You've got to want it to win it

This afternoon for practice we ran up Emigration Canyon :)  We are all still sore from the race, but it didn't feel too bad of a climb up the mountain.  Hilary and I went to 5 miles before turning around and heading back.

I had a rough morning at drug testing (I was there for 4 hours!) and during that time I took a 15 minute ice bath.  This helped my calves for the workout later, as well as it being an easier day of threshold at Liberty.  We warmed up from the 9th east Trax station and then our usual strides and drills in the park.  The workout was three laps with 1:45 recovery.  I started with Giselle but she had to tie her shoe during the first one... I hit 3:06, 6:09, 9:07 for the first set.  On the second we hit 3:01, 6:02, 8:59, and on the final one I was with Andrea and we hit 3:06, don't remember, and 9:08.  Then we did six 30 second strides, and then I ran back to the 900e Trax station with Hilary, Alyssa, and Charlotte to finish at 10 for the day.

This picture from pinterest basically describes my morning.

This morning I went for a run right after class since we didn't have practice today so that we could watch the state meet :)  I ran down 1300e to 900s, and then was on my way down to Liberty at about 1000e when I got bit by a dog :'(  I have never owned a dog before but I and the owner did stop for a moment (I yelled a very loud ouch when the dog jumped at me :( ) but I didn't want to lift up my shorts to see where because it was on my hip and a bit high to be lifting my shorts in public... But I did observe that my shorts were not torn though there was dog saliva on it.  I told the lady I was fine and then kept running.  Even though my hip hurt.  A lot.  And I wanted to cry.  I thought that maybe the dog had hit my iPod which had been tucked into my waistband and that maybe that was what had hurt so much.  The pain went away as I kept running down to 500e on the outer perimeter of Liberty Park.  I ran south out to 3300s, and then up to 900e, over to 2700e, to 1300e and home for 9.5 for the morning.  Turns out the dog broke a little skin and it is bruised :(  Then I felt dumb the rest of the day when my mom freaked out because I didn't ask for information from the dog owner, and when my trainer and the doctors made it seem like the most obvious thing in the world that I should have asked if it was vaccinated >:'(  I think that I can assume that the dog owner is a good caretaker of the dog because she was out walking it and it was on a leash.  And because my shorts did not get torn, and I highly doubt the dog slobber could have soaked through my nike shorts I think I will be fine.  

I am counting a half mile from the afternoon while running around the course at the state meet cheering on Abigail and the other East runners :)  Also I got to see Natalie!!! :)  And Abigail had an AMAZING race!!!  She kept passing people the whole time, beat the girl who beat her at regions, and finished 13th overall :)  Not to mention running a minute faster than her time on the course last year! :) After her race I also ran around a bit with Gavin while cheering on Tomy who also had an exciting race :)  I am so happy for them and their efforts all season and seeing it all pay off today :)

This evening I ran 4 miles on the treadmill because it was cold (and dark) outside, and I am still a little shaken from the dog incident.  The treadmill is loud. 

This afternoon we had our first workout on the track this season!  We warmed up past the track and past South Campus Drive to our usual spot, and then back to the track.  Then Hilary did an extra lap with me.  After that we did our usual strides and drills, and then changed shoes.  The workout was three 1000s at threshold pace with 45 seconds recovery, then five fast 200s with 200 jog recovery, right into a progressive 2400 starting at 1:44 400 and dropping 4 seconds each lap.  I was with Giselle and Andrea was a step behind us, we hit the 1000s in 3:46, 3:43, 3:46 with pretty even splits during.  Giselle had to do strides on the grass instead of the 200s but Andrea and I hit 38, 38, 37, 38, 38.  Giselle rejoined us and we hit our paces pretty well.  The times at each lap were 1:42, 3:23, 4:59, 6:32, 8:00, 9:23.  I was a little confused  after the last one because I was wondering why Giselle was stopping; I had thought there was another lap... But Kep wasn't mad.  Then we realized that we actually had done 2400 when we counted our splits, so it was all good.  Afterwards we changed shoes back and then Hilary and I did 3 laps backwards on the track with the other girls, and then went out and back on the warmup route and then a lap plus back to the lockerroom to get to 10 for the day.

This afternoon for practice I went running with Andrea, Lauren, and Hilary.  We read each other's minds and ran our Trax route :)  The 2 hills up to 11th Avenue killed us!  But we had a good laugh about that and enjoyed the rest of the run.  We got water at the gate up City Creek Canyon and had to laugh at a note someone had posted on a 3" by 5" card about a found book of matches with a phone number for someone to call with a description of the book.  Heeheehee.  Then we ran down Memory Grove, and then we split at South Temple and I ran back to campus by myself.  I did strides on the bailiff to get to 10 for the day.  Good thing I didn't need very much mileage at that point because my knee hurt during the last one.  Running on the track started the pain I think.  

This morning we went up to Park City for our long run and we enjoyed how warm it was!!! 45 degrees :)  Somehow I ended up at the back of the group when starting but after we made it past the bridge under the roads I tried to get up to Amanda to keep her company.  I moved up but when I was with her I realized Charlotte had joined me when I passed their group... so I backed off a bit, but I felt kinda bad the whole time because Charlotte was breathing really heavy and sounding like she was struggling... Finally at a little after 4 miles Kate caught up to us, and then at about 5 Charlotte decided to turn and Kate went with her.  Amanda was out of sight.  I turned around at 5.5 and had 7:40 pace up to that point, then I ran sub 7s on the way back, finishing at 6:50 pace.  Afterwards we had to stop at McD's for water and powerade since we forgot to grab those out of the training room this morning... Then we had a pumpkin pancake party at Megan's house and had some quality team time :)