Running is Rad

First time I ran in a month and half. Was very hard but glad I'm getting back into it.

Did a 6 minute test on the Track, it was easier than I thought it was going to be but still very hard. Defiently going to keep working to get back in shape.

Was really sore from my first two days back but did better than I thought I would on this run.

Nice trail run. I love morning runs better than afternoon runs. My days always go much better. The trail was very rocky and hilly, and I twisted my ankle a lot but it was still fun.

Was not feeling good today and when Coach told us we didn't have to do the workout it was very tempting to do my short run, and just skip the workout this week, but I pushed through it and went and did the workout. Although I am behind and not quite in shape as Anna, I still did well and pushed myself. I really enjoyed the workout we did and hope most of our workouts for track are like it.

Minutes: 62

(Workout: 6x1min (3@Tempo, 3@Thresh), 1x(5x30sec @CV), 6x1min(3@Thresh, 3@Tempo) equal rec w/ lap betw sets; 10 warm/cool to time)                         

Minutes: 50

It's been awhile since I've been on here but I am going to start this back up. 

So today we had a workout and I decided to listen to what Coach Holt talked about yesterday and go intot the workout with a postive attitude, knowing I'm going to do great things. So I got in 4 400s all are on pace and 4 200s all on pace. I was very happy with myself and couldn't stop smiling from how fun and hard the workout was. I'm really proud of today and think I've got my determination and confidence back and I AM GOING TO DO GREAT THINGS!

Minutes: 20

I haven't ran in a month and it was really hard to run 20 minutes.

Minutes: 28

I love grass runs, you just get to talk to a lot of people and get to know them. Plus splash them all with water. I also just love doing striders. They're my favorite. I did 7 of them. I was hoping to get 8, but I just got to tired and didn't want to kill myself the second day of practice.

Minutes: 26

Today was hard. I'm so sore from the last two days. I'm going to take what Coach said into account, and roll, ice, and strech to prevent any injuries. As for the run, I only had to walk twice, and Ashlee and Anna were there to push me. It's really nice to have running buddies, that know what you can do, and helps you do it. Really hyped for XC with them

Minutes: 30

Its so hard to get to bed on time, when my family stays up until 10 PM. I haven't been getting enough sleep, and have waken up late and been late to practice everyday. I was really sore as I started my run, but pushed through it to about 8 minutes before I had to walk. I walked for a short distance (cause Anna was there to push me) and turned around a little after 10 minutes. I walked a lot on the way back, talking to the new freshman. I love getting to know the new people on our team. I got back took off my shoes and joined Ashlee and a bunch of other girls in striders. I did 6 (the first 3 were easy, the last 3 were really hard). I then went over and talked to Hailey and Brianna and stretched.

Goals: Get to bed on time so I can be on time to practice. Talk to someone new everyday at practice. Roll and Ice

Minutes: 30

Run was really hard, but I got to talk to Anna and Landon, which was really fun.

Minutes: 35

I was on time to practice...kinda. It was definitely an improvement. I'm getting there. Hopefully, I can keep making it on time. As for my run, it felt great. Anna and I went around the dirt mile once, before heading back. We got back a little earlier then expected so I went 5 more minutes around the track. 

Goals: Roll & Ice. Run everyday especially Saturday

Minutes: 30

Anna and I had to stop to fix her watch at the very beginning of our run, so we were behind everyone. We then ran our 15 minutes on the road then went to the grass. The grass run was really cold. My feet were numb but I still got my minutes in and 6 striders.

Goals: Keep getting top of my minutes, keep rolling and icing.

I won't be making it to weights today, but hopefully I'll be able to go on Thrusday.

Minutes: 30

The run was hard. Ashlee and Maryann both pushed me to keep up with them and I did stay with them the whole run. I'm really glad they pushed me and I actually challenged myself.

Goals: Get to bed on time

Minutes: 41

I was late to practice today. I did not get to bed on time and woke up late. It was really disappointing that Anna or Ashlee was not at practice, and I didn't have anyone to run with. I did finally catch up with Landon and ran with him for awhile before him and the freshman boys got ahead of me. It was really nice to go a little longer than normal and I'm glad I got out of bed to go run.

I won't be at practice tomorrow because I'm going on a overnight hike.

Goals: Run on Saturday

Minutes: 44

Longest run of the season so far! Although I tripped during the run, I enjoyed running. The run was definitely hard because I'm sore from my hike on Friday and Saturday, but very proud of myself for getting 44 minutes. I hope to continue getting higher minutes.

