Patrick's Blog

AM: Did the regions course barefoot. Felt good and was fun to run barefoot on grass again.

PM: Met Chris, Danny, Larry, and Christian for a workou at sugarhouse park. We did a mile warm up then stretched. 3 hills up the 2nd hill on the state course, 6 strides, then a mile cooldown.

3 miles around cottonwood complex barefoot again. It is fun to run barefoot.

Met up with Larry, Levi, Danny, Tim, Andrea, Chris, and Ben for a workout. Outer lap around SHP for warm up, then we did a ladder workout. It went 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 1 all with 1 minute recoveryl. Was tired by the end, but it was great to be running fast with a group. Then we did an inner lap around the park for cooldown.

When I got to SHP I did a half mile loop then waited for Ben. We did an outside lap then an inner lap. Felt great. We through in a 20 second burst on the far end of the outer lap. Good run.

Ran from my house, down to Cottonwood Complex then did an extra mile at the park. Then when I got home, after watching some of the olympics I went out for another 2 miles to finish out the mileage for the week. I felt great excluding my shins which were a little sore during the run.

Went over to the Skyline HS track. I ran 4 laps warmup in lane 4, then did 4 laps of running up and down the bleachers, finish the lap around the track and throw in some drills. Then I cooled down until 4. My shin hurt the entire run so I think it is time to pull out the compression socks. I might go on a short run later to see if that helps my legs.

Met up with Ida, Larry, Danny, Nina, and Ben at SHP. We did an inside lap warm up, then we did 8x200 on the grass field. Felt great during those. I wore my compression socks to help my shins and they felt great. Then we cooled down until 5 miles.

AM: 2 miles in the morning just to jog around the neighborhood.

PM: met up with Ida and Danny at SHP. I did a half mile warm up around the field, then we did an outer lap which got me to 3 miles. Then I did an extra mile to get to 4.

Weekly trail run with Suzette. We met at City Creek Canyon to run up the canyon. I loved it. We turned at 2 miles because large animals kept appearing and it was starting to freak us out. My shins feel great when I wear my compression socks.

AM: 2 miles of barefoot running on the grass in the park near my house.

PM: met with Ben, Billy, Levi, Danny, Larry, and another guy whom I did not know his name at SHP. I did a half mile to shake out the legs around the football field then stretched. We did an outside loop then we did 4x200, then 2 hills of the 2nd uphill on the state course. My shins felt great. I wanted a 2 mile cooldown, but only was able to do 1.5 miles so I did an inside lap with Danny and Levi. Good run with great people.

Met up with Nick this afternoon and ran 4 miles on the track with him. We averaged 7:20 and felt great. My shins did hurt though because I didnt wear my socks. Did my core.

AM: Met up with Suzette at Pipeline and ran 2.25 out and back. Super fun run. I love trails. Felt great and no shin pain but my left ACL felt super tight so at the turn around I stretched it and it felt better. Went out to breakfast later. Will go on another run later today. Did my core.

AM: 2 on the grass at the park near my house.

PM: this afternoon, I went on my usual 3 mile loop but weaved up and down the side streets to get 4 miles in. Hot run but a good one. No pain from the shins.

This morning after watching the Olympics, I ran down to Cottonwood Complex. I started with a loop from my house that was about 0.7 of a mile then I ran down to the complex. I did the last mile of the regions course and that got me to 5. Then I did a lap around the baseball fields and a little extra to get to 5.5. After those, I took my shoes off and did 6 barefoot strides then finished out the mile to get to 6.5. I felt great, but on the downhills my shins were hurting. No achilles pain though, so that is a good thing. Did my core.

4 miles on the treadmill at the Student Life Center after I finished buying my books. Run felt great.

3 in the morning around my neighborhood. Then this afternoon I ran down to my grandmas house. I ran down 4500 south until Highand Drive then I turned south on Highland drive until 4800 south then ran down 4800 south until I got to my grandmas house. I love this run, it is so scenic. Felt great while running, no pain. 3.5 miles.