Sock tans

Warmups, the form mile, then a little over a mile of warmup. First speed workout! It was hard. We did 2x1 mile with 1 minute recovery, 2x800s with 2 minutes recovery, and 4x400s with 3 minutes recovery. It was really hard for me because in high school recovery was opposite of that with more recovery for the longer speed and shorter recovery for shorter stuff. It was definitely a change! It was on grass, coach measured it out and incorporated a small hill into it, and it actually ended up being long. Each lap was about .01 longer, a little more maybe. Anyway, on the first one I was 3:11 at the half and finished with 6:19 or 6:02 for the mile. Second one I was not prepared for so little recovery so mentally it was tough, mile was 6:31 finished with 6:52. That was rough. 800s were 3:20 and 3:21 for .53, and 400s were 87, 89, 88, 89 for .26ish. Times were slow because of the grass and hill, and I wore my trainers. Then cooled down a mile and took a 15 minute nap in the training room before class.

Well, I must be a freshman again! I slept through practice by accident.. I feel really bad. I left my phone in Kamryn's car, and didn't want to wake her up to go get it, so I thought I'd wake up to Ashley's alarm cause I usually do and just go back to sleep for 15 minutes (cause you know those 15 minutes are really gonna make a difference...haha) but of course I totally slept through it this morning! Ahhh. Anyway, I called coach and he said to just go for a distance run today. So I did 2.5 in the morning at 6:58 average cause I had some time, then went to weights later and did a 10 miler at an easy pace in the evening, 7:59 average.

Today was kind of rough, but I'm still satisfied with how I did. We carpooled up to Brian head again and went on a different road this time, I liked the course cause it was mostly downhill. Warmup was still fast at 7:00, then went right into the 60%. Goal pace was 6:15-6:35. I went 6:19, 6:16, 6:45, 7:02, 7:18. So 6:44 average, bummed that I wasn't in the range. Idk it's like once I hit 2 miles of going fast I just hit a wall. Towards the end I got really bad cramps so that was miserable. Happened at camp too so I'm thinking it's just something to do with the elevation change. For cool down I ran out about .5 back on the road then turned back and ran to Ashley, she was to her mileage and couldn't run anymore so she was walking back. The cramps were so intense that I think I was forgetting to breathe, which wasn't much fun. I normally don't turn early, so I feel bad about it, but at least I kept Ashley company. Coach didn't really communicate where the finish was, I don't think he even knew that so when we got close to the road Josh and  Ishti? had started running back to find us, I guess they got dropped off while coach drove to look over by where we finished, haha then Clinton pulled up in the other van and we piled in and drove to find coach. We wasted a good amount of time trying to find each other, but it was fun I guess :) 

Drove to Mesquite, warmups and 2 miles warmup then started the workout. It wasn't bad, 2 sets of 400, 800, 300. It was just really hot and windy. Much stronger wind than I'm used to that's for sure! I hit 74, 2:47, 54 and 74, 2:51, 55. It was mostly the heat that got to me, it was like mid 90s I think. But Coach said UC Riverside next weekend is going to be hot too, so gotta prepare myself for that! A mile cool down.

VA loop + Shriner's run. My legs are kind of tired but otherwise it was a good run.

Wasatch loop before heading back to Cedar. 7:38 average, had to put some effort into it the last couple miles to make it under 7:45, wasn't feeling the best.

Today after warmups and the form mile we ran to Bicentennial Park the long way and did a couple laps, some strides, then ran back to the track. I added on the track to 11. 7:28 average.

After warmups and the form mile we piled into trucks and drove to the pond, did a half mile warmup then started. It was 50%/80%. So 50% for a mile, 80% for a mile. We did it 3 times. There was a hill we had to go down and up each lap that was hard but broke it up so mentally I could refocus a little, each mile was about 2 laps around. We switched directions each mile. It was really hot (coach switched practice from morning to afternoon today) and I think I was dehydrated. Time to drink tons of water! My times went 6:26, 6:54, 6:55 so I was definitely out of the range. Coach wanted it to be 5:50-6:10, hahaha. I wasn't feeling too great, but still worked through it. Effort wise I was probably giving 80% :) Like I know that I could have gone faster, but I was still pushing myself. So mission accomplished! Then coach gave us the choice of half mile cool down or running back to the track. I chose to run back to the track, but because I did I missed the team ice bath in the pond :( ah well. Mileage rules.

