IF high school cross-country

3 miles with Sadie.

3 miles with Sadie.

4 miles with Sadie.

Weights with Sadie.

3 miles with Dad and justin.

5 miles with Sadie slipped in the mud.

3 miles with Dad.

4 miles with dad on a nice sunny day.

5 miles with dad.

3 miles by myself outside.

3.25 miles on a nice afternoon with dad who could not keep up with me.

3.25 miles with Dad in the afternoon.

4.5 miles with Sadie in the morning.

I went to the gym and did weights with Mom.  I went for a 3 mile run with Dad after he got home.

3.5 miles with Dad around Sugarhouse park.

Spent the day at Westminster College.

3.25 miles in the neighborhood with Dad and Moxie after getting back from Salt Lake City.

4 miles with dad after school.

4 miles with dad after school.  Ran to community park and did a loop.

I took a rest day.

3 miles with dad.

4 miles with Dad and Justin.  I had an upset stomach this morning.

Lifted weights with Justin and dad instead of running in the wind.

4 miles with dad.  My legs were sore from the weights yesterday.

3 miles with dad around the neighborhood.

3 miles with Dad in a light rain.

2 miles with Dad, I had to stop because I had a bad headache.

3 miles with Moxie.

3 miles with Dad after they got home.

3 miles with dad.

3 miles with Dad, it was kinda warm.

4 miles with dad and Justin

workout with Sadie.

3 miles with Sadee.

workout with Sadie.

workout with Sadie.

3 miles with Dad.

workout with Sadie.

Workout with Sadie and her mom.

workout with Sadie.

4 miles speedwork at the track.

2 miles with Dad after trying out insoles to help with calf and shin pain.  Did not help much so trying other things to help.

3 miles in the neighborhood.

3 miles.

4 miles at the track doing speedwork with Sadee and here mom's running group.

5 miles of hills with Sadie and her mom and friends.  

Weights with Sadie and her mom.

3 miles. 

3 miles with Madi. 

5 miles hills with Sadie.

Weigths with Sadie.

5 miles.  Ran to the FireKracker 5k and ran with my friends on the "Ladies of Liberty" team.  Ran easy for the first half then faster to the finish to get an easy 25 minute time.

Time with friends at the parade afterwards.

Worked out with weights with Sadie.

3 mile run with Dad then a 12 mile bike ride to preview the course for the Cady Tucker 5k/5M with the board of directors.

2 miles playing sock'em at camp.

3 mile hiking and packbacking up at church camp.

4 miles playing Predator and pray at camp.

3 miles with my new friend Zeke around the neighborhood.

Ran with Sadie on her mom in the foothills.  Legs really tired after this run.

4 miles at a IFXC group run.

3 miles with Zeke.

5 miles at a team run.  Ran most of the time with Belle.

Went out with Zeke, but mostly just stretched as my legs were sore.

5 miles this morning at the Cady Tucker Run in the Spirit. I ran some warm up, then ran on the 5x1mile relay race, then ran easy with Lauren for the 5k.  Got rained on but it was not too hot.

4 miles at the team run.

Stretching today, legs tired and I want to be ready for running camp this week.

4.5 miles including a time trial on our first day at SHARC running camp, 7200 feet in the forest.  My shins hurt on this run.

4 miles on our early run at champ.  Later after our seminars and fun time, I ran 3.5 miles with Belle.  Shins not as bad.  Talk to a coach to get ideas about my shin issues.

3.5 miles with Belle on our last morning at camp.  A quad burning uphill run.

3 miles by myself.  A week off since I was at the Civitan Youth Leadership Seminar at ISU all week.  Ran in my new shoes, but had a hip tweak so took it easy.

4 miles with Sadee and her mom on the hills.  Legs still sore, but a bit better.

4 miles at the park with the girls on the team.  Shins still sore.

Really early run with Sadee and her mom at the track.  Shins a little better.

4 miles with girls from the team.  XC practice officially starts tomorrow!

5 miles with the team at the first XC practice of the season.  Legs hurt a little.  I rolled them out and dad massaged them after I got home.

5 miles at practice for our yardsale run.  My legs felt better today because dad rubbed them out before I ran and because the run was pretty easy.

3 miles including a time trial today.  My lower legs (calf and shin) are really sore and this one was tough to finish.

Mom got me a physical therapist appointment for this week. 

