You've got to want it to win it

This morning after class I went for a run. I ran out on Foothill, turned down 1700s and took 2100e back to campus.

Finally bought some vaporub last night, my chest felt so much better on my run today! I went to Murray Park for my run. I did a lap around the perimeter and then did strides in the field where Murray Invite starts/finishes. After 6 strides I was done, so I did another lap around the perimeter. I finished by the office building to see about doing the 5k on the 4th, but the deadline was yesterday. Oh well, I guess I get another year of being normal on the 4th. :-)

This morning after class I ran out on Foothill and up Sunnyside to the Shoreline trailhead across from the zoo. I took the lower part of the trail back to campus. Thank goodness there is a drinking fountain by the new museum, the one by Red Butte wasn't working. Lifted when I was done.

This morning Jesse and I went running in our neighborhood :-) 4 miles, then a day packed with food and tubing and more food :-) then fireworks at Sugarhouse.

This morning I took Jesse up to Pipeline for his first time!  We went out 3 miles and back.  We saw a lizard!  It was cute, but probably also a sign that we should get up and go running earlier so it isn't so hot... The first 2 miles were ok, as the shade kept the trail cooler than everywhere else, but out in the open it was hot!  And the 3rd mile felt like it was forever!  Same with the 4th.  But I was looking forward to getting back to the bridge, I had this brilliant idea to douse my shirt and put it on to keep me cool!  It was awesome!  If I had thought of it sooner I totally would have done it at the river before getting on the trail!  And maybe again at the bridge on the way out.  I might do that more often now. :)  Good run.

This morning when I was walking down to the locker room to go running and wishing I could talk to Nikki because I was feeling awful about a test I just took, I ran into Nikki and Becky just leaving for their run!  Even though they were already started, they said they would wait for me to go with them :)  Hooray!!!!  We ran along Foothill to Sunnyside and then up through the golf course.  Someone blocked off part of the trail by dumping a bunch of branches right next to a "No dumping" sign...  Lame.  But it didn't stop us!  We continued on Wasatch until just past 2100s, then turned around.  I wish I ran more with my teammates during the summer, since they are a few weeks ahead of me on training they actually need more miles than me for a change!  We lifted when we were done.  And now I'm exhausted :-P

This morning after class I went for a run from campus.  I went out on Foothill to Sunnyside, then above the zoo and to the golf course.  I decided to cut through again, just north of the tennis courts.  After getting through the parking lot on the west side and onto the trail again, I saw something wiggling on the ground.  It was a teeny baby animal!  It was brown and fuzzy, and just wiggling!  I am guessing it was a baby squirrel since there are a lot of squirrels in the bushes there?  But I didn't see a mommy anywhere!  Curled up it would be just a little bit bigger than a quarter, it looked about as wide as my pinky finger.  I wish I had brought my iPod to take a picture!  Though if I had been listening to music I don't know if I would have noticed it.  After a few minutes of staring at the cuteness I continued my run back to campus. I did strides in the field east of the institute and finished back at the locker room with 5 and a half.  

This morning I went running at Wheeler Farm.  Haven't ran there in a while!  I did a loop around the perimeter like we used to do in high school, even doing the part where we hop the fence into a corall, run through it, and hop another fence!  That didn't feel good on my ankle.  Actually it hasn't felt great since yesterday, doing strides in the grass field irritated it.  Gravel or more solid dirt trails don't bother it though. Not sure how well trying to run a cross country course would go right now.  I did about another 2 loops, each different from the first one.  

This morning after class I went running with Nikki!  We ran down 11th Avenue and then down Memory Grove, and back up South Temple.  We cut through campus when we got back to finish at 8 total.  Then we started watching the final episode of The Office!  But then the internet stopped working, so we decided to go lift.  While doing the 25lb plate circuit, my right hip and lower back flared with pain!  It hurt so bad I knew I was done.  Nikki walked me to the training room, carrying me for the last part even.  I did stem and ultrasound and it felt a little better.  It felt a lot better after a hot shower later!  After getting treatment and when Nikki was done lifting, we went to her house and finished watching The Office!  So good!  Time to find a new show?

This afternoon between babysitting and more babysitting I went to campus for stem and ultrasound on my back.  Then I went running from my parents' house.  I ran along 1500e to 900s, up to 1900e over to 2100s and home.  I had 5 minutes to spare before babysitting again.

This morning I went running in my neighborhood again.  I ran down 4100s to 3600w, then ran to 5400s and down to 4015w.  I thought about running to the oval!  But I run there enough in the winter so I decided to pass.  Ran back to my place to finish with 8 total.  My hip/back didn't hurt at all!  

This morning after class I went for my run. It was only 9:00, but it was hot! I needed my iPod to get through this one. I ran down 11th Avenue and into City Creek to get a drink at the fountain, theb down Memory Grove to get a drink at that fountain. Then I ran to the stairs that are I think 4th Avenue, and took that all the way back to campus.

This morning Nikki and I beat the heat and went running at 6:30 in the morning! Myfirst quarter mile was to the lockerroom ssince I was late. Then we ran out on Foothill and up Sunnyside to go through the golf course. We continued on Wasatch until it ended, then just had a little bit on Foothill before turning around. We ran back to campus the same way, then I got the last quarter running back to my car trying to be on time for class.

