A run begins the moment you forget you are running

pm-Michigans. I ran with Karlie. I didn't do as well as I would've hoped, but I pushed myself pretty hard. The second time we entered the track for the 2 laps, I had trouble pushing up to a race speed. I didn't go as hard then as I could've.

am-easy 3

pm-I didn't go to afternoon practice because I had to get some help with math.

pm-I just went 2 today instead of 3 because I had a super bad headache. I came back and rested while I waited for the other girls to come back. I still had a headache, but I did my 4x200s. I've really been working on my sprints, so I want to be able to sprint harder at the end of the race tomorrow.

Race-I felt sooo good. I got a little worried before the race because before we went up to the starting line, I got a really bad sharp pain in my knee and it hurt super bad. But it went away before the race started. My goal for this race was just to beat my time from the last time we ran this course, which was 25:22. I love running with Karlie. We both just push each other to pass that person in front of us, or to go harder up the hill. Close to the end of the race, Coach said, "you girls are close to the top 20, push hard." We sped up a lot, and we were able to pass a bunch of girlsl Usually on the last 800 I go a little faster, then sprint on the last 400. I usually can't keep up a good sprint on the last 400 and I get passed by girls. But this time, I was able to keep a nice fast sprint, and I was the one passing people on the track. =) I was so happy. When the timer came into view, I saw it 22:40, 22:41, etc. I thought in my head, "Go harder, PR, PR" I pushed even harder, and I PR'd by 45 seconds. I'm so happy with my race. I came in 22nd overall, and 2nd from Pine View.

Can I say, Congrats to the JV boys! We totally dominated that race with 7 Pine View boys in the top 10. Good job everyone! Keep up the good work.

pm-1 mile warmup and 1K. At the beginning of Summer training I had trouble getting under 6 for 1K, today I finished with a time of 4:16. I was super happy. .5 cooldown.

easy 3 with 4x200s after

I absolutely loved this course. It went by super duper fast. I am pretty happy with my race, especially considering that I PRed by 5 seconds. =)  I ran with Karlie. At one point, Karlie and I were running right next to each other and apparently this Desert Hills girl wanted to get past us because she pushed right through the middle of us and took off. Right then, Karlie and I started going harder, we were NOT going to let her beat us. I finished pretty strong, and I feel good about the race. Good job everyone!

4 miles up into Green Springs

am-1 mile warmup with 1.5 tempo. When we got back to the high school we did the 4x200s as a relay with teams of 3. 1 mile cooldown.

easy 3

Region Race- I feel that I pushed myself pretty hard during the race, but I'm not too happy with my time. I did PR for the course, but I was a good 3 minutes off from my real PR. Good job everyone! We made it to state!

am-.5 warmup with team. 1 mile workout warmup at the school with Megan. I did the 1200, and 800. I didn't do all of them because my shins have been hurting very very bad lately. I'm going in to see Mark on Monday to see if anything is wrong.

Rode up with the team for state =) When we got to the hotel, we did a 3 mile run with striders. Felt nice, but I was having a really hard time breathing.

Went to the morning run with the varsity girls and Irene. Did an easy 3. Today felt sooo nice. It was definately one of the better runs.

The teams did GREAT up at state. Boys came in 3rd with Byron in 2nd overall, and girls came in 8th! Good job guys. You definately worked hard and pushed yourself to get where you've gotten to now.

Scavenger hunt! On my team was Trevor, Skylar, Zach, and Mia. We got all our items, and had 11 cents, bringing us in 4th place. I had a lot of fun running around finding different random things with my team.

4 miles up into Green Springs

Happy Halloween! It was fun seeing everyone wear their costumes and going to Arctic Circle to get ice cream :)