This is for you, Coach

ahh! 7 miles past mi casa! The way there was miserable (prolly cause it was SOx20 humid and i was sweating almost as bad as hunter/casey) but the way back was just peachy-ish (: The Wilkey's were very kind and let me,Rachel and Nicole in when i had to use the restroom :D. the hill back wasn't terrible! i was sooo happy (: i pushed myself up it and the whole time i was thinking that it's worse going up it on a bike, ha! i never thought that would motivate me.. anywho the rest of the way back was kinda ackward.. i was in front of zac and i thought he'd pass me or something but he stayed behind me the whole time (i don't know how far back but far enough to hear him running..it was kinda freakin me out)!! i wanted to run with liz and megan but they were behind zac.. ahhhh. so naturally i ran a little faster to get back sooner so i wouldn't have to feel this weird ackwardness. The End!

Added another warm up lap to talk to JP with Stoner. 4 miles to a fence past mavrick. The way to the fence felt long but so does any other run. Striders (1 mi) felt a lot better than usual.

Ran into hells hole and did 3x1min. and 3x30sec. hills. I like being up with the top girls, it's hard but worth it. It was fun but not as fun going back out. I ran with JP and we didn't stop going up the hill (pretty proud). The rest of the way was just peachy. Stoner and i rode our bikes home (3ish mi.) but we did a quick stop by the horses. If you don't know, Stoner and i named a few and we finally memorized what they looked like. So far there's Flyeye, Rough nose, Smooth Groove, and the new addition B Mussy (short for Blind Mustard but if you wanna be cool it's BM). The names pretty much descride them and so it's not to hard finding which is which. Anywho, i think that's all for today...adios!

3 miles on grass than striders. Just grand! Last day of kids camp, kinda sad but exciting at the same time. The girls were all adorable and funny. (some more than others... "BAAA..")

ran and ran and ran and ran again and ran some more. Started at the high school and ran to the log lane church. last 2 miles were tempo! fun fun fun. had a heart burn at the end but than again i haven't been eating the best either. It was a peachy run!

Went rock climbing at Black Rockand about died. Thank Dylan for keeping me alive!!

Green Springs. felt good espically going up the hill.

Race today!! so... a 3 miler so we don't kill ourselves. Still sore on my upper body from rock climbing.

RACE!!! ahhhh. anxiety 101!! I was way nervous until i got to the race. We ran a 2 mile warm up than stretched than RACED! hurray! forgot how hecky a race is but overall it was pretty good. we tried the pack run and it worked for the first 200 m. Liz H. and Frieda stayed up with JP and that helped me get up with them. I hate running on grass! it's so stiff and i feel like i'm going granny speed. During the race i had the weirdest song in my head. It's from Tangled and it goes "I could go running and racing and dancing and chasing etc..." anywho, something that helped me during the race was when coach started yelling at me and started to scream "Step, Step, Step!" it helped me concentrate on keeping up the pace instead of how crappy i feel. i didn't have a big kick as i wanted.. i need to quit being so whimpy and sprint at the end! I guess i'm pretty happy at where i am right now, it gets me kinda excited of how much more i can improve espically doing all the crazy work outs we're gonna be doing.

2 miles out to the gras, 2 miles on the grass than striders. I think 2450 park grass run is a ton better than the soccer field.

Out to Fire Station (1.75mi) than 3x30sec and 4x1min. It was hard but a good hard! Freida helped me out a ton, i stayed up with her during the hills and we both pushed it really hard. This years gonna be exciting espically with Freida on our team! She's way sweet and friendly so you guys should get to know her too :D. plus she has a sweet accent! Poor JP has two huge blisters on her heel, there nasty! anywho go give her some pity but not too much ;) oh, and Tyson too.

