Believe to Achieve

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!