P.V.H.S.X.C.S.T.S.

Morning practice was really pretty good. Today I stayed right up with them the whole way there, big accomplishment for running with this group of girls. but on the way back I didn't even bother trying to keep up, I was tired!

Afternoon practice was just wonderful, simply because I was able to go! but even for an afternoon practice it was great! the weather was pretty much ideal, warm with a cool breeze. at first I was a little disappointed that it was a grass run, but I ended up really enjoying it. on the way to the park I was able to keep with Megan, Liz, and Little Taylor Boyer; I asked them how their pace was compared to normal, they said it was nice and relaxed. I was pushing it quite a bit! but I'm happy I get to come tomorrow too.

I really don't have any idea. I didn't know I didn't need to be there/ shouldn't be there. so that threw me off to begin with, and then I didn't understand the course and I wasn't able to understand what I was supposed to do. so I did the warm up and ran around the park once. then I was frustrated and tired and I knew I was running later today so I just stopped. I'm not super happy I didn't keep trying, but I honestly don't feel too bad. 

so I'm putting on what I technically ran on friday on to today. I felt really fast actually, I think those morning practices of super quick and quite short have really helped me, at least when it comes to a mile at a time.

technically I ran two and a half miles this morning. like I said before, I felt quickish. but for these ones I was getting quite exhausted just from lack of sleep so they weren't as quick. last night/this morning was a blast! I really love the run-a-thon, it's a time to bond with the team and party! :)

haybales are so so fun! haha, but I seriously did have fun on this race. I'm not quite the fan of grass (or wet grass either) but it wasn't too bad after I got into it. I am happy with this race. still not my goal, and I still want that goal so much, but this race was the best this season so far. It always makes me so upset to see like ten girls in front of me walking for what seems to be majority of the race, and I'm never able to catch them! today, I don't know how, but I passed like seven. It really helped me feel better about racing and stuff. I'm glad I stick to my two goals of last season, don't stop running, don't get last.

three mile run, striders, warm-up, and parade. I feel good! that's about all I can say. When I started running for fun like coach roberts told me, everything just seemed to get better. I have a goal for this week's race, positive attitude. for the most part I'm good with that, but when it comes to races, those dark clouds of "I can't" start looming over my worried head. so far race goals are going pretty well this year, besides breaking 30, I've beaten Micah in all the races, and this past race I made a goal to beat Sally, and I got that one too!

okay, so I didn't go to afternoon practice BECAUSE I am feeling ill-ish, and I don't want to do anything to make me feel really sick for the race tomorrow and homecoming Saturday. I also went to morning practice, which puts me in the clear, okay? this morning I didn't feel as well, I wasn't really able to keep up with varsity at all this morning, but I got to run with Little Taylor Boyer, so that was very enjoyable. morning runs feel nice. :)

hooray positive attitude! It went pretty good, until I noticed that the next person in front of me was farther than the next person behind me. I felt like I was really pushing hard, but I guess not hard enough. I'm sure my illness, the wind, and the grass didn't help too much either. I wanted to be able to catch up to sally, but unfortunately, people improve. haha. Still not any closer to my goal, which is a little depressing, but I'm going to keep on trying the positive attitude thing.

so so SO nice! easy three at an easy pace, great weather, got to get to know Sasha. pretty much an awesome run. I feel really good right now. I could have pushed it more, but an easy pace every once in awhile is very very nice.

weather today was beautiful! It would have been a perfect run had it not been for eating a big dinner right before I left. So really, besides that, and the little cough I've been getting, I felt good today! I'm going to try running farther when I'm on my own, sometimes things like feeling sick, or the amount of day light left make me only go three, but hopefully I can get the motivation to go more when the circumstances allow.

easy three, easy pace (for Megan and such, but still felt nice enough for me), no complaints! There's not much more to say beyond that I just love being with the team!

