It's a RUNderful life

First day of BYU xc camp was pretty great! 1.5 mile wu and then our run was a "threshold" run, which apparently is a fast tempo run that is borderline race. I was feeling pretty good except it was a little hotter than I am used to running in, but overall I feel good about the workout. They told us not to overdo it so we would feel good the rest of the week and while I did go hard and do my best, I didn't overdo it and I felt good about it. Megan was with me the whole time and she did awesome too! Afterward we cooled down a couple more miles and then learned some drills and fun(ny) core workouts. A little later we did one more mile on the BYU track to finish up mileage. Also we had Jared Ward (2016 Olympic marathoner) come and talk to us and I thought that was priiiiitty cool :)

Fun day. Did a fartlek workout on the grass in the morning. 5-3-2-1 pickups. Felt pretty good. Later ran on the Provo River trail a couple more miles then ice bathed. 

Today was fun but also exhausting. In the morning we ran about 2.5 miles on the "Y" trail. Pace was good and didn't trip #win. A few hours later we drove up to Stewart Falls trail and ran that (it was actually the horse trail). Had a few minor bumps in the road on that and my legs were quite done by the end, but it was pretty. Also logged a few "water miles" at 7 peaks later which a lil bit fun. 

Last day of camp today and while it's been fun, I'm pretty much beat. Today we had our mini meet thing and while it turned out a little different than I'd thought it would, it was good. My legs were really super tired but once I warmed up they were feeling a little better. The course was supposed to be two loops around the perimeter of Kawanii's Park (I think that's the name), but the leader went the wrong way the first lap so it turned out to only be about 1.65... I'm not gonna complain about that hah. Anyway I trailed Gan for like 95% of the race and we passed tons of people in the second half of the race. Near the end I realized I had a little too much energy so I kicked hard a little later than I should have and passed Gan barely. Overall place was 9 but I think I could have gotten about 7th if I had kicked earlier. Shoutout to my cool team (Course Crashers ;) because while we might not have been considered the speediest, we definitely had the most spirit. I will miss those guys. Did an easy cool down barefoot around the park. The rest of mileage was weirdly split up buuuut that's okay. We did two miles while waiting for Collin around BYU when it was like a million degrees, and then another two later after we got home. Them jumped in a pool and rolled out followed by a delicious dinner thanks to Gan's nice mother. 

longish recovery run today. mile wu and then ran up past freedom and onto the MCT for a bit and then came back the same way. My legs were really really tired but they sorta loosened up and we picked it up the last few miles. After did abs and hips and ice bathed.

Lonesome and early 11 miles today. I think I only ran with the team for like 5% of my run because of time constraints. But that's okay bcuz it was not a bad run and it was a new record for me for the longest I've run at one time :) I ran to the MCT and then did the rest of my run on that. My legs were feeling pretty tired/stiff for the first like 4 miles, but after that I was able to pick it up a bit. Miles 8-10 actually felt great and were my fastest ones. After 10 my ankles and feet started hurting a little but it wasn't too bad. Apr. pace was 8:09 I think...

Also... happy bday to my girl Brynlee. She is a stud. Check out her blog.

*As a sidenote I hit 50 miles this week so that's awesome.