Suzette's Running Blog.

Ran at Sugarhouse Park. We did our usual run with the cemetery loop and i finally managed not to get lost. Mainly because i stuck with two of my team members for the entire run. 

Today we had practice by the JCC. This trail has to be one of my favorites to run, especially because the return portion of the run is all downhill and you can go pretty fast on it- if you're careful, that is. It's a shame that i wasn't feeling well at all today so my time was terrible and i didn't really get the chance to enjoy it as much. Throughout the run i kept feeling really lightheaded and often tripping on rocks. I couldn't keep my balance and running became quite a challenge when it came to running next to a drop off. I almost fell twice off the trail and I lost count of the number of times i tripped and twisted my ankles coming close to falling flat on my face. Today was one of those days i probably should not have ran. I also kept feeling pain on my right hip, like right where the epiphysis of my femur is. I've been ignoring it for the past week and i think i will continue to, unless the pain worses. Overall, it was worth going to practice and running but it was tough making it down in one piece feeling the way i did. 

Today we had practice at Fairmont Park. It was a fairly easy practice. We started off with a two mile warm up, then did ten J loops and lastly a cool down. I wish i could have continued running the J loops but my ankles and leg were acting up painfully, so i was only able to do six of them. Hopefully i'll be better soon.

Today the team and I ran at Sunnyside Park. I ran with Abigail, Michelle and Nemo. We started off our run pretty well and on track, that was until we couldn't find the water fountain by the Chevron. We kept going and going. Overall, we ran 6.1 miles in one hour exactly and i didn't have any discomfort from my shins or femur.

Ran at Liberty Park with my team. We started off by doing a lap warm-up and then running past the drinking fountain, all the way back up to the starting mark for our first 800m. I ran my first 800 with a time of 3:26 and then recovered to the starting line for the second 800m. My time for the second one was 3:33; It was much slower because i think i ran the recovery quite slow. Once again i recovered and then did my third 800m. My time for my third 800m was 3:22. I did the same thing once again and ran it one last time, only i forgot what my time was for the last one. After, we ran back the opposite way through the park, on the trail, back to the drinking fountains to meet back with the rest of the team. It was a great practice and i feel like my legs are feeling better from the damage i did to them earlier this week by running dizzy. Running dizzy is like running blindly, especially while on trails and twisting your ankles on these trails with the rocks really really hurt.