The Mongoose

I warmed up 2 miles before starting the 2 mile power run. The power run didn't go exactly as planned, I was a little slow on my times, but it's kind of what I expected after missing a whole week of workouts and being sick. Finished the run with a 5.7 mile cool down. I felt pretty good for most of the run so I know I'll be able to get the workouts done next week. Big week before the first meet on Friday. Excited to see what I can do.

Returned to morning practices for the first time since last Monday, I felt very good. John is still set on beating me in the 800. That's really all there is to say about that.

Tough workout in the afternoon. Intervals on the track: 1x600, 3x400, 2x300, 4x200. The times were really fast, definitely the fastest workout we've done this season. We had a bit longer recovery, although it didn't feel like my heartrate was going down at all in between reps. Pretty tough stuff. Coach said it was supposed to shock the system, and let me tell you, it probably sent over 9000 volts through my system. Good workout.  

3 easy in the morning to the bridge. 7 in the afternoon out on the Arizona strip. My legs felt pretty tired from yesterdays workout. Also my foot was starting to hurt a little but I went home and massaged it with a golf ball. 

3 miles to the spectrum in the morning. 20 minute tempo in the afternoon out by the Dixie Center. My legs felt pretty flat, probably still from Monday's workout, but it was still a pretty good workout.

3 in the morning to Hidden Valley. In the afternoon we did an easy Kenyan run and some 200m finishes to get ready for the meet tomorrow. Pretty excited to finally get out and race again!

3 miles in the morning to the bridge.

First meet of the season in Hurricane today. Super windy when we got there and it never really died down. I was doing the 800 and the 4x400, but we decided to scratch the 4x400 because the meet was going pretty slow and we didn't want to stay that long. I sat around for a bit then watched the 1600. After they got done, Coach told me to just go do the workout with them right now, I might as well because I wasn't going to race for another 2 hours. The workout wasn't anything really hard, just 2 miles at sort of an up-tempo pace, nothing way fast. Before my race I did anothe 2 mile warm up and some strides. The race went alright. The pace went out pretty slow, and I tried to make my move on the back stretch of the 2nd lap but got slammed by the wind, so I sat for another 100m and kicked the last 200m and finished in 2nd. I don't know what my time was, but I wasn't really concerned about running a fast time today considering the conditions, I just wanted to run for place. Hopefully it's not as windy when we go back in a couple weeks. Cooled down 2 miles afterwards.

10 miles this morning out on the trails with Darian, the weather was awesome! Car wash in the afternoon and I got toasted like a roasted cheeser so that kind of sucked. Pretty good week of running, but lots to improve on these next couple of weeks.

2 mile warm up then a fartlek workout, 10x1:00 hard w/equal recovery. Cooled down to get to 7. After that I went and ran with the McPhies and Dallin to get our afternoon run done, 3 miles easy. I felt pretty good for the whole run. We saw a dog eating a bunch of ramen noodles all over the road so that was pretty interesting. They must've fallen out of the back of someone's car or something. However it happened, there's a college student somewhere in St. George that is starving because of it.

8 total today. I was supposed to split it into a morning and afternoon run, but I had to do it all in the morning because I'm going to be busy this afternoon. I went up on the ridge and looped around. It was really nice this morning. Did a little plyombata after and cornstretched to finish it off.

Met up with the team for another fartlek run this morning. 2 mile warm up before the pyramid workout, 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1 hard w/ equal recovery. The two 4s and the last 3 were probably the hardest out of the whole workout. It was a good push for me today. After the run I did about 6 hours of homework, and I'm not even halfway done. Flippin' teachers, it's spring BREAK.

UVU was passing through on their way to California today so I ran with Darian and some of the other girls on her team. They're pretty boring, they don't talk very much.

Met up at the high school for our workout this morning. .5 on the track then we ran out 3.5 on River Road towards the Arizona strip and did our workout on the way back. 10x:30 pick ups on the way back w/equal recovery. Nothing too hard, just a quick workout to get some turnover in the legs. I felt good and focused on relaxing and running smooth while still pushing and going fast. 2 mile cool down back to the school and then another 3 miles to get in the total mileage for the day.

6 miles before work this morning. Suprisingly warm with how cool it's been these past few mornings. Good run to finish off the week, it's been a good break and now I'm ready to get geared up for the meet next weekend.

3 this morning. I had a few aches and pains at the start but that's normal for the first morning run of the week. Other than that I felt great. 

7.25 total in the afternoon (2.5 mile warm up, 2x1200m w/400m recovery jog, 2x800m w/ 200m recovery jog, 2x200m w/200m recovery jog, 1 mile cool down). The times weren't crazy fast but the wind made it pretty rough which made for a tougher workout. I was still able to push through it and the only time I was off on was the second 1200m. It was a good workout even with the wind. Pretty crazy though and hopefully it isn't so bad on Friday!

3 in the morning to the bridge, a little sore from the workout yesterday but not too bad. 

6 in the afternoon on the trails over in chukawalla. I've never done this one before so it was fun to try something new. The trail was pretty cool but it was way sandy in some parts.

3 in the morning to the spectrum. Felt fine.

7 total in the afternoon (2.5 mile warm up, 2x200m, 1x800m, 1x600m, 1x400m, 1x300m, 1 mile cool down). It was a pretty short but high intensity workout. It was good to do some fast stuff though. Tough workout but I felt like I did pretty good. Easy day tomorrow then race on Friday!

