Become to Be

Morning- Same routeish. And went with Dave. Nice and easy 3.

Morning- Ran to the fire station run with the team! First time running with the team in a while. Feels good to be back with them. XC is going to be sweet this year! It's going to be mind-blowning! :) The fire station hill was a little challenge throughout the run, but I feel in better shape than most people right now. But it's really time to start and focus on working hard. 

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles. 0.5 mile warm up. I felt really good. Had no struggles. Which is good! Because I am going to have to step it up a lot this year!

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles again to Hell Hole. It was a great run! I felt amazing! Ready for some work outs! Just have to get life out of the way.

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles with the team. 0.5 mile warm up. Core excercises were good! And so was the run. And we did some nice grass laps. That was fun. We had a nice conversation.

Morning- Nice and easy 3 miles at the soccer park. We went towards the back of Mount Shinokip. The big Mountain. But it was good. I felt good, but the run felt longer, because we usually don't go that way. And I grabbed one of Paul's sandals! Therefore I did grab one PAUL!

Morning- Nice and easy 3 with Dave

Morning- Nice and smooth 4 with the team. Went to Sanburgs, and the boys jumped in. But I didn't! Suckers! They got wet!

Morning- Nice and easy 3. Went to Maverik with the team.

Morning- Went on Turtle trail with the team. Went 4 miles. Run felt longer than usual.

Morning- Love grass runs! 3 miles with striders! I felt fast on the striders, just worked on my form a lot. 0.5 mile warm up too.

Morning- Ran 3 miles on the grass with shoes on at Bloomington North Park. The run felt sooo long. I felt more sluggish today, because the lack of sleep...

Morning- Got up at 7 with Dave. And went running with him. It was nice, and quick before the sun came up. Felt a little better today.

Morning- Had the normal warm up loop with 0.5 mile warm up. And than did a 2 mile warm up for the vV02 work out. It was 6 minutes hard, or all out. It was super fun! I set my watch for 0.25 mile splits and first one was 1:17. And I really don't know the rest... But they were probally 1:20's. Because my mile split was a 5:17. I started out pretty slow. And I gently worked my way up. And ended getting 1750 meters. Pretty close to Abel, and By-run. :) That's always good! I was 3rd on the team distance wise. Which should be what place during a race. That's the least I will take from this year of XC. 3rd of the team. But I will set goals later... But next time I will aim for 2k. That's 250 meters better. I sprinted the last 300 pretty dang fast! I was burning pretty bad. But it felt awesome to go fast! Good work out! 1 mile cool down.

Morning- Nice smooth 4 miles on the dirt mile loop. The pace on the dirt mile was a bit fast, because the boys were pushing the pace when we were only supposed to run it normal. First mile 6:58, and second was 6:45ish. Boys LEARN how to RUN the WORKOUT right! :) But good run. Glad to have it in. And kids club was a blast today as usual! We even did a relay! That was super fun! Good day!

Morning- Nice and chill run this morning. It was 3 miles with striders on the grass. 0.5 mile warm up. Good day for a run, but it's getting super hot fast! Even though it's already hot. It's going to get hotter by the month.... But striders were good. Just miss some of the boys, because they do all the talking, and most of the other guys only talk a little. But good run. Striders I worked on my turn over. 

Morning- Today was a tough run for sure. At least when I am not in shape.... But 0.5 mile warm up barefoot like usual. And then we did a work out that consisted of 2 park way loops. Push the long stretch of the hill, and then harder up the hill. It was good for the first one. Our pace was 6:45 going on the stretch away. And 6:38 going up the hill. The mile was 6:38 on this one. I was a bit beat from this one, because my legs have not hurt like this in a while... Like pushing up a hill. But I recovered well on the recovery one. Got my heart rate (HR) back down. And then we started out 2nd one, and I told to all the boys who were going to struggle a little to get infront. And it ended up working pretty great! Because mostly everyone kept up to speed. It was good. I stayed back a little on the long stretch to help the boys keep up, and push them, and have them help me pace. Hunter started giving in, so I gave him words of encouragement! :) And it looked like it helped for quite a while! But the kid is a beast! Then about the last 150 Abel, and By-run started sprinting! I was like umm? But I started sprinting too up the hill. It was a good work out. For sure made my work harder! But I want to work harder even now! Did I happen to mention I was a little pest today at first too. Sorry boys! :)

Morning- Today we went up to Coral Canyon Hertiage Park. The top crew went 4 miles out. And we had to run up some pretty steep hills. Well only one steep hill, and then just little bumps and dashes you could say. But we marked the mile out turn around, and the 1.5 mile turn around, and even the 4! By-Run and Abel wanted to go fast again, and our first mile was 7:49 (uphill). Next mile was 7:14 (flat), and third mile was 6:59 (down hill), and then 4th and final mile was 5:59 (down hill). Because they wanted to have a freshmen race.... I started at least 25 meters behind them. And I was catching them by the meter! So therefore I am a faster kicker! Ah just kidding By-run, and Abel! :) But my feet were burning soooo bad sprinting down hill.... Stretched after, and had a nice little conversation with the boys about life. And then.... I worked out!!!! Yeah! I am beast! Just kidding again! I am not a beast, but a HUGE Beast! I am just rambling on now like usual.... But good run.

