Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

First Day of summer practice! .5 mile warm up and ran 3 miles. It was kinda hard so its time to start getting back in shape! It wasn't super hot so that was good!

I went 3 instead of 4 today because I didn't feel quite ready for that much since I've missed the last 4 runs due to youth conference. it was kinda hard. I cant wait till I am able to run 3 miles without feeling awful again!

I felt better than ever today! I went 3 and kept up with Coach and Liz in the front the whole time:) afterwards was the kids club which was way fun! It went better than last week cuz there were only 20 girls instead of 40:)

First 4 miler this summer! It felt super great for the first 2-3 miles through sandburgs but after that i started feeling like it was super long and slow. I stayed up with coach and Liz the whole time which was great! The runs are getting easier and easier everyday!!

Ran 3 miles barefoot on the grass! I felt amazing and was able to stay with Roberts and Liz the whole time! Then we did striders which were great! Way fun!

Today we ran the 3-mile course at Bloomington north park which is prolly my least favorite xc course. Today's run was alot of fun and I tried working on my form alot. I hope I will have improved my form alot before xc season starts! I was sore afterwards, so I stretched really good.

Today was so great! We ran 1.5 mile warm up then a workout which was run as hard and far as you can for 6 minutes. I ran with Liz and she pushed me for the first couple laps, then I had a lot of energy and was able to take the lead of the last couple. I finished with 1423 meters! I felt really good and did better than I thought:)

Not a very good day today:( Just before practice this morning I jammed my big toe tripping, and it hurt really bad the whole run. We ran 2 dirt laps and ali and I fell behind just a little bit the first lap and then the second lap I fell behind a lot more than I hoped. :/ It was disappointing. Afterwards was kids club which was fun, and the little girls are soo cute:) but it really hurt to run around some more on my toe after running.

Now my toe has a giant blood blister on it or something and it is super gross and hurts to step on. So sadly I cant run tomorrow or it will get worse. Just have to let it heal for a little while I guess.

Whew! Today was definitely tough! It felt so great though and was the hardest  I've pushed this summer. We ran 2 loops that included this long steep hill. We ran it pretty easy the first loop till the stretch to the hill. Then we picked up the pace. I stayed with Liz and Coach till the hill and that was really hard for me. But I made it:)

The 2nd loop I got a big side ache but pushed through it but it stayed the whole rest of the run which was annoying. But when it was time to pick up the pace I stayed behind Liz for a little and then she created a gap. But when Coach ran with me I pushed harder and caught up to Liz at the bottom of the hill. I ran with them the whole way up the hill!! It was super tough but it felt so great to be able to keep up with them! Also my toe didn't hurt one bit! Good day.

Went to Coral Canyon heritage park and ran 4 miles on a trail. It was really hilly and hard on my legs, but felt good. Stayed pretty close to coach and liz the whole time.

About 7:30, Liz and I ran at the pine view park. It felt really good and we took it easy today. There also was a creepy guy sleeping in his car....

I actually got myself to run while I was camping! I ran a couple times around the lake in Palisades on a trail. It was fun but took an effort to convince my mom that I could run by myself. Ended up being 3.5 miles and I was going at a pretty slow pace.