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

Monday: 88 min w/12x1:30 - first 70sec@ tempo, last 20@ mile race w/2:00 rec
Tuesday: 64 min
Wednesday: 10k time trial, then travel to Bear Lake
Thursday: AM - 88 min, PM - 30-45 min
Friday: 48 min
Saturday: 128 min

Hoping for an easy day today, but alas, I die. Did a weird figure-eight type loop around Foremaster and down past the Dixie Center this morning. It's so nice to not have to run out-and-backs all the time! Did the 12x1:30 intervals: .23, .24, .23, .24, .23, .24, .23, .23, .23, .22 (little uphill), .21 (big uphill) and .23 miles. Not bad for how worn out I feel. Avg. 8:02/mi for the easy parts and 6:31/mi  for the tempo sections. New shoes feel great! (GT 11.5)

Up so early. Yuk. Frustrating run, but oh well. Ran Chuck-a-rama once and Arctic Circle once and did a few laps on the track between. Then I got on my way to Logan to move into my dorm! (GT 19.6)

I'd been so nervous today's time trial with my new team at USU, but it actually went really well! Did a little warmup around the field beforehand, then got going on the time trial. It was a 10k with a goal pace of 6:40/mi; Coach Gensel rode his bike with us to keep us on pace. I haven't done very much continuous tempo work this summer, so I was scared that I'd die after a mile or two. But it went awesome! I got a bit tired at the turnaround and on a couple of slight uphill spots on the way back, but overall, it was great. Avg. pace was 6:39/mi with mile splits at 6:48, 6:43, 6:59, 6:29, 6:34 and 6:23 and total time of 41:06. And, as a plus, I finished first of the freshmen and in the first group of girls! Took an ice bath after and it felt awesome. (GT 27.2)

Later in the day (at the mini-camp thing with the team), we all ran down from our cabin at Bear Lake to the lake and played around there. Then we ran back up to the cabin, all wet! Fun times. (GT 31.1)

This morning, we drove out to a dirt road someplace and ran an 88-minute out-and-back on it. My watch was out of batteries, so I guessed on the mileage. Legs were a bit stiff, esp. the hammies, and the sloping uphill for most of the way out was pretty tiring, but on the way back, Ali, Caroline, Vanessa and I cruised  back down 4 minutes faster than the way out. Good run. (GT 42.5)

Another guess on the mileage. Gensel dropped us off a ways up on the same dirt road we did yesterday and we ran back down. A little misunderstanding... we ran all the way back to the main road when we were only supposed to run to a little gully place before that. So, Ashley, Jessie, Ali, Vanessa and I ran quite a bit extra and Gensel got mad at us. Oops. Felt pretty good though.... The mini-camp was a blast and now I know all my teammates' names! (GT 52.3)

It's cold up here! I got going on the run at 8 am and I was chilly for the first half of the run! I am gonna freeze come wintertime.... Anyway, I'm getting a cold and I am so congested! So, lots of snot rockets were flying. I ran out by myself up the canyon on highway 89, then ran along the river trail until it ended and ran on the road again for a while. And back. Not too bad, just a bit worn out and covered in bugs at the end. (GT 66.3)

Weekly mileage record this week! Woo!