Running, our sport, any other sport's punishment

I ran three miles today with Danny. It was alright but my hip was giving me grief. No worries though i'll just ice it and stretch so it should feel better soon. I also feel a bit out of shape, i guess that's what happens when its difficult to run with the activities you're involved in for 2 weeks. I hope my hip stops bugging me by friday. 

Afternoon: I went to the washington city community center with my brother. I went 9-10 miles on the ellipticals. I hope it can help me later on. 

Today i did a four mile run with (.25?) as a warmup. Thanks Jeff. Slow, stiff miles today. My left hip was giving me grief as well as my left ankle. I'll ice it tonight and hope for the best. I'll just have to keep icing and stretching until I can finally be rid of the pain.

I ran home from the movies with my brother. It was only about a mile but it felt good. tomorrow i'll have to hit another mile.

I don't know the exact distance but this evening I went about 4 miles. I did a kind of elongated arctic circle loop by starting from my house and going from there. I started later to try and beat the heat but when i started my run it was still really hot and a little humid. As the run went on it started to cool down a little but not much. I didn't stop and walk at all so that's an accomplishment for now as i'm still a little out of shape but I hope i'll get better. My feet were a little in pain too I just hope that goes away before my morning run with the team. All in all not a bad start to the week so lets hope I can do a bit more.

I ran the 3 mile today. Not a bad run but my left knee was bugging me. I'm icing it right now so that i can get rid of the pain and run on it tomorrow, hopefully further than today. Slow, tired miles as well. If  I can get more sleep i should be able to prevent that.

I' ve felt sick the last couple days. Tired and not with it at all. I hope i get feeling better soon so i can get more running in. I hate not being able to run.

I ran with Chandis today at practice. It was a long slow run for me today. Probably because its so early in the week. Later this week hopefully it won't be so slow.

I ran 2 miles today and they didn't feel very good. Unfortunately I haven't been sleeping well lately which has been screwing with my health. I'll just cross my fingers and hope I can actually sleep in the future.

Today while I was doing stretches my left hip was in pain as well as during the run. Coach tells me I have a tight I.T. band. I'm going to ice it like crazy this weekend and stretch it some too. I hope it loosens up by monday. Other than my I.T. band today's run felt pretty good it was a pretty solid 3 miler.

Today wasn't a very good run at all. I felt sick and it was a crappy run. My I.T. Band has still been giving me grief so i'm gonna have to Ice it tons more and stretch it out while hoping it feels better tomorrow. I am determined to go further tomorrow no matter what. However, I figured increasing the pain now would be a bad Idea. I intend on being useful when the xc season starts so i'm not gonna make things work.

My I.T. band is still tight more ice and stretching today. I'll just keep on icing and stretching until its in less pain and its not as tight.

My I.T. band is still giving me some grief but its getting a bit better.

I ran 3 miles on the parkway with junior today. My I.T. band still hurt a bit but i think it's starting to get better. :) tomorrow is the 4th of July so we don't have practice as a team but i'm gonna go out tomorrow morning though, or it may have to be evening depending on the events of the 4th I decide to participate in.

Warm-up (.2) I ran with Jr. again today. We went on the three miler that's to the chevron station and back. We pushed it today and ran up fire station hill hard as we normally do when we're doing hills. We also treated the last couple hundred meters like a race and kicked in until we got up to the elementary school, that felt good. My hip still hurt what with a tight I.T. band and Standing for long periods of time combined. I've been Icing it though and its starting to feel better. I'll just keep pushing through the pain for now and ice, stretch and try to take some ibprofen. That's the step I always seem to forget about and one that i'm sure does wonders.

Warm-up(.2). I ran a three miler with maddie today. I helped her to push it and keep it going. Together we ran up the hill by first stop and I think if we continue to push each other we can both improve. After we ran I did a quick stretch and had to hurry home as I have to work at 9.

Warm-up (.2) I ran with Jr. today along with sadie and maddie but they turned around a little early. It was alright but I got a sideache from speeding up and slowing down so many times. Its all good though it'll just get better tomorrow.

