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COOLEST RUN EVER. like literally... it was chilly out there haha :) emily & bryn & i braved the SUPER strong winds and headed out on our run. at first it was miserable cause the wind sucked but i was feeling surprisingly good so we went pretty fast and got past that part quick. then it got exciting cause literally 2 dogs chased us down the street which made us surge real fast and brynlee scream every time hahahaha and then every other dog we passed went crazzzzy too. it was really funny tbh. oh and i totally almost slipped in the mud trying to long jump over a puddle hahah so that got a killer scream from me too! emily is too cool to scream so ya know... she couldve screamed at the guy who shouted out his truck at us though that gave me a jump haha good thing we were running fast so you couldn't really tell. haha on the way back we were flying at like a 7:35 pace and we all were feeling way good :) 

bryn keeps on getting mad at me for never posting soooo... ;) today was gr88. we were all feeling pretty good so we were going fastish? kinda... haha just enough to make it not recovery but not too killer. emily & brynlee & grace & lil nug all had some quality stories today so that was a party. also i almost got hit by a truck (my bad) haha but i mean talk about adrenaline... :) it was warm though which was super gr8 until afterwards when i was doing drills with mario and like half passed out lolz. s/o to her waterbottle bc i was not going to make it to the drinking fountain without dying. i will definitely be hydrating more tm...  and for the rest of the summer. haha. 

the speed was 2 sets of 200m, 800m, 400m, 200m, 200m, 200m. i was feeling pretty good again and hit my goal paces every time so that was super awesome. it was hot again too which was funn haha s/o to lil nug for letting me borrow her socks. i owe her big time...

quality run today with em & bryn. it was super hot though... thank goodness for sprinklers haha. also s/o to my new friend joey the kangaroo except he isn't a kangaroo.. just a kid who started running with us randomly lolol but he only stayed with us for like a block hahahaha.

nice and easy recovery run with em & bryn. we went on some busy roads though haha so s/o to the drag racers for scaring me to death hahaha i thought for sure they were going to hit us. it was the perfect temperature though so that was awesome!

jv region today! 'twas good ;) perfect temperature but my legs were a lottle tired lolz. s/o to the math final that kept me up all night haha.. but super fun day overall! the 800m was alright but i was just getting warmed up for the 2 mile which wasn't anything crazyyyyy but a good starting time! SUPER HUGE s/o to bryn cause she basically ran every distance event. like wow she's goals. also great job to everyone that raced today you are all my favs!

RUNNING IS THE BESTEST. so glad break is over haha. met up at brynlee's then went on a 3ish mile loop... we went a little over though cause my guesstimating skills are lacking these days... new shoes felt swell and it was the perfect temperature so that was gr88 :)

nice & easy run with lucille today :) we went a sweet trail by her house with hills and such but it was pretty short so i figured we could jump the river then cut through a field to get back to the main road. turns out the "field" was actually a river/swamp/lake thing... idrk how i didn't see that before but minor details lolz. running upriver was quite the adventure... well, a wet adventure. :) haha our feet were soaked for the rest of the run (& i owe an apology to my new shoes) but it was so so so fun. ;) also some quality convos with lu made it go by super fast even though we were going slowish... haha 'twas a good day. 

quality run by myself this morning... lol @ pacing cause i almost PRed my 5k on a distance run... haha let's hope that's a good sign for this season riiight? also not very happy i showered last night bc it's VERY warm out there rn lolz. 

first day of summer practice! it was so good to see everyone & meet lotsa new people too ;) erika & josh & i ran down to practice but we were at super low mileage so that didn't turn out all that good... oh well haha. hannah came too so that was crazyyyy & fab haha huge s/o to mario for... reasons. 😂😉

beautiful run down in st george! it was quite hilly & hot buuuut i was feeling way good so that was fine haha :) went about a 7:30 pace for most of the time & then did some lit abs down by the pool... haha i'm thinking maybe it'd be funner to do abs in the pool though... maybe i'll try that tm lol

super short & easy run today... the sunrise from the trail was unreal 😍 also s/o to the little bro robert for running with me. he's the bomb diggity.

super lit trail run today! it went off of the main road i was on and straight up the mountain... like straight up. haha it was super pretty though and coming down was way nice. did the lower body weights and some abs after.

it was SO good to be back with the team! (for a day...) haha nice little warm up, 5's, then 1/2 low mileage again with laurel, watson & guppy. did some upper body & abs afterwards which was grand. quality day with quality people. oh & my parking job was $$ so that was exciting!

