Sock tans

Easier day today because of those racing tomorrow. Just did a loop from the school to 13th S. to 17th E. to 900 S. then back to the school and we did 8 strides and called it good. 

Beautiful day today! I was going to do more, but I was tired from raking leaves for 3 hours straight. It didn't really work out for me because as soon as I was putting the last couple handfuls in the bag, the wind picked up scattering more leaves everywhere. Oh well, I tried. I think my plantar fasciitis is coming back, I felt it on the run. So I'll ice and roll it out.

YToday was speed. We ran up to the track and did 2 laps then a mile of speed changes. Then we did 6x800s. I felt awful for some reason. Not like anything in particular was hurting, just generally felt sluggish and felt like I couldn't hit my times, kind of lethargic. Maybe my cold just hit me hard? I read somewhere that colds make you tired. Anyway, the first one was too fast, but it felt too fast from the start so I expected that. 2:42. Then slowed down a lot and got 2:56, 2:57? 2:58? 3:02-3:04, 2:55-2:56. Idk really, I didn't have my garmin because I misplaced it. I need to take better care of things. My hips and legs started to hurt weird but I think it was because of wearing trainers. We had a lap between each for recovery. Then did a grass lap and back to the school for cool down.

First official day of indoor track! We did 2 vertical laps and stretched like normal, and drills and such. Then we went to the weight room (it looks a lot better now that they've moved stuff around and added new equipment) and did lots of stuff in there like dead lifts, squats, lifted weights, planks, bench pressed the bar (ha), arm swings, and wall sits. It all seemed a lot easier than I was expecting. I remember last year I could barely lift a 20 lb. weight and it was easy to do the stuff the new coach made us do. Although the squats Griff made us do hurt my neck and now I'm pretty sure I have a bruise from the bar. Anyway, after that we went for our run and I wasn't completely exhausted by then like I was a lot last year. Then again we didn't do particularly difficult stuff, but still, it didn't even feel like I picked up any weights.

We did flagpole to flagpole run. We went to the U flagpole first, then to Westminister. I tried to keep up with Dakota, Andy, and Garek. They kept pulling away but they missed a couple lights so I was able to catch up a couple of times. Going back from Westminister to the school they all made a light and I didn't so for the last bit I was alone, but oh well, I worked. It felt like a fast pace and a good run.

Today I had an appointment I couldn't miss, so I just did a run by myself. I did my loop of the flagpole run. Then it was dark by the time I got home so I couldn't add any more. 

Indoor track again today. We did a big lap around the block, then did drills and strides on the field. Then we went to the hill below the field and did 4x50 meter strides up the hill and then 4x25 meter strides up. It wasn't very tiring but the sprinters were all worn out :) I love track I have decided. I feel better on a track than on grass and seem to do better in track. Anyway, distance went down to liberty and did 1 minute on 1 minute off 5 times around the pond. I got 4 laps in after finishing the lap i was on. Then we went back up to the school long way around liberty. 

2 laps around the school warmup, 8 strides, 2 more laps cool down. Feeling a little sore, each day I have been more sore.

AM:

Today I just in general felt bad, my left leg (weird, not the right one) was sore and I felt sick to my stomach. I think maybe i shouldn't have eaten that much before. In the race I just didn't want it enough. I made a move after like a half mile cause I told myself to catch up to Eleanor, so I did. Then I just sort of gave up and started to just run it, and a lot of people passed me. I fought people occasionally but not as much as I needed to. then with like 400-500 left decided I actually did want it and had a good kick but didn't start soon enough. I was able to outkick like 5 or 6 people, I told myself it was just like track where you have to have a good kick, and the track helped me pretend. But I proved to myself what I've been missing the entire season, the desire to win. If I can get myself to want it earlier in a race and race it to win I think I could do a lot better. But the majority of my races have been bad because I don't want it enough. I did feel like I was pushing most of the race, except for one spot where I slipped and let my mind get to me. I should get my mileage up, I always feel better when I am doing higher mileage. I think I've enjoyed these past few weeks of "sleeping in" and now it's time to run in the mornings. Now to find someone to run with...:)

Did about a mile cool down. I looked back on last years race (which was the same course) and it was overmeasured, 3.2. some say it was 3.3 though

PM:

