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Taking a 2 day break from running to recharge mentally and physically.

Swam in the pool for about 30 minutes. Got my heart rate up just a lil.

Finally back at it. That break felt nice and I really needed it. I wasn't getting burnt out, I just needed some rest after running some crappy races over the past 2 weeks. I ran a mile and a half in aerobics then did 7.5 during 5th hour, The workout was 10 minutes hard, 10 minutes jog, 5 minutes hard, 5 minute jog, and down a minute every interval from there. It was really hot but I felt really good. Kept the pace under 5:45 during the hard sections. Good workout.

Real short pre-race today to the Turkey Sheds. I am running the 3200 tomorrow at BYU and I'm hoping to do real well and get out of the slump that I've been in.

Got to the track really early because we had some long jumpers that had an event at the very first. Warmed up about a mile. Not as long of a warmup as I would have wanted. I was pretty nervous but mostly excited. I just wanted to focus on hitting my splits and state qualifying. I was right on for the first 4 laps, but the 5th lap is where I started to fall off. Mentally and physicaly I just kind of checked out of the race. The whole race was just kind of a blur. I finished in 9:52 which I was so dissapointed because I had high hopes for this race. Still in the slump... Idk what's up right now. Cooldown with Hayden, Eric, and efisher.

Warmup for about a mile and half and felt pretty good. I was really frustrated before the race even started but I'm going to keep that to myself. All I wanted to do was run a decent run because I haven't in a couple weeks. That's all I wanted. I was pretty nervous, but I hadn't ran a fresh mile since the beginning of the year so I was excited to see how I would do. I got out to a decent start but a little slow on the first lap. Just focused on trying to move up and staying mentally in the race. Not quite sure what my splits were but I finished in 4:31. I'm happy with it and I'm glad that I had a decent race. Cooled down a mile.

Had the 800 later and I was really tired. I tried telling myself that I would do good but I didn't have any juice. Ran like a 2:06. Yeah it sucked. Didn't cool down immediately but just chilled and watched some races. Later we went with Cameron and ran to the MTC which was fun. 

Easy 5 miles to upper turkey, but when we got to the base of the mountain, we decided to walk up the MC do a bit of exploring. We ran on the side of the mountain into Blacksmith Fork canyon where we found this sick cliff that overlooked the canyon. I just on the edge of it for a couple minutes and absorbed all the beauty. I love nature and being outside. It really calmed me down because today wasn't too great of a day. Ran back and ended up with 5. Definitely one of the best days when it comes to running that I have had in a while. Going to do this same thing on friday after region. Hiked a bit later up Blacksmith a couple hours later to look for sheds. It felt awesome.

Pre-race for an easy 2 miles with some strides. Ran out past Canyon Elementary on the dirt road headed towards the turkey sheds. Region is tomorrow I have to perform. Running the 1600 and I nervous but I'm going to achieve my goal. 

Last 2 miles as a senior and it felt dang good coming off of a 9 day break. Average pace was 6:20. Graduating tomorrow and I can't wait to do some summer trail running and fast packing.