Warmups, form mile, then 6 miles - Dice run. We did it the other direction this time, I like that way a lot better. At first I was just going to relax and take it easy, the first mile or so all of us stayed pretty close together. Once we got to that random trail before Walmart we had to go single file and I was closer to the back, rolled my ankle on a rock and I'm lucky it isn't hurting. But it was a bad roll. I feel no pain right now but I'm going to be careful about it. Anyway, then when we got to the road I surged to catch up to Angie and Ashley and hung back with them for a bit, Maggie and Ashley gapped us a bit. When we got to the lights they waited for us and I stuck with them for the rest of the run, we were going pretty fast. Ashley and Maggie averaged 7:11 so I'd guess I averaged 7:13-7:14 (accidentally left my garmin at home). Then 6 x 100 meter strides.

My mileage kind of slipped, I was planning on a second run yesterday but totally forgot about study hall, but that was beneficial cause I got my homework done. Then this morning I must've missed the part where coach said to do a run on your own in the morning before meeting at the track, I feel really dumb. But I can do two runs tomorrow.

Anyway, we drove to California then went to the course and ran through it once (well we kind of got lost haha) then did a little under an 800 at 5:40 pace. Then some strides and ran back to the hotel.

I'm kind of nervous for tomorrow, its my first collegiate race and first time running a 6k, so no idea what to shoot for timewise and really how to run it. But I'll do the same thing I did for the road race I guess: get out good and race the race and not worry about time. Everyone has said that everyone goes out pretty fast at the start so I guess just run hard until the top of the hill and then settle into a comfortable pace :)

First race! It's definitely going to take a little bit to get used to college racing, but I think once Maggie and I do Ashley, Angie, Maggie and I can be a good pack and work together in each of the races. Our girls team is pretty young, so in the next few years we could be really good! Coach says we're faster than we were last year which is awesome! Ashley Hawks of course kills it up front, then we have our pack and we are all hard workers which is super nice cause in high school we had a lack of them and it was frustrating. I absolutely love it here at SUU, coming here was the best decision I could have possibly made.

Okay, now to the racing part! As a team we did a mile shakeout in the morning, didn't feel so good. My legs hurt a lot more than usual. Once we got to the course we did another 2 miles of warmup, some drills and stretching.

I got out alright, got trapped on the inside curve going up the hill so I slowed a lot right there, but then moved up a lot afterwards. I moved pretty well the first mile, maybe too much. I came through at 5:29, at which point I panicked a little. Next mile I slowed down a lot, at 1.5 I started to lose my rhythm and feel the burn as I fell off the large pack. Came through the 2 mile at 11:33 (6:04) according to results, my Garmin had it at 5:59 but whatevs. My third mile was awful, I tried to match Angie, then Ashley but could only hang for like 100 meters. I kept trying to match as people passed. That mile was 6:22 (17:55 or 17:50, you choose). Then the last 800 coach was there and said something, I don't know what but I got all motivated again and tried to pick it up, had a really hard time doing so though. Once I got in sight of the finish I did what coach calls the lazy kick which is what he doesn't want us to do, he wants us to kick with 800 left, but basically my kick was for 150 meters. At least I have one now tho :) I passed one girl but got passed right at the line, so it was an average kick I'd say. Anyway, finished with 22:25 and was 47th, haha. I was our fifth runner, Maggie had passed me around 1000m left. Overall happy with it, I didn't feel the best but I know that at one of the next races I can do really well. By Conference I know I can improve tons and am really excited to see what this season brings! 4 miles cool down.

Shout out to the men's team for winning the meet, we had 4 guys in the top 10, and Eric said we had 10 go sub 25:00 for 8k!

Shout out to Garek cause Angie said he's ranked number 1 in the country on milesplit after his win at Murray!

