It's a RUNderful life

Today's run might be tied for the coldest run of the year. Had to feel my ears when we got back to make sure they were still there. Feeling pretty good tho and glad I had running buddies today otherwise I dont know how I would have done it hah. 

Killer workout today. Reminds me why I'm not such a fan of the two-mile... it's too much work to write down what it was but let's just say I'm wiped.

My foot was killing pretty bad after yesterday and my legs needed the break so today I cross trained. Did a bike workout that I can't quite remember and then went to yoga tone with my yoga buddies Gan and Dallin. Possibly it made me more sore but it was super relaxing also. Pretty much fell asleep at the end lol.

SNOW makes things so pretty :) 

Speed today. Four sets of 200, 400, 200 all at mile pace with 60 sec. rest in between. Moderate workout that felt super short compared to Tuesday hah. 

Nice long (also kinda slow) run with good old Gan. Felt a little tired at first but it ended up being a solid run :) we saw some great wildlife while we were out including some cute little birds in a super pokey bush and also Papa Heaps! 

Easy run past the old SOLW and then abs of cpurse

Low with speed. Six sets of 400m 45 sec rest and then 200m. Really solid workout and shoutout to CJ (coach Jamie) for doing the workout with us and being the best coach ever!

Recovery distance to the sweet reservoir founded by Guppy. Got some motivational grass that now resides with Jamie's trophies. ;) 

Pre-meet today. Don't feel like saying anything else so I won't hah.

Meet today at the Oval. I was really glad it was an indoor meet because the air quality is pretty much the worst ever. #utahprobs Anyway, I raced the mile and the 800. The mile went pretty good and I tied my PR from last season. Felt pretty positive the whole race but should have kicked sooner and harder looking back. HUGE shoutout to Gan for destroying the mile and PRing by 30 SECONDS! Way to be. The 800 on the other hand basically sucked. I just did not feel good. Glad I raced for the experience though. Afterward Sami, Gan, and I enjoyed ourselves at Cafe Rio, and I personally appreciated the delicious horchata. 

Also I have two more shootouts today. One for Connor for dabbing across the finish line (what a kid) and one for Sami for being almost the greatest of the greats. 

Air quality even worse today so I turned to the old reliable (but also kinda terrible) treadmill. Was supposed to do high mileage, but my foot was starting to hurt so I just called it good after six. 

Happy Presidents Day... Not that it actually means much except no school... But thanx Founing Fathers I really appreciate a day off hah. Morning practice today was some moderate speed. 6x400 at mile pace with a minutes rest inbetween and finished up with 2x100 at finish pace with one minute rest inbetween. Not feeling super great, probably because I haven't exactly been eating so good as of late, but overall the workout wasn't too bad especially with low mileage. Shoutout to Gan and Dallin and all others who braved the terrible two-mile workout... You rock.

Today basically gave me spring fever. The weather was PERFECT and the air was a little clearer which makes my lungs so much happier:) Good, easy, and fun run with Gan and Gups, and for a little while Mario. We went up airport hill so Guppy could stop at her house and get shorts and then basically looped back around to the highschool. Easy pace, but that's okay cuz hill workout tomorrow for meeeee. 

Is it weird to miss hill workouts? Hope not cuz I did. Did a wonderful hill workout up beautiful airport hill today. Felt pretty good for not having done a hill workout in months. It was 3x90 second pick ups up the hill a lap rest inbetween and then another set of 3. All at mile to two mile pace (or as fast as you can go up that crazy steep thing) once again beautiful weather and I felt super satisfied with my run overall even though it was pretty lonely finishing up mileage. 

Shoutout to Coach J for doing the workout! She killed it as per usual. 

Also thanks to all those people (some of whom I still need to meet) who commented on my blog recently... I was highly entertained. 

Don't you just love those days when easy mileage feels like you ran a marathon? I don't. And that was today. Weather went back to cold today which is a little depressing (although not complaining cuz the skiing should be good this weekend). Went out towards Willowcreek with my pal Rach who is always great to run with, but I have to admit that my heart just wasn't in it today. I'm pretty sure my heart is in Idaho with all the lucky people who are at Simplot. Sigh. Next year watch out Idaho. But huge GREAT JOB to my sista Gan for PRing crazy today in the two-mile and making it to finals! And I haven't heard much but I'm sure the rest of Team She killed too! And of course the boys are crazy awesome and wrecked as well as per usual:) now I think I'll go cry and wish I was at Simplot....

Good but slow 3 mile loop with most the crew, then one more mile with just Sami cuz for once she had more mileage than Guppy and Gan haha. Finished up the last two by myself and they were a little faster. Did some sick "gymnastics" with Sami after and we didn't even injure ourselves lol. 

Being able to run without a jacket in February is a beautiful thing. Did a mile over to Sami's then we did a nice, easy four mile loop, and then a mile back home. Legs felt a bit tired today not really sure why. 

Mother Nature must have been a little irritated with the track team today. Started out nice and sunny for like the first mile and then it basically turned into a full on blizzard. And right when I walked out of the highschool to my car it stopped and was all sunny again. Oh well, at least my eyelashes were only a little frozen... Overall felt really good today. Looped up to Sami's house and then down behind Costco and back along state street. Shoutout to Collin for going us for the second half of our run! He knows where the party's at. 

Well Mother Nature must have forgiven the track team bcuz today was the nicest day so far this year. Had a good sized group today that included Gan, Sami, Kaylee (for awhile), Lil Nug, and Rach. Felt really good again today but the pace was a little slower than I would have liked, but that's okay. Did a five mile loop up airport and once again down to state and back. Came back and did a lovely mile on the good old turf which actually felt very wonderful considering I basically hate grass running with a passion. Lifted upper body and did some abs. Shoutout to Coach Rice for fixing Gan's appalling bench press form. She just wouldn't listen to me ;);) 

Did some speed thing and possibly like a mile on the turf... Don't really remember... Don't really care.

Beautiful mid morning run during third period today (who needs school amiright?) felt super great and kept a solid pace even tho I was all by my lonesome. Weather could not have been more perfect and I was a little bummed when I had to turn around. Later did some super stretchy yoga with Gan which was much needed. Also had like half a huge bag of peanut MnM's so I will probably throw up on my run tomorrow but whatevs it was so worth it. 

Went skiing at PC today so I sorta counted that as some cross training and just went four. Plus my legs were pretty wrecked and it was hecka windy so it was super slow. Looking forward to rest tomorrow.

Well I sure hope awesome week gets more awesome. Dream maker today was kinda disappointing but I think it was from a lack of hills and dream makers lately and also it was pretty dang windy. Got an 11:08 which is 18 seconds slower than last time... What a bummer. Finished low distance after with Guppy and Gan. We figured out most people spirit animals so that was fun. 

Shoutout to Connor for making it so I didn't recognize him for awhile... And also shoutout to the twins for being the best puppy dogs ever ;)