Stamina, Speed, Strength, Skill and SPIRIT

Ran 1.5 to harts with the girls. I already miss running with them :( but I turned around and its a good thing I did, cuz on the way back I was in deep pain. Afterwards I went into marks room and the girl trainer (I don't remember her name) e-stemed me, or whatever its called. I hope I can run this weekend!

Didn't run at all.... :( sad. but I went to marks and I was e- stemmed again and learned some stretches and stuff. And my kind friend let me borrow his compression socks:)

I have drivers ed everyday after school now so I am going to go to morning runs once I can run.

This morning before school I went to marks again and he did ultra sound on me and heated my leg. Then he massaged it with this really hot minty stuff and it hurt sooooo bad! He loosened up all the knots in my shin and taped my left foot for more support. Then later i went to the running center and got some inserts to put in my shoes. They gave me a lot of advice and told me that my left arch needs a lot of support so hopefully that helps. I stretched, iced, and rolled and now I'm debating on trying to run again tomorrow... but man, shin splints are such a pain!!!

am: This morning I gave running a shot to see how I feel to decide whether I am gonna race tomorrow or not. We started running on the grass around the baseball field which I really liked and felt great on but the other girls didn't like it and decided to finish the last couple miles doing the di loop. So I ran a shorter loop and finished with Chancie doing 2 miles. I felt so wonderful, Only a little pain...

pm: I ran 2 miles and my shin hurt for the first half but felt good after that. then I tried a couple 200's which my shin didn't like so much. stretched and rolled after.

I ran the most mileage I have for a week! And I am going to race tomorrow so I don't have any high expectations, I am just glad I get to run in it :)

This race went pretty good! The varsity girls and i ran a couple miles warm up and my shin wasnt bugging me at all so i thought it would be a great race. After waiting forever to start we finally started and i got stuck right in the back. But then i found Mascerem and followed her through all the girls to a better spot.

First lap was great and i was so happy cuz i felt no pain in my legs AT ALL! Then i caught up to ali and pushed with her through the second lap. The last lap I started to kick in on the downhill and ended up passing a couple girls! I felt like i had been going a ton faster and thought i would break 22! I didn't but i pr'd by a minute from this course from last year! I liked this course alot although half was a slow incline and the other half was a slow downhill. I always got passed on the uphill but then i would pass  again on the downhill. The only thing that bugged me during the race was my breathing was super bad and i got a major sideache that i managed to ignore for most of it. But overall pretty good!