Weeks Goals: Make it on time to practice. Get to bed by 9:30, and keep rolling and icing everyday.

Minutes: 30

I've been slacking on filling out my minutes.

Minutes: 27

I got my friend out for this run. Sadly she didn't like it and might not be coming again. 

Minutes: 36 

This run was really hard. I was super tired and did not want to run at all.

Minutes: 35

This run was much better than Thursday. I ran with Jason and Jake which was really fun. Jason is super funny. I think running somewhere else definitely helped the run go faster along with the fact that I got a little more sleep than Thursday.

Minutes: 42

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Minutes: 30

I slacked off at girls camp and didn't run at all. Getting back in the groove of things was hard, and I slept in today so I missed practice. I wasn't able to run until tonight and my parents told me I had to be back by dark, so I changed today's run with tomorrow's. I ran around my neighborhood with Austin for 21 minutes. I come back inside and my dad asked me how long we ran. Austin told him 21 minutes, and my dad said "Don't you have to run 25 to 30?" I told him yes and went out and ran 9 more minutes. Glad I have my family to keep my on track and make sure I'm doing what I'm suppose to do. It's really fun to run with Austin and just talk to him about life and his friends and everything. Austin is always talking about how he wants to run XC when he's older and how he wants to be fast, I tell him he's got to keep running everyday and make sure he takes care of his body. And now I've got to make sure I'm an example of that. In short, today's run was awesome.

Goals for the Week: Get ALL my runs in. Go to bed at 9:30.

Minutes: 50

After having hitting and missing with my runs last week, it was nice to be able to run a good, long run this week. I was really proud of myself for getting 50 minutes. And was really happy, Anna helped me get there.

Minutes: 25

My brother Jake came home from his summer job, and got to come to the run. But he did make me really late to practice. Luckily Anna had looped back around and I was able to run with her basically the whole time. 

Minutes: 30

I agreed to babysit at 8 am, not thinking about the fact that I had to go to practice before that. So my parents made me just get up early and run on my own, before heading over to babysit. I did get my run in, but went at a really slow pace.

Minutes: 35

It made me smile, that a few people asked me where I had been the day before. Because it shows that people really do notice when you miss practice. The warm up was really hard for me, I was in so much pain, even going at my slow pace. When I got to the dirt mile, Decker and his crew were just about to start, so I hopped in with them. I knew I wasn't going to be able to keep up with them, but that they would still be able to push me. I did 12 minutes of tempo and then run back to the school with Jason.

Minutes: 30 

I was really sore today, and the grass was hard to run on. I also almost forgot to do striderrs, but someone reminded me, and even though I really didn't want to do them, I went and did them.

Goals for this week

-Blog my minutes everyday

-Go to bed at 10PM

Minutes: 50

Today's run was really hard. I need to start rolling out everyday. And icing too.

Minutes: 33

Still disappointed that Anna is gone to Canda. I can't wait until she gets back and I get to run with her. For the time being I'm trying my best to keep up with Ashlee.

Minutes: 33

Minutes: 53

Ashlee really pushed me through the workout today

Minutes: 35

Run was really nice, and it was nice to be able to run through the sprinklers when I was done.

Minutes: 36

Yay! I finally actually did my Saturday run!

AM

Minutes: 40

I felt really crap during this race, and I wasn't very happy with my time. But I think I did better than last year, and I'm ready to work my butt off to get new PRs and reach my goals.

PM

Minutes: 25

It was really hard at first to run up in the mountains, but as I got into it, I was feeling really good. It turned out to be a great run.

AM

Minutes: 25

I got a good night sleep and was excited to run. I wasn't excited for 30 minutes of planks and after doing 7 or 8 minutes, I couldn't wait to get started on my run. Running the trail was nice, but hard. 

PM

Minutes: 45

This run was really hard, but I kept pushing myself and telling myself I could do it. And I did do it, I ran the whole way back to the lake and then got to jump in to the freezeing water. 

AM

Minutes: 50

I got to run my favorite trail again. I was with Ashlee for the first part, but I ended up getting ahead of her and running with Piper, Jada, Haily, & Gracie, before turning around. The way back was hard at first, going up those hills, but after that it was all down hill and I went fast and felt great. I'm just so in love with running.

