Sock tans

Today was at Sugarhouse. We went up to 21st and turned and went under the freeway and then down to Alden and backwards cemetery loop, then a half lap on the trail in Sugarhouse. Then 8 strides. A road lap cool down to get to 8. Felt kind of light headed.

Today practice started at the circle which was nice for me :) we went up past foothill to Wasatch and took it past the golf course by the zoo and when we got to the dog park we did strides. Then went up Emigration canyon and I turned early. My knee was hurting and I didn't want to go uphill. 

Today was at Cottonwood complex. We did the hospital loop for warmup then 8 strides. Then we did the region course as 800s except they were really slow. Mine were around 3:20. We had 5 minutes rest to give those who needed it more rest. Then cool down to 8. Felt better than yesterday.

AM:

Today we did JCC. I did the full 8. It started out pretty slow but on the way back I picked it up. I noticed that when I thought of the hills or the run in segments I did better. An improvement I also noticed was that when I was running with the rocks the first 1.6 uphill my arms weren't dead like I remember them being when we did the rock run in the past. The rocks I picked were about the same size too. Anywho, I ran home after that. I finished to 12.

PM:

5.5 miles. Pretty good run, took me about .6 to warm up then slowly picked up the pace and finished at a 6:55 pace. I think the downhill helped me a bit with that. Knee felt okay, plantar fascia hurt a bit but felt good to stretch. And randomly, my shin hurt. Oddly it was all on my left leg. They were minor pains but never can be too careful :)

Accidentally slept in and ran to Liberty in hopes of finding the team. I did a lap once I got there to see if I could find them but I couldn't. Then stretched by the fountain for a while to see if they'd come back there but no. Finally i figured they left the park and decided to do a fartlek. 1 minute on 1 minute off ten times. Then on my cool down I found them. Guess I should've run the other way around the park.

AM:

Ran with Bill, Tomy, Chris, Natalie, Clayton, and Taylor. We did 10 from Bills house. I stopped at the 7/11 about 7 miles into it, so I ran back by myself. I picked up the pace though to try to catch up even though I knew I couldn't. Still felt good to open up. Breakfast after was delicious, big thanks to Bill and Kim!

PM:

Got Jesse to bike beside me. Originally planned to go for 13 to get to 70. I started out feeling kind of crappy, I had pizza literally right before. We went to Sugarhouse and did an outside lap then up 21st and cut through Walmart parking lot to Foothill and went to the drinking fountain. Then went along Wasatch to the second drinking fountain, I got a side ache there. Then had a huge cramp going down 13th (this is where I decided to cut it short and just go to 65.) I learned my lesson: try to front load as much as you can so that you aren't stuck with 23 miles to do on Saturday. Maybe next time I can make it the full 13 when I don't feel like puking or keep getting cramps/side aches.