Always a Runner

Sat, Mar 07, 2015

Sat, 07 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Ran on my own. Decent pace.. felt pretty good the whole way

Fri, Mar 06, 2015

Fri, 06 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Long & easy with the distance girls today. Made up our own new route. Felt pretty great- especially nice & loose on the downhills

Thu, Mar 05, 2015

Thu, 05 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Pretty ticked off at myself for this one. Definitely could have pushed harder. It was just an Intersquad meet, but still I should have done my best nonetheless. So so pumped for the season to get going, if I can push myself better & get more sleep it'll be a super good season!! Got around 2 miles of warmup/cooldown in, and also ran the 800.. I think my time was like a 2:50? Haha. Anyway there's two meets next week and I'm pumped!

Wed, Mar 04, 2015

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Pre-meet. Ran about 2-3 miles including a couple easy hill reps to work on our strides. Also engaged in a vicious snowball fight with the boys during the run that FREAKING HURT. Also found out the 4A mile state qual time has been lowered to 5:13! There's still hope though (:

Tue, Mar 03, 2015

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Mon, Mar 02, 2015

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:00:00

Sat, Feb 21, 2015

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 07:00:00

reeaally slow. and it was cold (& snowy!?!) but good.

Track tryouts are next week! Kill me. It is theeee most pointless thing in the universe, no joke. There is absolutelyn no benefit- like it's not even a good work out but it wears you out anyways because it's sooo looong and they make you do literally every event except the distance events. Isn't that fair? Lets make the pathetically weak distance girl throw a shot put but hey we won't make the throwers run the mile. What the fetch?!! You can all freaking die. If you can't tell tryouts really piss me off.. sorry. I'm done ranting now.

Fri, Feb 20, 2015

Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:00:00

I went from my house up to Green Canyon, then up the canyon aways and back home. I was planning on going about 10, but at the turn around point I was just feeling really good so I kept going for awhile. I would've gone further if the sun hadn't started to set and I wasn't in the canyon. It's creepy in there by yourself at night! But it was an AWESOME run, I felt great most of the way. My feet hurt a little for the last mile but other than that it was golden. Just a super refreshing and relaxing run.

Thu, Feb 19, 2015

Thu, 19 Feb 2015 07:00:00

Got to the arena at about 5.. Cheered for Ethan, Claire, and Miranda in the 3200 and then Alex, Stockton and Caleb in the 1600. Megan and I were doing the 1600, which started around 9 pm. I was not really looking forward to racing all day, but as we were cheering I got really excited to race and I felt great during warmups. I got down to the track a little early, but that was just fine because it gave me plenty of time to prep myself mentally. It was probably the most mentally prepared I've ever been for a race. My goal was to go between a 5:30-40, which put me at about 42 seconds a lap (it's a 200m track). My start position was pretty good, but I'm awful at getting out fast so of course I was immediately in the back of the pack. Coming around the last curve of the first lap though, I was like what the heck I don't want to be stuck here, I belong up there. So I picked up the pace and passed the slower pack and was straggling behind the front pack until about lap 5, when I began to fall back. But in the middle of the race, when it really started to hurt, I actually smiled because I just love how it feels when you race- it hurts SO BAD and I hadn't really pushed myself to that point in awhile so it felt amazing to really be racing again. I just kept telling myself if I didn't leave my comfort zone I'd never improve, and that helped me push myself a lot. My slowest lap was #6, which was about 48 seconds. I felt really tired, but my mom had told me about this study where when you feel really really tired, you actually can do a lot more physically, you're just mentally holding yourself back. So I just pushed harder, especially because there were only 2 laps left. I sped up (& almost peed my pants haha) and by the last lap I passed a few girls, even. I felt like I was going to fall over/black out when I finished and I WAS SO HAPPY because I actually pushed myself!! It wasn't as good as a time as I would have liked, but considering the fact that I hadn't trained for awhile, and I'm sick and super sleep deprived, it was great. And it was a huge improvement from all my other indoor meets. I can't wait for the actual season! Tryouts are next week!

Wed, Feb 18, 2015

Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:00:00

About a 1.5 mile pre-meet run, with some strides afterwards. Simplot tomorrow!

Tue, Feb 17, 2015

Tue, 17 Feb 2015 07:00:00

Golf Course Extended run with Claire and Amber... it was SOO SO nice outside. Not positive but I think it was around 6

Mon, Feb 16, 2015

Mon, 16 Feb 2015 07:00:00

Sorry for not posting! I've been sick & injured. I just did 6 on my own today.. was gonna go for 7 but I didn't have time. I also went cross country skiing