This is for you, Coach

the rest of the run a thon. 2 miles on track and 3x400s. so dead.

ROBERTS! I hope you'll be happy to hear that Kaylee and I fulfilled our promise! We texted cha cha and found the delicious dutchmans market and now it is on my top 2 favorite gas stations! (the other is Harts) thanks roberts! 

AM: labor day work out on the track, how nice. warm up, Pizza warm/cool, 4x1mile T pace w/ .25 rec (not 25 second recovery...). supposed to hit between 6:50-7:00. we hit 6:28, :44, :52, :29. It was a pretty strong work out. Breathing got hard at the end but JP was a good leader. Coach told me to lead at one point so i attempted but i guess it suggested that JP would push the last 400 even harder hahaha.. i'll just let her lead. Aubrey kept with us on her last one and that was amazing! It felt good pacing her, i loved it! Taylor did way good too, she hit all her times! The last one was hard espcially when i'm running with someone who becomes a demon on the track but she pushed me hard! happy day. We did plyos and didn't skip anything even though we were quite dead. 

AM: 4 miles. left leg felt like was dragging. stretch baby stretch!

PM: 6x1000 w/ warm/cool (6.5mi) at the bloomington hills park. bleh. long grass, hard breathing, tired, not a good combo. not one of the best work outs. our times were in the 4's. not a big fan. hopefully i won't feel like that at murray! The boys and girls raced hard yesterday! noticed how small our girls JV team was so i recruited a few girls hopefully! Boys did awesome! that was intense.. stoner and i screamed hard at them so they better have heard us.  

AM: late again.. but ran 3 miles w/ striders. felt tired but my striders felt good and fast!

PM: 3 out to hot nails after a long argument. but made a deal with stoner that we'll jump into sandburgs tomorrow..  haha. Had craps and pains throughout my whole body during the run, hopefully they'll go away soon! Weights and plyos afterwards. I've been thinking that i really need to become more serious about these because i need more power in these limbs of mine. 

AM: 3 miles w/ 4x200's. Alise came!! wooooo :)

PM: 3 miles out to sandburgs. oh my gosh. the exact words i said before my heart attack. After a splendid dip into sandburgs, we were getting our shoes on and all the sudden Taylor was like, the guys are coming! and click, I grabbed my shirt and booked it out of there. Stoner and everyone else were normal and got there shirts on easily but my stupid shirt was being complicated and i was scared out of my pants that i kept shaking. i stopped behind a bush (kinda) and tried getting it on with stoner yelling at me but had to have assistance from aubrey... I didn't stop shaking until we got out of sandburgs. never again, am i gonna take my time getting my shoes on. ever. I'm so sorry to any of the boys that saw the whiteness of a molly mormon.. ha. oh and vegan dinner tonight.. thought they were hamburgers but ended up being beans..bleh.... don't tell my mom!  

AM: 3 miles

PM: ran the state course (3 mi) and learned how to partner stretch and got rolled out.

Race: Murray! the only part of the course i knew was the start where i go up the small hill and after that it was a mystery! Got out pretty good, followed Stoner and elbowed people for the first mile. The snake hill was way dusty and people in front of me were stopping which reminded me of footlocker.. they were in the way! but after that it felt good and there was a lot of passing but people passing me too... there were just a lot of people! The last mile i got sight of JP and caught up with her but by then i was antsy to finish but had no idea when i was going to finish. That made me super mad so when the finish came i kinda gave up cause mentally i was just mad that no one told me when i was going to finish. Wish i had a better finish so next race my only goal is to have a finish that i'll be happy about. Positives out of this race- wasn't so clammy before the race and was way excited to race. The first 2 miles were pretty strong and glad i was able to run with JP for a while and help her out too. We closed our gap on Cedar and Liz, Taylor, Aubree, and Kaelie did super good! they were pretty grouped together. Anyways, we finished with getting 10th. It was pretty cool seeing some interesting people.. The way up and way down was just a party cause all we do is sing sing sing!  

AM:  4x30secF w/1 min rec (track) +3x800I w/2min rec+3x1000T w/1 min rec (track) w/Pizza warm/cool. (finally figured to just copy and paste!) oh golly. my caves have never felt this tight in my entire life. I started singing hymns during the cool because they were crying out to me. Anyways, work out.. started out feeling like this is gonna be the best! but by the last 1000 coach gave us a speach on how we need to believe. If we already look tired and beat, inside we're pretty much destroyed.. yah, it was a hard hard work out. Some hard breathing was going on in my lungs. on my last 1000 coach literally pushed me and it felt good. I felt my legs just taking over because mentally, i didn't have to do anything, coach was just pushing me. i realized the only thing that was stopping me from going faster was my mind. dumb mind. But thanks coach! Realization that it doesn't hurt as bad if you run faster.. plus you finish faster. Sorry if it doesn't make sense, but it does in my head! Needing some time of stretching, rolling, ice bathing.