nice run in the rain haha. finally got around to doing the 6x1min pickups so that was good too. i was a little drained but i think that was just cause i had the ACT this morning... so glad that's over with lolz. hips/abs afterwards then called it a day. 

you know it was an early day when you're finished with everything by 5:30... lolz met bryn down at the high school and ran the dreammaker (cause i was wishing i was still asleep) which was way good but it was super dark haha. basically it was the best thing ever though cause i got to run with brynlee. also huge s/o to her for coming with me so early. #trekprobs. 

wu then headed out on our tempo run. super glad that emily was there cause i haven't seen her in a long time & she's my fav. :) almost pred on the 2 mile so yayyyyy. unshoutout to my knee cause it hurts a lottle. #trekprobs

nice recovery run today. rail trail wasn't even that sketch except for the hobo BBQ... haha good times :)

the fundraiser 5k was lit so that was gr88. s/o to little nug for having lotsa quality stories to tell us ;) ran with bryn afterwards & we went on a new sweet loop. good day & the horses were really into our stretching haha

"easy" distance run today that was actually not that easy lolz. abs& hips after

quality day down @ lehi :) was having major flashbacks during the warmup & playing sharks and minnows to last yr haha good times. low mileage recovery run with the gals then abs & hips at my favorite tree with my favorite people.

some nice speed down at the cemetary today! wasn't too killer so maybe i should've gone harder but i was worried about my knee on the hills... felt good to be going fast though. finished up mileage, abs, hips & a leg workout then a fun lil ice bath afterwards

nice recovery run today with ky & em up to the new splash pad that opens TOMORROW!! looped over by skyridge then did abs, hips & an arm workout afterwards. s/o to lil nug cause she taught us how to bite the leaves off trees... 😂

rough tempo run but quality abs, hips, popsicles, rainbows, ice bathing & ACT scores made for a good day.

quality day with bryn. we accidentally crashed the AF half buut it was all good cause we're really good cheerleaders while we run lol #hiddentalents. nice abs& hips afterwards then her mom made us breakfast which was pretty much the best thing everrrrr

"timed hill run" was a partyyyy. huge s/o to watson for pacing us. she's the coolest.

party run in geezy with the girlies :) i probably wouldn't recommend staying up until 2 or 3am then waking up at 7 to run but i mean... you do what you gotta do. ;) it was just recovery so we headed out not really knowing where we were going & ended up on a dirt trail for a while but then to continue on the trail you had to climb down a cliff and cross a river... lolz cause we made it down the cliff but then i totally stepped into the river & my shoes were SO WET. #blisterheaven haha other than that though it was a quality run with super pretty views everywhere.

lit night run with brynerz. "easy" pace felt really good (tbh not looking forward to it again tm though) & it was the perfect temperature even if it was a little wet haha :) also there was a quality sunset while we were cooling down so that was a major plus.

wu then headed out on another "easy" paced run. we went a little slower than that for a mile or so but then we went faster later & ended up right in range. quality pit stop @ my place with elena then upper body, abs & hips after. huge s/o to guppy cause it's her birthday & she got a blog! 

wu then paced the new runners group for their tempo run :) twas fun & they all did so good! for the last .5 i hopped back in & paced erika- she totally killed it at the end! cool down/abs/hips afterwards.

nice & easy run with bryn up into highland. s/o to the baby sidewalk & dead deer... abs & hips after

the freedom 5k was a grand ole time this morning! bryn & i stayed together for most of the time so that was a party plus lehi was well represented so s/o to everyone who ran ;) SO grateful & proud to be an american. nice cool down after then watched the parade!

erika & mitchell & i partied it up today with a super nice and easy recovery pace but sadly i think we took the hilliest route in all of lehi which did not make my already sore legs all that happy... haha then some quality abs after with erika to finish up.

welp easy pace didn't really happen today due to the unfortunate combination of sore legs, rolling my ankle, and hills... but i mean we still averaged faster than a normal distance run so that's good i guess 😂

gan, watson, sami, guppy & i went on the provo river trail which is gorgeous but quite chilly at 6:30 in the morning ;) i was feeling pretty good though so once we turned back i stuck with sami for a while & picked it up a little to finish with a 8:00 ap. basically it was a party & i love them all! s/o to guppy for teaching me how to jumpstart a car 😜

met @ dry creek for our easy pace run :) we went a wee bit faster than i usually go but i didn't totally die so that was great haha s/o to all the girls bc they are just the sweetest!