MY CALVES. They hurt so bad!! I'm the idiot you see grabbing the railing as I practically crawl down the stairs. This morning we did warmups then coach said to do a distance run, I was stoked because it's like the first time we could go whatever pace we wanted! It was much needed, I started with the top group like I always do, but after a couple miles even though we weren't going that fast (on the downhill it was 7:20 I guess) I just couldn't do it. It was kind of frustrating because I wanted to feel good especially since it was a long run, but the pace didn't matter. So I fell back and just enjoyed the run for a couple miles, then around mile 6 my legs got tired. I felt soreness in other places as well, but they didn't even compare to the soreness in my calves. Then we hit the hills, thats when I was crawling. The last 3 miles I just wanted to be done. Reminds me of some of the 15 milers Bill dragged me on in high school :) 8:15 average I think? My garmin died a mile before we were done.

Weights later.

Warmups and then started the 50%. I think everyone was feeling good today or something. When we hit 6:37 for one of the miles we tried to slow the pace down, but it seemed we could only do that for so long as we picked up the pace again soon after. We averaged 7:08 for 6.5.

Finished up my miles later. 3.5 to get to 11 for the day.

This morning we did warmups then a little over 2 miles warmup, and a couple strides before starting the workout. It was 3 x 1 mile repeats on the track with 3 minutes active recovery in between each. The wind was pretty strong this morning. Our pace was supposed to be 6:10-6:15 for the first 2 then 5:45-6:00 for the last one, I hit 5:58, 6:03, 5:58. The first one Ashley and Maggie were pushing it up front and coach had wanted us all to stay as a pack so we went with but it made it faster, the second one the other Ashley and I led and we didn't do so great of a job of slowing it down, and on the last one I guess I just felt good because I went with Maggie and ended up passing her a lap or two into it, Ashley created a large gap on us from the start.  Literally as I rounded the corner for the last 100 meters the wind decided to go all crazy so it felt like I wasn't moving an inch and probably took me twice as long to finish. Brighton almost caught me but I held her off just long enough, that definitely felt faster than 5:58 but it's whatevs. Cooled down a mile and a half, had to cut it short because I had to get to class on time.

Weights later, then afterwards ran 2.5 miles to get to 10 for the day.

Today we drove to Mesquite, then did warmups and a mile warmup, then coach shortened the 80% to 2 miles on the track instead of 3 and had us do it faster. We were supposed to hit 12:00, I hit 12:03. Every step felt very forced and I never could relax. Afterwards we did whistle hills, 3 x 15, 20, 25 seconds I think. Then cooled down and headed back to Cedar.

Drove up to a road above the C for workout today, we did warmups then a mile warmup and went straight into the 60%. My legs felt heavy. I wasn't expecting the hills, and I'm not so good at them so that was rough. Not even a mile into it I knew it was going to be a struggle. The hills were long and steep, and it just seemed to keep going up and up. But coach said that it was about effort not time so even though I was hitting a slower pace I tried to stay positive. It was supposed to be about 6:35 average but I ended up averaging 7:16. Considering the hills and elevation (over 9,000 feet) I'd say it was alright. Hopefully the next time we do it I'll feel better.

HR 56

Coach said to do a longer run today as slow as we wanted, I took that to heart! 11 miles, 8:14 average.

HR 56

Distance run today, Dike's run and then when we were splitting into the two groups to go 6 and 10 I really needed to use the restroom so I went to the park ones but they were locked, then backtracked to Ace and it didn't open until 8, and finally went to the gas station and they were open. Thank goodness! So then I was on my own and I did walmart loop and added a bit, it ended up being .25 over but that's okay. 7:23 average.

Weights later. Coach talked today about eating healthier, ever since moving out I have been eating seriously so unhealthily like its not even funny. Okay, yeah it is I joke about it all the time with my roommates. Hahaha anyway I think I gotta give up the poptarts. This is going to be a real sacrifice. Who am I kidding I can have them after races! The struggle is real. OK but really, I'm going to start making real meals with vegetables in them because I've had vegetables literally 3 times since moving to Cedar. Fruits I think I'm doing alright but I can still improve. And I got to stop eating so much bread. Ahhh I love it so much. And oreos are the bomb. Maybe I can have those on Sundays... :)

