You've got to want it to win it

I went to my room to get my running clothes, but then I fell asleep and I didn't have time to go running after I woke up.  But I had a nice nap :)

This morning we had practice at Sugarhouse Park. We started with a warmup lap around the perimeter of the park. After that we went and did 2 miles of speed changes on the track. Bre and me went to get water, and ended up starting 2 laps after the guys. After the guys had done their first mile they turned around and were going the other way. Bre didn't want to move out of the way but did anyways the first time. Then on the other side of the track everyone kept going and we ran into them. After that the guys stayed out of the way. When we reached 1 mile we turned and went the other way, and we moved for people who were going the right way. When we were done we stopped and did some stretching. Then we went for another lap around the park for our cooldown.

This morning for practice we met at Liberty Park.  We did the last 2 miles of the Deseret New 10k, but we started from the drinking fountain which added a half mile each way.  We ran from the park along 900s to 200e and then went to South Temple and turned around.  I ran with Bre, and after going up the hill at South Temple we stopped for water.  On the way back Ashleigh joined us.  The time was 39:21 so we were under 8 minute pace.  

There wasn't practice this morning so I slept in.  But not really because I only could sleep until 7:30.  I didn't run in the morning but I probably should have.  Instead I ran at about 5:30.  2 miles.  90 degrees.  Oops!  I forgot that it would be extremely hot outside.  Luckily it was a short run.  I ran from my house, along 1500e and then up around Guardsman to go down Sunnyside, and then came back along 1300e.  I was on the east side of the street coming back, so the sun was really hot and there wasn't shade.  Big oops.  I miss being able to go running at anytime of day during the winter, but I like not having to wear warmer running clothes.  The seasons all have high and low points to running I guess.  

Today was my second 10k that was the correct length.  I messed up with my timing though.  I started with a mile warmup, and then I went to try for a good spot at the line.  While waiting, the race started about 5 minutes late, so I lost some of my warmup.  Right before the race began everyone was really tight up at the front and there was little room.  It took almost a minute to get up to the line so that I could actually start.  I started timing when I got to the line, so I would know what my chip shoe time would be.  It was a slow start, and I kept passing a lot of people up until after mile 4.  At mile 1 I was at 6:29, and mile 4 I was at 26:13 so I had a pretty even pace.  Sadly I missed the first water stop because the volunteers weren't holding it out to the passing runners.  Some runners were picking it up from the table, but I was too far on the right and missed the water stop.  I did horribly after that until the next water stop.  My back hurt a lot and I had a hard time keeping going.  I was so happy when I reached the other water stop.  After getting water I felt a lot better and it was good timing for before the last 5 blocks of uphill to the finish.  When I was done I went for a 6 miles cooldown, 4 laps around the park.  It felt really nice and afterwards I felt great.    My chip time, or my time from crossing the line was 41:29, which is a new PR for me.  Because of the differences in chip and gun time, I don't know what place I was overall.  I thought I was second in my division, which is what showed up on the results, but after I got a medal they asked me to come back up because they said I really was third.  My friend had the 3rd medal, but I think she left and I didn't want the awards people to take it from her to give it to me.  I don't even know which medal I was supposed to get, because my dad says that one of the other girls traded a shoe chip with someone.  In the end I was getting really confused and decided that I have plenty of other medals and I didn't care if I didn't get one. 
 

I slept in this morning, and it really was sleeping in.  Actually I only made it until after 8 sometime but I needed the sleep.  So I did an evening run.  I was planning on doing 10 miles, so I got out my bike and I rode it to meet my cousin and then she rode by me while I ran.  We went down 900s to 900e and then over to 2100s and up to 1300e and along it to where we had started.  I originally wanted to do that loop twice, but I think we started a bit early so I got dehydrated quickly because of the heat.  After that we did 3 sets of 25 crunches and 15 pushups.  I haven't done pushups all week, and I wanted to do girl pushups but my cousin wouldn't let me.  But I was glad she made me do them.  I was a bit sore from yesterday so maybe tomorrow I can get in some good miles.

This morning I got out my bike again and rode to meet my cousin.  We did the same run we did yesterday, but we went the opposite way.  It wasn't as hot because we started early, and I only stopped to get water once.  When we reached 9th and 9th we stopped at Great Harvest and got some cinnamon rolls.  We ate our samples they gave us, I had half of a cookie, and then we went up the hill.  When we got back, instead of doing the usual crunches and pushups, we did a set of 50 crunches and then a set of 30 pushups.  We did that twice.  I didn't want to, and it was very hard I thought.  But I guess I'm glad my cousin made me do them, it'll just make me stronger.  After that we enjoyed our cinnamon rolls.