I Eat PAIN-cakes for Breakfast

I ran all last week, I promise. I just never updated the blog. It was a busy week. I took Saturday and Sunday off because my run Friday left my knee feeling a little tight. I'm trying to exercise caution after my calf injury. Anyways, today was a long run. I ran with Tachel for the first little bit, but then separated after a while. I intended to do a 9 mile run, but I felt crappy today. The pace was awesome though, it was a 7:59 average. I just didn't feel good at all. I think I may have been slightly dehydrated. Also, I was a bit sore from not running for a few days, so that was a factor. I'm going to do a shake out later tonight probably. I'm just happy to have finished today. I've always had a hard time with the crappy runs.

I did a two mile shakeout in the evening. It felt pretty good. Luckily, I finished before the bullet rain came. That was evil. My mom and I had to book it back to the car. S/O to Eugene for running in that. 

Today was just an easy recovery. After, I lifted and did my core. I'm a little sore but feel good for the most part. 

So today at practice, Coach Henderson had us do mile repeats. That threw me off as we've never done them this early before in a season. I didn't mind them though. He just had us so three in all. My times were 6:34, 6:42, and 6:40-50 (Coach and I weren't quite sure on the last one but the girl behind me came in at a 7:03 and I was about ten to twenty seconds ahead of her). All in all, it was a solid workout. My hips went sort of numb because they were sore from yesterday's lifting, but that's ok. I stretched and they felt better. We have a lot of potential on the team this year. I was worried because the boys team had so many graduate and the girls team has been going through injuries, but a lot of people are starting to work hard so I think it will be a solid season for Uintah XC. 

Today was another recovery day. After the run, I lifted and did my core. I felt pretty good. 

Today was a moderate, shorter long run. I felt pretty good for the most part. I haven't been getting the sleep I need. During the run, my coach (who is also a driving instructor) scared the heck out of me. I was running in a sketchy part of town (i don't know it very well) and I heard a car pulling up behind me. I got on the side walk but the car never passed me. I turn around to look at it and all of the sudden the car honks. My heart stopped. I then realized it was Coach Galley. He smiled, gave me a thumbs up, and had the student driver drive away. I'm pretty sure Galley and the two students in the car got a good laugh.