I'm Bringing Sexy Back ... Again... THE BLAG

Hello World!

I am baaAAAaack!

We went on a run from the track, to somewhere in the middle of somewhere south of Shuggahhood ... err sugarhouse

It was fun, the miles just melted down, I hardly noticed them until the last mile and a half-ish.

I had a report to write, so I couldn't update this yesterday,

My run was fun, we started at Natalie's house with a Caprisun, which we later traded for a granola bar, a fun sized Krakel bar, and some fruit snacks at Scott's House.  Which we traded for some refried beans at the Rassmussen's, which we finally traded for a quart and a half of Ice Cream, at the prices.  After getting the ice cream we checked the Jolley's for a possible trade, but they werent there.  We went back to Natalie's and ate the ice cream after that.

If you don't believe me, check Susannah's blog, she did it too

RJ and I ran up to the JCC and then we ran along foothill to Legacy, and then back to the Track, I assume it was 6 miles is, but it might have been less...

It was a nice run, earlier, during track season, this run wore me out...

Now that I actually have some base, it is easy again.

RJ and I ran to the Shriners Drinking fountain.  It was a nice run, but I felt sick, and didn't run well.

I ran from RJ's House to Sugarhouse, and ran a lap around....

It felt nice, but it is starting to get hot out, which is CRAP!

I hate heat

First organized day of Cross Country Practice ...

I was extremely excited, We ran to the closer cemetery to the school and ran two laps.  And it felt nice.

Happy National Running Day, and Sterlings Birth Day oddly enough

We did the epic run, which was ... well epic.

And I felt good too.

Cross Country Practice Day 2

2 laps around the gully, we found Greg after 1/2 lap.

I felt slow, but it was okay, and I still finished with RJ.  I am afraid that my fitness is going to take forever to get back from Tony's workouts.

It's all coming together slowly.  Sterling, RJ and I ran to Legacy and back to the track.  It was a good run, but it was hot!

I already complained about heat last week.

RJ and I ran to some drinking fountain we ran to once during cross country last summer...

It was on foot hill, but it wasn't exactly four miles like we thought, heh.

Extremely hot again, darn summer

Well, today was practice

Down to Liberty 2 laps fireman, and another lap backwards...

Then returning to east.

Some people stopped at Great Harvest, but Scotty G and I weren't hungry.

As well, the entire day today i have had "danke schoen" by Wayne Newton stuck in my head, and have been singing it through out year book day.

RJ and I ran to the JCC from his house.  It was a great run, I felt excellent.  But it was sooooo freaking hot!

RJ and I went for a long run.  RJ was a little slow after mile 5.  I stayed with him mostly, he fell behind a bit, but I tried to slow down with him. It was from RJ's to Sugarhouse, a half lap, then the cemetery loop, 2 laps in the cemetery, and reverse when we got back to Sugarhouse.

It was a little cooler.

RJ and I ran to Shriners Drinking fountain.  It was a nice run, I felt like I was going way fast and the run felt a little short.

We ran in Sugarhouse Park!

It was the first full summer morning workout. State Course, then a lap around the park, thenwe ran an extra .75 in the fieldish thing just to get an even 6

It was cold and wet for summer

We went to Sunnyside, ran a VA Loop for warm up, ran 8 1 minute on 1 minute offs, played some Ultimate Frisbee, and ran another mile to make it a 6 mile run.  I felt great honestly, this season is looking good, i just need my fitness and base miles!

Crappiest run ever.

Thats all I can and want to say.  The hills were killer, and I hated all the up hill.  Down Hill was a good recovery and Susannah and I found some water eventually.

If you ever ran the Mt Sac Footlocker Course, imagine the hills for that, extended to 7 miles... That was the run.

So a nice easy run by my house.  It was a good 5, but I prefer not running by my house honestly, I hate that trail...

We ran 2 800's in liberty, 3 of the miles of which were in my flats.

It was nice, I felt good, but as I said this morning my quads are sore...

Still are really.

RJ and I ran to sugarhouse, a lap, and then back to his house.  It was a nice easy 5, and afterwards we had a pool party!

It was supa fun!

Cemetery Loop, sans cemetery ...

It was a nice run, I had to win it so I couldn't let RJ or Sterling pass me.  After I finished I felt terrible and decided I am done running for the rest of my life Great.  Atleast now I remember what its like to push hard, and I know how hard I can push now

Coin run competition.

Rj and I were on a team, and we went the farthest distance wise! But our coin flipped 3 tails, so the loop we ran was only a mile and a half away, which some people doubled.