wow it's really hot today...

whistle hills today! i was feeling pretty good except my knee was bugging me so idk about that... good cool down afterwards though with mario & bryn. s/o to mario for taking a swing break with me cause who doesn't love swinging? :)

thank goodness for recovery. took it nice & easy today then abs & hips after and finished off with a quality ice bath :)

mile repeats today! warmed up to the cemetery then did 3 sets up in the grovel. first one felt good. second one i rolled my ankle twice lol... third mile was consistent at least? s/o to lucille cause i love her and haven't seen her in ages.

took a crosstrain day for my knee :( woke up VERY early to ride up in alpine with daddio. 8 miles uphill was rough but we went on some sick mountain bike trails on the way back down the mountain & the sunrise was $$$. took a nap lol then headed down to the park to do the upper body workout & abs & hips with the team

felt way better today then i've felt in a while. s/o to jamie for the new knee trick she taught me cause it's working!!! 90 sec pickups were a lil rough but i stayed with hannah the whole time & we were ahead or on pace so yayyy. our 3 mile cool down was probably the longest 3 miles of my life but we had a beautiful ice bath afterwards which made me happy happy happy.

HUGE shoutout to brynlee cause it's her birthday!!!!!!!! long party run with her this morning then we hit up kneaders which was just peachy ;) afterwards we met up with dallin @ the solw for a much needed ice bath.

woke up nice & early so i could run before girls camp... felt pretty good but it was a lil lonely haha went down to some country road which was SO PRETTY with the sunrise. oh & girls camp was the best thing ever. 

night run with bryn! we didn't end up meeting until like 8:50 cause kaoru & her dad had just got to my house buuut it wasn't too dark so it turned out fine haha.. ran around skyridge which is amazing then kinda all over just trying to get mileage... 

ugh. more than rough steady state run. stayed on pace for the first mile but i was so drained (getting 3 hours of sleep 4 days this week was not so smart afterall...) after that so i dropped wayyy back. ended up going recovery pace for the rest of the run but i mean i almost stopped & didn't so that was a win. quality talks with lil nug about life afterwards. she's the coolest. 

met up with bryn nice & early to do our long run. went the same way as usual but headed towards the canyon instead of the temple. really like running up there. felt so much better #yayfornaps

temple to temple 5k! i got there late so i just started out with callie & ryah but i separated from them pretty early so i ran most of the race alone... but i felt way good, plus the downhill was amazing so it wasn't hard to stay positive. my watch glitched at the finish so i'm not sure what my time was but about 100m out i was at a 19:30 so ik i was somewhere in the 20's... haha doesn't count as a PR since it was all downhill and not quite 3.1 but it was still fun :) cooled down afterwards then headed up to bridalveil falls with my cousins :)

some minor confusion of where practice was this morning lolz but ended up with a pretty good pack for recovery. didn't feel too dead after yesterday which was a win :) for the last couple miles it was just watson, bryn & i. they're the coolest. abs & hips afterwards

yay for easy pace! it's actually feeling easy these days so that was great. headed out with a pack but due to higher mileage it ended up just being bryn & i so we explored a sweet little dirt trail then headed back to do some hill accelerations which were quite fun.

8 600m repeats @ skyridge! twas a quality workout & i even kicked at the end (like real live actual kick whaaa) so that was great. finished up mileage with some barefoot miles on the grass. :) 

very hilly, very long, very tiring recovery run. sigh. 

met up w/ bryn & hannah @ the park for high mileage. we all felt pretty good & pushed the pace so that was fantabulous. also s/o to watson cause she drove by and waved on the trusty overpass. what a gem ;) after abs bryn & i made some breakfast & the only thing i dropped the whole time was juice so i'd say it was a win. 

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.

premeet. low on motivation lol but finished up some miles w/ em. abs & hips after.