I'm not quite sure how far I went today. Near the beginning of the run I started to feel really sick so I wound up turning around. I just hope it doesn't work out that way tomorrow. Since  I didn't really get a good run in and I don't know how far I went i'm gonna run tonight to get a better run in.

I ran with danny today. His leg was giving him grief so we took it nice and easy. I'm still not sure how far we ran but we'll just call it 2.5 miles. It was an alright run but it was really hot today so it kinda took some energy out of me once I finished the run. I think tomorrow i'm going to try and get out running by 6:30 when its a little cooler, but if not i'll definitely go at 7. Its a 5 miler for me tomorrow so I think i'm going to try to do the mall run with the extention. I hope it works out.

Today I started off with a short warm-up around my neighborhood and stretches. I did 20 push-ups and 100 crunches along with agilities then headed out. I ran the Mall run with the extention. It felt pretty good outside this morning other than a bit of humidity because of the rain last night. It was a really good run today it was nice going my own speed and the run seemed to go by faster today. I had to stop once near the end to tie one of my shoes but other than that I kept a fairly consistent pace and didn't stop my legs moving at all. It felt nice just to be out there this morning and it was nice to go on a run I'm really familiar with since we run it during the school year. Now I can relax and enjoy my weekend and work.

I ran the warm-up and streched with the team and then headed out into the desert. I went 3 miles but it was a really slow run. I didn't sleep last night and was really fatigued but I got out and ran and that's what matters. I felt a bit better after the run as well which is good.

Today I ran dog pound with jr. it was a slower run but it felt good. It was a good morning run and now i'm excited to run tonight. Hooray for fun runs.

 I ran the chelsi's run 5k. I didn't intend to go as fast as I did but the run felt good. I'm not sure on an exact time either but it was fairly decent when I actually looked at the clock later it was 28 something. I'm excited for some more 5k's and an awesome season.

I headed out the direction of grapevine today running with jr. We went 3 miles which felt really good. I felt really slow though because I was a little sore from running 4 miles in the morning and a 5k at night. It was a good run though and it felt good to keep running.

After the warm-up today we headed out to do the pond loop. We all went three today for a little bit of a break from the milage increase. After we finished at the pond we went to Nisson's park and played ultimate frisbee. It was a good game and a nice little break. After we finished our game we finished up our run by heading back to the elementary. Tomorrow we're meeting at green springs park and i'm excited for a different run.

We met out at green springs this morning. There were only about 9 of us but at least we came. After warm-ups and stretches we ran up a hill a bit of a ways and then came back down for a 3.5 miler. It was a really good run. The warm-up was longer than our usual so i'm calling it a .3 mile warm-up.

Today I ran 4 miles with Cassidy. It felt really good and she pushed me the first half of the run after which she was getting pretty dead as she hasn't run that far and told me to run ahead. So I did and I ran up the hill and continued on without stopping which made me pretty happy. After I finished I got a quick drink and ran back down the street a little ways to run the last bit with Cassidy. It was a good run and I hope all the rest of my runs this week are this good.

Today's run wasn't very good. I wanted to run 4 miles but I felt sick this morning and so I couldn't. Then to make things worse as I was headed up the hill my legs felt like a ton of bricks. Hopefully I get in a better run tomorrow. I am also going to try and break a vicious cycle and fix my internal clock so I can actually sleep at night and get some decent runs in before school starts. I'm not sure yet but if i get the chance tonight i'm going to try and run around 2-3 miles to make up for what I couldn't do this morning.

4- headed out the direction of parkway but instead of going on parkway we ran down a white packed granite path to a park and back for a 4 miler. To make it 5 miles we ran 6 barefoot striders on the grass at the park before we headed back. It felt pretty good today I just hope to keep it that way and break my vicious sleeping cycle for good. On the way back I felt really slow but hopefully I can fix that soon enough too. 

