Suzette's Running Blog.

First Cross Country practice of the 10/11 season! I was so excited, i could barely restrain myself from all of the excitement! For practice we ran the dreaded and not to mention difficult state course. There is one hill on that course that always seems to bring me down. I am going to try to overcome this hill in the next few weeks, but it is hard. Then we did one circuit and i hate them. They are difficult near the end because you are just so out of breath since you've been working at it for so long. Unfortunally, at the end of the day i realized i had rubbed the back of my ankle raw and it hurt badly. 

Ran at Sunnyside Park and did Fartlek. I had a difficult time since i had rubbed the back of my ankle raw the day before. Even with the band-aid i had placed to help it heal faster, it only aggravated it and caused it to become even bigger and to bleed into my shoe during the workout.

Ran at Shoreline Trail by the zoo. I was not feeling up to running the full workout and risking opening the cut again. Sadly, i ended up opening it up once again and making this large cave on the back of my ankle. 

Ran at the International Peace gardens. I arrived late with my friend but we found our other coach and she told us what we were doing. We ran out along the trail heading North until we hit the end of it, unfortunally we didn't get to run 25 min out that we were told to but we made it up in the park by running through other areas of the park. In total, we ran 5 miles and then did some core stuff and then step-ups.

Ran at Liberty Park. We did some speed workouts. Fridays are the toughest.

Today i ran at Sugarhouse Park with my team and got lost (as usual) on the run. It was a good thing that i got lost with my friend Patrick though. We were able to stay on the given route for the majority of it, until we took a wrong turn and headed west instead of east and back to the park the same way we began. Then we did crunches and push-ups. 

Ran at Fairmont Park. We played the penny game and ran out as far as we could for 25 minutes. The team that got out the furthest away from the park would win (coordinate wise). I ran with my friend Michelle and we didn't get too far, but that was ok. 

Did some trail running. These runs are definitely the most enjoyable ones. 

Ran two 800's as best as i could for that day. I found it quite hard since i had little sleep the night before. My first 800m was ok, but the second one was just terrible. The recovery between the two 800's was about half a mile and we had to jog it. We also had a warm up and a cool down, making it six miles for the day. I've decided i really need to get to bed early...

Ran at Sugarhouse Park.

I thought the hill workout was actually very enjoyable and that practice in general was very relaxed.

Ran at Pipeline Trail up Millcreek Canyon. I have to say, that was a pretty good run. I started out strong and kept it up- Including on the way down. That was, until i got lost and soon after found one of my friends. I really enjoy trail running, but i need to get better at finding my way back...

Today I ran at Wheeler Farm. I thought everything was fine except for the smells that were being emitted from the horse areas and hopping the fence and running through the horses. The speed workout was good but i began pushing myself when coach told me to keep up with him. I tried as best as i could, despite the pain i was having from my muscle. Anyways, no pain will stop me from running.