You've got to want it to win it

Tonight I went to a speedworkout in Sugarhouse.  I was late so I started with a backwards warmup lap around the outside of the park.  But when I was nearly finished I saw Bill and Dakota going the other way so I joined them.  When we got to the the track I did 4 laps speed changes and a lap recovery.  Then I changed shoes for some 400s.  I hit a 1:13, and then a 1:17, and had a lap recovery between each.  Then I was going to do 200s.  I did one, but my leg started hurting where I had a stress reaction before.  I think I might have aggravated it playing street games yesterday...  So I stopped the workout then and went home and took a 20 minute ice bath.  I did my crunches and pushups.  I think the ide bath will probably help, I still need to be careful though.

Tonight I did laps at Sunnyside Park.  I was planning on doing 4 but at around 3 my leg started throbbing where my injury was.  I decided to stop before it started hurting.  I put ice on it when I got home, and I did my crunches and pushups.

Today I had iced my leg for a while.  Then in the evening I went for an easy run at Sunnyside.  I started with 2 laps around the field which was about .75 because I forgot that the 800 was only 1 lap to the tree and I was thinking 2 laps.  Then I stretched lightly, my leg was burning a little so I didn't want to overdo it.  Then I did 5 sets of 30 seconds on and off fartlek, which was another 2 laps.  Then I did about a mile cooldown.  I did my crunches and pushups, and put ice packs on it again.

Today at the first stop the bus made I ran for a few minutes in the parking lot to stay loose.  In the evening after arriving in Albuquerque I went to the track to see how it was and I did some short strides and drills.  Back at the hotel I took a 20 minute ice bath (though the water wasn't that cold, I had to put ice in it, which melted after about 2 seconds so it seemed, and I barely had goosbumps).  Hoping for a good race tomorrow, working on staying hydrated.

I drank water throughout the day to make sure that I was hydrated.  In the morning I went to the track with Macee just to kind of look around.  All afternoon we stayed in our room and watched tv to pass the time.  Finally at around 7 we headed to the track.  When Bill arrived he brought my new spikes :) I took my Gu and then went to a side field and put on my spikes and did a short warmup, it was about 90 degrees so Bill said I didn't need to do a lot.  Then I stretched and did my usual drills.  Finally I was able to check in, I was hip 8.  Then on the track I did a few strides.  A couple of minutes before my race Bill poured some water over me so that the heat wouldn't get to me.  I had a team prayer with the other girls and then we got on the line.  It was neat that there were 5 of us Utah girls in a row, seeds 2 through 6.  When the race started I went out at just the right pace says Bill.  The first lap was about 1:18 I think, the second was at 2:36 if i remember correctly.  I was able to work up into the lead group by then, I was with Macee and a Colorado freshman who was amazing! (she won). At the mile I hit a 5:35.  At lap 5 or 6 Kelsey and Summer caught up with me.  I hung on them for a little bit, but on the next lap I tried to go around them but it didn't work and then I couldn't hang onto them.  In the 7th lap a girl from I think Arizona caught and passed me.  But on the last lap I was able to outkick her with a little more than 100 to go, she didn't try to stay with me.  It was awesome on the award stand, Utah girls took 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th.  It was a great experience, though I have the worst runner's cough I've ever had! 

Today we had cross country practice.  We ran down to Libery and split into groups for fireman.  We did 2 laps of that, then our crunches and pushups.  Then we did another backwards lap and ran back up to the school to make it 6.

This morning just after I woke up I ran to Sugarhouse Park, ran the state course, and back home.  Then I did my crunches and pushups.  This week I'm focused on recovering from my race so I won't get injured.

Today I went for a run at Liberty Park.  I did 3 laps the opposite direction of my usual way.  I had a sub 8 minute pace which is better than I've done in a long time I think :)  Afterwards I did my crunches and pushups, right now I'm at 3 sets of 40 crunches and 15 pushups.

This evening I ran to Sugarhouse, did a lap, and came back.  I felt like I had a fast pace, though I didn't time it.  Afterwards I did my crunches and pushups.

This morning I got dropped off at Sunnyside while my mom went to the gym to workout.  I did a few laps until I was at 4.5 which was my goal for today.  I think I did 4 laps, first I did one and then I turned around and did one through and behind the baseball fields.  Then I did the same thing again and got the extra half by a lap around the 2 fields and then part way to the gym.  I then went to Steiner to meet my mother, and while I waited I did arm swings in the weight room.  When I got home I did my crunches and pushups.