It was a dissappointment, but a nice 7.

JCC/ DrycreakTrail.  It was good run, I felt great going up and down, particularly down though.  Then we did crunches and push ups.

We were at cottonwood complex. 3 mile warmup 5 strides, 5 hills, 3 mile cool down

That was a ton of warm up and cool down.

It was nice, my hills (which were about 500 meters) were 1:43, 1:40, 1:40, 1:41, 1:43

Liberty Park stuff.  1.5 mile warmup 1/2 mile fast, half mile recovery, mile fast, 1.5 cool down.

Now those arent the exact numbers but its close.

My 800 was probably 2:42

my 1 mile was about 5:37

So if any herriman High runners are reading this, and are doing step rock run tomorrow, fear the awesomeness. Because I will kill you in that race.

This was a weird hybrid of an excellent and terrible race.  It was a great course, even if it was just a mile and a half out, and then a turn around.  But there wasnt any competition for me after the first mile, so It kind of became a nice 5k run, not a 5k race.  My legs are still a little dead from speed and hills, but I won.

Its nice to get first, I might try and do this more often.

2 mile warm up! then ...

Hill Work out at Shugah hood, It was relatively easy.

then we did 2 circuts (from H E Double Hockey Sticks)

then we did a 2 mile cool down.

It hurt, my legs felt dead ... But I feel fine now

It was the Pipeline trail.  I felt like I had something to prove, as in the beginning Bill said, "you can turn around when one of the fast people passes you, like Ben or RJ."

So I finished before RJ.  It felt great, the water was cold!

Fartlek in Wheeler Farm, it was a good work out.  And guess what, I beat RJ again ....

Man I am GOOD.

The Great and Terrible Bike and Run.

I did well, the bike hurt my quads like no other.

As well, I waited a tad too long for Javier sometimes.  But it worked out.

3 easy miles,

Preping for the murray 5 k

I ran 7 miles total for the race, and what a race it was.  That was a terrible course for how I tried to run it, I pushed the first half.

and I ran an extra mile later that day just to hit 40.

The Cemetery Loop!

Bill decided that I should stay with Emily for the majority of the run, which was a pain in the neck. But I did it, and I am kinda glad I did.

Today was the JCC trail, to the 4 mile turn-around rather than the 3.  I despise this run, especially that last mile to the turn around.  Its practically all up hill, untill you turn around, and then you realize how much of it was actually down hill, cause now your running up again.

It was okay-ish.  My left leg hit something up a hill, and it was painful, but I ran through it and it went away.

It was Fairmont today, a nice 2 mile warmup, some step ups, and then 4 1/2 miles of speed, and a mile and a half of Cooldown.  In the middle my left calf had a sharp pain, but it faded after a couple steps.  It was an odd method of workout though, I kinda liked just running it, and not knowing how many I was expected to do.

Some crazy run, following some of the marathon course and it went o a drinking fountain on Foothil.  I felt fine, as far as I can remember.

I ran 3 laps around this trail in USU.  It was a good trail, but the wind was really strong coming from the east, and if I can quote Bill, "[The wind] blows."

The Slurpee Run!

All I can say is 8 miles + 7 slurpees = No good.

Ten Mile run by my house.  I felt sick near mile 7, but my time was 76:31 so I kept under 80 minutes like bill asked me to.

So, we did a 3 mile warm-up

3 miles of hills

2 circuts

4 mile cooldown

It all seemed hard, but I am fine!

A nice 3 mile warm up

3 miles Please follow Fast Running Blog policy regarding vulgar language lek (it was 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1 on with 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 1 off so 20 minutes of running)

and a 2 mile cool-down

It was a hard day, but a nice work out.  I felt great

6 miles on the Zoo trail, it felt good, as in not hurting.  But it also felt so slow.

3 easy miles to prep for draper days 5k tomorrow.

So we ran a race, and I sucked ... But first in age division so thats okay.

And then we ran an 8 mile cooldown.  and it sucked.

So 13 miles on a race day, when the race is 3 miles ... donesn't sound nice.

A.M. 8 mile version of the cemetery loop, felt good, but i had trouble staying with ben the entire way.

P.M. 4 miles at liberty, hurt my achilles with a wood chip that got stuck in my shoe.

A.M Yeah 13 miles, 6.5 up emigration canyon, then down to sunny side.

And you are reading correctly that says A.M. so expect a PM soon.

P.M 4 miles on the Jordan river parkway trail.

Rock run, I was dehydrated and my legs were almost cramping the entire run.

It was not fun.

