I Eat PAIN-cakes for Breakfast

I ran 5 miles today. I started at a nice tempo pace until the last two miles. They were uphill and my legs were just not having it. That's the problem with living on a hill, no matter where you start, you always end uphill. Otherwise it was a good run. I ended with Intergalatic by the Beastie Boys playing on my phone. You know it's going to be a good day when you end an early morning run with the Beastie Boys. I plan on doing some core stuff later.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-3   Cats-1   Prairie Dogs-1   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0

I did a short run at recovery pace today. My legs were sore from yesterday and I want to do a long run tomorrow. Ended my run to Elevation by U2, that's a good song. Did some core stuff later. 

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-0    Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0    Rabbits-1

Today was an 8 mile run at 8:15 average pace. The first 3 miles as always just sucked because it's this straight, subtle uphill road that goes on forever. Eventually you start to wonder if there is no end to this road. Your legs start burning and you just want to die. (In case it isn't apparent, I really hate this road.) But when all seems lost, you finally come to the three mile mark where you turn on to a different road. The next two miles are just fields and a few houses. Today though, I was running past this house and there was a deer standing in the yard. At first I thought it was just a statue as that is a surprisingly common thing(I'm dead serious). I continued to run when out if the corner of my eye I see this blob running at me. I stop just in time as the deer statue that really wasn't a statue dashes in front of me. I was like "GET OUT OF THE WAY BAMBI!".  Anyways, I kept running. I came to the part of the run where you run along the border of this corn field. The corn is just starting to sprout so it's still really tiny. There was this flock of magpies in the field that must have had something against me because they followed me for like two miles. They kept landing and taking off right in front of me. Then the last half mile of my run, I was running past this other field that had like five horses grazing in it. No joke, they all just started neighing at me. Other then the animals deciding to hate me, it was a nice run. I felt good the whole time. I ended my run to Shots by Imagine Dragons, which is my favorite song by them. 

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-2

Today was one of those days where I didn't want to run. I did because I only had 3 miles to do to top off my 30 miles for this week. Plus I had to try out my new Brooks Adrenaline 16s. Those are pretty sweet(as bright green shoes always are!). On my run I passed the field of horses from yesterday. They were bopping their heads up and down and it was kind of weird. As soon as they saw me they started neighing again. It was more aggressive today. I guess my beef with the animal kingdom continues. This never happened when I had people to run with. All of my running buddies are currently in vacation though so I guess I'll tough it out. I hate running alone though. It helps to have other people to push and motivate you. Ended my run to Shots by Imagine Dragins again. The music gods must be sending me a sign. 🤔

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-0   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-5

*Shoutout to the running gods for the strategically placed porta potty #noshame

Today was supposed to be seven or eight miles but I decided to do less at about 7 flat pace. I ran from my house to the rec center and then the three mile block around the rec. It was an okay run today. Nothing really exciting happened. The animals didn't seem to be plotting against me so that's a positive. I plan on doing core later today. Ended my run to Empty by Garbage.

Roadkill Statistics:

No dead animals to be seen where I ran today. 

Four miles from my house to the care center down by the rec. Ran at an 8 flat pace. I was a little worried about running today because I was extremely dehydrated yesterday. It was pretty cool this morning though so that was good. Ended my run to Highway to Hell by ACDC.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-1   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0

I ran the same course from Monday. I didn't quite finish it because being the the clumsy idiot I am, I tripped and jammed my knee. It didn't hurt or anything but I have a history with knee problems so I didn't want to risk an injury. I'm pretty sure I saw Eugene's doppelgänger today. I knew it wasn't him though because I caught him and the real Eugene would have never let that happen. Ended my run to a Linkin Park song but I don't remember what one.

Roadkill Statistics:

I didn't see any roadkill today so sadly nothing to really report. 

