM: Half mile warm up with Larry, did 8x150 meter strides on the track, stretched and got water in the shade, then 3x400. My times were 73, 74, 72. I wanted to hit 72 for all of them. I don't know if it was the lack of water or the heat or both but after the first one I was ok, tired, but ok. The second one I was dead after, could barely breathe and was hard to finish. I was dreading the third. I had Larry go first and I had to catch him but he dropped out after 50 meters because he got a jolt of pain in his knee... But I did it and hit my time... Finally. Then I stretched in the cool shade and caught my breath again then cooled down till I was at 3 miles. 

AM: Woke up did my 4 mile run, then came home and did my core.

PM: Went to CCC and did a two mile run with Vuong then did another mile with the kids. 

Woke up did three miles, then my core.

PM: At like 2 PM I went down to Highland High's track for a light speed workout. Did .75 warm up, 6x150 meter strides, then changed my shoes to my spikes then did 3x200 with 200 jog recovery. My times were 30, 33, 32 then I cooled down til I got to four miles. The heat drained my energy. 

This morning I slept in and only got two miles in before I went out to the lake.

After I went to the lake and then got slurpee's with my sister, I went over to the U and just ran around the campus for two miles. 

AM: I woke up with my dad and went over to the Highland Track. I did a half mile warm up, 800, 800 recovery, got some water, then I did 6x50 meter strides because of the race tomorrow. Then I cooled down till I was at 2 miles. I will do my pre race run tonight.

PM: Did my PreRace workout. Mile warm up, 8x150 strides, 200 in 27 seconds then cooled down till at four miles. 

This morning was the Utah County Championships. When I arrived to the meet and checked in, I met up with my 4x100 team which consisted of Vuong, Richard and Brandon but Brandon and Richard weren't here and are not coming.... Vuong and I were totally pissed! So we got two of the alternates in and worked on hand offs! I did a half mile warm up with Vuong then some strides so I got about a .75 warm up for the 4x100. I then changed into my spikes and did some hand offs with Vuong in my spikes. We raced that. Our first runner got us into last place then out second runner brought us up to fifth place, when I got the baton I thought we were disqualified because I thought I received it outside the arrows but I found out I was like 1 inch inside the arrow. But I started to pass people because we were in lane 1 and when I passed the baton to Vuong I got us into first place and then we won that! I ran about a 12.3 in the 100 and Tolbert was ECSTATIC with me!

My next event was the 800. I won this race last year. I wasn't planning on running the 4x400 after the 800 but Tolbert wanted me to run the 4x400 instead so I didn't run the 800. So after the 4x100 I did a half mile cooldown. Waited for the 800 and did a mile warm up then found out I wasn't racing so I did 5 strides then .75 cooldown. Then finally for the 4x400 we decided to change the order because Richard and Brandon wasn't here. We ran with Josh and Alex who are 15 and 14 but are pretty good runners! 

For the 4x400 I did a half mile warm up then about .25 of a mile of strides and hand offs to Josh because this was his first relay. I went first, then Josh, to Alex then finishing with Vuong. I lined up in lane 5 because there was only 5 teams in this race. I started out fast and hit the far end in first place, coming around the second turn I was still in first then I was the timer hit 40, 41 seconds at the 300 so I kicked it in and ran a 55.91 in my split! I got the baton to Josh in first place by about 40 meters! Then Josh extended it by 10 more meters then Alex held the lead and Vuong extended it to about 75 meters on the second team! We won that event also!

Today at the meet I went undefeated but I still feel sad that I didn't run the 800! I cooled down a mile waiting for awards! 

AM: Woke up late and went over to Sugarhouse Park with my dad! Did a half mile warm up then 10 weighted strides and cooled down until 3 miles. When I got home I did my squats, superman, push ups, crunches and side crunches.

PM: I went over to Highlands Track and met up with Larry. I started out with a half mile warm up then a mile of J's because my legs were sore from the race on saturday. Then I went out and did a lap in the park for cooldown. 