BYU! super excited for the course but mentally not in it for the race. my legs felt pretty shot & it got to me on the third lap.. ive also been feeling sort of sick lately so that didn't go so well- it was frustrating bc i felt way better on wednesday when i didn't prepare for the race than i did when i tried to be prepared... oh well haha PRed my time from last year on the course!

ran after work. twas dark & scary but a quality time w/ hannah

speed! it was 1000 m @ goal 5k pace then a 200 m jog then a 200 m sprint. turns out the sprinting was the best part. lol i hit pretty consistent 4:10's to 4:15's the whole workout which was goal pace for me so that was sick. mentally felt pretty strong but then i remembered i still had to go to soccer practice.... not sure how many more miles i got there but my legs hurt a lottle.

solid recovery run w/ em. pieced together a couple different runs into a loop with minimal hills so i mean that was dandy. 8:30 ap

well. i was quite determined to finish my whole mileage before the bell rang... talk about motivation. premeet was true to what i was hoping for. had some conditioning for soccer later... probably only about one more mile though cause i left early... 

murray was SO FUN. ate the first peach of the harvest right before i ran and it was so good. kinda tired but mentally strong. love racing with all the girls. first mile was a lil speedy @ a 6:35 lol but i stayed with the same pack the whole race so that was sweet. we slowed down a lot though... oh well. i think i definitely could have gone harder on mile 3 and caught a few girls but overall i was happy with how it turned out... also i finished all my mileage. wahoooo

well. i had a soccer game in the morning... and ya

first day of AWESOME week! we did whistle hills down in the gulley of the mct which was way fun except the curve was kinda throwing me off... haha i felt good though so that was a plus. s/o to lucille for killing it. i have much love for positive energy. 

kicker today! felt alright to start out and then sorta died on the second hill.. ugh. mentally stayed strong though and made sure i had a stronger last half mile. also was happy with my kick so that's a plus. i think my time was 11:27...? maybe lolz so that's slower than usual but not too far off. 

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD. sunflowers. hills. quality convos. loops. lil nug. emily. solid recovery. 

4 mile repeats today. i was the first girl in my group almost every time i think? haha felt strong and it was nice to run with some boys because they pushed me. also i stayed under 7 min for every single one so that made me so happy!! :)

recoveryyy

ladders up airport! mentally in the game and stayed consistent timewise. love this team. s/o to drew cause xchoco was the best thing of my life.

much needed recovery

recovery

pickups on the track. stoked for bob firman

recovery i think?

good times. ran the bob firman course with the team then did premeet and starts. finished up with bryn.

wow. I LOVE BOB FIRMAN. seriously though it is my favorite course, favorite trip, with my favorite people, etc. got some quality naps I'm since our race wasn't until 3:20. ugh. haha it turned out fine though! the only girls who passed me the whole time were emily & carolyn so s/o to them. i got 11th overall in the jv race so that was way fun- and it really pushed me at the end cause i thought only top 10 got medals haha. i matched my PR which i haven't been even close to for a while so that was super awesome! good times. i should've pushed it more on mile 3 but overall it was a strong mental race and i was happy with it :)

good times with good pals. found a fun 5 mile loop and had some meaningful convos with lil nug. she's the best.

6 min test! i got 1550 yards which is almost 200 yards more than last year so i was happy with that. if i would've just finished the mile i would've pred so that was a bummer. next time.

speed ladder today. felt good to be going at mile speed again. i was on or faster for all of my times so that was awesome and mentally i was in it too. good day. finishing mileage was the hardest thing ever though... my stomach was having major problems.

barely survived premeet lolz... 3:28 on the dot. good times finishing up mileage with bryn.

did a rushed warmup/ drills with hecka sore legs... basically i couldn't even walk lolz but i was determined to have a good mental race so that was that. my time definitely reflected how tired i was but i stayed in it the whole time in my head and scored second for skyridge right after emily hales. also i really liked the course even though most people didn't... there was lots of diversity so it went by pretty fast for me idk 😂 s/o to sports phycology. what a great class. also cheering/ cooling down with a couple of the girls was fun fun. love them all.

recovery with brynlee. felt really good and i love her. 8:26 ap. then dinner & abs after.

speed changes on the track

love run with emily hales. wow it was something else. love her. haha we had quite the time climbing up in every treehouse we found and although the hills probably weren't the best idea for region they made me happy happy so that's that. 

tbh i have no idea what we did... probably pre meet + some slow miles. getting ready for region. 

woke up sick. UGH. determined not to loose the mental game though so just took it easy all day. good race. 1st mile was wayyy too fast for me but i stayed with a pack of girls for most of the race. last 800m carolyn and emily wallgren caught me but i stayed in it mentally and gave it my all. not my fastest time but loved every second of it. pred on the course by about a minute though so yayyy. 