PM

Minutes: 25

Hard run my body was getting tired, but I pushed through it and got my minutes in.

AM

Minutes: 50

I decied I was going to stay right with Jenna the whole time. We run right next to each other the whole way down. We went until 22 and then turned, not even thinking about how far out we had gone. Going back was hard and long. Jenessa pushed Jenna and me through a lot of it, and I finished strong, a few minutes behind Jenna. I'm really glad I got through the run and got those hills in.

AM

Minutes: 37

Got a run in with Anna. We got our striders in. Glad I got my run in, but I'm definitely sore from all the running at camp.

PM

Minutes: 30

This run wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. I run over in green springs, where my family was hanging out at the park, and beast it up the hills over there. I'm really happy I got all my runs in for this week, and I'm going to continue to do this through out the season

AM

Minutes: 53

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Minutes: 35

Nice easy run. I'm really hyped for the race today and am ready to beast it

PM

Minutes: 45

Race was great. My start wasn't as good, and I'm going to work on that. But I passed a lot of people and am really proud of my time. Overall it was a great first race of the season and I'm so hyped for the season.

Positive: Thinking positively 

Negative (need to work on): Driving my arms.

Minutes: 30

PM

Minutes: 10

Actually went to weights today and did my run afterwards. Ready to fully  commit to this team, and do all my runs and show up to weights everyday.

Minutes: 35

I was really sore but I pushed through it.

AM

Minutes: 63

It was fun to run early in the morning and get in a long run. Cause my usual running buddies didn't show up, I ran with Jada, Pyper, and Gracie. It was fun running with them.

PM

Minutes: 16

I had a huge headache all day from lack of sleep. So running was hard and I turned back early. I'm planning on getting more sleep.

AM

Minutes: 15

Weights was good

PM

Minute: 33

This heat is really hard to run in. And I was definitely feeling sore from the long run on Monday.

PM

Minutes: 55

I love doing workouts. Today wasn't a great day for me, I was off on my 5:30 & 4:00, so I didn't do the 3:15, but I'm still glad I worked hard.

AM

Minutes: 15

PM

Minutes: 40

PM

Minutes: 40

I felt really good about my race, it was fun

Run-a-thon

Minutes: 43

The run-a-thon was really fun this year. It's fun to see your team when they're really tired.

AM

Minutes: 65

I love doing early morning runs. Starting tomorrow I'll be doing drivers ed and will have to miss them which is a bummer. As for the run today. I felt really good, and I'm really glad Ashlee pushed me to do 65 minutes. 

PM

Minutes: 20

Nice easy run on the grass

PM

Minutes: 35 (I think)

My watch broke yesterday so I don't have a watch at the moment, I'm not quite sure how many minutes a got, but I do know the run was really hot and hard. Although I love going up to green springs, cause it's easier to stay with the top girls.

PM

Minutes: 46

I love workouts, and couldn't wait to get started today. I started off at what I thought was a good pace, but turned out being too fast as I died off half way through the 4 minutes. After that I backed off a little bit, and did my 1:30's on pace. Then I did my 2:15 on pace too. I finished the work out with a nice solid cool down. Overall, I was pretty happy with this workout, I just gotta make sure I drink more water though out the day.

PM

Minutes: 40

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Minutes: 43

Minutes: 45

I was really excited to race. I was aiming for a sub 25 and I got it. I'm really happy that I stayed with Ashlee, and she was able to push me through the race. I was tempted to walk a few times, but I didn't and just pushed through the pain.

Minutes: 23

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Minutes: 60

Pretty rad workout

Minutes: 35

Minutes: 50

Another pretty rad workout

Minutes: 65

Nice long run with my mom. :)

Minutes: 52

Race wasn't great. Just wasn't mental prepared for it

Minutes: 50

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Minutes: 45

Race was really good. I pushed it up and down all the hills and pushed through the pain.

Minutes: 60

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This is my last week do Drivers Ed so I'll be able to start going to morning practices again!!! I'm so excited. I miss doing my long runs in the heat. A for the run today it was good. We did a grass run

Minutes: 47

Nice run. I started before the girls so Anna could get her minutes in before dance. The girls caught up to me at the light at hearts. And I ran with them until I turned back with Caleb. Jenna caught up to us at the Walmart light and I ran with her stopping st hearts for water and then going the rests of the way. For a total of 47 minutes. 

Minutes: 70

Did a 30 minute warm up and a 20 minute cool down.

