Sock tans

So we did the cemetery run. I did 1 lap. Apparently you were supposed to do 2 laps if you need higher mileage. Bill said 1 lap, so I did 1 lap. I fell off of them right as we were entering the cemetery. I was really confused when Chris and Tomy passed me on the way back. Then I figured they did 2 laps. But I was tired and it was a really off day. Maybe tomorrow will be better.

Went to pipeline this morning. I had assumed the normal 10 miler, so I was ready to go and all for pipeline. Just kidding. Bill said we would do the .7 on the road first and then go the normal way. So I was like "okay, just gotta hang on them for a little longer then it'll be downhill." Nope. When I heard someone's garmin beep, saying we'd gone a mile, I knew Bill had changed his mind. Me: "how far are we going?" Bill: "'till we turn around." Hahaha. so funny. So I had thought he must've changed his mind to going up the road 5 miles and back 5 miles. I wasn't feeling good, so I dropped off. Then, maybe it was my imagination, the hill seemed to keep getting steeper, and I was to the point where I had enough of it. I turned around, and then after what seemed like a mile, I came to Elbow's fork. That rang a bell. Then I remembered Bill saying, "To Elbow" or something as I fell off. the answer to my question. Although, I was so confused. At the time, I registered it as him talking to Natalie about elbows, odd enough. It all made sense, except for the fact that they never passed me on the way back, which meant they either went farther up, or they turned and went along another trail. Then I spotted a sign that said "pipe line trail" and a trail that went beside it. Yep I followed it, just hoping it was the right way. I soon recognized it as the trail we went on for the switchbacks a while ago. I knew it would take me back to the cars. So I wasn't worried anymore. Yeah, I was the first one back to the cars. Turns out I went the right way, but then they went the NORMAL way for however many miles and came back, then did a half mile to get to 13. I feel like such a loser. Everyone expects me to be in the top 3 at regions, and there is someone my age on another team that has me worried, who is a heck of a lot faster than me, so I'm questioning if I can do it. And then there's the people on MY team. And I've never been in the top 3 of any regular school race. We'll see how it goes.

AM:

Today we went to the cottonwood complex. We did the 3 mile loop for warmup, then we stretched and did strides. Then we did Bessie 4 times, Roller-coaster 4 times, and Miranda 4 times. On Bessie, I thought it was our normal go up the hill hard, recover on the way back. Nope, it was hard the entire time. So after completely dying on the first one, I thought maybe I could do the same thing, except this time when Natalie came up on me I would go with her. That was a fail, so on the 3rd one I thought I'd go slower at the beginning then pick it up at the end. Didn't work either. I couldn't get myself to start kicking. Then on the 4th I was so tired, it might've seemed like I was just jogging it, but I was pushing myself. Then we ran to roller-coaster. 1st one was okay, I tried to keep it up. On the downhill I actually had the most trouble. I was trying not to over-stride. 2nd, I just tried to keep up with the people near me. 3rd and 4th I just tried not to stop too soon. Then we ran Miranda. up and around the trees, then down. The easiest one!!! 1st one I was so tired, I didn't push myself like I should've. But then I realized how easy it was, and then I pushed on the 2nd. I did really good on that one! Then on the 3rd, I think Abigail noticed I was pushing, and the 3rd seemed like a race between us two. It was kinda fun! Same with the 4th. I won the 3rd, she won the 4th. :) Then we did 2 times around the baseball field thing this time, then our normal 3 mile loop, and 1 more time around the thing. Then to the drinking fountain to get to 10.

PM:

4.5 miles around my neighborhood, originally going for 5.5, but it was getting dark and my dad needed me home, so I cut it a mile short. 

Today felt really... long. We did a warmup to the gully thing and I was supposed to do 2 1/2 laps, but then I was right in front of Bill, up in the front, so he told me to do another lap. I had a hard time on the hill area that last lap, but Bill kept me going. then we ran back to sunnyside.

We did circuits and step-ups. Then we went for our run. The 3 groups were:

1) 2.5 out, 2.5 back

2) 3 out, 3 back

3) 5 out, 5 back

Which one to do? Well I needed more mileage than 6, so I was stuck with #3. We went up sunnyside, up Emigration Canyon, until we hit 5, then came back. I stuck with the group for a ways up the canyon, but then I fell off and I crashed. I just tried to keep going. Then on the way back, it was sooooo long!!! It felt nice to go downhill, but whenever i thought i was almost out, there would be another curve. It got very annoying. Finally I got out, and I was just ready to be done. I really just wished I could just catch a ride from someone to sunnyside. That of course wasn't going to happen. I just told myself, "2 miles, accept the pain."It worked, I was able to finish. I'm glad that's over. 

Met at Liberty park today. Usually that means tempo or 800s or fartlek type stuff, so I wasn't too excited to come. But I knew it was an important workout. We did a lap warmup, then we went to the start. We did a 2 mile tempo. I was, at first, supposed to hit 6:45 pace, but then not even a quarter mile into it Bill yelled back to me to do 6:30 pace with Caden, Dakota and Kiley. Great. So the first mile felt great! I thought I was doing pretty well. But we were a few seconds slow, so we sped it up on the 2nd mile. Kiley fell back, and so it was just me, Caden and Dakota. I was on the very edge, so going slightly faster than both of them, which didn't help me one bit. I started to fall of with a little over a half mile left, but I tried to keep up with them. I finished 6 seconds behind them, but my time was 12:47, 13 seconds faster than 6:30 pace, more like 6:24 pace. Now that I think about it that was pretty good considering that some of my races for the 3200 were right around there. :) Then we ran over to the start again, this time doing that same thing but a bit faster. Or a lot. 20 seconds faster. Half mile into it I quit on myself and fell off of Dakota and Caden. I was really considering stopping at the mile mark, but I figured if I had worked this hard, I could finish another mile. So I kept going, picking it up. I started passing Ethan, who fell off of that front group, but I told him to come with me because it would be easier on both of us. He came with, and it helped me keep going, but then of course he outkicked me at the very end. Oh well. I got 13:05ish. So still right around 6:30 pace. I feel like today was a good workout. Then we did 2 laps to get to 10. It felt so short, but maybe that's because we broke the 10 miles up into small parts, and 4 of it was tempo, and we hadn't done 4 right before it, like yesterday. :)

I did 7 miles around my neighborhood. I bought a GPS watch at salt lake running, which was on sale!!!! It was a good deal. Now I just have to figure out how to use it... still got confused on the run.