It was a BAD idea to run through the U campus tonight. I forgot about the football game. SO MANY PEOPLE. Going along guardsman was chaos. I had to weave through the crowd even through the alley. (I went Shriner's run.) I decided to change where I was going once I got to the drinking fountain in effort to avoid the crowd, yeah that backfired. I went down virginia street and there were still a lot of people, and then had to stop at a ton of lights and there was lots of traffic, then had to wait for the trains, and it was all just a bad idea. Although I felt much better tonight than I did this morning. I felt like I was going pretty fast, that is whenever I wasn't trapped in the crowd. 6.75 miles

Speed. Up to track, a mile warmup, then 5 hills, then another lap. Then 1600, up to Sunnyside and did 2x800s, then 6x400s. 6:04, 3:09, 2:54, 78, 79, 78, 78-79, 86, 84-85. Really shouldn't have been that hard but I just didn't want to push myself and wish I would've. I also needed to puke, but couldn't force myself to, I tried before going up to Sunnyside but the idea grossed me out. Grass lap and back down to the school. If I did my math right then it was 8 miles.

AM:

Met Eleanor this morning and did 4 miles total.

PM:

I felt brain dead and drained today because of tests and math that did not make sense to me, but when I went back to it, it seemed quite easy...wierd. Anyway, we went up to the track and stretched (which felt wierd, I felt like we needed to do another 2 laps at least) and then we did stadium drill laps, 6 of those. Then distance went to the asphalt hill and did 5 of those, and then 5x800s at tempo pace, a lap recovery, continuous, with the last 50 meter "fly" thing. The pace felt really slow at first, but then as it went on it got harder to speed up from the lap of recovery. Even though the recovery felt slow. I don't like the slow down speed up, I like consistency, and being able to stop after recovery lap. It was just different and not what I was expecting. I tried to stay with Andy and Dakota, I was able to for the first few but the last 2? I was on my own for. When we were done we did a core thing that made me realize I need to do my core. We went up to sunnyside did a lap and went back down to the school for cool down. When I got home I did my crunches and arm swings.

Today we did our Aves run. We ran over to T street along 13th, then did the hills, and took shriner's back. My hips are oddly sore, quads were cramping and my calves were burning.

5 this morning with Eleanor. Why were there so many people awake that early?

Today I went with Bill and Dakota to the college races to watch Natalie and Susannah! So we ran around there cheering them on, which involved more running than I thought. My jeans weren't so fun to run in. At least they were somewhat stretchy. Anyway, then we went back to the school and I hopped in for drills as they were finishing them, and then we went to the weight room and did weights and core stuff, and then we played fox and the hound. We ended up playing 3 rounds. My favorite workout ever! Although I don't think I can count anything as mileage...

Ran down to Liberty via 13th south and ran over to the start. I didn't feel quite loose and warmed up yet so I did 8 strides. Then I started the tempo. I was supposed to hit 20:15 for the 3 miles. I came through the first mile in 6:36, then two mile was 13:37, and finally 20:39. I relaxed too much. It was also really cold and my hands an face were going to fall off. I ran back up 13th as a cool down. Yeah now my quads hurt. I was completely soaked by the end.

Ran up to the track and did 2 laps then a mile of speed changes. Then we changed shoes and did another lap and started the speed. The workout was 1600, then 3 sets of 3x300s. For the 1600 we were supposed to hit 5:30-5:40 and I got 5:42. I think Eleanor said our splits were 79, 2:46 (87), 4:16 (90), and 5:42 (86). I felt pretty good on the mile, I wasn't sure I could do it fast. Then for the 300s I'd always get to the line and immediately we'd start again, so very little recovery, like it was supposed to be, but that was what was hard for me. On the last 2 I got a huge sideache, but of course had to run through it. I slipped on the last couple. I don't remember many of the times, but I think for the most part they were 58-63? Some were faster and some were slower. I don't really know. Then we did 2 grass laps and back down to the school.

AM:

4 with Eleanor

PM:

Track warmup: 2 vertical laps, stretching, and drills, then wall sits that seemed surprisingly easy, then did some leg workout on the stairs. Then distance went for our run: to sugarhouse and 10 continuous hills by the white tree and then a lap and back to the school. Dakota said he was 6:49 average pace at the light which probably would've made me a little above 7 average. So not too bad I guess. Then there was always the 2 miles back to the school so it could've changed. Oh well, I did feel like I was pushing so that's all that matters. 7.5 miles. Early bed time? I think so. I'm really tired, probably from staying up late last night and getting up early this morning to go running.