As for my race, it was fantastic. My start wasn't very good. But by the time we got into the dirt part I pushed hard and started to make up for the rocky start. I pushed through the pain and focused on the girls ahead of me. I saw 3 d-hill girls ahead of me and made it my goal to pass all 3 of them and beat them. I passed all 3 at one point but one beat me at the end. I was only about a second behind her. My goal for this race was a sub 23. I got 23:02!! Ugh soo close. But I'm still happy with how close I was. I know I can get those 3 seconds shaved off and hopefully a whole minute by region. Very happy with myself and excited to see what other great things I can do. And what my team can do.

Minutes: 35

Minutes: 55

Tempo felt good and strong all the way through

Minutes: 30

Had to cut it short so I could make it to the parade

AM

Minutes: 68

Glad I finally finished Drivers Ed and can now do my morning runs. :)

PM

Minutes: 20

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I only got 5 hours of sleep and I felt like I was going to pass out

Minutes: 25

I need to find someone to do my Saturday runs with, cause otherwise I don't run very much

AM

Minutes: 60

Running first thing in the morning is my favorite thing to do. It just gets my day off to a great start. I started out kinda fast, and slowed down after I crossed 2450. Anna and me ran together the whole way, and probably let each other slow down too much. That's one of the problems with running with just her everyday, we're both too comfortable with each other, and haven't been pushing each other very much. That's definitely something I need to work on. Either pushing Anna more during normal runs, or pushing to stay with a new group that's faster than us. Both will get us where we want to go.

PM

Minutes: 20

Grass run was nice and chill. I got super muddy though from the grass and it took forever! (okay like one minute) to clean it all off. I like grass runs, it's just a nice chill time to run with a lot of different people and talk to them about life. I only talked to Anna today, but I should try to talk to some other people too next week.

There's definitely a lot I can work on to get better, but goals for this week are

1. Blog everyday. And not just minutes, but details about my run or the day and how I was feeling

2. Support my teammate better, weather that be reading and commenting on their blogs, or pushing them through the runs, workouts, and races. Or even just talking to them at practice.

A lot of different things last week made me keeping thinking about getting out of your comfort zone, and that's something I need to keep working on, now and for the rest of my life.

AM

Minutes: 14

Wasn't able to do very much at weights because I was late. I need to work on getting on time to morining practice. 

PM

Minutes: 50

I made a goal for this run to not walk or slow my pace. I did really good and got lost in thought as I ran out. On the way back I was still lost in thought, and wasn't focusing on the pain. I was into the neiborhood on the way back from artic circle, when Bryanna caught up to me, she told me to go with her and so I did. We had a big group by the end. I was really happy Bryanna pushed me, usually I slow my pace on the way back but instead I went faster and felt great after\wards. I got back to the hs and did my 200s. When I waited for my mom I streched and am just about to go roll and ice. Today was a great day, and I hope to keep having more this week.

PM

Minutes: 60

Workouts are always my favorite, and workouts at the dirt mile are even better. Anna and me pushed ourselves a lot. We decided on a faster pace then we've done in the past, and did all 4 4:30s. I felt really good even though the last one hurt a lot.

AM

Minutes: 15

Weights was good, I was late again though.

PM

Minutes: 45

I stayed with the top girls up until we got into green springs and then I realized I was going way too fast, and could barely run after that. I stopped at the golf place and ran back with Jesse. We ran back the whole way and I felt really good. Then we did our striders. Overall the run turned out good

Minutes: 50

The race wasn't as good as I hoped it would be. My goal time was 22:50, but I got 23:24. I still did really good though. I pushed through the pain and stayed right with anna. Speaking of Anna she did so amazing. I'm so proud of her. She got a great time and beat me. She pushed me through the whole race. Can't wait to see how snow canyon goes.

Minutes: 52

AM

Minutes: 56

PM 

Minutes: 20

Minutes: 45

Race was good. I think I could have pushed harder though

Minutes: 50

Minutes: 35

Cameron came home so I didn't even think I'd be able to get my run in. So I wasn't ready to run, and didn't get up to 45 minutes.

Minutes: 60

Cam was at practice which was rad. I loved seeing him there. The workout was amazing!

Minutes: 50

Cam and I were late so we tried to catch up with everyone, but we never could find anyone. We were running really fast at the beginning and kept up the pace for most of it. We found a dog. Well it found us, and followed us the rest of the run. Even onto a Main Street, almost getting hit by a car. Overall the run was rad, and I went a fast pace, I'm gonna keep that up, and try to run with the top girls more.

