Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

Today was so great! I was super excited to start really running again! I did 3x1000's. I didn't have a goal time, even though i ran the time trial?? but i got a second after kaelie so i went with her time - 5:16. Warmed up 1.5 miles then and times for the K's were 4:41, 4:51, 4:54, around there. Irene rolled my legs out- felt awesome!- then i ran a cool down with alli and josie. 

Later we did the car wash fundraiser which was pretty fun! We had lotsa cars and lotsa help.

am: went to morning practice and ran a wonderful 3 miles to arctic circle. Shins only hurt a tiny bit but are definitely improving.

Pm: sadly, i didnt get to do the workout or go to the race cuz of drivers ed. But After school i got e stemmed and iced, continuing to get much better.

PM: switched drivers ed to morning so now I will be coming to afternoon practice. I only ran 2 miles today, arches hurt soo bad. I don't know why... Excited for the runathon!!

:( only 1 mile to pizza hut and back. My shin hurt really bad. I thought it was improving but all of the sudden it hurts again! I rolled and iced and stretched. I really hope it wont hurt too bad at the runathon.

Runathon!! Way fun, i smoked everyone in ping pong:) My shins felt great.

Felt really good, finished the runathon this morning then went straight to the BYU football game. Pretty legit.

PM: Felt wonderful :) warmed up a 1.5 miles to harts and my shin hurt on the way back. Wasn't sure i would try the workout but decided to try 3x1000's. 91% i didnt have a time so i just ran based on how i felt. My times were 4:27, 4:27, 4:17. I stuck right behind liz on the first 2 and finished with Mia on the last one. Felt very good and was tempted to go more, but decided to stretch and run my cool down. Cooled down 1 mile and did weights, stretched, and rolled, feelin good:)

Ran the warm up with everyone to harts and back- 1 mile. My shin hurt really bad :( I didn't do the workout hoping to do the michigan tomorrow. I ran 4 more laps on the baseball field and that felt better on my shin but it still hurt. After that i went to mark's and iced and e-stemmed and talked about starting cross training because i have been injured for over a month now...

PM: Michigan! before warming up i got my arch and shin taped. the tape helped my arch but i dont think it helped my shin. maybe it made it hurt more. I did not feel good. shin really hurt the whole time. But i got B standard and 3rd on the team! Mescerem pushed me alot for the first 2.5 miles! Finished time was 32:48 or something like that. Not quite sure.

PM: 4 laps around the baseball field. Shin really hurt. Went into marks and iced and e-stemmed. hoping for the best at the herriman race.

Varsity girls/guys missed school on friday to go to herriman. About 2ish we ran the state course which was alot better than last time we ran it! I felt okay... I fell a little behind but not too bad.

Race: we ended up missing our race :/ bummer. So we ran the JV race! warmed up about a mile and then went up the the start. First half mile was awful. I wish i had started out faster! I got boxed in and couldnt get up where i wanted till we were in almost a mile. My pace was really off there. But finally i got into 3rd place and made a gap on everyone else behind me. I focused on catching up to mia and the girl behind her. Never happened. First mile was just under 8 minutes. The second had more downhill and i got just under 15 minutes. Right after the 2nd mile was the mutha cussa. I was able to get up it fine, but the second i reached the top my legs were dead. The last mile dragged on and my legs felt really heavy. But luckily no one passed me. The last 1/2 mile i really tried to make myself push harder to possibly get 2nd behind mia but i couldnt make myself go any faster. Finished third with 24:50- which surprised me, but it was super muddy and hilly so i guess it makes sense. But overalll it was sooo fun! I love trail runs and so that help me be positive and to have fun and not worry which helped alot. The mud made it fun too:) and my shins didnt hurt AT ALL and my breathing was good. After the races we had awards, i got a cool bag, I wish every race was like this one.

Ran the warm up then a 400 m. Shin hurt too much to do more so I went and biked for 25 minutes. That felt good on my legs.

Taking the week off this week, Hoping to use this week to recover and hopefully be able to race and feel good for next week.

Went to Marks room and got taped and stuff. He thinks i may have a stress fracture so i am going to go to a specialist and get x-rayed soon... Its a good thing I stopped running this week and I may have to not run for a while. we'll see after I get x-rayed i guess :/

I got x-rayed today to find bad news. Looks like I wont be running for the next 3 weeks. Hearing that pretty much ruined my day:( I was really hoping to be able to run region. Still am hoping!