Ran around with cousins at the park

First day of school!! how'd it go you ask? fine, i guess. i'd rather still be in summer. A lot of people were a wee bit too excited to see each other but really, its not like they died! i'd be fine off without seeing some people at school. Anywho, the run was just terrible. (not an over exageration). I found that I'm really not use to the heat and i thought i was gonna pass out. We ran out to the hospital and up the back side of formaster. I don't mind the run to formaster but after that its just heck. It reminds me of the Tempo run with the guys. That run just doesn't have good vibes. I NEED to drink gallons of water starting today so i don't have to repeat today. It sounds like I have a terrible attitude..maybe i do, just for today though.

ahh. today just really isn't my day-ish. I'm freaking out about the heat that it shows in my running. I think i'll be good by next week though. Looking forward to not raceing this weekend (: P.S. I'm not sure about the time

Ran in the morning and i think the pace was pretty fast but fast enough to keep me alive.

Advice: get rid of every stupid excuse and negetive thought in your brain! Why do i say this? because it needs to be done, pronto. Morning run was just pleasent. My bodies starting to feel the double runs but i hope i get use to it. I'm grateful for my mom, she doesn't want me to die from running :). she's been giving me some nappy energy squirty thingy and she's putting calcium powder stuff in my yogurt (only because i choke on every pill..) Can't wait to see what else she comes up with to keep me alive. I've been drinking tons of water that now i have to go to the restroom every half hour! I cannot live with this! Taylor Bithell said i'm like the old people on commercials that have problems with having to go to the bathroom every ten minutes.

afternoon: 3x1000 (aka 3k, I just learned that today from Frida!) It felt good and i was actaully really pumped about it. The weather was really nice, a cool breeze and all. 1st: 3:52(ish), than both 2nd and 3rd were 3:50. My last one i really wish i pushed it and booked it with Frida. She did so good!! She got me going on my 2nd 1000. We finished side by side but it was work to stay side by side! I was actually pretty proud of myself for being so close to Stoner (: I guess this is a learning experience (like all other work outs) and i just need to get some more confidence and finish my work outs hard and strong. Frida is gonna help me so much this year. My biggest hope is to just stick it with her throughout this season~

AM: it was another morning run.

PM:Tempo Tempo Tempo! Mall Run with Frida! Man, Frida helps me a TON! The pace was pretty good and i'm thankful for down hills. It was pretty hot but it had a good breeze so it was peachy! Oh, i had some weird pain in my ankles. it felt like my shoes were really heavy and my ankles didn't want to take it or something.. anywho the end!

Wow, this just might be my first saturday run in a while. Anywho, coach dropped us off 6 miles away from the JV meet in hurricane. The whole thing was an incline and i'm such a complainer! It hurt, i sticked with them a lot of the way through the freeway but when i thought they were gonna stop and they didn't i guess i got my hopes up and started to slow down. Fridas way too nice and stayed with me (: When we got into town i felt pretty good, tired but swell. I felt amazing when we finally got to the meet! I thought it'd never come.

Rise and Shine!!: 4x1000 with warm up/cool down to Harts (5ish miles). Supposibly intervals but mine weren't really interval-ly. 1st- 3:52, 2nd- 3:50, 3rd- 3:38, 4th- 3:50. On the third one Roberts pushed me HARD! it felt so good to get up with Frida! It was painful but i was able to say to myself to get over it. I was pretty proud but than on my last one i was just glad i was done.. So pretty much i love morning work outs way more than afternoon!

in the heat: only 3 miles out to the Fields! way excited but (there's always a but..) i felt the morning work out and it wasn't to peachy. After i ate dinner (fish,rice and salad!) i was beat. The End.

good mornin: suppose to do tempo in the morning but somebody, not naming any individuals.., talked with the cops a bit too early this morning. Ran three and it was fine. I think i need to stretch a LOT more! my legs are starting to ache.

lovely heat: 5 mile tempo out to green springs. Started at the turn around and ended at the costco stop sign. actaully i kinda quite my tempo around chevron-ish. There were a lot of stop signs on the way back. I felt good at the beginning but than on that long long run to chevron was beating me down. I got farther back than i every wanted. I need to push it some more espicially if i want to keep my spot! 

