You've got to want it to win it

So today I ran on the treadmill because I didn't feel like going outside, and I had just eaten a candy bar, lol.  I get so bored on the treadmill, so I listened to music, but that can be boring as well, so I lipsynced some of the songs.  That was fun... and at one point I attempted to do the chicken dance.  Haha, that was fun, but I lost my balance.  I had planned to do 6 miles, but the speed on the treadmill keeps changing and it began to go really slow so I decided that it was time to stop. 

I was going to run this morning, but I had work, so I was going to go running afterwards.  But then one of my friends called and we hung out for a while and we went swimming, and I am always so tired after swimming.  But I went running anyways, but it was at about 5:30 in the afternoon so it was really hot.  I just ran to Sugarhouse Park from my house and I did 2 laps on the road.  I stopped for water a few times.  On my way back home I ran through some sprinklers and it felt really nice, so that was ok. 

Today I did a speedworkout.  It was alright, we started with a lap around the park, and then a mile of speed changes.  Then we did an 800 with 2 laps cooldown, 2 400s with a 1 lap cooldown on each, and then 5 200s.  It was an ok workout.  After that we did 2 laps, and then we worked on hurdles for a steeplechase we might do.

This morning I got up and ran from my house to Sugarhouse Park, and then I did a lap around the outside of the park and came back home.  It was short, but my coach suggested running 4 miles in the morning and 4 at night. 

Later, after dinner, my brother and I met Bre at Sugarhouse Park and we went out for a run to the Wasatch Lawn Cemetery with a few side streets.  The weather was great, it wasn't wet, and it wasn't hot or windy.  It was just great for running.  The run was 7.5 miles, and I hope to get in more days with higher mileage.

I went for a good run this morning.  I met with a Bre again, and we ran a little over 3 laps.  We were both tired from our run last night.  It was cold for the first part of our run.  As we ran the sun was getting warmer so by the end it was getting a bit hot.  It was great weather again, and I think we chose a good time of day to run. 

Today I was really tired so I slept in a little bit.  By the time I got up to go running the sun was up, and it was a little hot for running, but I went anyways.  I went from my house to Sugarhouse Park, and I did a lap on the outside and one on the inside and then I wnt back home.  After running I wasn't as tired, and I wish I had gone earlier.  

I had a good run this morning.  I was the first female again :)  So I am happy about that.  I don't remember what my time was though.  I was hoping to get a new PR but the course was actually longer than a 10k.  I had planned to do about a 2 mile warmup, but when I was warming up just around a few of the streets near the park where the race was at, I came back to the park to find that it was empty.  The start wa just across the street from the park. I had to hurry and pull off my sweats and I kept running over to the start line.  t started right as I got there, so I didn't get to stop running before going.  I didn't get to get up very close to the line either.  But I didn't have too difficult a time getting up to the front.  Eventually there was few people I could see in front of me, and then I decided to try and pass 10 people.  As I was passing people 3 and 4, one of which was a boy who I think looked about 12, he started fighting me off, and he kept my pace for a while.  I thought that was interesting, but it was cool to actually have some competition.  after a while I sped up and brok ahead of him, but he was close behind for the rest of the race.  There was some distance between me and the person ahead of me, but I was able to figure out my spot in the race from watching people coming from the turnaround point.  My cousin-in-law was in the lead, and there were 2 guys not a long distance behind him (he did win overall though).  After the 3 leaders was my brother, and then another guy, and then I reached the turnaround.  As I headed back down the road some of the other people racing cheered for me.  There were a few points where some people had lined up to cheer with some nice cameras, and I was confuse at first, but it didn't take me long to realize it must be the family of the 12 year old boy behind me.  At the end of the race, I didn't pass anymore people, and nobody passed me.  After the race we went back to our campsite we had stayed at to put our stuff away before we went to the awards ceremony.  There was also a 1/2 marathon and a marathon so the awards were going to be after the other events were done.  So we went back later, and I got a nice award.  It is one of my most interesting, with a lake and some bears by it.  I was so tired after the race.  I think I'm going to go take a nap now, and then I think I'll go running later.

In the evening I went running with my little sister.  We were going to go from our house to Sugarhouse Park and do some laps, but she was too tired so we went a few blocks and then went back home, so it was only 1 mile.