Rad thing of the day: My uncle ran the marathon and I got to see him at the aid station

AM

Minutes: 50

I was late so I ran by myself then did my striders. I went really slow, I didn't feel very good

PM

Minutes: 25

Run was good. I went kind a slow again though.

Rad Thing of The Day: It was my b-day and my dad bought me a rad watch

Minutes: 53

I started off farther back then I wanted to be, but I caught up to Ashlee and Anna like I wanted. I pushed through the pain, but let that last hill slow me down. I wonder what my time would be if I had just pushed up that hill. I might have gotten my goal: 22:59

Rad Thing of the Day: Cam and Jake were at my race, first time ever, since I started running in high school

AM

Minutes: 40

Had to wake up really early to go run. It was a nice run, but pretty datroleplayingsquad pace. I can feel it right now, but it might have also been the fact that I walked all over Disneyland today. Oh and tomorrow I'm waking up even early to run, so I gotta get to sleep, and switch my runs around. Today I did what was planned for Thursday. And tomorrow I'll be doing what was planned for today.

Rad Thing of the Day: Gotta go to Disneyland with my favorite brothers. Aka all of them.

Minutes: 25

We went really slow and I didn't feel like running at all.

Rad Thing of The Day: I got to see my friends again after a long weekend

Minutes: 25

Didn't feel very good all day. I didn't sleep very well and didn't feel like eating at all. I did force myself to eat a little bit for lunch.

Rad thing of the day: Got to hang out on a bus with my team

AM

Minutes: 20

Nice chill run. And yes I mean chill, it was freezing.

Cheering was fun and the girls and boys both did amazing.

Rad thing of the day: WE WON STATE!!!

(Side note, I'm running at state next year)

Minutes: 40

I stayed with the top girls for 10 minutes, then began to fall off. I turned back before they did and even though my legs were in so much pain and I could barley breath, it was one of the best runs I've had in a long time. Ready for great things to happen in my coming years of XC. In my last blog post I said I was going to run at state next year, this is only going to happen if I start to put in the work today. I'm going to keep pushing myself during this post season, and I'm going to PR by a lot at Nike. I'm going to keep trying to stay with the top girls, eventually. Hopefully before track season though

Rad thing of the day: Despite sleeping in until 8 am I made it to school on time :)

Minutes: 50

I stayed with the top girls for 13 minutes, and then my legs started to realize just how fast I was going and I fell way back. Coming back was all up hill and it killed

Rad Thing of The Day: I have my Halloween costume all ready

Minutes: 60

I woke up at 11 and knew that I needed to get up and run but just didn’t have the motivation. Cameron come into my room a few minutes later and asked if I wanted to run. I agreed and we went and did dino cliffs trail. It was really fun just to be away from all the noise of traffic and see the beautiful world we live in. It was kinda hard for me to breath the whole time, but i got use to it and was able to do the full 60 minutes. Overall the run was great, but I was glad to get back to the car and be able to stop and drink some water.

Rad Thing of The Day: I got my Saturday run in

AM

Minutes: 60

My watched died half way through. But the run was pretty good

PM

Minutes: 20

Running in circles is only fun if you have someone to run with. Luckily Anna was finally back!

AM

Minutes: 15

Weights was pretty good, I got to bench press (which is my favorite) The run after was good too

PM

Minutes: 40

Sadly Anna had to go to dance so she didn’t get to run very long with me. I didn’t feel very good. Probably have just been getting a lot of minutes in that my legs aren’t use to anymore.

Rad Thing of The Day: Went to weights for the first time in forever!

PM

Minutes: 60

I was going to go to morning practice but after yesterday’s run I decided I needed to sleep in. I was excited for the workout, plus Anna could run with me the whole time. We did the 3k 5k 8k 8k 5k 3k workout. It felt really good. The last 3 minute coach holt come and ran the last 20 seconds with us pushing us through it. The rest of the 3 minutes coach Roberts was yelling at Anna to push with me, and everytime he said that I would go faster. During the workout, everytime I wanted to walk, I would think of Nike and how I want to PR at the race.

Rad Thing of The Day: I learned about not real numbers in math and it made sense.

AM

I slept in and missed the run.

PM

Minutes: 35

It really hurt to run today. I don’t think I went very fast and my legs were just killing the whole time.

