It's a RUNderful life

First day back from break and I'm not totally sure how I feel about it. I think I got super lazy over the break haha. But my first run back was not quite the most wonderful... But that's probably because I ran at 3 in the afternoon and it was 95 degrees. I went out towards the Murdock trail but only ran on it for a bit before I had to turn around. I passed two little girls' lemonade stand and promised I'd come back later and get some lemonade, which I did, and I will just say it was probably the best (strawberry) lemonade I've ever had. Shoutout to them. I also ran in my new Adidas shoes and they were alright but still pretty "new shoe stuff" and could really use some arch supports. I'm hoping they will give my lots of miles this summer. My average pace was like an 8:05ish which I thought was decent for not having ran in two weeks. 

FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE!! Well first of all, it was so great to be running with the team again. Saw some fresh new faces and some old ones too. Already I'm missing some of the Lehi kids but I guess we'll see them tomorrow. Started with an easy half mile warmup, did some drills, and then 10 min. of abs with the entire team. Jamie had us just do half of our low mileage today, which for me is only 2.5, but I figured the warmup didn't count;) ran out with tons of girls which was fun and different from the norm. We went on the trail by the railroad by trafalga (I actually seriously am not a fan of that trail but whatevs). I kinda got distracted and went a little over mileage cuz Sami and Gan were interrogating me but all is well. Can't wait until we get to go on some longer run and certain people aren't training for a Ragnar so I have more friends to run with :'(

combined practice with Lehi today. It was fun to be back at the school (never thought I'd say that lol) but really it's nice to run the familiar spots sometimes. We had an awesomely large group to start, but cuz our mileage is so baby rn that quickly changed and we were left with the old, but great, usual folks. Shoutout to Ryan's little sis Savannah for being a champ and running with us, she's pretty dang fun. I really wish Lehi luck though cuz their team is a little bit tiny...

Decent run. Rough day. #whatchagonnado

First speed workout of the season today!! We did grass pick-ups up at the old cemetery. I did 6x1min. pickups with a minute jogging in between. Felt pretty good although I can definitely tell I'm out of shape. Had a chilly but good first ice bath of the season too. Lots more to come ;)

Another short 2.5 today up to the jr high and then back down to the old creek. Also played a fun game at practice today but it wasn't that fun cuz i didn't win ;) did some killer strength excercises too that showed me I have zero upper body strength. Oh well who needs that haha

Early morning run with Gan today. Met up at my house and then did a nice, short out-and-back over by Sami's. Thought about scaring Sami but didn't (youre welcome Sami). Felt kinda tired today so run wasn't quite as quick as I would have liked, but it wasn't a bad run. 

ugh. 

Warmed up half and then did the trusty old three mile loop that was more than three miles. Smh. Anyway, next was a lower body workout and of course and and hips. 'Twas a good day.

Today was a great run. Know why? Because it's the first time since track that I've run five miles! I felt pretty good and had guppy and Gan for company the entire time so we cruised and had a pretty solid paced run. Went down to old "Country Road" on a nice out-and-back route. Can't wait to get more miles so we can do a good loop down there. After went back and did an arm workout (I hate pull-ups) and the usual abs and hips and stuff. Also shoutout to my nice mother for giving me chocolate milk and banana bread when I got home. What a nice lady.

First run back from being sick. Kept it muy SS (short and slow) so as not to overdo it. Out and back towards Freedom Elementary. Also side note: not sure how much I will be keeping up with fastrunningblog cuz coach made us get a "running2win" account. I'm not super thrilled about it tbh...

This entry is a bit late so I don't actually remember all that much about this run... that's probably a good sign actually. All I remember was that it was early. Today I also ran into a long lost friend so that was super exciting. Shoutout to you.

First practice back with the team... gotta love 'em. We did the "mile and a half jolly good run" today (quote cred to coach) but I didn't full out do it because I'm still somewhat sick and can't breath all that wonderfully. I paced Rachel and Emily most the time and they totally killed it. Shoutout to them. After the girls and I (minus Mario who has unfortunately low mileage) ran up to the Skyridge track and did a lap, which was my first lap on the track there. What a big moment ;) I think I'm going to like that track tho. Then we headed back, picked up Mario, and made our way back down to the old creek. Did some abs and half-hearted hips (sorry not sorry) and then took a wonderful ice bath in the SOLW which is finally back! so yay. 

I. Am. Exhausted. this day has just been......a tuesday. But I digress... Practice today was at my old alma mater, Lehi High School. Low mileage recovery that didn't feel like recovery to me. #stillsick. Anyway, the run itself wasn't so bad especially because it was lead by our fearless leader Mario. Except I almost accidentally left our leader. Whoops. We did an out-and-back out toward Williowcreek. After a very speedy run back we did some abs and hips to wrap things up. Missed my good pals the Raffs today, they should really come to practice once in awhile ;)

Today I did the mile wu loop and after Jamie had us head up to the grovel and do ten or so minutes of grass running (I did mine barefoot) and after we just finished our mileage. However... the all of our running today (minus the wu) was supposed to be at "easy pace". It'll suffice to say that for me on this day "easy pace" did not feel very much like an easy pace. I'm hoping that it will start to feel easier as I feel better and get some more training in. (Apr. 7:20) After the run did the usual abs and hips and then a short, not-too-hard lower body workout. 

So today was super excited because I got to run seven whole miles for the first time since, uh... A long time haha. Mile wu then headed out with some of the girls to go wake up Laurel. Turns out she was already awake and going to work. She needs to straighten up her priorities I think. After that Guppy and Brynlee and I headed up to the MCT and ran on that for a bit then turned around and came back for a "fun" upper body workout... Apr. 7:40.

Also HUGE shoutout to Guppy cuz it's her 18th birthday!! I wish her many more years of being super awesome and super speedy ❤️