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Back to blogging! Finally got a Garmin for my birthday so now I can track my mileage! I went for a run with my dad around the neighborhood. It was pretty hard because of the heat but it felt good besides that and we kept a pretty good pace. (We were trying to catch the random dude running in front of us).

Half road half grass run today with striders. Felt pretty good. We had kids club after too. I help coach the k-2 girls and a few of them are sassy but they are fun,

Ran 40 minutes up into the desert. I was behind a bit though because I couldn't get my watch to get going at first so by the time I caught up i was already tired. But I still got a good run in and it felt pretty good.

AM-35 minute run with tempo

PM-15 minutes in the blazing heat and weights

Ran up at the Bloomington hills north park this morning and then did striders. I was really sore today from weights yesterday but surprisingly I felt really good on the run.

Easy 4 miles around the neighborhood with my mom and my doggy.

Longest run ever for me! I was just going to go 50 minues but then I decided to go 60, however nobody was going back at 60 minutes and I didn't want to get kidnapped on the way back so I went 83 minutes and did pick ups with all of the girls. It acually felt pretty good and I was surprised that I could go that far. Alex told me at the begining of the summer that I would be able to do long runs like that it no time but I didn't believe him. I guess I can now though so that is good.

am-4.5 miles. 15 minutes on the road and 15 grass run with 8 striders after. I felt really good which was surprising because I thought I was going to die after our run yesterday. Really small group today so for kids club I was going to be all alone coaching a whole bunch of little girls. Luckily coach sent over julien and Jordan to help me out but some of the girls were still very tough and very sassy.

pm-weights and a 15 minute run (1.75 miles)

Ran about 37 minutes and got about 4 miles. I felt pretty good but I was still a little sore from weights yesterday which made it kinda hard.

am- ran into Hell's Hole and did the Sullivan trail. I felt good and it smelled really good in the canyon. I started to fall off the group (the group being me, Rylee, Sylvia, Brianna, and coach) a little bit at the end but then I caught up and stuck with them the rest of the way. I went about 44 minutes and 5 miles. Good day.

pm-weights and a 15 minute run

Ran 15 minutes on road 15 on grass with striders. It felt really good. After we had the last kids club and the little girls were still as sassy as always (except some, some are good). I ran the little girls race with Elin and she is a beast. She got 2nd overall and took 1st out of the 1st graders. Then I ran the last lap of the older girls race with brook. She did super dope and i think she got 5th overall and 2nd out of the 6th graders. Then we listened to some of the girls complain about not getting a ribbon, passed out shirts, then passed out certificates for the kids who completed their marathon this summer and listened to some of the girls complain about not getting a certificate. But kids club was still super dope and so was my run.

Great day today! We had our first time trial today (a 2 mile one) which I was pretty nervous but excited about because it was my first time racing with the team and being on it. We had an AWESOME pack, better on the first lap but we stayed in that pack for quite a bit until we spread a bit at the end when we started to finish. The whole team did GREAT! I felt good on the first lap and stuck with the pack. On the second lap I was getting really tired but I kept going. Then with about 300 meters left I felt like I was going to puke, and I did about 7 times all over me (sorry if it got on you rylee). oh and coach was taking pictures of us right when I was puking so... Then I finished right with rylee (she finished before tho). It was my fastest time and my first time puking during a race. Two great accomplishments. Pretty good day and great job to everyone.