Sock tans

Well, I wasn't expecting a 15 miler. I thought maybe a 10 or 12, but definitely not 15. We met at the Cowboy Grub and then Kim drove us somewhere...It was near the top of Emigration canyon. We went out .75ish to a gate and then went back, then went on another road that turned out to be the top of Emigration canyon. Bill was saying there were 2 parts to the hill, and there were. But I think I ate too much for breakfast and so I felt really sick to my stomach. I fell off of Bill, then Dakota caught up to me and encouraged me to go with him, so I did for a little while. My quads started to hurt and I felt kinda lethargic but I didn't sleep well last night...

Anyway, we took some side road and went .25 out and back, then finished down Emigration canyon and then went on wasatch to thunderbird, then back to the cowboy grub and did another mile with Bill to finish to 15. Now I'm really worn out and hungry.

Today we went to the oval. I felt terrible and couldn't hit most of my times. We did 8 laps warmup, 4 laps speed changes, then did another lap (actually I think I did 2 laps). Then we did 2 sets of 800, 600, 400, 300, 200, 100. It probably shouldn't have been that hard of a workout, but I just felt terrible. After the 400 I lost it mentally and was with the "conversationalists." but I still went faster than them, I hit a couple of them on pace, but I can't remember which ones. The 100 was way faster than it should've been. Then on the 2nd set I really wanted to quit and not finish the set. I did the 800, then really quit on myself, stood around for a while, then Olivia told me to start the 400, so I did. I'm really disappointed in myself. I should've sucked it up and gotten it over with. After I finished that set I did a cool down to what I believe to be 10.5

Today I felt alright, much better than yesterday, but still not great. We went up 9th to foothill and then did the VA loop to guardsman, then shriner's run. I fell off of Tomy and Chris by the roundabout. We went out along 11th to the turn around and then came back, but then Bill told me to turn around and do another mile with him and Dakota. Then we turned around once again and went back to the school.

Then I had some cough/asthma attack, and as soon as I got home I grabbed my inhaler and told my mom. She thinks I have RSV, which isn't all far-fetched because my little sisters have it. The combination of RSV and the poor air quality must've aggravated my asthma. So now I can't run for a couple of days. I just hope I can recover quickly. It actually explains a lot, and it could be part of why I've had a hard time this week.

I decided to run today because I was feeling much better! We did part of the flagpole run, we went to the U flagpole then back, then to 13th S. and then turned around and added a bit to get to 4. I was able to keep up with Tomy and Chris the entire time, which I thought would be difficult since I took off yesterday but I actually felt pretty good!

Today was the 15k. I didn't get any warmup in, and to make it worse I got to the startline right at 10, but they had started the race 2 minutes earlier!!! That makes me mad. It was so cold and snowy! I just was having a bad day. I went much slower than I had planned. But for a lot of it I feel like I was just running it, not racing. Then at the turn around the wind was strong and I lost a lot of motivation, so for the next couple of miles I had in my head how much this sucked and how much I hated the wind and the snow and kept getting really mad when my sweatshirt hood wouldn't do what I wanted it to, or when my sunglasses fogged up. Then about 1.5 miles left some guy started to move on me and I decided I would suck it up and pick up the pace. It probably wasn't that great of a pace still, but it WAS faster. Then towards the end Bill ran with me and told me to stick on him. It was a little faster, and then right at the end I was able to outkick someone. I feel like if I had a proper start and if I had people around me that were my same speed I would've done a lot better. Then I did cool down with Bill until we saw Dakota and Kim in the warm car and I jumped in, then finished to 11 a while later.

I'm just guessing what the time was