This morning I was going to go running but I felt really sick and had a sore throat and stuff. I waited till later in the day hoping it would go away... It never did. So I dragged myself over to Sugarhouse Park for a workout. I did a half mile warm up then a mile of J's then I went out to the road in the park and did a lap of 1 on 1 off. After that I was dead. I felt like I had heart burn, my sore throat was 10x worse, and my stomach felt like I was going to puke everywhere. I didn't do a cooldown. I just went home and went to bed.

Today is my parents anniversary! I slept for like 14 hours last night and still don't feel good. I didn't go running in the morning and I don't know if I will tonight. I tanned out in the hot sun to try to burn it out of me which did make me feel a little better.... I CAN NOT GET SICK!!

Since I got super sick last week and didn't go running at all after tuesday... I felt loads better today so I decided to go out for a mile to see how I did. Before my mile haha I did squats, push ups, crunches, side crunches, planks, and hamstring weights. Then while at my Grandmas house watching a movie I decided to go out for a mile. I went out half way to Cottonwood Complex then back. I felt Great! I am going to sleep in tomorrow then go for a run tomorrow night then back into training!

This afternoon I met up with Larry and Frank and Ida Tovar from Highland decided to run with us so that was fun. Anywase since to day is my first day back from running since I was sick all last week I took it easy. A mile warm up on the track, took a sip of water, 8x150 meter strides then an 800. I paced Ida in an 800, she wanted to hit between 3:10-3:30 so we hit 3:15 exactly. She was dyeing after that so we did a lap recovery, 4x150 strides again then another 400 and we hit 92. These times really suck but I havn't ran for a week and I was pretty tired actually.... OH BOY! I need to get back into shape! Then we did a lap and a half cooldown.

Again met up with Larry and Ida today for a workout. I am sore from yesterdays workout but oh well, I need to continue running! So I did a mile and a quarter around sugarhouse park with Ida then we went immediately into the 8x150 meter strides, I didn't go as fast as I did yesteday on these. I think I am afraid to go fast because I don't want to die... I need to get over that. Anywase after that I just cooled down waiting for my parents to get there because I had to go to a family party!

Man it is humid outside! So since I couldn't go running when I woke up because I had a family breakfast at like 7 AM I decided to go at noon because it was cloudy.... Not a good idea! I did a half mile warm up, then I alternated 400s with doing one with the weights then one without the weights. I did 3 of each.... I was dripping sweat even with my shirt off because of the heat..... HORRIBLE! Then I did 4 strides and cooled down the .6 it was to get to 3 miles. I will go another three later tonight but currently it is way to humid....

This afternoon I met up with Larry and Ida again at the highland track. When I got to the track I did a half mile on the track then Ida and I did  an inside road lap in the park. Then we stretched got water and headed over and did 8x150 meter strides on the home stretch. Then we did an 800 on the track to just loosen up the legs, at 3:30 pace then we went out on the road. We went 8 lightposts out doing arms down for a half light post then for one and a half swinging the arms then down again for a half then up again and then for the last four light poles we did 1 where we sprinted then recovered on one then sprinted one again then recovered then we ran back. Then Ida and I did 2 grass laps in the park and called it a day. No core today.

AM: Woke up early with my dad and headed over to sugarhouse park. I did a half mile warm up, then put on my weights then did my 400s. I did a 2x400 with equal recovery. I was going to do three but I had to go to the bathroom really bad and the bathrooms weren't open at the park. So after that I did a mile cooldown. 

NOON: At noon I went over to Sunnyside park to do a fartlek workout. I did a lap around the park for a mile warm up, grabbed my water bottle and headed over to the tree to start the workout. I was going to do 10x1 with a minute recovery but after 6 I really needed water badly so I stopped for 5 minutes stretched and got water then I finished the last 4. Then I did a mile and a half cooldown.... I never really cooldowned just made my legs for tired and because of the heat.... When I got home I did crunches, push ups, and planks and am about to take an ice bath if my sister will ever get out of the shower....... 