This morning I arrived to the location of the race about half hour before it started.  The line to get packets was a bit long, so after getting my number I took my Gu and got running.  I got about a mile for warmup, changed shoes, and did strides on the line.  I had a good spot and I wasn't boxed in at all when the race started.  From the start I believe I was the third girl most of the time.  At the mile my time was 5:52.  Just before the turnaround another girl was catching up to me.  After turning I was able to hold her off for a little bit but eventually she got me, and after she passed me another lady passed me too.  Right before the 2 mile mark going up the hill I lost a bit of the pack ahead of me, though fortunately noone caught up to me.  My 2 mile split was 12:08.  I worked in the last mile on closing the gap the best I could.  At right around the 3 mile I started kicking because I wanted to catch the guy ahead of me.  But when I got there he took off and I finished I think 2 seconds behind him.  I was 19th out of everyone, and noone younger than me finished ahead of me, guys or girls.  Afterwards I changed shoes and ran a mile backwards on the course and back for cooldown.  Afterwards I donated my shoes for Zack's and Luke's eagle project. 

This morning we had our first cross country practice :)  We met at Sugarhouse park and started by running the state course.  Then we did one set of the circuit.  After that we did a lap on the outside of the park for cooldown.  Since I was only at five and a quarter I did a barefoot quarter.  After that I did my crunches and pushups.

This morning for practice we met at Sunnyside Park.  We started with a lap around the block for warmup.  I forgot my garmin, but I think it was about 2 miles warmup.  Then for the workout we did 8 sets of 1 minute on 1 minute off fartlek around the fields.  Towards the end my leg was hurting where it had been injured, but it was hurting after the warmup but I massaged it out so I don't think its the bone.  Afterwards we played ultimate frisbee for our cooldown :)  Then I did my crunches and pushups.

In the evening I met the group at Sugarhouse and did the warmup lap with them, and then I did another lap with Dakota to get 4 since we didn't need to do speed because of this morning.

This morning we met at the Shoreline Trail for practice.  We started up the way we usually go, but coming up on Red Butte we went up the path that leads to rock living room only we turned left.  Then we followed that trail for a while.  I had only run it once before, though in the snow so the scenery was different.  Going up the steep hills I was so proud of myself for not stopping to walk :)  It was hard to breath but I kept running anyway, even though it was slow.  After that when we were still climbing a bit I caught up to some of the guys.  Then going down I even passed Bill.  We ended up at the fence at the top of the road and then we went back the regular way we get to the fence.  But not really because where we usually would come off the trail was roped off, probably because of the oil spill.  So we had to go through the parking lot and past student houses and stick to the road until we could get back on the trail.  Taylor and I stopped for water and then got back on and ran back the regular way.  After everyone was finished we did our crunches and pushups across the street on the grass.  When I got home I took a 10 minute ice bath.  Tough day but it feels so good to be finished :) 

Today we met at Peace Gardens for our workout.  We planned to go out 2.5 miles on the Jordan River trail and back, but the trail was flooded at 2.35.  I ran with Abigail, Amanda, and Mary, and when we got back we ran a little bit in the gardens to get up to 5.  Then we did a few core exercies, including lunges, toes, high knees, butt kicks, and then Emily showed us a few plank exercises that work the abs more than crunches which were tough but I'm glad I know them now.  Then we did high knees and we were done for the day.

This morning we met at Liberty for workout.  We started with a lap warmup, and then went to the start line on the sidewalk for 800s.  While we waited there I stretched my quads, they were sore from the core work yesterday.  We did a few strides before we started.  I hit the first on in 2:53, and then we had 800 recovery over to the mile mark, and from there we did another one.  This time I was with Tommy and Scott and I hit a 2:45.  Then we finished that lap and did another lap for cooldown.  After going out to breakfast with the team, at home I did my crunches and pushups, and the stuff we learned from Emily yesterday.

This morning I ran to Sunnyside, did a big lap around all of the fields and the whole park, and then 2 laps around the 2 fields, and then ran home.  Just did enough to hit my mileage goal for this week :)  I did my crunches and pushups at home.