1/2 low all week. wahooish? its good to cut back but i feel like i loose so much on breaks. anyways good run with lil nug and upper body. benched the bar plus 10 lbs with good form so wahoo

2 alone plus lower body

ran then upper body? probably... ha one of those days the basketball boys were in with us and it was the most discouraging thing. if only i was as strong as them.. 

20 min abs. wasn't that bad. my legs are super sore from lower body *cries a river. ran with lil nug. probably pretty slow.

last soccer game. not really sure how much mileage they even are so left that blank. undefeated feels pretty good. felt good to sprint a little and actually have energy to run.

1/2 low + 1... so 3 miles today again. for having recovery everyday last week i still feel very wrecked so who knows. pretty sure i ran with lil nug?

lol @ my wimpy mileage. varsity state was today! i got out of class to go cheer cause i love them all. EVERYONE DID SO GOOD. ran up that one hill like 8 trillion times though (actually only 6 times but..) highlight of the day was longjumping a river to get to the finish in time haha i was the only one who didn't get wet. i'm surprisingly good at staying dry- maybe cause i don't hydrate too well who knows. ha good times after with friends. 

night runn. ran after i went swimming which probably wasn't my brightest idea but the past is past. first mile was all downhill (as my grandparents live on top of a mountain) but the second was all uphill and then i just turned around so again it was downhills and uphills all over again. abs after. unfortunately i am very far away from getting a 5 min plank. smh. love running. love sunsets. love no school. ap 7:56. 

yay for 90 degree weather. not. ha ran after breakfast today which was a mistake cause turns out gourmet granola + fruit causes a very painful side ache. oh well. ran on the same trails i always run on to the east then came back. felt goodish till the last mile. recovery @  8:06

woke up early down in st george to run. just recovery again but i was feeling good so i went at distance pace... maybe faster ha. awkwardly there was a huge 10k on the trail i was on at the same time i was there so i kinda just ended up running a shorter version of their course..  it was terrible though bc i got to the straightaway for their race and they all like started cheering for me to finish when actually i was only halfway done with my run. oops. whipped around and finished my run without cheerleaders. 7:51 avg

very tired of going 4 miles. ugh i need some diversity. last day running in geezy though so that was fun. just did my normal route... down the hill over the river and onto the trail (to grandma's house we go..) ha but really though my grandparents live on this huge mile long hill. my legs hurt. recovery so 8:14 avg

love run pt 2 lol finally got to run with em again so we hit up our favorite horsey trails- nicknamed the love run bc well... just bc. it was not quite as romantic with dead leaves everywhere turns out though. good times still. the rolling hills were good and bad haha thank goodness for recovery.

haven't been on the blog in forever whoops. ha oh well i'll try to remember some stuff. today was good. we did 4 SLOW recovery miles. just a loop down by my house then back to the school. 

jv's workout was 12 sprints up and down the birm with speed squats right before. it wasn't that hard even though i was going all out but i felt like it helped with form. finished up miles with carolyn. she gets me. abs after since we didn't pass off our 5 min plank... oops. probably doing the upper body w/o tn. 

team pictures in the wind. haha good stuff. got in a couple miles with em (in the leaves. it was THE best.) 8:15 ap. before we had a physical therapist, dr butler, come talk to us about form and stuff. it was super interesting actually! i definitely want to apply some of the things he talked about. didn't finish mileage cause it was late and i was babysitting... did abs at like midnight lolz 

ran on a saturday! what? haha relaxing run up to brynlee's. talked to her for a while so that was fun then headed home. good day. 7:54 ap abs after

yay cause halloween. :) lil trash competition wu then headed out on medium mileage. ran with bryn for the majority of the time so that was grand since i haven't been with her in a while. fun times with fun people later.

wahoo 6 again. s/o to danny for leaving the MTC. ran with emily through the dip then around in highland. good times. i probably should start paying to run with her cause she's pretty much my therapist... love her. killer orchestra concert later. + abs 

hey speed! long time no see. the workout was 5 1000's @ goal pace for NXR with some speeding up/ kicking mixed in then 3 400's at last years mile pace then consecutively faster. i felt so sick all day so i was "super" excited to run but it wasn't actually that bad. ap for the 1000's was 6:43. so not slower or faster than what i wanted-just plain honest times. felt good after that mentally and was super motivated for the 400's. sport's psych is working miracles on me lol. kept the first 400 brutally honest (maybe a lil slow) with a 93... but last track season was... sickly. plus i had a lot more in me so i pushed it more on the last two. ended up getting an 87 then a 78 cause i felt like it- track is going to be better this year i already know. abs & hips with some pals after my cooldown. oh and the weather today was perfect so huge s/o to mother nature and her sympathy to us runners.

