Keep Calm and Run On

Ran to Sugarhouse Park and laps around with Rich. I was tired today and trying hard not to get frustrated. Running sucks when you are out of shape. 

Ran up 1300 S. along Wasatch to the dog park by the zoo and back. 

Dirt trail in Provo

Happy first day of XC camp! I am so excited that I get to be here this year, even if the running may kill me right now. We ran 6 mile Carterville after physicals. It felt better to run with a group instead of realllly slow just on my own. 

Threshold run this morning. We ran a 3 mile warm up then did the threshold (2.9 miles long) First mile, I felt good. Then my lungs were dying. My legs got tired towards the end but overall the legs felt great. My lungs were not so great. I was breathing so hard to try and maintain. I finished in 18:08. I ran 4 miles later. 

Woke up this morning with a sore throat. BOO! We ran along the rail trail. It was beautiful. My legs were a little sore but my lungs couldn't keep up very well. 

Today was the worst day for my lungs. It is a bad combo of higher elevation, being sick and out of shape. I ran my own pace to try and catch up on breathing. When I met with coach, we dropped my miles for the week so I can get over this cold. 

Tempo run at Jeremy Ranch. We ran a 2 mile warm up then 5 mile tempo. My throat and lungs felt awful so coach told me to just run and not push it. I started running with our new assistant coach (who happens to be a pro runner and really fast recovery pace) So 2 miles in I was already averaging low 7's so I just maintained and finished the run. 

Since my miles got cut this week, it was a short Saturday run. I ran by Laird Park and did 8 strides before finishing.