Minutes: 30

Halloween run was fun. Everyone had some pretty cool costumes

Rad Thing of The Day: I got to eat ice cream :)

Minutes: 55

We run to Middleton, stopped at Anna's then made the run into a loop. I felt really great once I started going. 

Rad Thing of the Day: I got money because I went babysitting

Minutes: 45

I was really nervous for the race, I'd never race more than a mile on the track and wasn't sure how I would do. I was hoping around a 15 16 minute time, and I got 14:20, so I'm really happy. My first mile was about 6:50 ish so I slowed down during the second mile. I'm going to work on that. I liked racing 2 miles on the track and I think I'm going to try it during track season. 

Rad Thing of the Day: I got to go home right after school.

Minutes: 70

Knowing I had a 70 minute run made me not want to even go to practice. This week has been really hard for me, and my body and especially my mind are ready for a break. I think this weekend will be the break I need. Anyways the run was fun. We went pretty fast out, and slowed down the whole way back. Doing the hills helped us keep our speed up though. Anna and I were only planning on doing 65 minutes, but because of how long it took for us to get back, we got 70.

Rad Thing of the Day: I ran over the bridge for the first time.

Minutes: 60

It was really hard to get up for the workout. I did it though, and Cam and I were early to practice. I was excited for the workout, this is proably my favorite kind of workout that we do, and I was excited that Cam was there too. There were only 8 girls there. Anna sadly wasn't one of them. I ended up by myself after about the second half of each set. But seeing the girls not too far ahead was encourging. Everyone of them stayed together, expect for Addi and me. Addi did get up there during the 3rd and 4th set though, and I was really proud of her for doing that. Cam ran with me on the last CV, he apoligezed for not running with me the whole workout, but I was fine. The girls ahead of me gave me the push I needed throughout the whole workout. During the second set, coach told me I had good form, and I tried to keep that good form the rest of the workout. Overall the workout was great.

Rad Thing of the Day: I got my Saturday run in!

AM

Minutes: 38

Hey look at me I'm actually running in the morings again. But sadly I slept in until 6 am. (Okay that was a weird sentence, I can't believe that 6 is sleeping in for me) So I went running with Cameron. We ran down Mall Drive, and hopped on that trail down there. We did a fast finish, and that felt great. I'm glad I got a little bit of a run in, but I'm for sure going to be at practice tomorrow moring and Thursday, no sleeping in.

PM

Minutes: 20

Ashlee and Anna talked about form, and our plans to fix it. I’m going to work on looking forward, instead of down. As for the run, it was good. We ran down to 2450 and back.

Rad Thing of The Day: I got to read Cam’s old blog posts this morning. All of you should go check out March 5th, 2015, and read the comment section. But that be a little creepy stalkerish so you choose

AM

Minutes: 15

I actually made it to weights! I benched 5, deadlifted 25, and squatted 35. I also did 60 100 ups. And was actually taking them seriously today. Not doing them just to do them.

PM

Minutes: 50

The run started off bad. I could barley run to Hart’s. I wanted to turn back so bad. But I got through it and about 15 minutes into my run it felt good and solid. I ran into green springs and pass the two churches, which is a or farther than I’ve ever gone. I kept glancing at my watching, waiting for it to hit the 25 mark so I could turn around, but once it hit I just wanted to keep going. I did turn around though and got lost in thought on the way back. My thoughts were broken when the varsity boys passed me, and coach holt told me good job. I ran back even faster than I went out and had to do 3 or 4 minutes around the school to complete my 50 minutes. 

Rad Thing of The Day: I made it to morning practice

PM

Minutes: 64

The workout was killer today, I had thought that it would go well. I was excited for it and felt great during the warm-up. But as soon as we started our first 1000 I couldn’t keep up with Anna. The second one was a bit better, and the third was probably my best, the fourth killed and I knew Anna was probably dying too. And the last one was pretty good, I was a little off pace on that one. I liked doing two sets of striders though. One and the beginning and one at the end. The workout turned out pretty good. But my legs are killing, I’m going to roll and ice tonight for sure.

Rad Thing of The Day: Anna likes this boy, and the boy said something really cute to her and I thought that was rad, but she thought it was creepy.

AM

I went to weights but because of some lame band practice at 7 I couldn’t go running, which made me really sad. I should have just been late to the band thing.