This morning I went running with Nikki and Kenzie.  We ran 11th Avenue into City Creek Canyon.  Kenzie turned around at the fountain, but Nikki and I went up another mile and a half in the canyon before turning around.  Then we continued on the road out behind the Capitol, and down Main Street, took North Temple up to State Street, and finished with 10 at the Trax station by the library.  Longest run I've done in a while, it was exhausting but felt great!

This morning after class I grabbed my iPod and went for a run from campus.  I ran the fruit loop route to get to Sunnyside, then went up above the zoo and onto Wasatch.  I took Wasatch until it forked and went down to Foothill, then took Foothill back to campus.  Back rehab afterwards.

This morning I went running on Pipeline.  I did 4 miles out and back.

This morning I went running at Murray Park with Jesse.  We did two laps around the perimeter, then I did another lap on the road before coming back into the park for another mile to finish with 7 total.

This morning I went for a run along Foothill to Sunnyside, then up Emigration Canyon until I was at 4 miles, and back.  On the way up the canyon I saw a snake on the road and it startled me!  Then I thought its' head looked like it might have been squished (didn't look too closely) so decided it was dead.  But I didn't see it on the way down... 

This morning I did a workout with Andrea!  We warmed up from the locker room on our route to the track.  The gates weren't open on the track like Kep said they would be, but doing our first workout and it being a threshold, we didn't really mind being out in lane 4.  After the usual strides and drills (took both of us a bit longer to remember which order the drills were supposed to be in!) we got started on the workout.  It was six 800s between 3:05-3:10 with 40 seconds recovery.  We took turns leading which was nice too.  Our times were 3:12, 3:08 (started too fast on that one, but everything else was even), 3:11, 3:11, 3:09, 3:09.  We cooled down across North Campus again and then in the bailiff until we were at 8 miles.  Awesome first workout back!

This morning I went running with Nikki!  We did our same 10 mile route as last week.  Even though we started at 7:30, it was already hot!!  At least when we were in City Creek we were able to have the cool temperature of the canyon.  15 minutes standing in the ice bath afterwards.

This morning I went running with Jesse at Sugarhouse Park. Then we went and watched the parade on TV with my mom and sister :) Next year I am thinking I might do the des news half... Or the full, if I'm daring. We'll see where I am next year. Happy Pioneer Day!

This morning I did 9 miles at Liberty Park.  My right heel has been bothering me.  Not while running, since my running shoes have cushion, but barefoot and in just about any other shoes it hurts.  And a bruise has appeared on the side of my foot.  So I did laps around the perimeter.  It hurt at first when I got started, but felt better as I kept going.  Then it flared up again around mile 4, but I kept going.  It doesn't hurt enough to not run.  I went and saw Heather afterwards and she gave me some heel cups to try.

I wore the heel cups in my running shoes yesterday just for walking around, but it made the heel pain worse.  So I left those out when I went running this morning.  My foot felt better than yesterday, just a little bit of pain a little bit of the time.  I did a bunch of laps at Wheeler Farm until I was at 9 miles.

This morning I ran 10 miles with Nikki.  We did our City Creek to Trax route again.  We could see the train passing by as we were just getting to 4th south on State Street and we thought we were going to miss it, but then the train got stuck at a light forever and we made it!  Yay!

This morning I did a workout at Liberty Park.  After warming up about 2 miles and then strides and drills, I got going.  The workout was three by 1 mile at 6:20-6:30 pace with 1:15 recovery.  I thought it shouldn't be too bad considering how last week's 800s felt, but I was wrong.  My sense of feel for pace is way off right now.  The first mile was 6:35.  The next one was 6:30.  The third was 6:22, but the splits were definitely not even...  Workouts are so much nicer when you have a teammate helping you out!  On the first two I was on pace at the half mile, I think I just eased up too much on the second half because I didn't want to put forth more effort.  Or I am just being too hard on myself for the first longer workout back.  It really wasn't that bad I guess...  I cooled down a mile and a half to get to 7 total.

This morning I went running with Nikki.  It was nice that it was cloudy, even though it was still hot and humid at least we didn't have the sun cooking us!  We ran down Foothill to 2100s and down.  Between 2300e and 2100e we saw some little critters on the sidewalk!  They were about the same size as the one I saw at the golf course a few weeks ago, but these ones were gray and had long tails.  Maybe they were baby rats.  Using sticks we pushed them onto rocks so that we could set them off of the sidewalk so they wouldn't get stepped on.  There were two of them.  Then we kept running.  We ran down to 700e and then over to Liberty Park.  We did a counter-clockwise lap and then to 600e and back to 700e, to go to the 900e Trax station to finish with 10.  Then we took a 15 minute ice bath.

This morning I went and helped out with the high school cross country camp that the U does.  I drove some of the kids up to Pipeline, then Kep had me lead a group of boys out on the trail.  I went out 4 miles with them and then ran back with Hannah.  Iced in the river below the knees for a few minutes afterwards.