It's a RUNderful life

Today started off with a wu down to the bottom of that one hill... (don't know what to call it lol) and then we had 2 sets of 3, 90 sec pickups up the hill with a half mile inbetween sets. Legs were feelin a little tired to start off and it felt like it was about 236 degrees outside (give or take) BUT I still felt like it was a good workout. Last pickup was killer. After we finished up to medium mileage including a mile on the grass. 

My. Legs. Are. DONE. haha today we had a recovery run but it felt more like a marathon after yesterday's workout and with how hot is was. Went on a loop down "kill hill" and then back up "the kicker". Probably not a good loop right after a hill workout and before a sort-of-race. oh well

Pre-region today! First, it's so so weird being in a new region with all different schools, but also kinda cool. Race was at Valley Regional Park (I think) which I decided was a fantastic course. Got to the course (after the hottest bus ride of life) and chilled for a bit, watched the rookie race, and then warmed up a mile. Oh, and just FYI, we were mostly doing this as a tempo workout minus like the last mile or so I suppose. First mile felt real easy and quick, came in at a 6:30, second mile we slowed but still on pace at a 6:44, and last mile picked it up with a 6:19. Ended with a 19:51 which I consider to be good considering we weren't going very hard the first and second mile. After cooled down 3 more miles in that sketchy town. #TGFG (thank goodness for gan). When we got back to SHS some of us went and did a really super scary ice bath at the SOLW. Unshoutout to Teapot and Austin for obvious reasons. 

*but also big shoutout to all the boys and especially Parker for asking us girls to #xchoco. Can't wait :)

Easy three and then biked to cross train. Fun fact: biking makes you abnormally sweaty...

Pre-meet today. mile wu and then an 800 on the grass at race pace. Mine ended up being a 3:08 which is a little fast but close enough. After did some starts. Finished up mileage by going out-and-back down the MCT towards Smith's where we got some water ( I <3 smiths ) and came back. Legs are feeling good, and I excited for BYU tomorrow!

BYU Invite today! Warmed up a mile then did drills and stuff. Started out pretty fast but still controlled, and hit a 6:11 or so. Second mile was substantially slower (what else is new) with a 6:24, and last mile was a 6:31. Overall not bad splits, but I really think I could have kept it around a 6:20 for the last two miles. Last hill was also rough and I should have pushed it more going up that. In the last 200m I got passed by a couple Davis girls, but I at least caught one so that was good. I felt like overall I had a good race mentally. I stayed pretty positive and had an attainable goal. Also... the race definitely paid off because we got SECOND! Great job to my great team :) after the race cooled down a few miles with some of the girls and Bill! it was so fun to see her and Bridge!