You've got to want it to win it

This morning Jesse and I ran to Laie Point and back.  That was about a mile and a quarter, then we went along the road towards the temple.  Jesse turned at the roundabout but I continued towards the other roundabout that leads to the paved community trail.  At 2 miles I started a Kenyan.  Mile 2 was a 7:33.  Mile 3 was a 7:03, mile 4 was a 6:35 incuding a turnaround in the middle, and the last mile was 6:15.  Someone on the trail cheered for me on the last one, that was awesome!  I cooled down the last mile and then took a nice cold shower!!!  Today we tried surfing :)

This morning Jesse and I went to Pearl Harbor for the Arizona Memorial and the Battleship Missouri tours.  After returning to Laie, we went on a strenuous hike that lasted all afternoon.  My uncle knew of a trail that would lead us to some waterfalls.  It was uphill for a while, and then very steep at some parts, and very steep and rocky with lots of trees on the part down to the actual river and waterfalls part.  After returning 5 hours later, I decided 2 miles of a run was enough.  Then we made juice out of some strawberry guavas that we had picked on our hike :)

Last day in Hawaii.  This morning I ran on the bike trail again, I went out a little over 3 miles to where the trail pretty much ended, and then came back and added on another half mile out and back towards BYU-H campus to finish with 7.  

Didn't get a chance to run until late at night (Utah time, it was only 7:00 P.M. Hawaii time...).  Because of the lightning, I went to 24 hour fitness to use a treadmill.  They were nice and let me in for free since I had just missed the person who is in charge for membership signup, and I told the guy I was only on the treadmill because of the lighting.  I did 6 miles on the treadmill.  I didn't sweat as much as usual treadmill runs, I must have acclimated well to the humidity of running in Hawaii!

First run with the new freshmen!  We ignored the instructions to go to Sunnyside trails (really just Bonneville gully) and ran Wasatch instead.  We ran out along Foothill and then took 1300s up to Wasatch.  We ran almost to Thunderbird before turning around.  On the way back it was just us seniors + the two Ogden girls, so we ran back through the golf course.  We were cutting it close to be back on time for the compliance meeting (7:30 run with a 9:00 meeting when most everyone is on high mileage just doesn't work) so the other girls just did 2 strides on bailiff with me, but I did 1 more before heading back to the locker room with Sarah to finish with 9.  

This morning we had a long run in Park City.  Like one of our first long runs last year, we had to change course by the mall because of a race that was going on.  We ran together pretty well as a group, getting a 7:42 average on the way out.  At mile 3 as we finish crossing the road and turn on the dirt path, I stepped on some loose gravel and wiped out.  That was slightly embarrassing... But I got up and kept running.  I scraped my right shin pretty bad, and the back of my right side as well.  It helped peel some of my sunburn :-P  It started to sting a little bit but wasn't that bad.  I didn't really evaluate the damage until we stopped at mile 5, when I turned around with some of the girls while a few of the girls went longer.  I ran back the rest of the way with Kenzie.  At one of the water stations that was set up for the race I stopped to rinse my leg with water.  My leg was a little worse than I thought, a lot of scabs instead of just light scrapes like I had thought.  Oh well.  It was a very nice first long run with the group, and Kep was very impressed with the fitness of the group. :)  Our team is going places :)