C Mantz Run

Ran a little more than 10 with my dad.  It was kind of an adventure because we didn't go our normal route and we did where ever.  I felt pretty good.  This was my last long run before the Utah Valley.

Today was my first actual day running with the cross country team and I was so excited!  I woke Conner up 15 minutes before we had to leave which I don't think he was too happy with.  When we got there everybody had already stretched.  I did some quick ones which was a mistake.  We didn't do any warming up, either.  We did some hills which I was excited for.  When we started up 6th South I was going at an easy pace trying to just stay back with the girls, but it felt as if they were going too slow, so I sped up.  When we got to about 2 miles my calves began to hurt because I didn't stretch.  I slowed down a bit.  Because my calves hurt and I didn't want them to hurt any more, I didn't go the long way which was only a mile longer.  When we started getting to the school, I saw this big group of girls running and I thought I had gone the wrong way, but I knew where I had gone was the right way.  Turns out they were the soccer girls.  Afterwards we did core, which didn't hurt because I do planks and other workouts, but the workouts were really different.  It was a lot of fun and I'm SO excited for cross country this fall!!!

Did a simple 5 miles later in the morning than usual and it was hotter than I was used to.  It was still fun!

Did my last run before the Utah Valley Half Marathon and I was not feeling it one bit.  I just did a three.

Did the Utah Valley Half Marathon.  Woke up around 2:30 and got ready.  At 3:00 my cousins picked me up because two of them were doing the full and one was doing the half which meant I wouldn't be alone at the start.  It was perfect temperature outside before it started.  I was further in the back when it started because it was so crowded!  When I started off I felt as if I was going too fast, but I didn't want to slow down.  I just continued running pretty much the rest of the time.  I got water at almost every station because my throat kept getting sort of dry.  Once when I went to get water, I accidentally tipped it all over a lady because she was holding it wrong and I felt really bad.  The water people (volunteers) need to learn to hold the rim, not just place it on top of your hand which is why I tipped it.  I did the same thing to a lady at the Ogden Half with Gatorade, too.  Towards the end (maybe mile 9 or 10), I was going and so many people were passing me!  I was trying to go as fast as possible, but people were still passing me!  Usually that mentally messes me up and it really did.  When I got to the road where you can see the finish for two miles many more people began passing me!  Later on I found out they were part of the 10K.  I tried to sprint, but it didn't feel as if I was going any faster. 

My time was 1:39:41 whiched didn't surprise me because I didn't think I'd beat my Ogden Half time.  It was only two minutes slower, though.  I had a lot of fun!  I got first in my age group and pretty much slaughtered my record by about eight minutes.  Last year I did by about ten minutes, so I hope I keep the record for 14 and under for quite a while.

At cross country we did golf course.  I felt pretty good most of the time.  Went with Carly and Kaitlin the entire time.  We took the extended route.  It was a lot of fun.

Just did five.  I didn't feel the greatest, but I kept a pretty good pace for how I felt.

Did a mile warm up, then we did a mile as fast as we could to get a VDOT number.  I haven't been going for speed much this year because of the half marathons, so my time wasn't as fast as I wished I'd gotten.  My time was 6:26.  Afterwards some of the girls and I did a mile cool down.  It was fun, but it wasn't as fast as I would like.

Because I had gotten my VDOT number I wanted to try a TEMPO run.  My watch broke during Spring Break, so I had to use an iPod.  I really enjoy using the iPod nanos that aren't touch screen.  The only problem was the iPod didn't have enough battery.  I ignored it and thought the battery might last.  Right before I finished my last mile my music turned off! I wasn't very happy that I didn't  even get one mile timed.  Because I couldn't time myself, my entire run got thrown off and I just went slow.  It was nice to go slow, even though I wasn't supposed to, but oh well.

Today we went from Sky View to Cedaridge and back.  It was a pretty easy run.  I ran with Kaitlin and Riley.  Nobody was really there because of Ragnar which I didn't run because I had efy this week.  I hope I can run Ragnar sometime because I've heard it's just a party.

was supposed to do a nine to get my miles up to 30, but I wasn't feeling up to it.

For cross country we started out doing a warm up.  Then we did a TEMPO run.  At first I felt really good.  I was going to stay with Ralee Eck who was going a 7:30 pace.  Then Kaitlin and Riley were going faster so I went up with them.  Our first mile was 6:18! That was my fastest mile all year!  I was so surprised because I was only supposed to go a 7:25 pace.  They went ahead of me at the turn around.  I mentally can't go on long straight roads well and this street that we went on was like that.  I just kept running and tried to wave to everybody going the opposite way because I love waving to people even though it does slow you down.  When I finished Conner told me my pace was 7:23 and I was super happy because I thought it was supposed to be 7:35, but it really was supposed to be 7:25.  I still kept the correct pace which was good. After that Kaitlin, Riley, Ralee, and I went on a longer cool down than everybody else. When we got back everybody was doing core workouts. We didn't get much core workouts in, but it was really fun.

Ran 5 pretty good miles, then did a cool down with my dog just one mile.

Today at xc we did some speed work around the track.  I didn't go as fast as I should have because we were doing 400s, 300s, and 200s which we were supposed to know our times for, but I didn't know them or have a watch.  I kind of was pulling back, I guess, because I wasn't with the faster girls.

I was at my grandma's so I jogged over to a track to warm up and ran 3 miles tempo.  I wasn't as fast as I should have been, but it was hotter because I started later in the morning.  It was a lot of fun.

I was still at my grandmas and I went over to the track to do a longer run, but I wasn't going as fast as I would have liked.  I only went 3 because going around and around and around a track is not as much fun as I would have liked it to be.

So, my dad and I went on a long run, but it wasn't what I was expecting.  I was planning on doing it at a pretty good pace, but instead I slowed way down after mile 2.  My legs were still pretty sore from doing speed work last Wednesday which means I should probably work on that a little more.  I also felt like throwing up most the time.  At least I finished which was one good thing.