ITS SUSANNAHS BIRTHDAY!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUSANNAH!!!! So I met up with Susannah, Abigail, Katherine and a few of Susannah's team mates Bekah and Alyssa. They were really nice! We all drove up to pipeline to all do different distances on the trail. I was only planning on going six while most everyone else was going 9 or 10. I started out feeling fine but since this is my first trail run of the summer and I am used to stop lights and stopping to stretch I died after a mile and a half. I did go 4 without stopping though so that is a good thing:) Actually it is kind of pathetic! About a quarter of a mile into the trail we saw a snake on the trail and a dog was barking at it and the snake was hissing.... I hope the dog didn't get bit! But after the first mile and a half I was alone. At 2.5 miles I caught back up to abigail. I turned around at that point and I think Abigail did also because she never caught back up to me but I heard footsteps for about a quarter of a mile after that point. I felt really tired but was able to keep running for 4 consecutive miles.... At a slow pace but was able to continue... When I got to the point where I saw the snake I started sprinting like no other so I wouldn't get bit by the snake! Then I ran up a half mile on the road and back to get to 6. I am really happy I went on this run because it shows me where I need to work on my endurance... I need to work on it hard core! Then I waited for Abigail to get back then I took a 10 minute foot ice bath in the river because my feet were exhausted... Susannah brought us cookies to eat after the run:) Thank you Susannah!!!!

This morning I slept in a half hour past my alarm so I didn't get my full workout in and today is the one day a week I really need to go early because I have to be at my grandmas house by 7:30 AM! Anywase so instead of doing a two mile warm up I did a half mile warm up, then 2x400 with equal recovery with the weights. I was planning on doing four.... But oh well... Then I did a lap in the park on the road and went straight to my grandmas house. When I was leaving the park I saw Stormy walking in the park!!! But when I got to my Grandmas house I did my squats, push ups, planks, crunches and side crunches.

PM: This afternoon I met up with Ida and Larry for a workout. We started by doing 4x150 meter strides then doing a brisk easy 800 in 3:05. Then we got water and went out to the road. We then did 2x1 miles. For the first one we went out then with 4 light posts to go we did 1 on 1 off then run the last 800 hard. Then for the second mile we just go 1 on 1 off all the way out then coming back we ran hard. Then we did an outer lap for cooldown. At about a mile or just under a mile my knee started hurting again so we stopped and walked till just passed the drinking fountain then ran the rest of the way. 

This afternoon I met up with Dave, Ida and Larry for a workout. Ida and I did a half mile warm up then a mile and a half of J's. Then I was supposed to pace Ida to run hard for 7 minutes. We were at 3:30 at the half mile so I picked up the pace and we finished the mile in 6:54 and we made it like 25 meters passed the mile mark. We got water then did a lap on the track, got some more water then did an outer lap cooldown. We stopped at the drinking fountain and got water then finished our loop. Ida gave me this gel stuff called no more pain or something to put on my knee and it actually really works!

This was a big disaster! I woke up early with my dad to go for a good hard workout over at Highland Track! So I ran a half mile warm up around the park then went over to the football field. I put on my weights and was ready to go! I did my first 400 and it felt good but my calf starting hurting again where it was hurting a few weeks ago. Then I did a recovery lap then did my next 400 and it hurt even more. I took off the weight and did a recovery lap and I was limping all over the place so I stopped. When I got home I iced it. Hopefully by tonight it feels better...

PM: This workout SUCKED! It was probably the easiest workout of the summer but because of my calf it hurt so bad! Ida and I started out doing an outside lap on sugarhouse park then coming back to our stuff. I made it about a mile then had to stop because I was limping so bad! Then we walked and stretched doing drills a bit then we ran the rest of the lap... We stretched at the stuff then did an inside lap in the park. I had to walk up all of the uphills because those are what really irritated my calf! Man this needs to feel better! I need to get my mileage and my workouts in!!!