I didn't have much time today, so I just did the ever classic three. I felt like I should try and push myself, but sometimes I'd get lost in thought and realize I'm going super slow again. So today's speed was pretty much all over the place. but you know what, some fast is better than none. Sleep is becoming less and less common in my life, I just hope it doesn't affect my running too much!

good run this morning, a quickish pace for me, but I was very capable of keeping up the whole time. running with others is SO bennificial! I just wish there were people who ran at that speed during the race that I could try to keep up with, then maybe I'd be able to reach my goal. I don't think the team knows how lucky they are to be able to go to afternoon practice everyday.

It felt so super fast! but I endured to the end! as long as the end was arctic circle. Probably about the best I've done so far. yet again though I didn't bother trying to keep up on the way back. I wasn't feeling so top notch. A touch irked that we started so late, today was picture retakes and I didn't get much time to get showered and ready. I wake up so early so I can go for a run early, not to stand around and wait till everyone else decides it's time to wake up and run.

I have been so so bad this week! I'm just so super overbooked and over stressed! I'm sorry!This morning's run was a success! yay! I made it all the way there with the group, and by the time we were back at the high school I was about only 200m behind the main group! I think today was a little slower than some, which is probably how I kept up, but I sure think I'm getting faster. I'm just sad I don't have anyone to pace me in races, that's what I'm sure would get me going the speed I need to in order to reach my goal.

easy three up at the varsity races, ran with a nice group. I felt super stiff from the bus, and I bet everyone else was too because we weren't going very fast at all!

ugh! I'm so mad at myself. I ran the first lap with Sally, then somehow she got in front of me, and some other girls passed me up and I felt tired and discouraged and I just basically gave up the race. Then Micah and Taelor came up behind me and got about a step ahead of me. They haven't beaten me at all this year, and I wasn't about to let one of my goals go down the drain. So I pushed it, much. As I was running in view of the people cheering at the finish line they started cheering for me, then I heard one of them say  "you can break 30!" I ran hard, too hard for how far away I was, as I got around to that loop around the trees I started heaving a lot, and I ended up throwing up a little bit. charming. but I didn't want to stop and break my goal of not stopping during a race, so I kept pushing, but I wasn't able to go quite as fast as I know I can go, because I was feeling a touch ill. on the plus side, I think this is a PR, overnight trips are so so much fun, and I get to join the ranks of those who vomit during races.

I felt sluggish this morning, I have trouble sleeping on top of not getting to bed at a reasonable hour. The pace seemed quicker than some days, but not the fastest it's ever been. I just was very tired, physically, mentally, and pretty much in any other way.

four miles?! crazy, I know. It's been forever since I've been able to do a four mile run. It was a lot harder than it should be, I'm looking forward to winter training so 4 miles can feel like the average again. I was seriously struggling, because not only was it four miles, it was four miles in the afternoon! It really is just worlds different running in the afternoon as opposed to the morning. I need to run farther in the afternoons when I run, it'll help me reach my goal. 

so today I decided to be more watchful of the time, a bit before we began our run, it was 6:05, and then I went for a super quick run, still falling way behind the whole group today, and then when I got back, I talked with aubrey for about a minute, and then coach roberts for about two more, when I got in my car it was 6:38. that would mean that I'm running this between 29-32 minutes. that's my race goal time and current time! it makes me upset that at practice I can run the speed I need to go, but when it comes to a race and I'm all by myself, I fail. slight pet peeve of morning runs, when we get to the turnaround where everyone stops and rests, the fast people, who don't need rest so much are there forever, and so by the time I get there they're all ready to head back. I need to stop and take a breather too!

are you kidding me?!?!?!? four seconds?! On the one hand I'm super excited and proud of over a 2 minute PR, but on the other hand I'm super upset that I was four seconds away from my dream time. If only I had pushed it a little bit harder for a little bit longer. I was glad when coach told me the time, I just wish I could have known it more throughout the race, but I guess it was good just at the end, or I might have felt too confident and backed off. I'm glad I beat Brea, that's about the first person on the team who I've ever beat on their first race. It's not that I don't want her to do well, I just feel frustrated when new people show up getting times 5 minutes faster than mine. overall a good race, but I know I have that sub 30 in me.