3 miles out and back on the trail, it was a nice 3 miles after I decided to take it easier a bit after the turn around.

See Last Friday. Insert Des News 10k.

A little good news, as of when I am writing this I am on the Front page of the mileage blog!

WOO HOO!

Good race.

2 mile warm up, felt good my calves were tight but good.

The race was awesome I was flying down the hill.  I had a bit of a struggle on the flat, but i stayed under 40 which was a kinda max pace i set for myself.

then 3/4 mile cool down.  to finish my miles.

AM: Cemetery Loop + 2 laps + hills +a cement lap in sugarhouse

What a way to start off hill H E double L week

PM: Forgot to Update, 4 easy miles.

Today was some hills, and a long warmup at cottonwood complex.

It wasn't that difficult of a hill, and we had a lot of recovery too.

It wasn't a terribly tough workout, but it wasn't easy.

fartlek, 1,2,3,4,5 and then back down, with 1,1,2,3,3,3,2,1,1 recovery.

Then we did 10 hills, just  to reinforce the Hills from hell week thing.

I hate this week.

I have nothing to say, besides ouch.

Some hills and firemen at liberty, we were fast, but we didn't go so hard that I was dying.

I can't believe Bill can call this only 7... well boot camp... Thats about it...

PM: 4 miles, my legs are sore, it's hot ... and my quad hurts...

AM: Pipline trail. My quad hurt BAD on the way back, and I can't stand the river ... so I didn't sit in it.

PM: 4 miles, quad slowed me down to about 9 minute pace ... it was painful.

Speed day, first day back at the track.

Oh how I love the smell of the track in the morning... (10 points to those who get the reference).  3 mile warmup, speed was a mile, half, and 4 quarters .... with a half recovery after the mile, and a quarter after everything else.

my quad hurt in the beginning, but the faster I went the better it felt.

10 on the Jordan River Parkway Trail...

I hate this trail, and Bill, I understand how you want workouts close to other people on the team, and this is close to me and Teeples.  But I honestly have ran on this trail sooo much ... I hate it...

Speed at liberty.

2 1-mile repeats.

3 warmup 3 cooldown and whatever adds up to 10.5 in between the warmup cooldown and the miles.

6 miles at liberty...

My calves are sore! Oh so sore...

But I did my mileage

AM: 10 mile run, hills of death... it hurt, BUT I have 6 more to do tonight ...

And I have issues with making work out and registration in the next few days ... But I don't know what to do.

PM: Another one of the most painful runs of my life.  The bone in my right calf hurt like no other.  It was definately so painful, that I couldn't continue to run at some parts.  I had to stop and let it get better before I could start again.

AM: Uh, we did speed.  It was at a high altitude... Breathing was hard.

My leg didn't hurt so bad.  But I could still kinda feel something in my right calf.

The speed was 1 mile, then 2 halves, then 1 mile. with half miles in between.

PM:  I did 4 Miles, barefoot.

AM: Puke Hill! It wasn't actually that bad, BUT LETS NEVER GO THERE AGAIN!  I tripped and ripped a hole in my shoe ...

And when I got home, I got chewed out for ripping a hole in my shoe. 

PM: 6 miles on the trail. Hot, but I felt good.

AM: 10 miles.  Finally know whats at the end of the JCC Trail, its City Creek Canyon.

It was an okay 10, better than yesterdays.

PM: 2 1-mile loops around my house

AM: First six miles after the shoe repair.  They were fine, the stich stayed.  My right calf siezed up after the 6 miles.  Hopefully it will be better.

PM: 2 miles, down the trail, and back.  It was a good two, my legs feel good.

Felt nice! It was a great race, hard course.  I wish I pushed a bit harder, but that is niether here nor there.  I am glad I got 3rd!

No mileage today, just bragging rights...

I was on the first page of the mileage board.  BOO YAH!

Sugarhouse Park, we did 5 hills, that were approximately a quarter mile (recovery was running the hill back to the start and another 20 seconds rest for me, because I was in the last of the 3 staggered groups).

so it was 5 miles warm up, 2 ¹/₂ hills, and then 4 ¹/₂ cooldown.

I cant wait for the day my legs wont hurt anymore.  It will be a fantastic day.

DAH DUN DAAAAAH! Its what you've all been waiting for, the PM workout!

A painful 4 miles, it was hot, I made it home for dinner on time too.

Worst 14 miles of my life.  We ran from the JCC to dry creek, and then back.  Oh my gawsh are those hills pace breakers.

I also puked out a gallon of water afterwards.

AM: 9 miles, 4 800 repeats, with who knows what in the middle.