Seven miles in 56:30 today. I tried out a new course today. I've run all of my other courses a lot so it was time for a change. It felt really good and most of it was going down hill or flat. My run for the most part was uneventful until the last 3 miles. I was running down Aggie when I saw these old ladies walking. Now normally I would think nothing of it as old ladies walking down Aggie is normal, but these ladies were smoking. They were doing that intense old lady walk and smoking. I thought about asking for a cigarette because sometimes I think I can smoke and run but then I thought "ehh, better not." And then came the old men motorcycle gang. That was weird. Old men should never wear leather, or bandannas, EVER!!!! Ended my run to Rock Lobster by the B52's. 

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-0   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-3   Flying Sharks-0, but I saw a shark bumper sticker so it was a driving shark   Rabbits-0

Seven miles with Reagen this morning. It was nice to catch up with her because I haven't seen her since school let out. We met at the cemetery by our houses. I got there first and while I was waiting I saw like ten owls just perched on these graves. They were kind of creepy at first. I got up really close to them and had a Harry Potter moment so that was sick. The seven miles felt nice and that tops off my thirty miles this week. I'll probably do a small shakeout tomorrow just so my muscles don't tighten up. 

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-1   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-2 

*Sadly there were no letters from Hogwarts

Instead of a recovery run I decided to run U Hill with Nathan and Kedric. It sucked. A lot. My legs were dead today. Nathan and Kedric decided to race it and I didn't even try to somewhat keep up with them. I ran/walked up it at a nice, even-ish pace. I had to go slower at times because the trail was super rocky and I didnt want to twist my knee or ankle(I'm a super accident prone person). Finally reached the top and then the three of us jogged to the U. We had a nice talk and then jogged back down the hill which killed my knees. I'm excited for Ragnar next week. 48 hours in a van with five other sweaty, hungry, tired, and slightly annoyed teenagers? FUN!!!!!!! 

*edited to add

Roadkill Statistics:

Souless Redhead-1   Georgia Tech Pillowpet-1  Flamboyantly colored short shorts-1 Flying Sharks-0

My alarm went off this morning and I just did not feel like running. I checked the weather on my phone and saw that it would be the same in the evening as it was in the morning and went back to sleep. My run was at tempo pace, which is 7:20ish. It felt really good to run fast today. I was really calm and happy after I finished. Ragnar is this week and I'm super excited for it. I have an 8 mile run of death that I have to do, but I'm excited. Ended my run to Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit. Did you know you can replace all the lyrics in this song with the word potato? Try it. :)

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-3   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-1   Perfectly applied liquid eyeliner-2 

5 miles with McKenna this morning. After a mile warm up and dynamics, we ran from the park to 7-11 to Aggie and back to the park. After that we walked a lap in the park and did some dynamics. It was nice to catch up with McKenna. I look forward to running XC with her.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-0   Cats-1   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-1   Nearly Naked Nathan-1

Mile warm up and dynamics with McKenna. After that we ran the time trials course during which we tried to concentrate on form. Dynamic cool down after. The pavilion at the park was infested with pigeons today. They were cooing really loud and it was sort of scary and slightly annoying.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0 

Met up with McKenna again and did the same workout from yesterday but at a faster pace. Saw Aaron driving some kind of evil, lawn mower death machine up the road. I'm only slightly concerned.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-3   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0 

So I ran the Wasatch Back Ragnar this week. S/O to my van (Mason, Christian, Kedric, Eugene) for putting up with me getting lost and any other annoying things I did. S/O to my parents for giving up their weekend to drive sweaty, hungry, tired teenagers in a van for two days straight. S/O to van 2 (Aaron, Austin, Kenny, Kyrie, Ciera, Jordan) for kicking major trash on all their runs.  I was the 4th runner for my team. I ran a 4.4, 3, & 8.1 leg (plus 5 miles, more on that later). My first run was good. I held an 8 flat pace despite it being somewhat hilly and hot. My night run was interesting. I ran my three miles and then Kedrics five mile leg because I missed the exchange. Everyone including me thought I was or was going to have a Criminal Minds moment and get kidnapped. I didn't know where I was and they didn't either. We reunited at exchange 17 luckily. Because I ran 8 miles for my night run, my legit 8 mile leg was rough. I was very sore and tight and my knees were killing me. My time was slow  but whatever. We were short a runner so I am counting my additional 5 miles as running one of her legs since Kedric ran her leg in place of the one I ran for him. I had so much fun and our whole team did really well. I loved hanging with the people in my van. We made so many crazy memories and jokes. I got like 78 kills total so that was pretty awesome. 

