C Mantz Run

At practice we ran golf course.  I went up the hill at a pushing pace with some of the girls.  On 10th west we slowed down and chatted with other teammates. Then, we hit the trail and I tried to keep up with Kyler who went out on a full sprint.  I was a little confused, so I slowed down.  Down the canyon Megan started to speed up so I caught up with her.  Our last mile was really fast and we ended up doing it under 40 minutes. Afterwards Coach talked to us about camp.  There was a moment where I may have blacked out and almost puked, but I think I was  discrete about it and only told a few people.

I was supposed to get 10 miles each day for Mon-Wed, but yesterday I had only gotten 5. This morning I tried to go tempo, but I think I was tired. 1) 6:44 (okay) 2) 6:58 (little too slow) 3) 8:15 (way to slow).  It was under 22 mintes (barely), but that's okay.  In the evening I went 7 very slow miles.  My last two I did with Ruby and it was getting dark.

I had girls camp and I had to be there at 8, so I woke up at 5:00am to get my run in with my dad.  We went 12 up the canyon and I was really tired from last night, so we were going up at 9 minute miles.  When we got to the top we stopped shortly, then kept going.  The first mile down the canyon my heel kept popping!  It hurt really bad and I tried to loosen it up while running which didn't work.  At the mile mark we stopped and I stretched it out.  I think it was because I did too many miles too fast.  The next 5 were perfectly fine and I sped up a ton because going downhill.  We passed Mac Park and I saw the XC team doing 400 repeats.  It was a really good run that helped me get some more miles in.  Our average pace was 8:36 which is good.

I was in Moab at Girl's Camp and one of my leaders, Becca Louviere, ran with me.  She was so awesome to do that, because I didn't want to and couldn't go alone.  At 6:00 am we went up the canyon we were camping at for 18 minutes to estimate it would take us 2 miles to run.  It was so beautiful.  There was a trail for a while, then we had to get on the road.  We found a biking trail called the enchilada or something like that and went up it a little ways.  Once we turned around it felt better because we had an idea of where to go.  The sun came up as we ran back which was really pretty.  We had a blast chatting the entire way about running and biking (because she's big into biking).

Becca and I ran again together.  There was this trail that was 3 miles that we decided to try out.  Because we had extra time we started at 6:30am.  It was really pretty.  There were some parts we had to hike and the trail was sometimes hard to find, but we had a blast chatting and exploring.

In the morning Becca and I ran again.  We thought there was a trail, but we couldn't find it.  That took us maybe 3/4 of a mile.  Then we went up the road for 15 minutes.  Halfway through, her hamstring was hurting (which is why she doesn't run so much) so I went ahead.  I went up a small hill and then turned around at 15 minutes.  When I met up with her she ran with me and we talked quite a bit which is really fun.  Apparently our campground was where the Moab 1/2 starts, but I couldn't find any mile markers. I think I went around 4. I was really glad Becca could run with me and she was saying that she normally couldn't go so many days, but luckily she could! :)

That night when we got home I threw on my shoes and ran with my dad as he road the bike.  It was getting dark, but I needed 4 more miles.  My times were 1) 8:12 2) 8:24 3) 9:19 4) 9:09. The last mile I had to go to the bathroom, but made it to the end.  This week was a blast and I got in my 42 miles! :)