It's time to get new shoes, my knees were hurting.

We went down to Liberty and went short way to the drinking fountain. Then we did strides and went over to the mile. We did 2 800s recovering back to the mile, then went back to the fountain and did a lap of fireman cutting it short and just going up 9th instead of back to the fountain. My 800s were both 2:47 so yay for consistency. I felt tight pretty much the whole run.

AM:

Met Eleanor again and did 4.

Today after we drove from St. George to Arizona we ran the course and did some strides in the dark. Tomorrow is going to be a REAL cross country course with all the water in the trench and how muddy it is!

The race was today! We went to the course and after cheering everyone on and waiting around for our race I lost Emmaline and Eleanor and found Megan so I did my warmup with her and she did it as her cool down. After going to the line we did strides and such. I was in box 13 so right in the middle :)

When I got out I was already towards the back because I got boxed in. If I could do it over again I would have been more aggressive at the line. But once it got further into the race I was able to start passing people. Going through the trench the first time was a bit sketchy because I almost tripped and fell in the water. I didn't get too wet though so that was good. It was SO MUDDY after that, some parts so bad that it felt like I wasn't moving. But at least it was a flat course. Going through the trench the second time my shoes were finally soaked through and I had puddles in my spikes for the next half mile, more mud and more slipping. After mile 2 it got hard for me. I felt like I could breathe just fine, surprisingly easily, but my legs just hurt. Idk how to explain it. When we turned for the final stretch I forgot how long it was and started to kick too soon and when I went through the trench for the third time I slowed down and the people I passed had passed me back. I got myself to start kicking again a little after that but it wasn't much. I was hoping for a faster time, but I guess I'm alright with it. Wish I could've worked harder the last mile.

Then we did a cool down and I'm counting it as 2 miles. It was 18 minutes long

We went up to the zoo trail and did hills, 3 different ones twice each. The third one we went up a different way that literally kept climbing for forever. We eventually continued up that hill to the top, and it was so steep. When we got to the top we did another hill, by now I was worn out, and another one that wasn't as bad. Then we took a different way back that included both steep uphill and downhill. And when I say steep I mean the one uphill seemed almost vertical. At least to me. And it continued going up and down until it finally connected with the zoo trail and we took it back to Sunnyside and went back through This is the Place. My new shoes felt amazing, but my ankles felt really tight going up to the trail and they hurt. They warmed up during the hills though, except then it was my calves and lower calves that hurt, and on the downhill my hip hurt but it was like inside the bone, idk how to describe it. But I hope it feels better tomorrow. I have realized that I really suck at hills. I like downhill, but not the steep parts we were running on, I can usually use downhill pretty well. I felt like maybe some of the hills though were just mentally tough for me so I did bad. I need to get better at that, too.

Today was a track day, we did 2 vertical laps and stretching, then did drills outside. We then did relays where we had to sprint across the field to the other people on your team and then they'd sprint and so on. Yeah I'm definitely not a sprinter. Then we did a lap around the school. I don't know how much to call this run??

I woke up and went straight to the car. We drove to my cabin and when we arrived I went for my run. The deal I made with mom for this trip was that I stay on the island and run with my phone and I have to be home before dark. So that meant I could only get in 2 laps today, although I felt good and could have gone a lot longer. About 35 minutes for the 4.5 miles. There was snow and ice on the dirt road so I had to be careful not to fall but other than that I think I like running up here more in the winter than in the summer. Probably because I can't swim or go boating like we usually do because it is now ice :) 

I had to run after Thanksgiving dinner, which made me feel sick running so close to eating so much. I cut it short and did 2 laps, so 4.5.

Man time flies when you're having fun. I procrastinated running today. I hurried out the door when I realized what time it was but only got 1.5 laps in before it got dark. So I hopped on the four wheeler and drove back to my cabin. I have to say its a lot prettier up here when it snows than in salt lake because the snow doesn't turn into the gross gray slush, it stays pretty and white :) probably because it's a dirt road, and the pine trees also make it prettier :)

Today I was getting sick of doing the same thing for the past couple days so I decided to change it up a bit. I did 1 lap warmup (2.25), then did a 2 mile tempo because I know where the 2 mile is. I got 12:41, which is okay I guess considering the elevation change and there were a few small hills. I felt unusually out of breath by the end though. Then I finished the lap and did another lap cool down.