mostly ran by myself today... it was alright other than feeling sick to my stomach for the first 4 miles ha pretty sure something is wrong in there since i can't walk without feeling like i'm being stabbed. anyways ended up going on a pretty hilly route but it was fun to be down in "old lehi" again. someday i'll brave killer hill. maybe 😂 abs after. 2:30 plank ✅

distance run plus some pickups for prefootlocker tm. felt good but tired. went up on the trail for most of the miles. ap 8:33 then abs after. super stoked for sadie's! 

welp. that happened lol. super tired from sadie's but also was feeling kinda sick- coldish plus stomach stuff that i talked about earlier. yuck. 1st mile was fine second mile i totally died off due to sickly feelings in my innards so ya. 3rd mile i sorta came back so that was good and i was proud of my kick mostly bc i didn't go that fast the rest of the race lol whatever. finished mileage then took a long nap- h8 being sick.

wow hills. we went to the trails in the dip then up in highland and all over kinda. very tired for no reason lol but hopefully will be well recovered for speed tm. 8:59 ap + abs and peer pressure got me to do 11 whole pushups so i guess that's good? 

the workout was a ladder of speed. 200 @ 800m pace, 400 @ mile pace, 800 @ 2 mile pace, then 1 mile @ 5k pace then back down. mentally felt strong after a good talk in sports psych and i know i was consistent so that was good. the mile felt a little harder than i was hoping it would though.. eek. haha nice cool down after. s/o to spencer for almost running me over. abs.

good run with lil nug up into highland. kinda felt jolty but nothing too serious. i think we are going to hit up some old lehi roads on friday though so i'm stoked. 8:46 ap. my stomach felt a little better also so that was a plus. had to finish up mileage after violin lessons then did abs. 3 min plank 

ran with carolyn at lunch then abs then ran again then abs again lol. 8:35 ap

wo was ladders up the gulley hill. 100 200 300. jamie ran with emily & i so that was awesome. it's nice to have someone to push me when it gets steep. easy run back then abs. 3:30 plank.

nice run with bryn into old lehi. man, i miss those runs. abs & pushups after. 8:43 ap

recovery so 9:04 ap. not fast but it was good cause i'm pretty sure i was deathly ill yesterday... lol. solid loop down by fox hollow then back up the forever long hill and around the stake rec. it was exactly 4 so that was awesome. abs

went running in the wee hours of the morning.... 5:30 to be exact. other than a little chilly it was a good time. very relaxing, and not even scary except for the freaky dog lol. s/o to carolyn for coming with me. she's a babe. also the nxr team dinner was fab. i'm SO EXCITED for this weekend. abs later (oh & probably add at least .5 cause... milo. what a kid. lol)

distance run on the trail. felt pretty good. maybe it's cause i haven't ran for 36ish hours lol. 8:21 ap

arizona!!!!! tis a party! actually the bus ride was horribly long lol. good shake out run in paige, az. we just went 4 but it was quite exciting cause we ended up on some super steep sand hill... haha good times. 8:59 ap plus some freaky falcons (actually probably vultures but...)

holy cow the course is so fun. after a movie in the morning we headed down to the course and ran it through then did premeet for the last 800m. premeet was way too fast for me cause my watch was off but i felt good so that was ok. quality nike dinner & abs after and then an ice bath back at the hotel. s/o to carolyn hahahaha her tiki dance is killer. also s/o to luke from westlake! it was way fun getting to know him on the bus :)

ARIZONA IS MY FAVORITE. felt almost eerily calm the whole trip & knew i could perform well. for the past week or so i've been focusing on the number 21 which sounds weird (like seriously every time i see it idk #sportpsych) but i wanted to break 22 SO BAD. got a quality bib number 1592 (which rearranged was my goal haha) so i was pretty excited. ;) morning of i just trusted my training and didn't worry about the race until literally when i was on the line. s/o to the cute orem boys that let me cut in line for the bathroom... they're the real mvp's. anyways led the cheer then got out there. i could tell the first mile was a lil quick but i didn't want to freak myself out so i didn't look at my time. (6:39) second mile i did what jamie recommended and played the catching game which really worked for me. (6:56) after some gained confidence i tried to maintain and kept thinking positive things. it was such a mental race for me. last mile i hit a wall a little but i pushed through it and came up pretty consistently (7:09) the course was 3.2 so the last straightaway felt forever long but i did have somewhat of a kick so that was good. if i get the opportunity to come again next year, i want to have more of a kick. overall i got a 6:53 ap and felt like it was a major breakthrough for me. super proud of the jv girls they all did great. love this team. also i'm so grateful for all that jamie, gill and the other coaches do for us. they are awesome!

