Suzette's Running Blog.

Ran over at Pipeline trail with the Illinois XC team. At first it felt fairly hard because the trail started off with several switch backs and they were pretty steep and uphill, but as the run progressed, i was able to continue on and pick up my pace as i ran towards the "elbow." Sadly, I managed to twist my ankle even more than it had already been and i lost my pace right around the four mile mark. Other than that, it was a great run. I love trail runs and i think we should do them more often, that is, as long as my ankle isn't twisted.  

 Ran at Cottonwood Complex with my team. We did a warm-up, ran the course and then did a cool down. The warm-up was really easy and i kept up with a team member until my ankles just wouldn't bend-they froze. It was so painful to stretch them. Once i got back from my warm-up we began running the course while doing ladders. I eventually caught up to a couple of my team members and ran with them until we finished the course but before i finished the course i managed to pass them. Right after, we ran our cool down and called it a day. I think this is a really good course to run and practice on.

Hiked two miles with some friends at Rockport along the lake.  

Hiked another two miles but in the middle of the afternoon. We would have gone further but the sun was really getting to us- especially me.