Morning- Slept in till about 8:30. My body needed the rest sooo bad. But Dave, and I went running at 9, and it was kinda warm, but not too bad. We went up towards Maverik. And flipped it there. And came back for the 3 miles total. We took it a little slower, because all of the other runs this week have been rather speeding. Like the boys go faster than they are supposed too. But whatever... I am not leading, but I am following... So I guess it's just as bad. I felt pretty good, but my legs were super tight. Dave, and I stretched, and after that we cleaned my car for about 3 hours.... But now it's clean! :)

Morning- Took forever to get out of bed today.... But today we had a pretty hard work out. It was V02 max work out. Go all out for 15 minutes straight. I ran 2 miles, and 965 meters. Which was 5:35.95 pace for 15 minutes. If I would have contiuned for 3 miles. My time would have be around 16:48ish. Which was my race pace last year. And running that while not in shape yet! I really wonder what amazing things I can do now!! This was a pretty good work out. I just trusted it a little more, and just went. This was for sure a great work out today! I started to get a little negative with it, but after the first mile I was thinking to myself, "Wait I can do this!" So I picked it back up, and made up some ground. I am proud of myself again! :) I was 3rd on the team again. Not that it matters. Reed did amazing! He was only 55 meters behind. That's pretty dang close! Good job Reed!! Good job everyone acutally! Glad to have ran this work out! Can't wait for more! Total distance was 2.679 mileage. Also ran 5 miles total.

Morning- Very hard work out. It consisted of 30/30's. Run 30 seconds rest 30 seconds. My goal was to run 146 meters in 30 seconds. And I was running around 155 meters for most of them. And I ran with Abel, and By-Run and kept up most of the time. It started getting harder around 15. But I still felt fresh. But around 25ish I started to push more, and just keep myself going. Going into the 30's I was like... How many are we going to do?!? But I just told myself to go to 35, and see what happens from there. And I get to 35, and I was really starting to get tired, and I was pushing from about 20's. But coach said he was maxing it out at 40. And I was thanking him! Because I was really feeling it by the end of 40. I did 40. We were also going by atleast 6 blue cones for all 40 of them. The down hill parts I got 26's, and 27's on. And on the uphill I got around 29's, and 30's. It was for sure the hardest work out we have had already. This work out mainly helped me mentally, than physically it felt like. Because racing is the same way. Who can hang in there the longest? Who can keep the pace going the longest? That's what kept me going today! And when we had one left, I thought we had 2 left. And I was just going to crush the last one! Sprint it all out! But turns out I was 1 off counting.... And I had my watch going so that helped alot. I just had it run the whole time, so I could see what times were.  And kids club was super fun today! They raced, some of those kids are pretty dang fast! But I ran with them for 1ish for cool down. I am going to camp for sure now!! :) I stretched for about 20 minutes after everything, because I was sooo tight at the end. My legs will need the nice, and easy run for tomorrow.  But I am ready to get rolling, after this work out today! I really want to get going F-A-S-T!! >:D

Morning- Today's run was sooo easy, and felt amazing just to run slower today! It was a good grass run, and we had a special guest! Trevor! :) That's always nice of super,super,super seniors to come back! But it was a nice run. Legs were a little tight from yesterday's work out. But they felt great after the run! Did striders as well! Worked on form pretty good. I am ready to roll for tomorrow's hill run!!! YEAH!!

Morning- Usual 0.5 mile warm up. Talked a little about life on it with some of the boys. And then did core work. That always goes well! And then we did our run which was 2 parkway hill loops. 7.20 miles total for the run. The first one was a steady pace, but nothing insane. Still required pushing, and all that. I recovered pretty well on the looping part. And on the 2nd one. I had to push way harder than the 1st one, because we were going faster. I lead it most of the way. Well Abel, and I lead this one! We were going 6:25-6:30 up the steep part of the hill. And 6:40 on the bumpy parts. I had to push a lot more at the end. It was for sure a hard work out! I felt pretty sluggish today... I am happy with what I did. My legs felt super heavy like giant bricks lifting one up each time... That never happens.... But it could because of going up hills a lot. But very nice work out! I am super excited for XC camp!

Morning- Went with the team to GS. And later we did the usual stuff, but went on a 7 miler on the trails. It was rather hard towards the end from this weeks work outs. There were a lot of hills in this run. I was tired when we got done. But it's supposed to be 110+. Which really bites.... But the run was nice this morning. I felt kinda tired, and sluggish still. But not as bad as yesterday...

Morning- David and I went out at 9. And ran towards turtle trail, and then flipped it. And then went to Turner Turf Farm. And ran home for 4 miles. It felt humid, but it was pretty warm at 9 in the morning. But it's 115 today! HOT, HOT, and HOT! My legs felt pretty good. I was pretty tired from all this weeks hard runs. Glad to have an easy mileage day.