felt pretty good today. mostly ran with emma which was fun since i haven't gone with her in a while. good times. 8:40 ap then abs

turkey workout on the track. 400m then the last 100m you sprint to catch the "turkey." felt fine but didn't push the pace. hit 6:45 for our 5k ap pretty consistently. finishing up mileage after was so hard though. it was supposed to be low but with miscommunication we went medium and man i was feeling it. 15 min abs after with mario. 

good run with bryn up into highland :) i miss running with her! 8:25 ap even though it was supposed to be recovery... abs after!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING. so thankful for so much. woke up feeling sick (stomach + dizziness) but went to the race anyways. bryn was a true pal and stayed with me for 2 miles or so. 7:25 ap for the race but i was dying. barely survived the cool down after so no abs for me.

sick still so i took off what i went over on tuesday...  8:34 ap abs after

my stomach is still sick. i wonder if it has to do with what i'm eating or if i just have a bug... dragged my feet for 6 miles with a 8:44 ap. on the bright side i found a solid 6 mile loop. abs after

FREEZING day today. ran with emily hales. 8:25 ap then abs. 

8:17 ap speed changes on the road due to a very slushy track :) 15 min abs with mario after. 

8:25 ap. slipped on some black ice. good times

CALIFORNIA!!!! we stopped in mesquite and ran on a fun trail with some sand :) s/o to santa bc he's a xc runner and he gave us candy canes! 8:42 ap.

premeet for footlocker! we ran the course which was good but hard haha it kind of got me nervous because i felt like the hills were hard even when we were going super slow haha... fantastic pasta dinner later though and some quality hallmark to get ready. abs

FOOTLOCKER! the course was hard but good! i ran in the junior race with brynlee and karley so that was way fun too. mentally i was pretty anxious for the race before it started (aka a nightmare about not making it past mile 1) but once the gun went off i was fine. worked on keeping my head up and focusing on surging at the top of the hills and giving it everything i had. mile 1 was 6:35 which was perfect then the hills were in mile two so i slowed down... a lot haha. if i run the course again i want to push it a little more on the uphill and have better form. i was proud of my kick though and happy with the result! love this team ❤ (except for tyson cause he threw me into the ocean...)

break! 21 min abs then hips

20 min abs

10 min abs

15 min abs

only 5 min abs cause I PASSED OFF THE PLANK. hallelujah. 

10 min abs

cross train day. biked 30 min medium/easy resistance... took it a little easier today because my hip flexer shoots pain every time i take a step? pretty sure that's not normal... hopefully some ice will help. maybe i'll do some abs...

elliptical/ bike 30 min

arm wo

45 min bike/elliptical 

30 min bike

30 min bike

abs

arm wo (i better be getting buff because my arms HURT) & we are running again! at first my hip was hurting but once we got going i felt fine. went with matt & erika. good times. :) 8:23 ap. abs

8:21 ap. abs

8:35 ap. abs. mixed weights wo #2

8:16 ap. hallelujah cause school is out. ran on my own but my stomach felt majorly sick.... ugh. abs

8:19 ap. dragged myself on a run... squoze it in between cousin time then did most of lower body 2 and abs

CHRISTMAS EVE :) we were supposed to do 70 min saturday but i had work so that didn't really happen... oh well. 8:55 ap. abs

i love being sick. 

robert was a good pal and came with me to make sure i didn't die haha good times. we went up to jimmy johns and back and added the 5 100m strides in along the way. the strides felt good but the pace was pretty slow. 9:19 ap. abs at about midnight ;)

8:20 ap. sketchy run today lol.... went under some overpasses and on state street and ya... probably not doing that again alone. stomach was sick again. :( abs and mixed #1 wo 

i'd rather be a fat, lazy cat lady then run on the treadmill but i honor my parents and it was quite smoggy and i'm still quite ill so ya... watched the help while running which was helpful (ha, i think i'm funny) anyways VERY slow pace probably like 9:45 ap oops abs after