I can do it. I will do it NINE times!

We had Wasatch Back practice this morning, we went on a 5.5 miler from Wells Fargo. I started out with the pack of all the boys, then the boys slowed up and I stuck with Ross Decker and Dave Sheeran until 3.5-4 going avg. 6:42/mi! I felt good the first mile and most of the second, but in the third and end of fourth, I died and they kept going w/o me. After I got back, it turned out to be a 5.81 mile loop and I ran out .6 and back to get up to my goal of 7 miles, and happened upon the running club. Felt really good to get out and ran that fast again, since I haven't in a long while. And I'll have fun running in Cedar for another week while I'm at Girls' State.

Ran way too early in the morning (it was still dark when I finished), out in Cedar. 8:08/mi avg, felt pretty good, though my legs were kind of tired from running so fast yesterday. Sideache action for the last half or so wasn't so fun, but overall it was quite nice. Our dorms were locked and we weren't given keys, so when I left I propped the front door open with a small rock. When I got back, it had been removed, so I had to climb up the balcony in back to get back in. In my attempts to climb it, I bruised my shin again, so now half of it is lumpy and blue/green. Oh man.

Well, I meant to run morning like yesterday, but there was a huge rain/hail/lightning storm when I got up at 4:30 to run, so I decided to run in the evening. We got done with meetings around 9, so a bit after 9:30, I sneaked out the balcony and ran. Boy was it cold out! I was trying to get back before 10:25 so my roomie wouldn't worry, so I ran relatively fast...though I didn't bring my watch with me...probably around 7:30-7:50/mi most of the time, felt kinda pukey since I had eaten too recently. Then I sneaked back in the balcony (and made it back in time).

Slow 8 miler just to loosen up my tired legs, my hamstrings are pretty stiff. Along my way down Cedar's main street, I saw a dead cat and almost puked, so that was an adventure. I got to see the sun this morning! And the rock stayed in the door, so I didn't have to climb any balconies.

Barely squeezed in a run before our banquet, ran on a treadmill in the PE bldg. Ran at between 7:13-7:47 pace, mostly at around 7:30. Pretty boring and sweaty. Felt good, especially the last half mile I brought the pace down lots and went really fast. Good times.

Got to run out by my house for the first time in a long while. Pretty late at night, I ran the AP 9 miler out in Little Valley, ran without my watch, just to relax and not worry about speed at all. Stopped once around 2.5 to use the restroom - kind of awkward... I just knocked on a random person's door and asked to use theirs since I had to go so bad. Felt pretty nice, though I got a bit tired out by the end. I haven't run a 9 miler since February, so it was good to get out and run long.