PM

Minutes: 50

The run was great. I felt great the whole time, even going up that hill by sunrise tires. I love running the fore master loop but I didn’t think I could make it in 50 minutes so we turned back and went back down that hill. Coming back Ashlee would not let me slow down or even just be behind her. Me and her stayed together the whole way back, expect right after 2450. 

Rad Thing of The Day: XC Banquet was today it was really rad

PM

Minutes: 65

Run started off great and ended great. I hadn't felt very good throughtout the whold day but once I started running everything just melted away. This is why I love running it allows me to forget my probelms and just run. Going up the hill was really fun. I love running up that hill, it hurts but the feeling of making it to the top outweights the pain. And going down outweights both. I also love doing long runs. I just get to talk to my friends the whole time about anything and everything. This is why I miss Anna and ashlee so much when they don't show up, or can't stay with me. 

Rad Thing of The Day: This moring my mom told me about her gang she use to be in called the "Rad Gang" it was her and her best friend from high school that were in it. I thought it sounded pretty rad. Anyone want to make a cool rad gang with me?

AM

Minutes: 50

Running by yourself in the dark is scary. So I went to my neighborhood and ran there for a little bit before heading back to the high school.

PM

Minutes: 20

It was a nice run, Anna, Ashlee, Landon, and me all ran together and talked about Landon’s movie. We ran a pretty solid pace and it felt pretty great.

Rad Thing of The Day: Got both my runs in today

AM

Minutes: 15

Nice easy 15 minute run. Stay with the girls for most of it

PM

Minutes: 65

1-2-1-2-3-4 minute with 4-3-4-3-2-1 minute recovery

I was expecting a workout but was happy about it none the less. It was sad that Anna had to leave, and every time Roberts said “find your teammates” I had no teammates I could run with. I tired a few times to stay with the girls but it was just too fast. I definitely slowed down on the last 2, probably because I was going too fast on the other ones.

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Rad Thing of The Day: I’ve got a rad idea for a video, that I’ll tell everyone what it is once I’ve got the script written.

PM

Minutes: 45

Anna and me decided to stay with the girls at least to Harts. And we did it and on for about 10 minutes. Then we fell off for a few minutes, but they caught up to us in the way back and we stay with them the rest of the way there. It felt really good to be able to run with them. I’ve found if I want to stay with them I have to be in the middle. When I’m in the back I just kinda give up and fall off.

Rad thing of the day: Roberts analogy of pain and chocolate. A little bit is good, and a lot is even better.

Last race of the season went great. I was kinda disappointed about my time, but there isn’t much I can do about it now. I’ll I can change is the way I train for the next race...which the next XC race isn’t until next season. Oh man it’s so sad that cross season is already over, and that I only have two seasons left. But these last two seasons are gonna count, and I’m gonna get a varsity spot. Ready for track and ready to start getting some new mile PRs

PM

Minutes: 12

I only got in 12 minutes because of the orthodontist appointment I had. I’m super bummed that I missed the hill workout and tempo. I was actually so excited for it.

PM

Was super excited to race and was hoping for a PR and I got it! I was hoping for a little bit faster than a 6:37 but getting a PR was exciting nonetheless. This race made me even more hyped for Track season

AM

Minutes: 45

I’d like to start off by saying never let me lead the trail run.

Anna and I decided to meet at her house at 9 am for a run on the trail by her house. To say I was exciting would be lying. I don’t really see the point of running right now if I’m not going to be racing until after my 2 week break. But it can’t hurt and Anna and I both agreed our break is starting next week. (And Cam signed me up for a 5k for tomorrow so I can’t stop running yet). Anyways so I got over to Anna’s a few minutes late and we ran to the trial. A few feet into it there’s a barbed wire fence with a hole in it to get through. And guess what? I ran straight into the top of it and I was trying to step over the the bottom part. I know have a battle scar on my forehead right where my glasses smacked my face. Anna laughed as I tried not to cry from the pain, and then were on our way. The trail we were on had lots of sand, and the path was badly marked. (Or I’m just blind) because I got us lost. And we decided now that we were lost we would continue on our lost path. So we kept running until we found a main road. When we got up to the main road I saw some tunnels and wanted to run through them, so I did. Anna didn’t like it, plus we couldn’t get on the road from that side of the tunnels so we went back and got on the road and ran back to her house. Today’s run was a fun adventure, and I’m very excited for more to come

Rad Thing of The Day: NO SCHOOL!