A run begins the moment you forget you are running

Today for the first day of Summer training I ran a 2 mile workout and a .5 mile warm-up. I got a side cramp on the way back of my workout and took a short walk that helped it to go away. 

I ran 2 miles again today. My goal was to not walk. The running club for the little kids was tuns'o'fun! I'm in charge of 1st and 2nd grade girls with Megan, Josie, and Allie. 

I didn't have to walk today during my 2 miles. I only stopped to take my inhaler. I feel that I did pretty well. Better than the past couple days.

I ran with Chancie for the workout. We pushed each other and on the last lap we picked up the pace a notch every little bit 'til we were sprinting at the end. I loved running in the grass with no shoes. It felt so great. 

I enjoyed getting some different scenery and going out to the Sullivan Soccer Park for practice. I definitely took it a little bit slower than the previous days.

I was planning on running 2 miles today after I got home from the 4th year overnighter for Girls' Camp, but we played a game (similar to fugitive) when it was really dark and nobody could see a thing. I was running and tripped over a girl lying in the middle of the path. I twisted my knee funny and now it hurts to walk on it. So I don't think I'll be running today. Hopefully I can on Monday.

I ran 3 miles today with Brianna. It was a lot harder than last week, but we didn't walk at all. Right at the very end the boys that ran 4 miles were close behind us. We decided that we couldn't let them finish before us, so we sprinted super super hard to the end and finished first.

I ran 2 miles today with Brianna. The running club was fun and exhausting with the 1st and 2nd grade girls.

I ran 3 miles today. It was a bit of a faster pace than the last 3 miler I ran. I don't know why, but it seemed that at every street we crossed there was a cop car. . . .

Ran a 2 mile grass run today. It felt soooo good. Afterward I ran the 8 striders with Brianna.

Ran 3 miles today on the region course. I kept up with the varsity girls for about 1 and 2/3 miles. It felt nice. Even after I fell back a little I wasn't too far behind them.

Ran 2 miles this morning from my house to the D.I. and back. I timed myself and when I reached 1 mile I was at 9 minutes. I obviously was going slower than usual, so I went really fast for the last mile and came back with an 8 minute mile. 

1 mile warm-up, then the 6 minute workout. I got 1132 for my distance. Then ran a 1 mile cool-down.

I ran 1 dirt mile lap with Brianna. We stayed with Mikell for part of the run, then fell behind a little. The kids' club today was fun. Susan came and helped us with the cute 1st and 2nd grade girls. I'm going to be at Girls' Camp for the rest of this week, so hopefully I can get some good running in up there.

I just got back from Girls' Camp. There was a group of us that were planning on running while up there, but just never got around to it. We did a relay and I ran a little bit in that, but I could hardly breathe, I'm pretty sure I'm going to die at the High Altitude Camp.

So today was the first day in about a week that I've run. It was so hard. I got 1 mile and 895 meters on the workout today. When the fifteen minutes was over I had trouble breathing and I was seeing dark spots. Brianna was too so we walked pretty much the entire way back to the elementary school. We jogged a little bit, but not very much.

So for the 30/30 workout today I was supposed to run 95 meters. I got in at least twenty-two sets, but I lost track and I'm not sure. It's somewhere around there. 

The race for the kids' club today was fun. Some of those kids can book it fast! I couldn't even believe it. It was pretty fun.   

Oh, and the reason I was freaking out during Coach's talk today was because I sat in gum. On my new pants. And it won't come out. :(  I'm really really sad. 

Today felt nice with 2 miles of grass runs, and 1 mile of striders. I don't feel sore from yesterday, although my left ankle hurts really bad. It just feels like it needs to pop, but it won't.

I'm leaving for youth conference tomorrow, and then going to Idaho. So I'll be missing about 3 weeks of practice. I've decided I'll just run on the high school track while I'm in Idaho. That way I'm not coming back to practice totally unprepared and out of shape.