Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

AM: today I felt grand! we did 6x1000's but had to hit 15-20 seconds faster than last week. So my time was about 4:50. My times were 4:51, :53, :50, :50, :46, :43. I was really happy with the consistency and how I was able to hit my goal time. Good workout:)

PM: 3 miles- felt very not good. I fell way behind mostly because I ate too close to the run, and my left leg started hurting in a way that I think I am getting shin splints:( Weights and plyos afterward.

Warmed up 1 mile and then did 1/1 workout, 1 min on, 1 min off. I had to hit about 235ish meters- 9.5 cones. I was really happy with how I did. I made it to the end -15- and felt great! I was hitting each one, with the right distance. It was a lot easier for me than the 30/30 workout. Then I cooled down 1/2 mile with Brianna and Macey. My shin only hurt on the warm up and the beginning of the workout, but felt fine after that. But I will ice and stretch good today so I will feel okay for the time trial tomorrow.

Kids club was great! Way fun to be able to do that this summer:) The little girls are so cute and fun! Later in the afternoon I got some new running shoes! They are legit:) I've had the same ones for way too long and that's the main reason I got shin splints and my calves have always been so tight.

I don't really know what to think about this time trial, but I know I gave it my best. We warmed up 1.5 miles then the girls started 2 minutes after the boys. The first lap was good, I ran with alli- man she's fast!- and we pushed eachother. The next lap we took turns leading, each pushing eachother. Then the last 800 she booked it and made a little gap on me but I also pushed harder. We caught up to Ali J, and sprinted to the finish. They both were super close and I finished 2 seconds after. It was a really good push and I was glad I got under 15 minutes. I did nearly 3 minutes better than my first time trial last year, and I got the exact same time as the last time trial last year. We cooled down 1.5 miles then I missed striders to go get my physical. I found out that I was low in iron and that is what has been causing me to be tired a lot. More broccoli for me!

am: 8 miles with 3 miles tempo. We ran on the river trail and we started our tempo at 2 miles in. I started pretty good, keeping up with the girls and we took turns leading the tempo every .5 mile. That really helps because then I prolly would fall behind.  I lead the tempo second and continued to keep up until the last mile of the tempo. First 2 miles were about 7-7:30 pace and my last mile was about 8 min pace cuz my left arch in my foot started to really hurt and I fell behind... And it hurt the rest of the run. But we grouped up again after the tempo and finished great! Overall, I kept up for longer than I thought! Good run:)

pm: 3 miles, felt pretty good but just sore calves. I was able to keep up for most of it while listening to Roberts, liz, and even dallen talk all funny:) haha, and coach biffed it. Weights and plyos after.

I was up at my ward campout which was around where we had xc camp. I got up and ran 3 miles with carli which was super fun cuz we were finding trails to run on and ran into a lot of hills and rocks. Our pace was pretty slow, but then I ran the last mile by myself and I went a few minutes faster pace. It felt soo good up there even though it was raining on me.