smelly weight room: we did the 2nd workout thingy majig. It twas good than we did plyos and that hit the spot! I pretty much was glistening afterwards (: Kaylee,Stoner,Frida, and i went into marks room and rolled out our legs (which was severely painful) so our legs won't be as sore the next day.

am: 2x1200 & 4x200 (all together 5 1/2-ish mi). It felt great! escpically running with the top varsity girls. i liked the whole staying together as a pack. It felt strong and hard. I'm pretty proud (: the 200s were pretty swell too.

pm: 3 miles hallelujah! somebody thought of running out to hot nails which was a ridculous idea. It was pretty fun though. I hate the fast food (mcdonalds) and gasoline smell. I felt sore throughout the whole day no thanks to plyos (however you spell it!).

glorious sunrise:  3 miles and my muscles ache. I don't think i've been this sore in a while.

slap-in-the-face sun: came a wee bit late ran a few laps around the park than ran back. on the grass my calves were awfully tight. they felt like they were going to rip apart! But on the way back they felt a lot better. i don't remember what i did..but it made them feel better (: Frida and i talked a lot about everything and anything so that got my mind off of the soreness! Came back and had Kaylees dad pop my back and etc.. I was pretty scared at first but it felt so good! i couldn't watch him pop their neck but i didn't even notice it when he did mine until i heard the pop.

weights: #1. doing lunges were a killer. I'll be taking an ice bath tomorrow, for sure! I've got some laughing box in me today so i couldn't stop laughing during our plyos and everything else. coach kept looking at me weird.. but who cares!

AM: 3 miler, peachy

PM: 4 mi. really tight but had fun talking to frida the whole time! striders (1mi) felt better tahn the run

suprisingly i wasn't that nervous! I actaully felt EXCITED! yeah, pretty new right? Stoner kept tapping me or something that everytime she did i felt like throwing up cause i finally got a wee bit nervous.. JP had it worse though (go pity her). Anywho, the JV girls did AMAZING! JV/Varsity boys did awesome too.

I was actaully postitive throughout a lot of the race! That's new to me, i'm usually more on the negative side. BUT not today! I was proud! When someone said i'm doing awesome i'd actually think "heck yes i'm doing awesome". at one point some kid said "I bet you can catch up to those girls" than i thought "I bet i could!" than my pride got struck down or something. I'm always scared to be prideful cause i got this visual in my mind that the Almighty strucks me down.. anyways i felt good during the race and i think i could've pushed it more. Excited to see how much more i can improve! happy that fridas here to help me get up there with them!! (:

awakening from slumber: 5x1000 with 1.5mi warm up and 1mi cool down (about 5.5mi). 1000 times: 3:49,3:54,3:53,3:52,3:51. I need to work on consistency... Stayed up with Frida on the first and was right by her on the next few but when Nicole decided to step it up a notch it freaked me out mentally that i backed down enough to get seprated from frida :( I guess its another learning experiance but overall the work out felt pretty strong but i think i could've pushed it enough to stay up with Frida.

strong sun plus some clouds: I really hope it rains this week. Anywho, 3 miles out to sandburgs. I think it was more than 3 miles though, Roberts was leading us astray. Didn't really jump into the pond but everybody else did. Felt good enough to finish.. the end. PS 9 miles cause of 800 warm up!

AM: 5 miles to target. peachy

PM: 3 miles to artic circle. felt like forever

am: harts warm up, 2x800, 2x400, 8x200, and mile cool down. (6 miles-ish) was able to stay up with Frida and Rachel for the most part. the first few 200s i got behind cause i didn't think i could stay up with them but after Roberts told me to only think about staying up with Frida it actaully helped! Felt really great to actually run with Frida and Rachel. Right after the last 200 it felt like all that pain from the work out just came down on me. such a great feeling. The 200s felt like they were gonna last forever but at the same time they went by fast..

pm: 3 miles to green springs. WINDY! to the club house it was just dandy but on the way back i went blind! okay not really but there was so much dust in the air, it was hard to see. Anyways it felt pretty good i guess.