I <3 RUNNING

p.m - 600, 800, 1000, 1200 2x

Warmed up to Hearts and back with Micci and then started on the beastly workout. The first set was hard. I didn't know how fast to go and I felt like we were going faster then race pace. . .whine, whine, whine!!! I didn't want to slack off so I just held on to Micci and Chandis and we just really pushed each other. We had a 4 minute break between the sets. Got ready during that time and changed into my racing flats. On the next set I went all out! My body hurt so bad and every part of me was begging to stop but I kept going! I stayed right behind Cassidy. Before the last 1200 coach said I was getting tired and leaning back, I do that a lot, so I tried to really push my body forward. It was hard to keep my body like that for the last 1200 because it brings you right up on your toes. It ended up being a great last set!! Way pleased with the workout! It was difficult and hard but will be very rewarding. Finished with running a cool down to Hearts and back.

a.m - ac and home. So sore!!!! I didn't think I could make it all 3 miles. Everything hurts so bad I want to cry!

p.m - AC ICE CREAM RUN!!!!! YUM!!! Best run of the year!!! Then we took pictures. . .  

I don't know where to begin with todays race. I don't even know what happened. Sure I got a PR on the course by 1 minute and 21 seconds and got a PR by 6 seconds but I did horrible! It sounds like I did good but I could have done so much better! I don't know what happened . . . .I feel really bad I wanted to do really well because this is the last good course I like and things just didn't happen. Really, really frustrating! I guess I just have to learn and grow from this race.  

Went and Volentered at the Marathon! I got soaked in my shorts jacket and shoes! It was so cold I was shaking so bad by the time we got in the car to leave. 

Everybody did really well! It was fun to watch Coach Holt run past! Man tuff condititons and everybody just stuck it right out!!! 

a.m - 6x800 repeats! 1.5 mile warm up to hearts and then we started on the repeats. My time were really bouncy today. I didn't have anybody to group up with, it was irritating. My starts were somehow really bad and I have know idea why. I guess I just couldn't get my legs going?? I don't know! When we started I would be the last but before we even hit mid way I had passed most them and was the 3rd girl behind Cassidy. So I have know idea what went on today but I gave it my best. On the last 3, coach said to make them each 2 seconds faster then the  one before.  The second one slipped to a slower time that made me mad so last one ended up being 3:18! Good workout today!! It was different for some reason, it didn't feel nearly as hard as usual but I don't know, it just felt flat out weird.
 

a.m - Somebody said this was our last morning run! I hope they all weren't telling me fibs because that is the only reason I could get out of bed this morning. Morning practices have been a struggle! I'm not a morning person at all. But it has been the most rewarding thing ever and has given me that extra goodness that I need! I would do it over and over again because it makes you just that much better!!!

p.m - Easy 5 with Chandis. My legs are dead! Are they suppose to be dead?

Today a lot of  pre-race things went weirdly. First I didn't get my hair in a bun because it was stupid so I went with braids. Then I forgot my spandex. . . .but I got them!!! I woke up and I couldn't breathe this morning either. I had to endure the day because if I went home I wouldn't get to race. So my eyes watered and I was coughing and was headachy/ body achy through most the day.

By the time the race rolled around my body was dead tired! My legs were/are really sore too. We started off and I was going really good. Then my body and legs started to catch up with me. I don't know why but for some reason I'm still really sore. Everything ended up going down hill from there. Somehow I managed to get another PR though! I love how races that I feel like I did really well and pushed it really hard, my times are not so marvelous. On bad races were I feel horrible about how I ran and my legs are dead, I manage to get a PR. Its kind of messed up!!! But I'll take a PR! Now time to find some legs because mine are dead, and do great at region! Maybe I can both get a PR and feel like I ran amazing. . .that would be cool!

Last years time on this course for region: 24:40

This years time just for another meet: 22: 58

I don't know if I'm happy?! Yea my time improved from last year, not as much as I wanted but at least it improved! Maybe if I had fresh legs like I did at region the year before, maybe then my time could of improved a lot more. . .but I still have my Junior and Senior year to go!!!!! :)
 

a.m - no more :)!

p.m - Started off by myself today. I stuck right behind the boys till I thought it was time to turn around. I was on my way back when the girls in back of me told me it was the II Silver Stone not  the just Silver Stone. So I turned back around with them to there and then turned around again. On the way back I took Chandis along with me. It was sweet! We were going really fast!!!   