Today was our hard day, we did 50%/80%. It was much better than the pond loop that's for sure! For the 50% we ran 3 laps on the soccer fields and then 80% was on the track. It honestly wasn't even bad. I actually really liked it! Basically it's like continuous mile repeats with a mile recovery at a faster pace. I didn't feel great, but tried my best to stick with the pack. It was a larger pack on the first one, I hit 6:00-6:01. Maggie and Ashley were pushing it up front and I felt like I could've gone with them but decided to be smarter and stay with the pack like coach wanted. On the second one I moved up next to Angie and I guess everyone else fell off or something. Maggie and Ashley still were up ahead. 5:58 for that one. Last one Angie took off and I was stupid enough not to go with her. This was when I started to feel sick and got winded pretty quick, a change from the other ones where my breathing was even and it didn't even feel that hard. I could feel myself slipping and tried to push harder, yet despite that I still got slower each lap. I now really like pack running. 6:08 for that one. We did a mile warmup and mile cool down. And warmups and form mile, speaking of which we do everyday still I just don't think we're supposed to count it as mileage so I stopped.

HR 52

I need to be getting more sleep. I am typically getting 6-7 hours which still isn't enough, but the last two nights I have been exceptionally sleep deprived. It was because I had to study/do homework. I was super tired this morning but by the end of the run I woke up a little. 7:35 average.

AM:

6 miles before heading to Minneapolis! I felt sluggish and held back a little from the group.

PM:

Drove from the airport to a park, we did 4 miles with 30 second pickups in the middle. They felt a lot faster than they probably should've.

AM:

4 mile shakeout, felt good until the last mile.

PM:

Ran the course, we somehow cut out 1000m of it but I think I know where that was. Then did the last 1000 faster, I ran it in 3:52. Then did some starts and finished to 6. I'm a bit nervous because I didn't feel good at all. Like I was really struggling to keep up and that 1000 I was last from the team by a lot. I did have a full stomach so that probably contributed, but more than that I just felt like I couldn't move. I have had a cold for the past couple of days so maybe that's the problem? Idk. Anyway, the course is good I think, its hilly but Cedar is hilly too so I think we'll be fine. Hopefully tomorrow I'll feel good!

Also I found out I actually can count the form mile as mileage, I was confused but Angie cleared it up for me so I'm going to fix it!

AM shakeout run, one mile. Later did 1 mile warmup and drills/warmups. Awful race, 200 in I already felt tight and every step was forced. 1k in I was already falling back. I was dying by 2k. I think low iron and a bad cold are a terrible combination. Coach is having me see the doctor on Monday, I think to get my blood tested again. Hopefully my iron levels are headed in the right direction! The last couple Ks were hard for everyone cause I think that's where a lot of the bigger hills were. Idk I just suffered through them. I was really upset about my time, its awful but perhaps not as bad as I'm thinking cause Riverside and Griak are completely different races, Riverside was relatively flat and dirt and Griak was grass and hills. It was a bad race for our whole team though so that's comforting, we're all in this together #HSM

Cooled down 2 with the girls then good ole Bill and Garek joined for the last 2. Shout out to Garek for winning the HS section, he won by a lot!

10 miles, 7:47 pace. The first 8 miles were well under 7:45 pace (the slowest coach wants us to go) around 7:30, the last 2 were just super slow cause it was uphill. Coach wants us to brush off the bad race on Saturday and move on, one bad race doesn't define how fast we are. Mostly he wants me to keep my confidence up, it definitely dropped after the race but I just need to remember that I am in great shape and can kill it in another race. Hopefully my cold is on its way out by this weekend! The doctor isn't coming until tomorrow so my blood won't be tested until then, I'm just grateful I can monitor it cause in high school I only got it tested like twice haha :)

Two miles later before weights.

HR 50

After warmups we ran to Bicentennial the short way and did 8x30 second pickups. Then we finished the lap we were on and ran back to the track. Instead of finishing up miles I went to the training room and had my Achilles rubbed out and iced. Was going to finish up later but I crashed big time after class then had to go to study hall and had a ton of homework.

In the morning I did 6 with the earlier group (since the boys are at Notre Dame we are supposed to do our own thing this weekend). Weights were super hard today, afterwards I did 2 miles with Angie and Maggie. Both runs ended up being 7:31 average.

HR 54