7.5 miles at practice.  Legs still sore but runnable at easy pace. Going to see a physical therapist tomorrow, work on my form and continue to roll, stretch and do weight work on my legs.

Our 18 hour relay today.  I was on the white team with 15 runners.  My four recorded 1600m splits were: 6:59, 6:55, 6:54, 6:54.  

I used the ice bath in the training room, my legs were cold and numb afterwards.

5 more miles overnight at the 18 hour relay, the last mile in barefeet.  No sleep, I am now very tired and hungry!

6 miles at practice, a little bit sore.

8 miles with Abby and the Alta XC team at Jeremy Ranch Riad.  

8 miles from school to Freeman Park and 3 hill repeats on the "w" then back to school. I finished off with barefoot striders.  Afterwards went to PT to help with my soleus.

5 miles at practice.  Soleus still sore.  Lots of PT.

4 miles at practice and some PT this morning.

4 miles easy, did not want to do the time trials (800m and a mile) the day before a race. Team pics today.

We ran at Madison today.  Very smoky.  I ran in my flats and it was a good idea.  Got 9th overall on the team. Legs felt good but shins were burning at the end.  I think i will focus on one tempo run a week and a race so my body and legs do ok the rest of the season.

5.3 miles at a team run then a team breakfast at Maren's.  Fun!

5 miles including 20 minutes of tempo, in the rain!  Loved it.

PT this morning, she said to limit my intensity for a while and gave me a note to give to coach.  He did not even look at it and said I still need to run his scheduled hard runs.

4 miles easy at practice.

5 miles including block runs. Ran a little at hard pace, legs a bit tight.

5 miles easy.

3 miles easy at a bread run.

I ran the JV race at the Cardinal Classic.  I like the race but it is not very kind to me.  I got 20th place and medaled, but only 6th on our team.  We are strong but I nee to move up.  My calves were burning again and I just did not have a good race.

The team ran an easy run on the Tiger Grizz course, my legs felt really good today. I hope this is the sign that my issues are improving and I can have a good race on Friday.

5 miles including 2x1000m repeats.  I am trying to listen to my body and not overdue training and save my legs for racing (and have PT note to support this).  When I told the coach that I wanted to skip a repeat because my legs was hurting, he told me to "stretch it out" and suck it up and looked at me very mean.   I just want the coach to treat me (other runners who are not the "top" runners)  fairly and with respect.

5 miles easy then PT afterwards.

3 miles easy.  Tiger-Grizz home meet tomorrow.

One of my favorite race on our home course.  It was super hot today (~90).  I ran the JV race and was hoping that my legs would not hurt as bad.  I ran the first mile at 7:00 pace and was in about 15th place and third on the team.  I just kept pushing, my legs hurt and my mind was telling me to drop out but I battled in my head and said no.  Maren passed me at about 1.5 miles on the hills.  I passed Abby just past 2 miles then Daphne right after that.  I kept pushing hard and not letting my mind win and past Maren with 800m to go.  My mouth was super dry and legs hurt but I did not stop and ended up 1st on our team and 3rd overall for the race.  Our team won the JV race overall (we were 3,4,5,10,12)!   I ran a warmup and cool down and sat in the creek.  A great day and I got the fear from my Century race out of my head.  Earned a spot on varsity for next week's race!

A 4 mile team run and breakfast.  My legs do not hurt bad today.

4 miles at practice including about 15 minutes of tempo run, I cut the hard effort short to keep my legs fresh which Coach McMurtrey said was a good idea.

4 mile for a bread run before dinner. Race in Twin Falls at CSI tomorrow.

I ran a season PR of 22:57 which is great, but finish lower on the team than I wanted.  Good improvement, looking forward to Bob Firman next week.

6 miles easy at practice.

5 miles including 3.7 mike Fartlek  run. 

Legs are sore so I took a rest day.  Homecoming dance tonight!

6 miles including a tempo run.

5 miles at practice.

4 miles at practice.

3 mile bread run with team.  Bob Firman this weekend, so we travel to Boise tomorrow.

The team drove to Boise and we previewed the Bob Firman course.  

I ran in the JV race.  My legs were tight and dad massaged them out before the race.  I set a new personal course record and placed 20th to get a medal.  Could not quite hang on to my teammates, they all ran well.  Happy to have medaled (out of 235 runners) and continue to show improved times.

