You've got to want it to win it

Rough flight home yesterday.  There was a lot of turbulence, and I might have thrown up... twice...  I am so sorry for everyone that had to sit by me.

I felt fine this morning but when I got to school I was feeling dizzy, so I skipped practice.  I went home, stopping by the store on the way to buy gatorade and soup, and then rested for a bit.  I decided to hit the treadmill to see how running felt, and so that I could stop if I needed.  5 was going to be my max.  I made it to 3.5 feeling great, then felt a little dizzy again, so I went to 4 and called it.  Hopefully with the chance to refuel some more I will be able to feel better for tomorrow's workout.

I felt so much better today!  Went to lifting in the morning with Hilary.  In the afternoon we had a threshold workout at Liberty.  We warmed up there from the 900e Trax station, then did our strides and drills in the usual spot.  The workout was three 1.5 mile repeats (so basically just over a lap) with 2 minutes recovery. On the first one I got to start behind the other groups and progressively work my up to them and past them in the first one.  That one felt the easiest and my time was 8:56.  The next two were hard since I was doing the work myself, but having Amanda biking alongside me calling my splits and giving me words of encouragement was extremely helpful.  My time were 9:05 and then 8:59.  After everyone had finished we did four 25 second strides.  Then Nikki and Becky joined me on my long cooldown the long way around the park and then back up to the 900e Trax station.

My new shoes finally came today!!! :)  In the afternoon I ran the Albertson's loop with Becky (started with Hilary and Kenzie and Sydney) and then went to the track for strides and drills.  Finished with 7 then.

After dinner (only 50 minutes later, I have a strong stomach) I went for another 5 miles.  Ran over to 500s then up to Guardsman, then along 1500e to 1300s, up to 1900e and over to 1700s then home.

Today we had our first workout of the season at Sugarhouse!  We were all sorta dreading it, but when we got there and got started it wasn't so bad.  We warmed up with a plap around the perimeter of the park.  We passed by Highland just as they got out, which was a nightmare... but one outgoing student ran with us and yelled for everyone to move because "WE'RE RUNNING!!! GET OUT OF THE WAY!!!" It was awesome. :)  After our strides and drills, Kep explained the course he had made.  It took me a while to understand it, which was a problem since I was pretty much on my own (Bekah ran earlier).  The workout was 500, 800, 1200, 500, 800, 1200, 500, 500.  The loop was 1400 meters, so the 800 and the 500 were done in the first loop, then the 1200 on another loop.  Recovery was 90% time.  I started with AuraLea, Andrea, and Becky for the first few but just ran a little bit ahead of them.  The first 500 was 1:53.  Not quite where it should have been, but for not knowing the course it was decent.  For the 800 I hit 2:54.  On the 1200, I forgot it was a 1200... so I was feeling pretty good about splitting 1:@4 for the 400 and ending the 500 in 1:46.  Then the three girls behind me asked me what I was doing, and I realized I had forgotten that it was a 1200!  Silly me, having already done a full lap I was thinking we were starting our next set... Lapse of focus, oops.  That one I recovered to a 4:17.  The next set I hit 1:46, 2:48, 4:18.  The last 5s were 1:48 and 1:45.  For cooldown we did another lap around the perimeter of the park, I finished to 9 total.  Back at school I did my rehab.  And I didn't run with tape today, and my knee didn't hurt!  New shoes are amazing!  

Ran 2 miles on the treadmill this morning.  I was hoping to do at least 4 or 5 so that I would only have to run 7 or 8 later...  I intended to run 10 miles later at practice, but only hit 8.  

Long run up at Jeremy Ranch this morning.  When Kep told us where, he said it was going to be 32 and sunny... I think the 32 was supposed to be the high, because it definitely felt colder than that when we got there!  I still wasn't feeling too great from yesterday, so just did 10 instead of 13 like I had planned all week... But I'm amazed I even was able to get 10 in!  After I turned around, Becky wasn't too far behind me so she turned and ran more with me, then she added on when we were back at the cars.