The week of region. . .and man can I feel it! 

Warm up to Hearts - 3x 600 repeats (not intense) - cool down to Hearts

Coach Holt talked to us today and it totally freaked me out. Region is really here! I want our girls team to go to state. Our girls team has trained so hard and has overcome a lot. Not one of the girls on the team has ever slacked off. We've been out there every morning and every afternoon. We're not JUST out there but out there working so hard! I know we can do it but it wont be easy. I'm excited and nervous for everyone! So from today I'm going to visualize the race every moment I can, eat healthy (already do), and get some sleep! :) I KNOW WE CAN DO IT!
 

The day before region . . . . . I'm getting nervous!

We played follow the leader! It was grand!!! :) Just way relaxed! :)
 

REGION -

I was SO nervous today I couldn't even think straight. We didn't do anything in any of my classes either, it was horrible. Never in my life have I been this freaked out or stressed. I just care a lot about what happens today!

I went out pretty fast and just worked on keeping my breathing going and just getting my mind on the right set. The whole time I was thinking about how bad our girls team wanted this and that we could do it. The second mile towards the bottom of the park me and Kareena kept bouncing around and moving up towards the snow canyon girl. I tried to keep with them but I lost them. :( I just tried to keep working on getting them. On the final loop which is a shoort lap they cut you off so you don't go down around the park. The pointed me in the right direction but a few steps later I totally forgot where I was at. My mind went completely blank. I thought I was cutting the course I didn't know where I was at or how long I had been doing what ever I was doing. So I stopped and turned around and started jogging backwards. The guy turned me around again and said follow the cones. I was so out of it so I started following the cones and everything started coming back. Luckily nobody was way close to me so nobody passed me in my stupid moment. From there I just pushed it as hard as I could.

After the race I just sat around with my friends and waited for the results. Everybody was so worried and I was ready to flip a lid. Kareena started saying we got 2nd and could go to state. But we didn't want to believe her so we went and found out! WE ARE GOING TO STATE!!!:) . . . It was so close. 2 points I think? But we're going and I couldn't be more relieved and excited! I could finally breathe. I knew we could do it and we did do it! Congratulations to everybody!!!! :)

I can't believe the season is over with the exception of state.I love cross country so much! I love working hard everyday and knowing I'm improving. I love the challenge of running really hard workouts. I love running with my friends and racing with them. I don't like when it all ends. I hope that everybody on the team stays close. Because this year I have made some of my best friends. And I just don't want it all to end. I have 2 more years I get to run cross country. These next years I want to push as hard as I can. I will run track to make me faster and between the two season I will continue running and get better and better.  I love running and want to be incredible by my senior year!!!

Pine View High schools annual run-a-thon! 8 p.m to 8 a.m

Sweetest night ever!! I ran a mile and froze my butt off . . .It was awesome! We played the best ultimate frizbee game ever. . . Tason is a freaking machine! Then we just did a lot of random things. I slept on the field and was so tired I didn't move till 6 a.m when somebody said breakfast was ready. After breakfast we finished off with the dash for cash. I ran one 400 and my legs were frozen till about half way into it, then  I realized how freaking sore they were!!!

I was going to run 3 miles today but I was going to take an hour nap but I slept from 9:00 a.m to 5:30 p.m!!! And my mom still had to get me up. I went back to bed at 9:00 p.m and had to get up at 7:30 to get ready for piano! I was so tired! My body is wasted!!! I shouldn't be this tired though.

Felt well rested today, after sleeping all day and all night yesterday. Legs felt kind of sore but good enough. I ran around my block twice and then over to my grandparent in Green Springs.

For some reason my shoulders are so knotted I think it's starting to give me head aches. What ever it is it's been miserable. I tried to keep my arms and shoulders way relaxed on the run so they wouldn't get any worse. Anyway. . .ran around my block a couple times, over towards a.c but turned down to do the bank run, cut back up 2450 and up to my house. Ended up being longer then what I wanted. I wanted  to stop so bad when my watch hit 6 but I wasn't about ready to walk on my run so I finished it up home. 

800 warm up and stretches.