PM: 3 miles snail pace. My body ached but we (as in JP, Stoner, Liz and me) couldn't stop laughing at the littlest things. like me mistaking a woman as a man and i laughed really obnoxiously cause running and laughing don't mesh well. afterwards we cheered on the boys and girls doing their work out. I cheered on the guys and they didn't acknowledge my compliments. except for Nick, but only cause he's my favorite and Jake too. So after that we creeped on coach during his meetings and drew all over the board and got laughed at by coach Shaw because of my ugly green toe. And JP got laughed at by Dicky cause of her weird jumping. But anyways, today was a good day. It's still only 2 pm! what to do.. well anyways, the end! 

am: 3 miles plus striders. striders felt great.

pm: DI warm, 2 mile time trial, Harts cool, 5x stadium hill sprints. Tight from yesterday but didn't feel it during the time trial. Tried controlling my breathing, that's what freaks me out the most, when my breathing isn't calm my mind goes to panic mode sometimes.. But first lap felt good sticking up with Stoner but settled... oops! plus i kept slipping in the mud..but beat my last time, thats always good. (13:46) hill sprints weren't bad at all. but now i need to stretch and roll. 

AM: 4 miles. some tight caves on the way but felt pretty good on the way back. Actually stretched instead of just jumping in the shower. 

PM: 3 miles hot nails. some man came out from the 'financial security' and asked us if we wanted some water. i said no but stoner wanted some so she followed him inside.. then i thought that i prolly should've gone in with her. Sorry Stoner, next time i'll do better. But luckily she came out just the same but with a nice refreshing water bottle. anyways, felt good on the run, not really tight. I raced another guy across the street, he was booking it  but i could've beat him if it wasn't for the light. lame. anyways, Weights and Plyos. Did them all and actually wanted to put 100 percent in them. Partner stretched with Stoner and we felt loosey goosey afterwards.  

AM: 3 miles plus 4x200's. Saw a UFO! just kidding.. it was a penny drop from heaven. just kidding.. it was a missal (sp?) pretty cool! the cheerleaders cracked us up. They wanted a better view and so they ran to the top of the stadium.. pretty sure the view doesn't change cause its in the sky. 

PM: 3 miles sandburgs! felt so good. I liked our pace, we went pretty quick. we jumped in and out of sandburgs cause of our fear of the boys. legs are crying for a good long stretch tonight! excited for tomorrow!  

AM: 3 miles of hyperness.

PM: traveled up with coach holt! he actually let us ride with him :) fun stuff. Ran at the state course (3) and [I] found a iphone! that was legit, but Devin was not. ate food then went to Herriman. They told us it'd be the funniest hardest race ever. Pretty much described it. All dirt course with big hills including 'Mutha Cussa'. I didn't realize what it was until i started running up it. which killed every muscle in my body. so the race.. My start wasn't all that good. I fell behind stoner and jp quite a bit so my whole second lap i was trying to catch up to them. They were in sight all the way until the mutha cussa than my race ended mentally. So next goal for Nebo is to stick with JP and Stoner from the start so i wont have to do this dumb catching up thing cause i doesn't work all that often. Pretty bummed after the race but then i got a cool shirt for getting 14 so i was happy. Positives were my second lap felt really strong and i felt mentally and physically strong and i was catching up with courtney. last part beat me down but its all good. prepare myself for nebo!! The sweet Trinnamins gave us grapes which were amazing as usual! As a team we got 3rd! so did the boys! that was legit. Dinner was good, ride home was mumbly. but coach was fun to talk to. The trip overall was super fun and i think i wouldn't mind racing that again next year! 

7 miles out with my besties JP and Stoner. Ran to the new development "The Stucki Farms". There gonna be building a ton of 'villages' and lakes! supah cool. anyways, legs were tight and hurting but it was still a nice run. And hard last mile which was pretty hard. the weather was so amazing! it's ridiculous. they should have it this cool all the time. did some ab workouts with P90X. life is good. 

AM: 3 miles plus 2 miles Indian run. we're pretty weird. 4x200's on the track, hard keeping up with JP and Stoner... bleh.

PM: 3 miles plus 4xstadium hills and 4x100 sprints with equal recovery but soccer jog. weights and plyos after. legs were burning by the end of sprints so i barely got through the rest. I'm liking these quick runs, i need to find my 'inner kick'. ha ha 

AM: 3 miles and striders. baseball field was so wet our feet got so so cold! but other than that it was great.

PM: 3 miles hot nails. good stuff except how sore my legs are. partner stretched with Stoner while we watched the boys do Michigans.

AM: Michigan w/ 1 miles warm/cool. woo... i don't know why we get nervous for these.. maybe because it has a name but it was pretty good overall. The first set i was able to stick it with Stoner and JP but when we got on the track i didn't think i could stick with anymore and so the gap started to grow. biggest regret because as i started the next set i felt fine, and i was mad i made such a big gap. I pushed the next 800's and tried to close the gap but they were cruisin. Next time though, i gotta remember that the hardest part will end and it is easier to run as a tight knit. Finished it strong with a 29:39ish so I got a freakin A standard! check that off my short term goals. 