Today we went out and met at the two churches in washington fields. We went on a 4 mile run that included a  large portion in some hills with lots of ups and downs. It was kinda like a rollercoaster. It wasn't a bad run, it was pretty fun but some of the up hills were pretty tough and some of the downhills were really steep. Overall it was a good run.

Today I ran to the coral canyon entrance and back it was a tough run but well worth it. On the front side of the hill I could really feel the burn in my calves but once I started going down the other side the searing pain left and it was all good. It was a slow run but it was a good long run and it definitely makes some of the other hills i've run seem like a cinch to get up. It was a good workout for working 2 different sets of muscles as hills work different muscles. Later today I'm going too run 2 miles before work. I'll update after that.

Early Pm- around 2:50 I headed out for my second run of the day, the one in the heat. I headed out to the park with the rock wall and around the little paved trail. I stopped at the fountain to get a drink and then headed back, running through my neighborhood a bit so it'd be a 2 miler. The first part of the run felt really good and then on the way back not as good but still not horrible, but when I got home the heat hit me and i got a drink quickly and got drenched in cold water. Now I feel a bit better and the worst of it should be over now hopefully tomorrow's run will be better.

Today we went out to the park on the parkway and did six barefoot striders to get another mile in and then headed back. The run itself was pretty good but for the first half of the run I could really feel the extra miles from yesterday and the hill. On the way back it wasn't quite as bad though just a nice run.

Pm- I ran the 2 miler bank and back but since its a little further from my house than the school I cut off a little early. It was a bit better than yesterday and It can only get better.

Today after our warm-ups we headed out for the middleton run. Jr. showed up today and I ended up running a 5 miler with him. Really slow, stiff miles today. I can feel the extra miles that i've been adding on in the afternoon. Hopefully by the end of this week I'll be a little less stiff and sore. Next week we meet at the high school at 8 so that's a plus and along with that next week's miles shouldn't be as bad because I'll have made it through this week. I have a class for work until 3 but after that I'll run my miles for the afternoon. Today I bump it up to 3 miles in the heat but it should be alright.

Pm- 3 miler from my house, an elongated bank run. It was pretty hot outside but I ran with water so it wasn't that bad. Other than being sore on my right side it was a decent run, lets hope the afternoon and early evening stay that way and then improve as far as runs are concerned.

Ran 5 mile green springs run. Really slow,tired miles but I ran them and I got the miles in. Hopefully I can speed things up next week and I'll have more sleep by then. I stayed awake all yesterday but still didn't sleep well at night so tonight I'm diverting to sleeping pills,I hope they work because if they don't work nothing will.

Pm- 3 miles, the same way as yesterday. It was still pretty hot outside but i made it through. shorter morning run scheduled tomorrow. 4 miles instead of 5 it should be a nice little rest before an 8 miler saturday.

I ran a 4 miler today after I warmed up. I had to run alone this morning :(  because I work in a few minutes and had to be home and able to get ready quickly. It was a good run, a little slow but hopefully next week I can pick up the pace a bit.

(.5) Warm-up and the mall drive with extention. Really slow, crappy miles today. I felt slightly sick and I had crappy running shoes that are really old as my mom moved my other shoes and doesn't remember where she put them. I already needed new shoes anyway. I was tired and sore but I finished the run at least. Running again with the team later today at 3. we've started our 2 a days and now we're starting to do them as a  team.

(.5) Warm-up then ran out to the fire station hills. I did 4 hills, however far that is and headed back in. It was an okay run but it could've been better. It was really muggy this morning although it wasn't very hot.

(.5) Warm-up and a 3 1/2 mile run then barefoot striders. It was an okay run,kinda slow and tiring though.

2 mile warm-up and then 200 meter repeats. starting some speed work to get ready for the season. After we finished are repeats 2 large grass loop cool-down, another 1 1/2 miles. It was a pretty good run today, tiring but an overall good work-out.

