Sock tans

Good run today, we went Shriners run to city creek and dropped down to South Temple then came back along 1300 E. 7:16 average. I'd say that's pretty good considering it was a hilly and windy run. The wind is absolutely crazy today! This morning it was kinda scary, supposedly like 60+ MPH (I don't actually know how fast it was but it was strong enough to blow me over a few feet). Luckily it died down a bit in time for our run but in some parts it was tough. We started out slow then picked it up a lot. Slowest mile was 8:33 (first mile up 900 S) and fastest was 6:14 (coming down Memory Grove - mile 7). At that point I was with Bill and Chris, started struggling up South Temple. As we got closer to 1300 E and as it got steeper I started to fall back. They got stopped at the first light on 13th and I caught up then stayed with the rest of the way. I'll do my core later.

Ran to Sugarhouse and went over to the top of Poker hill, we did 6x800s on the road to the top of the first hill at State. Then back again for the next one. Bill said I had to beat him on three of them or else I'd have to do another one so I made sure I did. The last one I was close to beating him a fourth time, he had a good gap and I really tried to close it (he had said to outkick him, cause we're still working on getting me a good kick.) But he still beat me on that one. Between each we had a quarter mile recovery. Times were slower because of the hills and wind and it was more off of effort than anything. I worked pretty hard so it was a good workout. Back to East and added to 11. Did my core!

Shout out to the basketball boys for a good game today! (Even though they will probably never see this...) I expected Olympus to crush us so my friends and I were iffy about going but it was actually the best high school basketball game I have been to! Huge shout out to Dacian Spotted-Elk for shooting the 3-pointer that pulled us into overtime, that turned into double overtime. Random fact- I had Physics with him last year and he probably graded at least 40 of my quizzes/tests. Garek, you won't get to fully appreciate the weirdness and stupidity of that class because you're taking it ONLINE. Lame. 

Got my brother to come to track today! If only he had joined our freshman year... It's alright just a few years late! Lets hope he sticks with it this time he quit after 3 days last year. Anywho, ran to the school then after warmup and drills we went up 900 S to the crosswalk at Sunnyside just before Military and did a full lap around Sunnyside then down to the track. Then did 7 bleacher/drill laps, wall sits and 6 hill strides on the asphalt hill. Then did VA loop and a lap in the cemetery and back to the school. I was tired, perhaps it was my inconsistency with my vitamins/iron this week. And maybe I was dehydrated. Plus legs are tired from yesterday.

Today we did more drills than normal, then Bill, Chris, Tresa, Anderson and I went for a run. We did Shriners run, Bill, Chris and I went out 4 and back then added 2 laps around the school to get to 9. We got some more snow today :) Now warm up again please cause I don't want the 15k to be miserable like a couple years ago. I'm gonna get new shoes soon, looks like they're past their mileage. I'm surprised I don't feel pain in my knees. I guess my left knee was bothering me a bit during drills but it warmed up like it always has and probably has nothing to do with needing new shoes.

Ran to the school then did track warmup and drills plus we added a couple circuits. Then we went up to the track, 2 miles of speed changes, VA loop back to the school then added to 8. Did my core at home.

We got in 2.5 warmup along the road. I had to rush to the line so didn't have time to get up in the front but I was fairly close.

I didn't really have any goals for it other than be under 7:00 average. So I went out what felt a little quicker than 6:40 first mile but it was 6:08 (it's gotta be that track speed!) After the initial shock of that I slowed down because I was scared I'd completely die if I kept going that fast. Splits after that were 6:42, 6:53, 6:53, 6:55, 7:03, 6:58, 7:04, 6:57, and closed at 6:39 pace. My garmin had it a little longer than 15k (9.34 miles instead of 9.321) but that's probably because of my start and not cutting tangents like Bill always says to do, oops. I did in some places though! The wind was to our backs going out the first half and coming back we were running against it. But it wasn't that bad. Out of curiosity I checked my 10k split and it was 42:02 so not bad.

Overall I'm happy with it, did better than I was expecting and feel stronger. Now that I have some food in me I feel much better, afterwards I crashed bigtime. Luckily after the cool down though :) Which was 4.4 miles. Was the 5th woman and 1st in my age group so yayyyy.