5 miles at practice including some intervals, but I cut them short.  I had PT this morning too.

5 miles easy.  Coach asked if I wanted to rest for the race this week, but I am going to run to keep on track for a letter and ensure I get to go to Lewiston next week.

Went to the sand dunes for xc practice

Went on an easy bread run for xc. It is the day before our race.

Got 4th place in the jv race at the Rob Campbell invitational today!

Went on a breakfast run today with my teammates 

6 miles with 3x1mile repeats at the park.  My average on the repeats was a 7:06.  I had PT this morning too.  Team is talking about who is running at Lewiston this week, we don't understand how coach is applying his rules for the team. 

6 miles easy at practice.

6 miles, easy with some striders.

3 mile bread run.  Heading to Lewiston tomorrow for a race on Saturday to preview the state XC course. 

Long ride to Lewiston, ID for the meet.  3 miles in McCall at a rest stop, thought we were not going to get time to go to the cours.  We did previewed the course 3miles then went to the hotel.

It was a rainy cold morning.  I did not like the course.  I ran a new PR by 20 seconds but am disappointed where I finished in the race and on our team.

6 miles with the team.  Took it easy as we race the city championship on Wednesday.

PT before school.  Pretty tight. 

Bread run, easy, before the City meet tomorrow.

We had the city championship race today, it was very cold and rainy for the race.  I was with a big group of Tigers at the mile mark in 6:40 then we spread out in the next mile.  I had fallen off a bit by the 2 mile mark, but then I pushed harder and passed some runners and caught up to my teammates and ended up 8th on the team today.  I ran faster than at Tiger/Grizz earlier this season and a course PR.  One more race to try to make it on the state team if we go.

5 miles easy with the team.

5 miles at practice.

5 miles, top of the world relay run.  Districts this Thursday to see if the team goes to state and who is on the team.  Top 5 seem set, need to work to get in one of the next 2-3 spots. About 6 girls trying to get one.

4 miles, leg a bit tight.

3 miles, bread run.  District meet tomorrow.

I ran the district meet today, 21:37 so close to my PR but not fast enough to make it on our state team. Bummed but now looking forward to Nike Cross.

5 miles on a canal trail with the state kids and a few other NXR kids (I am again the only girl, 5th time).

Workout with Dad after school.  3x1120m.  Focused on form during the intervals.  6:37, 6:52, 6:48 pace for the intervals.  Legs sore and like jello.

No run, too much homework and rain.

3 miles with dad after school.  Ran easy as both of us were sore and tired.

3.25 miles with Dad after school.

4.5 miles at Freeman Park with Dad running the Tiger Grizz XC course then 2x0.5M "w" hill workout, averaged 7:15 pace for the intervals.  Then 3 fast striders to end the workout.

3 miles with Dad after school.  My legs have felt great after these last two runs!  But I did have soreness or a tweaky in my hip or glute later in the evening. 

3 miles after school with Dad on the hills at Community Park.

3 miles with Dad after school. 

3.5 miles with Dad on the Tiger/Grizz course and 4 striders. 

PT before school, then 3 mile tempo run with Dad after school in a light rain. We were running pretty good, about a 7:15-7:30 pace, to get in my last hard run before NXR.

2 fast miles with Dad after school and before I had to got to an event for class tonight.

I ran the Nike Cross Northwest today.  I was the only IF girl to come (4th year in a  row).  It was cold 35 degrees but not too bad.  I warmed up with dad then got in my chute with a couple other girls who were without teams.  This was a faster race than last year.  My first miles was a 6:43 and I felt good but when I started to go up the hill my stomach started to hurt really bad.  I slowed up a little and kept trying to push but then my shins started to ache.  On the second time up the hill I tripped on the timing mat at the top, so did many others.  I tried to run as fast as I could the last mile but I was really hurting.  I still finished faster than at Bob Firman so at least I got a course PR, but not the sub 22 or PR that I was hoping.  I enjoyed coming and feel good about my season.  I got to see Erik win the community race in an amazing 15:31 and see a former teacher who moved to Boise.   I had fun staying with our friend Deborah and playing with her dogs. 

2 miles with Abby and Andy Murphy.

5 miles with Dad in St. George.

4.25 miles with Dad on the Zen trail. 

5 miles with Justin and dad on the pathway.

5 miles on the Zen trail.