It's a RUNderful life

Happy first day of school! (haha nawt really) anyhow, today's workout was "the kicker". My mental game was pretty strong going into it cuz I really didn't want to feel like I did after last week's race and I knew that I could do better. warmed up down to the start, then got it done. Going up the (largest) hill I gapped Gan and Kaylee a little and it stayed that way for the rest of the race. Finished with a solid 10:04. Really wish I woulda gone a little harder at the end cuz I really really wanna break 10:00 this season, but I guess I'll get it next time! Surprisingly, the kicker wasn't even the hardest part of today's workout... We had high mileage so after I still had six more miles and it honestly felt like it was 100 degrees outside. The SOTD (squad of the day) and I went one the MCT and ran through the gulley and back. Seriously thought my legs were gonna fall off and my body was gonna melt into a puddle. Thankfully neither of those things occurred. Shoutout to Smith's for having free water bottles. They are the real MVPs. After did abs and hips and ice bathed. 

Tri-meet today with Lehi and Westlake (the mom and the bro). Warmed up a mile. Course was only two miles and I was thankful that it wasnt just grass loops. We went out on a trail right by Utah Lake that was uneven and a little rough to run on, but still cool. We were supposed to treat this race more like a fastish tempo run. First mile was apr. 6:34 and second mile was apr. 6:28. I felt good for most the race. My stomach started hurting just a bit at the end but nothing too crazy. Afterward I did a few more miles to cool down. I was supposed to do 9 miles today but by the end of my cooldown I was not feeling good and just decided to listen to my body and call it quits for the day. 

High mileage recovery today. After a long debte/argument about where to run, we set off on the MCT towards Smith's. Warmed up almost 2 miles, stretched, and kept on goin. Legs felt pretty rough for the first half. We stopped at the "Freedom Park" and did a mile on the grass, and then ran back. My legs actually felt a lot better towards the end. When we got back to the school we did one more mile on the grass and I got a stupid sticker stuck in my toe... smh. Average pace apr. 8:21. Afterward did abs and hips. Unshoutout to Michael for hiding my shoes -_-

Pre-meet today for grass relays. wu and then 800m at race pace (or so) on the grass. Varsity all did their 800s alone bc that is the nature of the grass relays I suppose. I'm not sure exactly what my time was cuz I forgot to stop my watch due to human "hay bales", but it was about 3:05 I believe, so a little fast. Next I did some "relay starts" with the relay team for tomorrow and a couple strides. After finished up mileage and then did some good abs and hips. Headed to the SOLW next for a fun but VERY chilly ice bath. Shoutout to myself for jumping in. 

Also had a quality team dinner tonight. Team captains were announced and some great words were said. #inspired

So this was a pretty big race. 25 teams were there I think. I can honestly say I didn't get nervous at all until I got to the race and even then I wasn't very nervous, so that was good. Warmed up about 1.5ish miles then did drills and waited around for quite awhile bc they were behind schedule. I was doing the second leg (of a 5 person relay) so I went right after Guppy who did the first leg and got me a solid 5th place start. I started out kind of fast but I was feeling good. First lap was pretty smooth and felt really fast, second lap I started dragging a bit, but it still turned out okay and I passed a girl so we were now in fourth. The "gauntlet" the second time around got me, and looking back I should have tried a bit harder on that, but I didn't slow too much the second mile and I felt like I had a good enough race, especially cuz i didn't even trip over any hay bales... #win. Also the rest of our relay team all pulled out some great times and we ended up 5th overall and got a trophy! Shoutout to them for killing it.

*as a side-note I'm not sure of the exact length of the course because some people were say it was like 2.1 or something, but i don't really know so I'm just gonna go with 2.