This morning Abigail and I met Natalie at Sugarhouse at 5:45 to run before we left for youth conference.  We did 2 big laps around the park.

In the evening while everyone else was swimming, Natalie and I ran 2 miles around campus.  We did our crunches and pushups afterwards.

This morning Natalie and I met Bryson outside the dorms at 6 to get our run in before the busy day.  We ran about a mile warm up, taking a long route to the quad.  Then we stretched before doing 8 sets of 1 minute on and off fartlek.  We got in 2 miles of that, and then we took a long way back on campus and through the cemetary for a 2 mile cooldown.  Then I did the core work Emily taught us and some pushups.

This morning Natalie and I met up with Brandon outside of the dorms at 6 to go for a run.  We started with going through the cemetery, and then we did a run that Brandon had done yesterday with one of the leaders.  We went over to the main road and ran up until we were at the Shoreline Trail (it goes all the way to Logan we now know).  It was really windy heading up into the canyon, but once we got on the trail it was nice.  We ran out a mile and back on the trail.  Before we started back on the trail we enjoyed the view of the sunlight shining over part of the city.  Before heading back down the road we stopped for a quick drink.  Then Brandon challenged us to a race up the hill.  He won.  We finished back at the campus for 5 miles.

This morning we met at Cottonwood Complex for workout.  We started with a 3 mile warmup starting around the baseball diamonds and then up to 1300e to 3900s down to 1100e to 4500s and back to 1300e to complete the loop.  Then we stretched and did 5 strides before running Bessie 5 times.  She is 500 meters long, and the finish of our region course.  My times were 1:52, 1:51, 1:51, 1:48, 1:48.  On the last one Natalie finished at the same time as me.  Afterwards we ran the region course for cooldown.  Later I did Emily's drills and pushups.

This morning we met at Liberty Park for workout.  We started with a lap around the park and then to the start line on the inside for warmup.  While we waited for the rest of our group we did a few strides in the grass.  First we did an 800, I hit 2:48, with a recovery over to the mile mark.  Then we did a mile, we were supposed to hit doulbe our 800 time plus 12 seconds, so my target was 5:48.  I went at what pace I felt was good, and in the last half I was trying to close the gap Emily had on me.  I was able to pass Bryson and was just a few seconds behind Emily, my time was 5:52.  For cooldown we finished that lap and did another to get us up to 6 for the day.  Later I did drills and pushups.

This morning at Wheeler Farm I started with a mie and a half warmup with RJ.  Then I changed shoes and headed to the line and did a few strides.  I was the first girl from the start of the race, and I think there were 4 or 5 guys ahead of me and that was it.  One guy was making me swing wide on the corners not far into the race, but I was able to quickly pass him and never saw him again in the race.  The whole time I was behind RJ, and on the second lap when I glanced back as I was turning I could see Bill about the same distance away.  Afterwards we did a mile cooldown.  Later I did my core work and pushups.

This morning we had practice at Sugarhouse.  We started with a big lap warmup around the park, and then got water and did a couple strides.  Then we ran to the big hill by the road which we run down during state.  We did 10 loops of down the hill, turning, and then going up the hill focusing on good form.  Then we got water again and went down to the fields and did the Flannagan circuit twice.  Then we did another big lap around the park for cooldown, Natalie and I were trying to sing Mulan but couldn't remember all the words haha.  Afterwards I did my core and pushups.

In the evening I ran with Brandon.  We started at Sunnyside, ran to the drinking fountain at Shriner's, and back.  It was 4 and a quarter.

This morning my sister and I went up to Pipeline to get started early since we had to be somewhere.  We only had time to go out 3, so just barely missed making it to the trail marker we were supposed to, but it was alright.  About a mile in I tripped and broke my fall with both hands, slicing open both palms and scraping my left knee and ankle.  And I got dirt in them too.  I'm alright though, just got up and kept going.

This morning we met at Wheeler farm for workout.  We did a big loop through all of the trails, even through a horse corral, for warmup.  Then we did fartlek in one of the loops.  We did 5 minutes on, 3 minutes off, 4 on, 3 0ff, 3 on, 2 off, 2 on, 2 off, 1 on and 1 off.  Natalie was ahead of my for the first one, but I kept up with her on the rest of them.  Afterwards we did a cooldown with another outer loop.