C Mantz Run

Was gonna take a longer break, but also wanted to try running with Nathan. Haven't ran once since state, but I have hiked a little. Last Wednesday we had a kids camp where I tried the sticks out, but after the first stride, my foot gave out, so I stopped. I was so excited to run! After the first quarter of a mile, my foot hurt (not bad, but slightly enough), so we finished out the mile. Nate did awesome getting an 8:11. I hopped on the bike and we did one more mile. Hopefully it will stop hurting, even the slightest bit.

Taking one more day off

Just doing some easy miles this week to get back into it. Slept in, then 3 with Ruby up the canyon at 8:28 pace. The whole first mile my achilles was popping  (probably from not running and going downhill). Physically felt good, but a lot of little muscle pains. Foot wasn't too bad, so I'll just keep running on it. If it gets as bad as post 2 mile at byu, orem, region, or state again, then I'll get it checked out. Going past Mack Park, a squirrel crossed the road. It looked like it was playing red light green light which was pretty funny. Turned around and took a quick stop to stretch. Going back up the hill was tiring, so hopefully the big ugly goes well tomorrow. Finished before 7:45 and will show up to school when I feel like it.  Did an easy core workout that was hard because I haven't done legit core in a while.

Big Ugly today. It was way fun, but 4 hours of sleep isn't enough. Drove to nc with my little bro. The showup this year was pretty sad (only 4 new freshman), but those that did are awesome. Started with everybody. I did not want to go fast at all, but everybody was haulin. The hill when we started was painful. I tried to go with rachel, and nathan tried to keep with me. He got really tired, so he stopped for a sec and I tried to catch rachel. I had her in my line of sight the whole time. When we finally got to the start of the big ugly, I was feelin pretty good. Every year it gets easier, but I probably do it slower, lol. On the way up Storrs had written things like "pain is awesome" and "if you're having fun, you're not hurting enough." I was definitely having fun. When we were on the final part where it's not too steep but you're so legs are dead, Rachel bagan to slow down and I tried to catch her. On top of that Coach Womack was rigt behind me and I didn't wanna be passed. We took a long break. It took us about 23 minutes to get to the top. Rachel and I ran down together. It was slick, with all the rocks, so we went slow. It took 17 minutes to get down. The big ugly is always a party and everybody who did it today are the best.

Went on a really late hike last night, came home to get 2.5 hours of sleep, then met up with friends to hike at 3:30 am. We hiked up to the reflectors and watched the sunrise. It was totally worth it. Chilled on the mountain, ate breakfast, then hiked back down. The hike is 2 miles up, but it's super steep. Coming back down was sketch. It took me and Kels more time to get down than up, lol(1:30ish up and 1:45 down). We'll see if I go on a run later today, my body is sore.

After doing nothing productive except for sleeping and reading, I had a burst of energy, so I ran. It was about 80 degrees so I wore a tanktop and had my messy braids from yesterday in. Turned on my africa playlist which gave me even more energy (consisting of Alex Boye and the lion kind). 4 up the canyon and my quads were sore. My pace, though, was a 7:30 up to the third mile. With the uphill 9-minute laste mile, the average pace went up to 7:55. I was done with uphill after the last 36 hours. Picked up Ruby; we only lasted a half mile in 4:17. It was a really fun run today, even with the heat. It kinda hit me that this is my last year to run in hs, so I better make the best of it.

Babysat all morning, and my only chance to run was in the hot afternoon. I didn't eat much until right before which was smart, haha. The first 2 miles felt great. It was over 80 degrees, and my average pace was a 7:20. Just felt good. Then the third mile hit along with the heat. Jogged the shortest route home. I may have been a little dehydrated. Planned to run later when it was cool with Garrett, but we were both so tired. Ended up hiking sv hill and watched the sunset.