This is for you, Coach

ran through a nice meadow... then the rest was hills ha. b

ran with rachel, jp and janzen for my double. super fun and pretty fast paced! ran through the corn fields to conquer are fears of fields at night. 

went running with rachel, liz, and kaelie at 6 before i left for slc. pretty sunset but long run.. until the tempo!! i like roberts idea of leading every quarter mile. glad i did my run!

went to a fam bam reunion in south jordan yipeee! Kenny and I went to the gym and did a plyo work out of throw-the-medicine-ball-against-the-wall-and-catch-then-squat for 4 minutes then went to the boxs and jumped on the those for 4 minutes (horrible charlie horse the second I jumped.. hahahha) then did an upper body work out for 4 minutes and then jump roped for 4 minutes! (4 minutes= 30 sec/10 sec) It was a beautiful work out..

am: 6x 1000's at 4:30, :35, :29:, :30, :27, :19.. something along those lines. I only really remember the last one! Ran mostly with stoner and roberts. Feel like I'm getting back into it and trying to keep my confidence up! The beginnning always feels harder for me but after the first 3 I decided that I'll just stick with it and stay confident and the turn out wasn't too shabby :) glad that stoners kind enough to pace me! Worked on my breathing which got harder but it wasn't uncontrollable so that felt peachy.

afternoon, ran with rachel, jp, and janz... then jumped into the pool! 

am: 1/1's... felt pretty good and I thought I was done by 11 and rachel said I still made it so the last 3 were just wanting to be done and I wasn't very focused so I didn't finish well and I stopped right before the last one which made me angry but next time!!

am: time trial! woo.. thank goodness for Rachel pacing me! Super happy that she's running with us but i hope i don't cry too much when she leaves ha...ha. the run felt pretty good but I could do way better! Excited for the results at the end of the season! Hopefully I'll stay happy and confident.

pm: ran with rach.. our motivation was jumping in the river afterwards but we were too tired to even take off our shoes after the run so we ate otter pops instead! yum. 

am: 8 miles with 3 tempo! Around 7 min pace.. 7:30ish? We did every girl lead for half a mile and I like doing that! It keeps me focused and ready for when I lead! I lead the last mile and I still had my breathing under control woot woot. The girls are doing awesome and they're going to improve a ton! After the tempo coach and I turned around to get the girls and I tempoed it back with Ali and she did awesome! It was a good finish!

running at rachels cabin in cedar. fun and hilly. went on a long hike afterward too

running around cow pastours in cedar mountain and found a mud slide and played in that for awhile. went on a super steep hike afterwards.

6K's at the high school. Felt good, a little uncomfortable from not training well over the weekend but still a good work out. 

3 miles out in the heat. Chased a chihuahua.. did weights and plyos. 

am: 5 miles with 4x200's. 

pm: First race of the season! Had an explosion of emotions but settled with attempting to be calm and happy. I felt okay during the race but I guess I forgot what racing feels like. I didn't do well as I wanted but I've got goals in mind that I'll KEEP in mind so I can improve this season instead of plateau. There's a lot of things I need to work on but for the positive I stayed calm mostly (which might not be good because I wasn't breathing too bad... which means I didn't race hard enough.. eh) and I kept refocusing which is better than dazing off! Ha, okay, so I have a lot to do but I'm excited for a great season!  

8 with 3 mile tempo. Ran with Liz in Hurricane. supah awesome.

am: 6x1K's and felt superb. Loving the gradual increase of times. Hopefully I won't even notice that I'll be running in the 3's soon! ha. so funny.

pm: 3 hot nails..it was hot. 

am: 3 miles with plyos. 

pm: 7 miles. in the heat?! Yes. And it felt great! Some 'cloud shadows' which go long a way when you're bodies straining for cool air. The last couple miles were the hardest but overall it was really fun! 

am: 1/1's did 15! woot woot. Felt super good and focused on controlling my breathing which helped me notice that after 7 I was still pretty calm and I felt like I could keep going forever... not really but I finished strong and out of breath. I've been really surprised at how I've been feeling lately and I got to give all the credit to my mom for forcing me to eat healthy from the beginning of the summer and I think it's paying off. I feel peachy and happy! Let's make it a good year! :)

pm: 4 with striders. tired tired legs. 

old mans. crushed it woot woot.

sandburgs with the ladies

Struggled throughout and is frustrating to end with this week like this after having such great work outs. I think when I start racing to enjoy it and not strain, it'll be my greatest victory. hopefully.

am: 6min VVO2 test. did a lot better than in the summer time and felt really good!

pm: 3. Liz fought a tiger and I laughed while Kaelie was concerned for her being.

am: 3

pm: dogpound tempo. Super good today! Nicole killed it. Felt good to be pushing the other girls to stay up! They all did really well.

pm: time trial, got 14:02. first lap felt fine and dandy and second lap was a struggle then last 800 was okay. in need of improvement for racing!

am: 3 on the grass and practiced jumping hay bales..bails? Felt really good today! Even from when I woke up!! I was just sooo excited to go on a run this morning... hmm, I feel good today :)

pm: 3 sandburgs with the ladies! Had to pry them out again but it felt SO good.