3 miles in the morning with the team. I don't know why, but this week has been colder in the morning than it usually is, I had to throw a hoodie on over my longsleeve shirt today.

In the afternoon we did an easy 3.5 miles to the spectrum plus 4x200m finishes on the track because of the meet this weekend. I felt good, a little tight from the workout yesterday but after stretching again and rolling out tonight I should be good for tomorrow. Running the 1600 tomorrow so we'll see how that goes.

Easy 3 in the morning.

Hurricane Invite in the afternoon. Warmed up and then raced the 1600. I felt like I got out good and ran a pretty good race, but there was some things that I definitely could have done better. Lots to work on this season. Cooled down afterwards. 

Warmed up and then ran the 800. A pretty good headwind on the backstretch like there was 2 weeks ago but not quite as bad today. Got out fine and tucked in behind Bryan and a runner from Wasatch. I didn't have much left in the tank the last 200 so I got passed by a few runners. I know what I did wrong so it was a good learning race. Still have a lot to improve on, but overall a pretty good weekend. Hopefully next week will be a little better now that I've raced and know what to work on. Cooled down a little before I left and then ran a little more when I got home to get the total mileage for the day.

3 miles in the morning, felt fine. Workout in the afternoon didn't go so well, but there's no use in really reporting that. It was a good motivator workout though, and I realized that I need to be doing the little things outside of practice in order to be able to hammer the workouts. Also, I got my ACT score in the mail today. I didn't do as well as I wanted, but I'm not too bummed out because I didn't really study at all. I know that I can do a lot better if I just get the chance to study, but that's the hardest part: finding the time to study for the ACT when I'm not doing other homework or running or working. Sometimes I think I might just have a little too much on my plate. 

3 miles in the morning, pretty much the same old same old. Something funny probably happened but I can't remember it. It's too early at that time for me to remember anything.

Before afternoon practice we had a team meeting about uniforms rules and stuff. There are some pretty stingey rules when it comes to team relays and stuff like that! Anyways, after that we did 7 miles on the Arizona strip, pretty hot today. Tough workout tomorrow so I made sure to drink plenty of water after practice and rolled out so I can kill it tomorrow.

3 miles to the spectrum...yep.

Super windy and rainy in the afternoon! But no lightning so we were still out running. I was going to have a fast 800 workout today but Coach had me run with the 3200 guys and we did 12x400s. We didn't really have times to hit with the rain/wind and all, so we just based it off of effort. Ben, Josh, Rex, and I worked out a pretty good rotation so each of us would lead an equal amout of times. Good workout, much better than Monday, and always fun to run in the rain!

Tres millas en la mañana a Hidden Valley. 

3 mile Kenyan run in the afternoon, felt long today for some reason. 4x200m finishes afterwards. Ready to do some fast stuff tomorrow.

3 miles in the morning to the bridge. Josh and John started about 30 seconds after us and pretty much stayed that distance for the entire 3 miles. Pretty funny because Ben totally called that they wouldn't catch up to us, even though we were going like 9 minute pace.

Raced the 1600 at Pine View in the afternoon. Josh, Ben, and I jammed out to some 95.9 on the way over so that was pretty fun. When we got there we found out that we weren't in the fast heat, so we were pretty bummed. But we found out that we were still in the next fastest heat with a lot of good 3A runners, so we were pretty pumped again. Warmed up 2 miles and got down just in time to get our spikes on and do a few strides. I was lined up the closest to the inside on the second stagger, I really like that waterfall stagger! Anyways, I got out good and ran a good first lap, but let Byron and Garret gain to much space on me in the second lap. I need to stop doing that, and start being more aggressive with holding my position. I think I let too many people just cut in front of me, and they just slowed me down. I finished hard and took 4th in my heat. After I went through the finish chute and gave them my sticker I looked up at the clock (which was still going) and it was at 4:33! I was way surprised because I didn't think I would have a fast time, and felt like I still had too much left in the tank. My official time was 4:26.84 which was an awesome PR for me, almost 7 seconds! Hopefully I can carry some of that momentum into the 800 tomorrow and have another good race. Cooled down 2 miles afterwards with the team and some of the guys from Hurricane, what a cool bunch of runners!   

Got up around 8 to go watch the 3200 guys. Pretty sweet race, they all koala-fied! Well after that I just sat around for awhile until they called the boys 800 to the bullpen. I made it into he seeded race today so that was good. I warmed up 2 miles and got my spikes to go down on the field. They did the stagger start again so that was awesome. I got out really good in my lane but when I cut in I couldn't really get to lane 1 and I pretty much stayed in lanes 2-3 for the first lap and the backstretch on the second lap. I finished strong, but I think I could've run a whole second faster if I was able to get better position. Also I still need to be more aggressive with my position. Cooled down 3 miles and then did stuff for preference for the rest of the day. Between the dance and the meet, I'd say it was a pretty good weekend.

3 miles in the morning. Pretty cold this morning.

8 total for our workout in the afternoon (2 mile warm up, 1x1600, 4x800, 3x300, 2x150, 1 mile cool down). I felt good, it was a little windy but we still hit our times. It was a good push and a good workout. Ice bath afterwards, but it's more like a hot tub when Laynee and Rachel are in it. (; haha