You've got to want it to win it

Brr brr brr! ⛄️ Happy new year! Today I ran 8 miles in the neighborhood. Glad I ran from home because the time from completion of run to hot shower is shorter that way. :-) 

I met up with Jessica, Jocelyn, and Meghan today at Sugarhouse so we could do our long run together. We did a lap around the park to start (so we could wait for Meghan since she wasn't there yet) and then ran out towards Milcreek. We ran to the intersection at Olympus high and then turned around. We saw Jade on our way back :-) Needed to add on about a quarter mile at the end. It was so nice to have company for this cold run! And no more running until Monday! Also, my foot has been feeling so much better! 

6 miles on the treadmill at the gym this morning. It turns out there are actually a lot more people early in the morning as opposed to later following sleeping in. I used to wonder how much this gym was actually used when I would come last winter and was able to sleep in every day. 😂

4.5 miles with Ellie in the stroller at the oval. She looked bored and fell asleep about 25 minutes in. I finished with strides and walking drills. 

Long run with Jocelyn, Kate, Shaylen, Andrea, and Ali and Kenzie for part of the way today. We started on campus and ran down Guardsman to 1500e all the way to Sugarhouse. We did a lap there and then took the tunnel through Hidden Hollow and then went out to 2100s. Then we continued down to 700e, which we took over to Liberty Park. We didn't want to run a billion laps so we ran down to 500e to go to 2100s and back. Then we did a partial lap in Liberty before running to the library Trax station and only had to wait 2 minutes for the train. :) .

First day of school! And I have a crazy schedule on Mondays and Wednesdays, so today I just missed running with the team. I got out of class at 12:50 and hurried to get my run in since lifting was at 2:30. And then I had class again at 4. I went out and back on 11th because no one ever wants to run there so I will gladly take any opportunity to do so.

Another day on my own. I ran through upper campus and then when I got to Sunnyside I went up and above the zoo and onto Wasatch. I took that to where the road cuts diagonally down to Foothill and took that back to campus. My knee has been hurting, but on this run I didn't feel it until I started coming down after passing the zoo. Starting rehab on it soon.

I started the workout with the long distance group today. We warmed up from Trax to Liberty and did our usual strides and drills in the park. We made a potty stop at Smiths on the way and were all eyeing the free cupcake samples just past the checkout lines. The cashiers thought we were sad because there weren't enough for all of us, not realizing that we were in the middle of a run. My knee was hurting during the warmup but I told myself I had to see how it felt on strides. It still hurt. But Kep wanted me to try the threshold and see how it felt. It was 3x8 minutes at 6:10ish pace. When we started I lagged behind everyone. And my knee hurt. But when I came through 800 at 3:01 Kep was ok with it and had told the others to slow down. I probably backed off too much also because I was trying to gauge off of them. The mile was 6:18. Oops. My knee hurt more and more the rest of the rep so after that one I just ran back to Trax, sprinting to make the train as it pulled in. I biked 15 minutes to cool down once back on campus.

Ran Trax today! And ouch my knee! We were short when we got to the library station and we had just missed the train so we ran to trolley to get 7.

The deal with today's long run was that I would go out and back 3 miles and then if I felt good I could go out and back again. I was sad because in the 12 miler group we had decided we were going to run 11th and City Creek, but my group wanted to do Wasatch. I think courtesy of long runs should be that the group going the longest gets to choose the route. But I didn't get to go 12 anyway because my knee started hurting a mile and a half in. Biked with Giselle when we got back.

Jesse and I had a funeral to attend today so I missed practice with the team. In the morning I went running at the oval. My knee didn't start hurting until mile 3, but not really bad until mile 4. I made it to 6 and then called it. I think it hurt later today because it was flat and because I had the day off yesterday.

Another out and back day on Wasatch. Ran with Nikki and Jade.

Today I decided to stay on campus for my run to see if it hurt less on the flat part. It was ok except coming down from the track to the hper and huntsman center area. I didn't have time to cross train right after because we had a team meeting, and then because of class I skipped weights so I could cross train in that time.

Today I was supposed to try and do half and half on alter G and running. I started with 4 on the alter g. I started at 85% but had to keep backing off because of pain. Running right after felt so heavy! But I also felt so drained because my legs sweat a lot in the bubble. I made it a mile and a half on the real treadmill and then did 5 miles of biking. I don't ever want to alter g again... Unless they come up with a way to not make it extremely hot on your legs.

Today I ran on the underwater treadmill :) it felt great and I didn't hurt at all :) I ran on that for 45 minutes and then did another 30 on the bike.

Today was another half run half cross train day. I started with 30 minutes on the bike and then bundled up to go run at Liberty.  The team was supposed to do the first lap at the park and then were allowed to leave.  So for the first lap and a half I was with the team and then just with Nikki and Giselle, since they had to stay at the park too.  Having to go around the snow and ice patches was rough, but on the south and west ends of the park it was not bad.  I did 4 laps plus a little extra to finish with 6 miles total.  Then I caught a ride with Giselle back up to the training room where I did my rehab, and another 30 minutes of biking.  So much volumeeeeee.  But at least I don't have to run again until Monday!

Started off the week with a half run half cross train day.  I ran 4 miles on the treadmill with less pain and in a smaller area than before.  Yay!  Then I biked 30 minutes before doing rehab, grabbing ice, grabbing food from the fueling station (best idea ever!) and rushing off to class.  

Today I did another 50/50 run and cross training day.  After doing prehab, I went upstairs and ran 4 miles on the treadmill.  My knee didn't start to hurt until almost 2 miles, and wasn't too bad until almost 3.  Finished my 4 and then biked.  The nice thing about biking afterwards is that it doesn't hurt walking around on it afterwards.  Did my rehab when I was done and then iced.

I got out of class 10 minutes early today so I was able to run with Caitie and Jade today :) we ran out on Foothill, Caitie turned around at 2 miles with me. When we got back I did elliptical and rehab before weights since I had to rush off to class afterwards.

I went to the oval with the team today to do part of the threshold. I warmed up on the bike 11 minutes and then on the track 11 minutes. I did a few strides and then was grouped with the freshmen and Dakota for threshold 400s. We were supposed to hit 90-91 with the 40 meter jog back to the start recovery. We hit between 91-93. The max number was 12 but Mack was checking in with me every 2 reps to see how my knee was doing. I made it through 4 ok, 5 and 6 hurt a little bit, and 7 and 8 hurt more so I was done. Added one more lap on the track to get to 4 miles of running and then cooled down 30 minutes on the bike.

I started on the underwater treadmill today before trying the real treadmill. I did 45 minutes and then went upstairs. My knee started to hurt around a mile and wasn't feeling better through the second so I stopped. Stretched and foam rolled well before going and getting my rehab exercises done.

After rehab this morning I went up to the student life center to workout. I got through 3 miles on the treadmill. My knee was hurting during the first mile but as I picked up the pace to where I could run on my toes the pain went away for the next mile. But it flared up again the mile after that. So I ended the run with 3 and then found a bike and did about 25 minutes on there. I was supposed to get 45-60 minutes but was too exhausted. I slept all afternoon when I got home. 😴😴😴