PM: 3 miles and 2x400's (equal recovery). Weights and Plyos. We ran out to 2450 but made up a run on the trail where Tyson dislocated his ankle so that was different. pretty good run except it was just hot outside. Weights.. barely could hold the bar with my shaky arms and plyos are just tiring. but we finished them!

AM: 3

PM: drove up to Nebo. pretty flat course, grass except for the bits of concrete and track. Cut off Stoner at the start and made JP trip over her... felt pretty bad but we restarted. Forgave each other (at least that's what stoner said..bitterly) then raced. kept up with JP and Stoner for maybe a mile plus so that part was good but started falling back. ended up finishing a minute behind them. Not exactly where i want to be but goal is to just stick with Courtney. I really want to improve at Cedar so there's a lot of nervous thoughts going through me. Our team ended with getting 4th! that was great! the girls did great and closed that gap way good!

3x(2minH+1minE, 1minH+30secE, 30secH+30secE) w/2.5warm 3cool at sugar house park. Legs were tired and had a harder time keeping up but it was a good work out. Ran back to Wasatch to watch the JV's race. It was great! 

JP and I got dropped off in Cedar and we were able to spend the weekend at Kaylees apartment! It was just a blast but we got some inspiration while we were there. We were talking to both Kaylee and Tyson about their work outs and runs... they are extreme! But it got JP and I thinking that we really need to push our normal easy runs a bit. I think it'd help if we took them a bit more seriously and pushed the pace so we're not going 10 min pace or something. But anyways, Kaylee was just great! miss her tons but happy to be able to spend time with her :) 

AM:  4x30secF w/1 min rec+3x800I w/2min rec+2x1000T w/1 min rec w/Pizza warm/cool. woooo... The 800's hurt, they were hard. 1000's were good. It felt good to be helping pushing someone along. It got my mind off of myself and about the work out. I think sometimes i just freak myself out about the run. Anyways, last 1000 JP, Stoner, and I ended up doing our own little Indian runs. I was so happy that i kept up with them throughout the whole thing and was able to finish with them! I felt great, better than last week. So ended happy.

PM: 3 miles E + 4xstadium hill sprints + 4x100F. Pushed our 3 miles which felt good and the staduim hills were fine until i almost got elbowed in the face by one of the twins. chain reaction to almost killing taylor boyer! So pretty much don't start behind someone with swinging elbows. Weights and Plyos after. My whole body was just shaking! I think i'm getting weaker in the weight room. i can barely bench the bar without almost dropping it on my face. anyways.. still did them. 

AM: 3 miles. tired. plus striders, felt strong. 

PM: 3 miles hot nails. pace was a bit faster but felt good. inside of quads are super sore and caves need some rolling out. So pretty much my body is tired. Stoner tripped on some rocks and i felt bad. she's been very clumsy lately... poor girl. or maybe its just me tripping her, oops! watched the boys do michigans on the track.... holy wow! they're super cool cause that seems hard... i don't want to say more in case i have to run them tomorrow on the track. 

AM: Michigan on the track? yes, indeed. 17 laps of glory. (mile warm/cool) Started off feeling not too excited but ended up being pretty good. I wanna write down my splits so coach lemme see them sometime! The laps didn't actually occur to me so it wasn't all that tedious. I was focusing on staying with Stoner longer than last time and i ended up sticking with her until after the beginning of the second set? actually i'm not sure cause i lost count after 5. Coach yelled at me to choose if i was gonna stick with her and it scared me cause it reminded me of yesterdays recurrence.. but anyways i stuck with her but then all the sudden i lost her. She just kicked and it happened before i could react. Actually i reacted too late so the next set was trying to keep the gap from growing. I felt like i was going fast and my breathing was pretty steady and i wasn't having too hard of a time but mentally i was just angry that i lost her again. I knew i could stick with her longer than i did cause i felt fine. Finished with a 28:21, beat last weeks by a minute give or take. Watched Taylor and Liz run their guts out and am way proud of them! made me feel like i wasn't trying as hard as them. I just gotta let my body take over and run fast. But I'm happy i finished strong and surprisingly beat Kaylees PR michigan time by one second! Good work out overall.

PM: (800 warm) 3 miles on our sportsman run. hot hot hot. 2x400's and stoner let me lead the first one and she did the other one. oh joy! Weights and plyos. holy tired legs! ice bath anyone? not you coach. saw Trevor! he had a nice looking beard going on... ha, funny. 

AM: 3 miles with 4x200's. oh golly.... legs legs legs. Stoner rolled me out later but i couldn't stop squirming.

PM: (800 warm up) Sandburgs 3 mile. felt good to jump in but it was pretty nasty. really gots to roll and ice to prepare for tomorrow.

AM: 3 miles. tired tired legs.

PM: race in cedar. Not very good at all. Legs wouldn't move and was mentally down. positive is i still beat last years time on the course.