Patrick's Blog

First day back from being sick! I did a mile warm up at the HHS track, a mile of speed changes, then a mile cooldown.

Felt really good today! Ran down to SHP for a mile and a half warm up, did 8 strides then 4x300. It was supposed to be 6x300 unless our times slipped. I was to hit 55 for each. I hit 56, 56. 55, the we took a lap recovery, then I did 60 and Larry finished and was about to pass out so we did 6 barefoot strides on the grass. I like this workout!

Ran down to SHP for a mile and a half workout, stretched, then I did a lap of 2x1 strides around the park and then a cooldown lap and finished out to 5 miles with Larry! I am starting feel like my old self again!

Ran down to SHP for a warm up of a mile and a half warm up, then I stretched and we went onto the track. A junior Jordan Hasay was there, even with the long flowing blonde hair! She is about 6 years old! When she goes to the olympics in 12 years, I met her!!! I did 4 strides, then a 200, 400, 200. My times went 33, 67, 33. I am very into the 66-67 pace at this point. It is faster than my 80's two weeks ago! I am becoming my old self again! The joy of running is coming again!

Summer semester is already a third of the way over... THAT IS CRAZY! Today I ran the "Girls on the Run" 5k for my work. The Girls on the Run is only for children that are girls. Each child is partnered with an adult, the 'Buddy,' that paces the girl and encourages her to keep going, keep running, not drop out, and just have fun with her! I was partnered with a 5th grader who did AMAZING! We did a warm up of about a half mile in the race, then we did speed changes of sprinting, walking, jogging, sprint, walk, jog, etc. We had such a blast! The course was two laps around Sugarhouse park, so an easy course. We came through the finish at a blazing 38:44. Then I did another lap around the park backwards cheering on all of the thousands of girls running in. We got our medal and got the best post run snack out there! DONUTS AND A SLURPEE!! Then my sister and I watched "Treasure Planet" and saw "One Million Ways to Die in the West," I was quite dissappointed with that.. Finishing the day watching Susannah DOMINATE the 5K at Regionals today! GREAT JOB SUSANNAH!