Believe to Achieve

low mileage recovery today so that was great. i was going to go a lil longer but decided against it once i got started ha my calves hate me rn... headed up towards the pit and did some dirt miles which got my shoes a nice layer of dirt then headed back after not too long. s/o to mario cause i love her & running w/ her was the greatest.

went & hiked timp with some quality humans ❤ s/o to the moose that followed us on the trail & got me to run a few lil feet... what a day.

woke up SO tight but once i got started running i felt much better. 1st mile was way too fast for recovery (or for easy pace actually) so decided to just stay at easy pace for the rest of the run haha... felt good to be running cause i'll be sitting in a plane for the rest of the day yayyyy 😂 s/o to kaylie for waving at me she's the cutest & also good luck to all y'all camp people!

woke up to some THICK fog in nauvoo haha headed out on a run nice & early though. went adventuring with michaela s/o to her for running with me she's great. we went all the way down to the mississippi (which is not good ice bath water lolz) then had to head back early bc of sightseeing...

tried to wake up earlier to get some more mileage in but that didn't turn out too well haha #runningbuddies maybe tm i'll do full mileage? on the bright side we were flying without even trying #poet? haha we ran down by the temple & such which was beautiful plus it was way less humid cause it rained last night thank goodness! huge s/o to dalpal & justin bc magically i saw them on my run a thousand miles away from home. 😂

stellar run this morning. ended up around an 8flat for all 7 miles so that was super great- i probably shouldve gone faster looking back on it but the view was spectacular soooo might as well stay out as long as possible... ;) idk if i will ever be satisfied to run in utah again though cause these iowa trails are the BEST. ❤ as soon as i got back though we went on an "authentic" trek which made my calves quite sore...

last day to run in nauvoo :( headed out with michaela again but went a different route through all the corn/soybean fields. it was basically the best thing everrrr. like a runner's dream route cause it was so pretty & just nice and easy rolling hills the whole way. super excited to be back with the team tm though :)

nice recovery run with lil nug today. she's the best ❤ quality convo plus we ran to the splash pad so that was nice haha abs then a beautiful ice bath after.

ran w/ erika this morning since i won't be at practice... we did good ole premeet just for fun down at the cemetery for the team race tm :) abs after.

team race to get ready for the season today! craziness! summer went by WAY too fast... stayed on pace for the first two miles then sorta fell off on the last one but i think it was cause i was running more or less on my own at that point... haha it's all good though bc i still PRed (by a lot lol) so that was gr8 :) hoping for some more PR's this season! finished up mileage with bryn then headed down and had the best & funniest ice bath of my life lol s/o to koby, grace & hannah... it was... entertaining 😂

good bike ride up the mountain this morning with my dad. i was quite exaushted before we started so by mile 7 or so uphill...you can imagine... ;) the trail we usually go on was closed so we went a new way but turns out the new trail went like straight up lol we ended up walking our bikes for the last little bit but the view at the top was so worth it. coming down that hill was probably one of the sketchiest things i've ever done though haha... stay safe friends.

distance run with hannah & bryn this morning. we went a new way so yay! our first miles were a lil slower but we picked it up on the way back and our last mile was a 7:09 lolz good times.

10 one minute pickups @ race pace. i was struggling pretty bad but emily hales & i were together the whole time which was way nice. love her. headed back from the jr high to finish up mileage & even went a lil over which doesnt ever happen for me lol

easy pace run w/ varsity girls was gr88 love them all. ❤ turned back a little early due to less mileage with hannah & mario then had a quality ice bath with tyson... maybe that was monday actually but who knows? 😂

premeet! tried out a premeet course on the grass @ skyridge but the end was a lil crazy so hopefully we end a lil earlier next time haha. ap was a 6:50ish i think then just finished up mileage again...

surprisingly wasn't that nervous for the race- our wu felt great & everything! 1st mile was right where i wanted it but then mile 2 just sucked the daylights outta me. haha still finished with like a 3:30 PR from last year but the pacing wasn't what i was hoping for. nice to have a race under the belt though i guess 😂 s/o to the whole team & also lehi for cheering us on- ya'll are great humans.

slept in then headed out on the usual bike route w/ ryan. other than crazy construction 'twas a party so s/o to him for coming ;) headed to practice quite dehydrated & a lil sore still from the race but still managed to get some miles in with lil nug- she's the bestest.

yay for less than 6 hours of sleep lol headed down to ryan's eagle project 5k which was great- headed out with hannah & emily who are both just the sweetest. i felt surprisingly loose after yesterday but jamie said we weren't supposed to go faster than easy pace for the race which we didn't so wahoo 7:33 ap. finished up mileage down there then went to workkk.

wow school is exhausting. ran the kicker for practice in the blazing heat.. i got 11:15 which wasn't the time i was looking for cause i know i could have gone harder but mentally i felt really strong the whole time so that was definitely a win. finished up mileage with bryn & em and then headed home.

trimeet w/ good ole lehi & westlake! twas just two miles so it wasn't super stressful or anything plus the course was so fun- real live cross country. haha good times. s/o to caroline from westlake she's super nice & remembered me from some party i went to with her. :)

welp sports psychology got me feeling way guilty for skipping out on miles yesterday so i went a lil over to make up for it lol... good run on the mct with erika then headed back & met up with brynlee for the last two. she's the best plus we did abs so basically it was gr8. 

low mileage easy pace today. twas very hot but easy pace is feeling easier these days so that's good. ap was a 7:47 not including the wu. came home & did some abs in the shade cause the weight room majorly bruised my back yesterday... smh.

premeet! felt pretty dandy. tried to not psych myself out for grass relays. team dinner was fab plus brynlee's hammock fell on me so that was quite exciting.

welp. i couldn't decide on what i wanted my goal pace to be for the race so i figured right around 7 flat would be good... push me a lil but not anything too crazy. next time i'm going for crazy smh. turns out i totally could have gone faster in the race but i was like "eh i'm right on pace" and by the time i actually felt like speeding up it was kinda too late. note to self: don't set easy goals. they're worthless. on a happier note i very much enjoyed jumping over the hay bales, it was more than a 40 second PR on my two mile from tuesday (like 2 minutes from last year) && my grandpa told me he did cross country "back in the day." what a champ. 

6 90sec pickups up center street today. it would have been fine except i hadn't drunk like any water in at least 24 hours... i'm not sure how that happened but it did & of  course it was abnormally hot. anyways felt good for the first 4 then mostly died a real live death on the last two lol. i was planning on finishing mileage after we got back to the school but as soon as we started heading back i got super dizzy and started seeing stars so we stopped in the shade for a lil while so i could collect myself... i decided to try to keep going back but i couldn't even walk straight. s/o to emily for holding me up she's a true pal. after about a block i was feeling more steady so we jogged the rest of the way... slowly ha. tbh i still have a major headache from all the spinning going on but i do not think i'm ever going to forget to drink again so that's a plus... 

recovery run w/ emily. had some quality real life talks- she's the best. plus i finished my whole mileage so i mean that's pretty special too... 😂

quite the emotional roller coaster today.. ha started out by dropping danny boy off at the MTC which was a lil bit rougher than expected but after a nap i was pretty pumped to go race & get my mind off things. then the boys surprised us & asked us all to xchomecoming when we got off the bus and it was srsly the cutest. team goals. s/o to drew cause i'm hecka excited :) the team spirit was so cool! for the actual "race" i just stayed in tempo range but mentally felt really strong and had a kick that i was proud of. also i've never been happier to finish mileage lol. solid day.