You've got to want it to win it

Started the afternoon run with the team on Foothill.  Everyone was cruising today, I hung back with Sydney and even we were going 6:35 pace for part of it...  The team was doing Albertson's loop but going back on 1900e, on 2100s I continued down to 1300e and back to campus.  Then I rejoined the girls up at the track for drills and strides, and then hurdle drills.

Today we had our threshold workout at Liberty.  We warmed up to the park from the 900e Trax station, then did our strides and drills in the usual spot.  The workout was mile, mile and a half, mile and a half, mile.  20% rest, so about 72 seconds for the miles and 2 minutes for the mile and a half.  My times were 6:10, 9:13, 9:11, 6:09.  Not exactly up to speed, but at least they were consistent and I picked it up the second fast.  This workout went by fast and I really liked the way it was set up.  Afterwards I had 4 strides, then cooled down to the 900e Trax station to finish with 10 total for the day.  I did my knee rehab in the training room afterwards.  It hurt a little bit during the warmup (not during running but when I was stopped) but I didn't feel it the rest of the workout.

Trax run today!  Since we haven't used up our once-a-month allotment yet for October :)  We ran down 11th Avenue (I was actually on my own pretty much after the first mile... I wasn't pushing the pace or anything, but whatever...) and then I ran to the drinking fountain up City Creek before going down behind the capitol and then down Main Street and then over to South Temple and back to campus.  

We had a workout at Sugarhouse today.  Despite the rain, I liked it better than last time because it wasn't windy!  We warmed up around the perimeter of the park (I saw two of my cousins during the warmup!) and then did our strides and drills from the pavillion.  For our workout we were going to use the same loop as last time, but with slight alteration because of the workout.  The workout was going to start and finish with a 500, but everything in between was a "luck of the draw" so we drew them after each rep to see what we would have next.  Each rep had 80% of time recovery.  In the hat were two more 500s, an 800, 900, 1000, 1100, and 1200.  I started the first 500 with Andrea and AuraLea and Becky, but I didn't want to mess up their pace by doing that the whole workout, so I took the next few on my own.  The time for the first 500 was 1:54.  Not quite up to speed but still warming up I guess.  The draw that time was an 800, I ran 2:55.  Then the 900, 3:20.  Then our first 5 on which I hit 1:46, better.  Then we got the 1000, I ran a 3:38.  Then the 1200, 4:26.  Then the other 5, but from there it was nice because we knew it was just the 1100 and then the final 500.  This time I hit 1:54 (or 1:50, those were my times for the last two 5s but I can't remember which was which).  On the 1100 I ran with Andrea and AuraLea, but I was definitely struggling.  That was a 4:09.  I really liked the workout, I just wish I could have been more mentally focused.  I talked to Kep afterwards, and I am going to pull it together for an A++ workout on Monday.  For cooldown we did another lap around the perimeter of the park, then I finished to 10.

5 miles in the morning on my own.  Out past Sugarhouse and back.

In the afternoon the group was me, Jessica, Sydney, Kenzie, and Becky.  They wanted a new route, so we sorta got creative and ran through the golf course, down 1300s to 1500e, over to 1700s and then back to campus along 15th and Guardsman.  Then to get to 8 I ran out to North Campus and back on the road above the track.

Long run in Park City today.  About a mile in, I picked up the pace and then Lauren and I ran together until mile 4 when she turned around.  The rest of the way was kinda lonely, but it was a nice run.