You've got to want it to win it

This morning I got up and ran on my own since I needed to be done before 10.  I ran to Sugarhouse and did part of a counterclockwise lap and then exited at 1700e and then followed the cemetery loop route only I didn't go to through the cemetery but just to 3300s and then back along Melbourne and 1800e and then clockwise lap through Sugarhouse and then home along 1500e.  Then when I got back to my house I needed a quarter mile to make it 9 so I went out on 1400e and decided to do 10 so I went out past 1700s before turning back.  I was pretty much drenched because it had been raining since I turned back north.  When I got home I took a 15 minute ice bath and did 3 sets of the secondary strength exercises.  Later in the evening I did my 3 sets of abs.

This morning I couldn't make it to team workout again since I was babysitting again.  But on my own I ran to Sunnyside Park and did half of a big lap to get me a mile and a half warmup, and then I set my watch to do fartlek.  I did 1 minute on 1 minute off, 2 on 1 off, 3 on 2 off, 4 on 3 off, 5 on 3 off, 4 on 3 off, 3 on 2 off, 2 on 1 off, 1 on 1 off.  That part of the workout got me 5 and a half miles and then I did some in the park before running home to get met at 10.  As I was leaving the park I saw my dad stopped at the light on his way home from the gym!  When I got home I took a 15 minute ice bath.  Later in the evening I did 1 set of abs.  

This morning I got up early and went for a run on my own again because I had plans for babysitting again.  I ran up 1300s to Wasatch Drive and then across to Thunderbird and then down to Foothill and up to the flagpole.  Then I ran down Foothill and followed it all the way to where it curved into 500s all the way down to 1300e.  Then I took that back to my house and was at 9 miles so I went out a half mile on 1400e and back to get up to 10.  I felt really great on the run today and held a faster pace than I have been able to keep for a while.  After I got home from babysitting a few hours later I did all 3 sets of my secondary strength exercises and my abs workout.  In the evening I took a 15 minute ice bath.

This morning I thought I'd be able to make practice since I wasn't babysitting until later but then I found out it was the bike and run so wouldn't be able to go.  But on my own I ran up 1300s to Foothill and then down to where it curved into 500s to Guardsman and then went through U campus to Shriner's drinking fountain and up on 11th Avenue until I was at 5 miles where I turned around and went back the same way.  When I got home I took an ice bath for 15 minutes and then did my 3 sets of abs.

This morning I went to practice with the team at Liberty Park.  I did a lap warmup before Bill got there and then did the warmup lap with the team.  Then I went for a lap with Emily while everyone else was stretching and then we joined them for a lap of fireman.  We went with the fast group and really pushed at the end.  Then we went the opposite direction for cooldown and I did 2 laps and then some to get to 1o for the day.  When I got home I did 3 sets of the secondary strength and abs exercises.

I went to the Minuteman race today even to cheer on teammates and friends since I've already done my 2 races for the summer.  I ran the course once before the race started, doing the first bit of it with the team before they turned around but I kept going.  When the race started I was standing at the top of the hill out of the stadium and I cheered for people I knew as they ran by.  Then I ran the course backwards but I didn't do the part where they go into the area by the stores in hopes of seeing how some of the team finished.  After that I still needed 4 miles which I did with Emily and Stefanie out a little bit past mile 2 on the course, then we were joined by Andrea and a friend who were going the opposite direction so we did that back to the stadium where I stopped.  Afterwards we had a fun time at ikea eating free kids meals!