Roadkill Statistics:

Lots of dead animals   Honey Buckets- more than I care to see   Pretty Chill teammates-10    Old, Chubby men in speedos-1 

I took a few days off after Ragnar. My whole body just hurt. I did four miles with McKenna. The first two felt good but then my knees started hurting and I got major shin splints. I hate those. I'm icing my knees right now and then I'll stretch them out. Hopefully they feel better. They probably will. If anyone has any advice though for treating knee pain and shin splints, it would be much appreciated.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-2   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0   My Calves-2

Five miles with McKenna today. My legs felt better. The knee pain was gone but the shin splints were still there. I tried a few things yesterday and today that seem to be helping. I may have to resort to crying uncontrollably though. I saw the big baby himself at the park this morning.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-2 

Met up with McKenna, Jacia, Kyrie, and Reagen at the park this morning. Mile warm up followed by core and then a four mile run. The run went pretty well. We started off all together but then Jacia, Reagen, and I started picking up the pace and broke off from the group. A mile cool down and then the shoe exercises(basically, you use your shoes as weights and do a few different movements with them. It works well). After that we just sat in the grass and talked for a few minutes and watched some races from the Penn Relays. Update on the wounds of Ragnar: both the knee and shin splints are gone so that's awesome!! Thanks for everyone's advice!

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-1  Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0

9 miles with Jacia and Reagen this morning. Mile warm up and dynamics, then we set out. It was fun to get a good run in with friends. Long runs are the worst alone. We joked around and discussed the upcoming season. We are determined to be region champs this year like the boys team was last year. At about half way through our run, the tiny, white Pomeranian started following us. It kept running in the middle of the road. I was terrified it was going to get run over by some car. That feeling quickly left though when it started running in front of me. It kept almost tripping me and that pissed me off. The Pomeranian finished the run with us but didn't stay for our cool down. We walked a lap around the park and then stretched.

Roadkill Statistics:

Bees- a lot   Flies-even more than the bees   Homeless softball tournament players-100 Confused Triatheletes- a considerable amount   Blueberry Filled donut-1(Get Glazed, our donut store, is the bomb💣🙌🏼👌🏼)

Today was the first XC practice for Uintah. Mile warm up and then 6 miles at 7:30-8:00 pace with Jacia and Reagen. The last mile was a 6:40. After that, the three of us met up with Kyrie and McKenna for breakfast. We had a good time talking and joking. This season is going to be super fun! I'm excited.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-2   Cats-1   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks:0   Rabbits-0

Met with some of the team at 6:30 for an unofficial practice since there is no official practices on Tuesday. Ten minute warm up and then an hour of intense core. I'm pretty sure I developed abs of steel after the work out. We did a 2.5 mile run after at a slow pace  because tomorrow is tempo day. I'm planning on a 6:50ish pace so I thought it better to take it easy today.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-0   Prairie Dogs-1   Protective layers of fat-?   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-1

After the usual mile warm up, coach had us do a fartlek run. It was one set of 4,4,3,3,2. My legs were ok, but they started getting that jelly feeling. I was hitting some fast paces according to my watch so that was good. Static stretching after. I am proud to say that after six months of vigorous procrastination, I got my drivers permit.🚗 I passed the test on the first try which I guess isn't very common so that was pretty sweet. 

Roadkill Statistics: Since we ran around the park, I didn't see any dead things. I saw a dead cat in the car on my way this morning, I guess that counts. 

Mile warm up and dynamics, followed by about a half hour of core. After that, the group did a four mile run and then some static stretching.

Roadkill Statistics:

Birds-1   Cats-1(same one from yesterday)   Prairie Dogs-0   Flying Sharks-0   Rabbits-0