Cool Runnings

Bonniville Golf course. No drinking fountains to be found...

Saw a party at the Zobell's on the way. That was exciting. It was probably more than 4...

There was a question mark by the distance before it published....
Did the workout then one and a quarter around Sugar House Park.

Almost six.

Ran with the bois.

Ran in the glen. 1.5 laps

Then the strides.....such an innocent sounding name.... at least we won once.

Finally we played round and round the molberry bush....if Sunnyside park were to be a bush...

Does that make me a monkey or a weasel?

We trail ran a la shoreline trail. 2 fences.

I win the team award for first blood.

Also I don't know how much I nap... I just do because I have nothing better to do some days.

Liberty Park: round and round we went.

Let's just say that I might have fewer positive feeling towards those who fight fires after that experience.

First blood was my award yesterday, first to vomit was today's (I think at least.) I just hope I can curb the loss of bodily fluids as the season progresses. I always feel dumb having to tap out on workouts, but I figure my personal rules for swim team hold here: If I throw up I can stop swimming until I'm no longer dry heaving. (While I'm rambling, I may as well add that these experiences are why I don't eat before morning work outs.) I finished the run, albeit markably slower than the others I was running with (aka the-fastest-kids-who-have-been-running-for-all-of-high-school.) I'm pleased with my self for finishing, if not for having to slow.

...[the novel concludes] and they all live happily ever after.

Happy Birthday!

No where is the adage "it isn't where you go, but how you get there" more true than running. We ran from park A to park B to do strides, then back to park A to do circuits. Really?

But being a swimmer, I think I know how to cope with not actually going anywhere (1, 2, 3, 4, 5,....16, 17 flip, 1, 2, 3,.........)

Circuits aren't as bad as I thought they'd be... but that might be because I got a brief respite face down in the grass--Thanks Mr. Edwards!

Stay on the sunnyside, always on the sunnyside stay on the sunnyside of life.

Also the glen...

Lesson learned today: Natalie is fast. Emily said to either try to pass someone or stay ahead of someone. I think Natalie decided to go for the follow-right-behind-mike-to-make-him-think-I'm-trying-to-pass-him-so-he'll-run-faster approach to our 10 minute fast/slow part of the workout.

Liberté Park. We did a hillish workout *kneeslap*

We warmed up, ran six up-down-up-down laps and then cooled off.

In good news RJ's ancient shoes are heaven sent!

In bad news Taylor, Amanda, Sarah and I did lots of core. The butt one in particular. I guess that could also be good news.

Ran for 27 minutes at (if gmap running is accurate) 8 minutes a mile almost exactly. I was just under 3.5. I ran from my house--right across from the East High Track--up to the Foot Hill Library via 9th south, then down 13th, and across 17th back to 9th, and home.

 As always I started pretty slowly... I realize more and more how inertia is a principle of psychology as much as it is of physics. Once I got going I felt pretty good, so when I started to flag at about 17 minutes I really tried to push it to the end. I didn't sprint, but I think the last 10 minutes were closer to my "Trying-to-keep-up-with-Taylor" pace, rather than my "Somehow-without-trying-all-of-the-other-first-year-runners-are-way-behind-me-(were the hills at liberty really that bad?)" pace. [moderately fast workout vs. a moderately fast cool down.]

I liked having 2 easy days back to back, I'm hoping when I get back from Powell I'll be all better from all ails.

PS Yeah...I slept A LOT

Bad Mike!

I missed a day... Still blogging about it though. I left myself from 3-7 to do three things: run, mow the lawn, and find a date to double with Bryson.  At 7 I had accomplished none of the above.

FAIL.

**after reading and commenting on Scott's blog, I decided I will not take failure as an answer. I did core.

C-

I ran with Ben. Need I say more? ...probably

We were going to run with Christian Bennett, but he  "fell asleep." Interesting stroy actually... we come up to his house and Bonnie tells us that he had gone with his mom to Costco. So we left..

Ben and I ran up Michigan to 19th then down to Sugarhouse, stopping at the drinking fountain. As much as Amanda hates me for always wanting to drink water, I still do it. Maybe some day she'll forgive me and be as "friendly" as Lindsay. Anyway, after that brief rest we started off at a more Benjamin-y pace...ouch. We ran around the park and back along 19th. Because part of the loop around Sugarhouse was closed we turned down 13th for a block and went passed that one park on 18th... whatever it's called. Then we went up Harvard and back to Christian's.

 I felt like I did really wel1 up until we left got out of Sugarhouse park. then the last two miles at Ben's full pace of fury were pretty bad. But like I promised Amanda I would, I kept up with Ben.

Then I went home and mowed the lawn, then after I was done, and super sweaty I did my core. 125 crunches and 30 incline pushups.

JacOB

I woke up early on the wonderful Lake Powell. Unfortunately I planned a little poorly, and, having been told that I wouldn't have anywhere to run, I didn't bring running shoes. Because of this I decided to swim.

I swam about 1200 yards, 300free w/u, 300 back, 600 free pace-ish. 

Then, needing a workout to really get my legs used and my heart pumping I did this kick drill:

60 seconds fast

60s normal

60s fast

50s normal

70s fast

60s normal

60s fast

40s normal

80s fast

60s normal

60s fast

30s normal

90s fast

60s normal

120s fast.

Then I got out and did core: crunches 30 30 40, and incline pushups 10 normal, 10 triangle, 10 army.

Slept in til like 630 today (sun rises early okay?) and didn't swim.

Luckily, this was the hardest day of watersports for me. I feel like, especially from tube wars, I got some good isostatic exercise.

After, because I still wanted to use my legs (and maybe also get some fresh air after seeing Never Say Never) Amanda and I talked the group into going on a hike/walk. Just under 2 miles would be my guess.

 I did core after Jet Skiing. cr-30,30,40, and pushups- 12normal, 15 army, 10 triangle.

Today was another good early morning. I got up and swam. This time I swam about 2400 yards. It was a good endurance work out; I didn't go too fast, but pushing myself to fatigue (especially in my arms) was fun. I averaged a pretty decent speed of about 5 min per 300, about 50s/50 yards, not a bad speed for open water.

Then I did core: crunches-35,35, 50; and pushups 12n 12t 12a.

It was another good boating day too, so overall pretty active.

Missed today. I'd asked ambiguously about water running yesterday, but because I wasn't very clear we got a late start and Amanda and I didn't do anything in the morning.

 The one active thing I did do turned out well. I had to run a short (it was the longest of three legs) leg of a relay for the Merrills' "Lake Powell Olympics."

We won.

Then we had a nice 7.5 hour car ride. Didn't do core when I got home, just ate cereal, checked to see when practice was, and fell asleep before I could do anything else.