I know I can't remember, check susannahs blog.

PM: 5 miles, good run, painful afterwards.

A little sidenote, a couple days ago I was running on my own, and this girl walked up to me and said "Do you jog everywhere?"  In passing all I could say was, "kinda."  But I thought about it, and that question is a little deserving of Kinda...

I mean, no I don't jog EVERYWHERE, nor do I jog that much, but I've ran practically everywhere I know ... So yeah, I kinda do run everywhere, just incase you are reading this little girl.

AM: 8 miles, felt good, I am so glad Emily brought doughnuts.

Thank you again, I loved them, it was awesome.

PM: 6 with RJ, we ran by the Zoo to try and stalk Scott on his hot date... It wasn't meant to be cause we didn't see them. 

AM: I don't know how it worked, but I actually got 10 miles at liberty.

Speed was 1 mile (5:53) 2 Halfs (2:40, 2:42), then 'nother mile (6:01)

half miles inbetween 1 lap warm-up.

2 laps cool down

PM: So, I ran 6 miles, it was really painful and tiring, I took a nap too.  The nap helped.

RJ and I ran to shriners. it was a hot run, I was on fire.  Afternoon practice is gonna be fun.

Front page of last weeks mileage board again. ... I don't know how anyone keeps this up, I'd die, if I had to do it much longer.  But 80 was my top, I should be going down now, because the season is starting.

AM: Good run, 3.6 warm up.  10 400 meter hills, 400 cooldown.  1.5 cooldown.

I am happy with my times, all 10 were within 1:24-1:32 very close.

PM: 4 miles on the JRPW trail, felt painful ... very very painful.

7 miles run, It was a little confusing, I ran through and elemntary school and got yelled at...

But it was fun.

Today was fartlek.  We did 5 (3) 4 (3) 3 (2) 2 (1) 1 (1)

The numbers in parentheticals are recovery.  It wasn't necessarily difficult.

3 miles warm up and cool down. and 4 miles in workout.

Today was a good day too, till I got home.

My legs were in monumental pain today, I was hurting A LOT.

But I dealt with it, and ran anyways. A little slow, but anyways.

3 1-mile repeats.

First one hurt alot, second and third were fine.  I felt a little slow all around though.

Barbeque run. Set our selves up for a good varsity team this season.  We still need to step it up though, so I am back to watching my miles.

Just a easy speed change workout, Pre-Regions tomorrow.

Pre Region Meet, I felt good ... but I may have been too fresh for this early of a race, I gotta work hard to keep my legs still working and building.

The division place is my place on the team.

Hills and stuff, it hurt my legs, I took all the recovery time, rather than run them closer together.

Morning Run. just 5 easy miles, hot shower was broken

Yeah, still angry about this race.

Tempo at shuggah-hood park

4 miles, I kept pace well.

AM: 1 Mile warmup 1 speed changes

then we did 2 progressive 300's

then we did some strides, and then 1 mile cooldown

PM: Ran up, and checked out the new course, Its hard.

Nice race, Ben and I ran the course for warmup, and helped mark it along the way to help bill out.

then we ran the race, which nobody wanted to race fast because of Murray, so hence the slow times. And during the race I felt great, and i actually got a chance to run with Ben, Parker Evans, and the 800 miles in the summer stansbury kid, Tyson.  I wish I was fast enough to actually race against them though.

Cooldown was 2 miles of the course, I took down cones with Mickey.

AM: We ran to sunny side, 2 laps around, ran 8 strides, ran an 800, and then ran another lap around.  Dakota and I ran a lap at the track to make it 5.

PM: Easy peasy lemon squeezey day before race stuff. We ran a mile ran BAREFOOT strides amd ran another mile.

Barefeet rocks...

Division place is place on the team.

we ran the changed course as warmup as a team, then RJ and I ran 2 more miles to keep warmed up.

The race was the scarriest race I have ever ran in my life. FIRST OFF we had a false start, someone fell down, common for a big race, by big I mean 338 people in the race big...

And right before someone else felldown in teh race, I had to grab a guy and pick him up to keep him from falling.

When we actually started I was boxed in WAAAY too slow for the first half mile (my first mile time was 6:10ish) and then I finally got free and got my speed up and I had to catch the Tooele Number 1 guy, so I did.  And Then I raced against the AWESOMEST short kid ever, he was a freshman and he raced hard he finished right behind me. GO MOUNTAIN CREST SHORT KID.  Anyways everything rocked after I actually got out there and raced.

then we did a mile cooldown, and missed Susannahs award.