(.5) warm-up today. After stretches and going over the xc disclosure I ran 3.5 miles and then did barefoot striders on the field. Not a very good run today, my ankles were in alot of pain, possibly from yesterdays run. I just need to ice them a bunch today and this weekend and get it taken care of.

Warm-up then a pyramid 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 with equal length jog for rest then a cool down. Good run today.

Afternoon run. 1/2 mile warm-up then a 3 mile loop to the green springs club house and back. It was a pretty good run with a nice breeze.

Am- This mornings run was slow and one of the crappiest runs i've had in awhile I was in pain and I didn't feel very good. Hopefully later today I'll feel better.

Okay run but in a little bit of pain during and after.Icing the places where the pain was tonight.

Half mile warm-up.I'm not sure on the milage but it was 200 300 400's with equal length jog inbetween along with a warm-up and cool down.

Half mile warm-up.Nice easy run. 3 miles in the morning 4 in the afternoon.

3 mile morning, 5 afternoon with a half mile warm-up.

Half mile warm-up.Hills today. ran out did hills and came back.

Went out to coral canyon and ran 8 with sierra and chandis. Monica and Kenz ran 6 with us. It was a nice and easy run but it felt really good.

Ran the hospital 7 miler but for a little bit of change i decided to run it backwards. I slept in so I ran around the time we'd normally run just a little bit earlier. It was a good run but a little lonely without anyone to run with.

BYU. good race but they lied to us on the distance.

Morning practice plus afternoon practice which included hills.

Anarobic threshold. It was an alright run but i'm starting to get shin splints on my right leg so it hurt but i'll just ice it and go from there.

Started out practice with our warm-up lap and stretches then did an anarobic threshold. It was a fairly good run.

Am- 3 miler this morning it was a fairly good run, i was pretty out of it though. i've got to get more sleep.

Pm- had to run a little short as i had to head out to work. an ok run.

Ran progressive repeats today. Did fairly well but it hurt like none other. Had to sit out the second thousand because during the second 800 I screwed up my breathing by bending over in exhaustion. It was a good hard workout. just gotta keep it up.

am- 3 mile morning run. fairly good for doing progressive repeats yesterday

pm- Arctic circle ice cream run 3 miler and pictures. It was a nice run but my legs were really sore from repeats yesterday.

am- 3 mile run this morning. pretty slow tired miles but i made it through.

Pm- Cedar invite. I got a 10 second pr for the season which is good but I felt awful throughout the whole race. Tired and sore. I wish i would've been able to push myself harder. The Snow Canyon race and Region are going to be different. Along with my teammates I want to go to state so We need to own region and the only way we can do that is if we work together.

800 repeats today. An alright day once i got into the swing of things. At first it wasn't that great of a running day but things got better as they progressed.

we did 3 600 meter striders. easy run but good nonetheless.

I'm not real sure on the distance but it was a 25 minute follow the  leader run. way mellow.

Region was an amazing race. I really pushed myself to get up closer to the front and try and help my team out. I couldn't breathe near the end which was awful. Barely missed passing 2 snow canyon girls, I died at the very end but i'm really glad about how much I pushed myself in this race. I started off really fast which worried me and so i died for a little bit but I pushed myself really hard the second mile and bounced back. I'm really proud of this race. I can't believe this was my last region race, everything seems to be going by so fast now so i'm going to enjoy what time I have left. Our team took 2nd so we're going to state I am so excited for that, and then our guys took 1st so they're going to state too. It should be amazing and i'm going to try and get the best out of it. This will be my last high school cross country race so i've got to push it and give it my everything and more. STATE  CROSS COUNTRY HERE WE COME!!!!

We had our run-a-thon all night. I ran 2 hard miles and then a 400 in the dash for cash. I dunno about my second mile but my first was a 6:51 not bad considering region was only a few hours ago.

I ran to starbucks and back home it felt like a really slow run and it was fairly hot outside but its okay not all our runs can be good.

Went to the st. george running center and found some new shoes for the track season. It made me happy. I'm happier that my blog is working properly again. :)