Hearts warm up

3x600 striders - Just let everything flow today. Pushed it hard but tried to relax at the same time. Kept in my head everything I expect out of myself at state. I just want to race it hard and have to regrets on this final race of the season. I've heard the course is way hard but I feel ready. :) Started out a little slow on all of them and then would pick up the pace as I went. I'm READY :)!

Cool down to hearts

Sweet 16 tomorrow!!!! We celebrated it today and tonight because I'm leaving tomorrow around noon. :( But I'm so excited! And it was a great day!!

I'M 16 TODAY!!!

Traveled up to Salt Lake. When we got there we ran around the mall. It was just an easy 2. Felt good, but feeling really nervous for state. Everybody says the course is so hard YIKES!!!!

Coach talked to us tonight. . . . All year my goal has just been to make it to state! And we made it! I never thought about running hard at state. I would because its a race but its STATE! I think I got a little comfortable with just being satisfied with making it to state. Coach said thats how the boys were last year. And that we cant ever be just satisfied.

Got to the course around 11:30 and it was packed with people! I was so nervous and excited to race. We just hung around and tried to stay relaxed. Started warming up when the 3A boys started their race. We got a nice warm up in and stretched. It was a little cold outside but I'm not complaining because last year, it was horrible!!! We got on the line and handed some girls our clothes. We lined up. I wasn't on the line because a girl on my team beat me at region :( It was weird not being up there! We took off I had a great start but then the gun went off again and again and again and we were having a re-start. I hate those and hate them more at state! We took off again. I didn't have a great start! I got stuck in a big pack of slow moving hill climbers. I couldn't pass anybody and I was stuck. When we got to the top it started to spread out a little. I was able to start really going then. The rest of it I just pushed it hard. I feel a little discouraged that some of the girls on my team beat me that don't usually beat me. . .but I'm happy for them!!! They did so good. Why didn't I go with them?! Next year!!! I knew it would happen because they all told me they wanted to catch me and stay with me. . .and I was a target, a very slow moving target! I really enjoyed being able to run at state. I feel like I pushed myself hard. I know the course no for my junior and senior year where I WILL be kicking butt! I loved the course. . . it wasn't has hard as everybody made it out to be.

Between now and track and the next cross country season I'm going to train really hard and make sure I'm running everyday. I don't want to relax or slack off! I really want to be an amazing running and I will work for it!!!
 

Somebody said we can't run till Monday. . . I didn't know what to do with myself :( ! I get grouchy when I don't run! So I went home after school :( and stared at a wall!

ha ha ha ha!! I found a way to run with out really running!! . . .or Chandis did!! We had "practice" after school. A lot of people were there and we played ultimate frisbee! It was so much fun! It felt good to just run :) 

I don't know if I should enter this as a race report or not?! I didn't really race it today. I pushed it hard but not full out. I started out fast and my legs were throbbing so I just went with it. It was fun!! A lot of people that do XC are in my stake (Josh, Austin M, Austin (crazy shorts), Ryan, Devin,. . . .just a lot of people!! So it was fun to be there with them. I was the first Girl!! It was sweet, I wasn't even trying!! 

I felt horrible today! I've not run this far or what seemed like this far in a long time!!! I felt so out of shape I couldn't breathe my legs felt and probably looked like jelly. . . but o-well! I'm going to start building up my miles! 

Felt really strong today. . .breathing was good. . legs felt okay. . . no complaints!! I just love running!!

I feel bad there aren't a lot of girls aren't out there running! It was 10x funner when we were a lot out there together!! :) I guess I'll just have to start bugging everybody :P
 

I felt so strong today. . .I was banking on 6 but somebody told us we had 5 :( bummer! O-well! Very strong breathing was all together, legs felt like legs with muscles!! jk! Good run, fun time running with Chandis. 

Today I only ran 3  and I'm SOO disappointed in myself! I want to get my miles up and I've let it drop the last couple of days!! What good is that going to do me. . .especially when I want to be running lots stronger next week?? I'm so FLIPING angry! I lifted weights after our run then went and ran a bit more. I'm going to start lifting weights only with MORE miles!!!! I don't know what happened today. . . . . 

I did better today then yesterday! The first half of the run stunk! Legs were sore and stiff from the weights. After that I just started cruising. I was flying on the way back. Sweet run!!