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Location:

Logan,UT,USA

Member Since:

Jan 01, 2007

Gender:

Female

Goal Type:

NCAA Champ

Running Accomplishments:

2008 XC WAC Champs

1600m STATE CHAMP '08
2006 & 07 XC Region Champ

PRs:

    1/2--1:20:21(Bryce'09)
    10k--36:53.7(USG'07)
    XC 6k--21:38.8(PreNat '10)
    XC 5k--17:17.1 (USU '09) 
    XC 3mi--17:38.0 (MSU'08)

Outdoor Track:

5000m - 17:10.71 (April '09)

3k steeple - 10:43 (April '09)

1500m - 4:48 (April '09)

3200m - 11:15.34 (May '08)
1600m - 5:08.37 (May '08)
800m - 2:22.62 (May '08)
400m - 1:03.13 (May '08)

Indoor Track

3000m - 9:59.48 (Feb. '09)       5000m - 17:36.72 (Feb. '09)

Short-Term Running Goals:

*Stay healthy and positive

*Top 3 Individual in WAC XC 

*3k - 9:45, 5k - 16:45, steeple - 10:15

*WAC Champ Steeplechase

*TEAM WAC CHAMPS!

Long-Term Running Goals:

*Qualify for NCAA Nationals (XC and Track)
*Marathons after college - FAST!
*Keep working hard & improving

Personal:

In my fifth semester at Utah State University. A sophomore Cross Country and a junior in Track and Field. Majoring in Math Education, planning to graduate in 2013.

Joy = {roller-blading, running, fancy cheese, friends, ultimate frisbee, Jones Cream Soda, Star Wars and turtles} 

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3.501.505.00

Guts were still not agreeing with me, but I decided my run today would be good, whether my body liked it or not. Ran 2 mile DI loop warmup, then did 3x800m grassloop repeats. Warmup was quicker than usual, but felt good leg-wise (not guts-wise), then repeats were as follows:

1- 2:47 - Tried to not go out as crazy as I did last week on my first one, it felt strong and fast but not exhausting.
2- 2:44 - Remembering to push the middle repeat! And succeeding for the most part...
3- 2:46 - Harder to push, but not bad - went out too crazy the first bit and paid for it on the last half. Disappointing to not be faster than #2, but oh well.

Overall, not bad especially compared to last week's crappy 800's. Lifted a bit, fast, low weights and lots of reps, then ran 1.5 mile Harts to cool down. (DST 353.3)

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Taper taper taper! So good! A little stiff from yesterday, but not awful, ran Green Springs 4-miler, ran on the way out w/Holt, then he went on when I turned around. On the way back I did 2 half mile pickups where I got my turnover going faster for a while but wasn't pushing hard. Pleasantly cool out and it was one of those great runs that make me smile. During most of the run. The people in the cars driving by probably though I'd lost it. Tee hee. Finally my legs are feeling almost ready to race! (About time!) Avg. 7:20/mi w/ a couple of low low 7:00's on the way back. (Alchemy 340.2)

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Dogpound, went the first mile and a half or so with Ashley, then took off on a quick mile down the dogpound hill. Legs kinda tired, not bad, watch ran out after the first mile (7:40-ish), so no times. (DST 357.3)


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Well, I was meaning to go on the Club run tonight, but I left late from my house (curse college essays) and got there around 5:35, so everyone had left before I arrived. Still, it was nice to run somewhere else. I ran an easy out-and-back 3 miler. Nice and brisk out and legs were feeling great. Since I ran shorter than anybody, I finished way before them and I would've just stayed talking to Anna 'til people got back just for fun, but I had to get back home to write my Calvin essay which I need to finish tonight because it is due Dec. 1! So I ran a run from the SGRC, but with no people... I need to keep track of the time better! Avg. 7:18/mi. (Alchemy 343.2)

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2.330.002.33

Drove through loads of rain all afternoon down to California and got to check in at Mt. SAC at around 6pm (CA time). It was really dark and I got my number (56), shirt and info, then got changed and went for a run. I wanted to run on the course, but it was all taped off and the part I could reach was slick mud and bug puddles. So, I ran around in the parking lots and the track a bit just to get a feel for the area. Felt pretty good, legs loose. Muck was all up the back of me afterwards! (DST 359.6)

 Went and ate at a tasty pasta place where they made their own noodles! I'd never had square spaghetti before, but they were sure tasty. Then we stayed the night with my parents college friends who live in Santa Ana. Pretty nervous/excited for the race, but in a good way. Thanks coach for the last pep talk, it was really awesome. :)
 

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Race: Footlocker West Regional Seeded Race (3.15 Miles) 00:19:42, Place overall: 89
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2.503.155.65

Wow. Race day. So cool!! Got to sleep in until 8 (UT time) and I'd slept SO soundly, it was great. We got to the race at around 9 (CA time) and we just meandered around, saw that Logan did pretty great (6th!), saw the Cedar girls and a bunch of people from BYU XC camp. From them, I found out that the real Mt. SAC course was closed! Horror of horrors! Yesterday, an Orem (I think) girl had slipped on the slick muddiness, cracked her skull and broken her arm, so that was why I wasn't allowed onto the course last night. Because the course was still really slick, they had switched the race onto their "rain course" that was totally paved. Shucks. The funny thing about this is that it just so happened that the rain course was exactly what I had run yesterday after trying to get onto the real course! Weirded out!

At 9:50, I warmed up on the course and a bit extra - about 2 miles, stretched and went to the start line. People numbered 1-40 got the first line, then we (41-80)were about a meter back and numbers over 80 were about a meter behind us. Made idle chat with people by me until it was finally time to go.

First mile I went way too fast. I'm not sure that I could've run any slower though, because if I had, I would've completely lost the entire pack. So my first mile was 5:38. Yeah. Way too fast. Next mile I was at 11:54 (6:16), so that mile had slowed down a lot. The last mile and .15 was even slower (6:47 pace), even though I thought I was picking it up. Oops. The crazy thing was there was always a milling mass of people around me, so it was really hard to tell where I was place-wise, especially since there weren't any big hills (as there should've been...frown) where you could tell at least a little where you were. Avg. min/mile for the race was 6:15 - so not great, but not awful. I'm so glad I went, though, it was such an awesome experience and a fun finale to my high school cross country career! Sniff...

After, I watched the boy's seeded race. We had to run around a lot to get to the finish in time and we were astounded to see Luke get beat by about 15 seconds! NOBODY beats Luke! I was sad for him, but they were both flying! 14:53 and 15:08 in a 5k! Talk about FAST! Eek. (DST 361.6) (DD spike 37)

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