"Train insane or remain the same."

We did mile repeats in the pit today. Our pace was 6:19-6:31 but we hit 6:32 and 6:40 so a bit behind pace but it was super hot and dusty. We worked on pack running and had Alexis lead which she did great at. I felt like I pushed myself physically and mentally so that's good.

I cross trained on the bikes today. We started with a 5min hill climb (turning up resistance every minute) and then we did four sets of 25sec on (increased resistance and speed) 25sec off, 45sec on 45sec off, 60sec on 60sec off, and 90sec on 90sec off. Then we did a couple minutes of cool down and then lifted weights. We also did the pull up challenge today, shout out to Connor for getting me to actually do it. Overall it was a pretty chill recovery day to get ready for some pickups tomorrow.

We did ten 90sec pickups on the rode today. I woke up late so I did them alone at the cemetery. It was pretty hard for me to breathe, I don't know if it was because of the heat or if I'm just really tired, but it was definitely rough. We went to the spring afterwards and I jumped in which was FREEZING! It took me about an hour of lifeguarding in 100degree weather to warm up! But the spring was a party so that's ok.

This week is moratorium so I just did easy distance at medium mileage (that's 4.5miles which is pretty impressive). I ran with guppy and we headed over to cemetery to get some grass running in. Those sprinklers were definitely a nice addition to the run. Then we got some good abs in so I guess you could say we're killin it.

Cross training today. I did 45min of the elliptical on a preprogrammed cross training workout. I also watched a great episode of Smallville while I did this (it's about superman in high school just so ya know) and it was super intense. That's all for now.

Easy distance today. The weather was nice and cool which was good,although I'm already missin the sun!

Today was high mileage plus two so that's seven miles for me! (Fun fact it's been almost a year since I've been able to go on a run that long so hallelujah) I did four before work with the Gupsta (7:20am), and three on the way home (10am). I was definitely feeling dehydrated after being in the pool for two hours but it was not bad. Also shout out to me for attempting to ride the Flo Rider yesterday and not doing too bad!

We ran the Dream Maker today (1.5 miles basically all uphill) it was pretty hard cuz I haven't ran it in a while but I got an 11:08 which is an 11second PR for this season and a 1second PR from last season. Shout out to Connor and Ryan for staying behind me like they were supposed to and keeping me motivated! My IT Band hurt a lot during the whole thing but it's feeling okay now. I'll be sure to ice it really good tonight.

Just some easy distance at low mileage (4miles) today. I ran it all on the grass so that was a bit lonely but it definitely felt good. Afterwards we did some weights #getswoll and then I went to Kneaders and had a fantastic Pink Pinacolada smoothie for breakfast. Shout out to Brock cause he's leaving on a mission to Argentina tomorrow!

Another easy distance today. Jackie came on our run with us which was great, pretty uneventful 4 miles at 8:26 pace.

Cross trained in the pool today, I did 5× (50m swim-50m aqua jog-50m swim-50m kick) It went really well, about as hard as an average distance run, although my arms got pretty tired so I'll need to get a little more buff it seems. Definitely felt good on the muscles especially the IT Band.

We did a tempo run today, our range was 6:45-6:59, Jamie had me lead today. My watch was struggling a bit with the pace so our first mile ended up being a 6:43 which was a bit fast, second mile 7:00, the second mile was our commitment point so after that we broke up pretty quickly, I got really tired and light headed so I fell way off pace for the last mile (7:30) so that was bad. I haven't taken my iron supplements in a few weeks though which definitely contributes to the tiredness, so I'll remember to take those. Next week I'm gonna be bumping up the mileage by half a mile so that'll be good (I'll be at 4.5, 5, 5.5 so be excited for that!)

Ran over to Freedom Elementary and ran on some of the grass around there then ran home, average pace 8:19, it felt really good to do that much grass and distance, can't wait to bump up the mileage next week!

Whistle hills today, it was cloudy which was nice although I got a little chilly on the way home. The mileage is up to 4.5-5-5.5 so I'm pretty stoked about that! Can't wait for camp next week! Shout out to Connor for having hot chocolate at my house and playing some basketball with me!

Easy distance low mileage. I got some in on the grass which is always good. Definitely a good run.

We did a speed workout today, 6×600s at 5k pace. Our pace was a 6:35-6:45 and I kept track of our 400 splits which were 1:38, 1:34, 1:35, 1:39, 1:35, 1:28 so we were right on pace. I felt super good today (I got some more iron supplements which I haven't had in a few weeks so that helped for sure) and I felt like we were working really good together as a pack. I'm getting super pumped for this season to see what we can do!

We had mile repeats in the pit today, but on the way over my IT Band was really hurting so I just did one mile at an easy 7min pace just to feel out my leg. It still hurt and with camp next week I didn't want to push it so I just ran back to the high school and finished up on the bikes with two 6min pickups with four minutes rest on between. I went and bought some tape for my IT Band and I'm gonna ice and roll out extra good today so hopefully I'll be feeling good for camp.

Just easy distance today. Guppy and I took it to the grass so that was nice, with the IT Band still a little sore and camp starting tomorrow I decided to keep the mileage low, but overall I'm feeling pretty good so tomorrow should be a blast!

Second day of XC Camp. We ran on the trail that goes alongside deer creek. I felt a little sick the first three and half miles or so, but it wasn't too bad. The run was super pretty and swimming in the lake was a ton of fun as always. Afterwards I headed over to the spring and got some ice bathing in. Then a little sting pong at the Himkleys (I'm basically pro) I'm feelin pretty excited for tomorrow's run so that's good!

It was the last day of camp so I went all out on the mileage. (Fun fact the last time I went on a ten mile run was last year at camp, so I guess you could say I'm pretty cool haha) It was definitely a fun run, my IT Band was getting pretty sore by the end but I think it's gonna be fine. The pool party afterwards was a ton of fun, and shout out to me for catching the football like three times! I'm basically a pro so there you go. For sure a great way to finish out camp!

Drove all Thursday night and arrived in California around 10am this morning. Decided to take it as my cross training day so I did some swimming in the ocean, not a super technical workout but still a good one for sure.