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Today we got Joe to come run with us, so that was good to see him run. We didn't want to run in Hyrum, so we stopped at my house in Nibley and did one of my favorite routes. Even though there was a tiny bit of snow coming down, the air felt really good, and at one point it got too hot, so we took off our shirts. We did 6 miles at a moderate to sub 6 minute pace. It was really weird because I wasn't feeling way good, but at the same time I wasn't feeling fatigued so I was able to run in the high 5's for some of those miles. After we finished those 6 miles we did a slow mile cooldown which felt really nice. Later on after our workout I found out that we were supposed to just do 10 at a moderate pace all in one run. I didn't know, so I decided that I had to make up for my mistake and run again. I went to the Sports Academy and did a 4 mile, mile interval workout. My legs were a bit fatigued, but I tried to silence the negative thoughts in my mind. On my slow miles I was doing around a 6:30-6:40 pace. On my harder miles I was going around a 5:50-6:00 minute mile pace. They weren't way hard miles, but since my legs were pretty fatigued, I still got a pretty good workout. After I lifted weights and did a lot of leg excercises. I sat up after doing leg curls, and everything turned black and I almost passed out. I was lifting as hard as I could for a while, so I see why. Did some core, and then finished with a mile in 6 minutes on the treadmill. This week I am going to try to increase my mileage so I can have a better base for track. For two weeks I barley got past 30 miles, and that's not good at all. Peace. 

Today I had to run by myself because Hayden had a doctors appointment, and Eric wanted to stay in Hyrum and run with Trey. I'm real bored of Hyrum, so I came back to Nibley again and did the same route as yesterday. It was beautiful outside, but a bit cold. I was glad that today was a recovery day because I really needed it. My legs were tired after yesterdays workout, and we have a really tough hill workout planned tomorrow. But anyways back to the run. I stayed a nice high 6 and low 7 minute mile pace. My hands were really cold for some reason which sucked.I still had a really good time running and listening to music. I can't stop thinking about how fun track is going to be. Peace.

I have been dreading today's workout all week long. Don gave us a hill workout of 6 by 2 minute hill repeats on center street near the top, in Providence. Usually we would do a 30, 60, 90, 120 seconds hill repeats but today it was straight 2 minutes every time. The center street hill is so long and steep, so it would be perfect for this workout. Hayden wasn't able to be there, but Eric and Trey tagged along. We did a little under a mile for a warmup. When we started I tried to stay as close as I could to 5k pace and really push the hill. I just kept on focusing on markers in front of me and really tried pushing it to those markers. On every set I was able to make it to the top of the hill and around the right hand turn where there was this garbage can that I tried to pass everytime. In 2 minutes my watch showed that I was able to go about .30 everytime which I guess is pretty good for how steep the hill is. On my last set I pushed it as hard as a I could and got past my farthest record. I had to just sit down on the road for a couple minutes because I probably would've fallen over if I tried staying up. I was at about 3.5 for mileage, so Eric and I cooled down to 5 miles. Man am I happy to be done with that. 

Went to the Sports Academy and did 3 easy to moderate miles on the treadmill, then went and lifted weights. I am gonna be so sore tomorrow. Yay. Peace.

So sore today. I don't think my calves have hurt that bad in a long time. The weather was great which lifted my spirit about running today. The workout was 6 miles altrenating pace from easy to moderate every mile. Eric and I went up by the turkey sheds until it started getting to muddy, then we turned around. Ended up having to run past the school a few times just so we could get the milage. I am hoping to get 50 miles this week. Track starts this next week and I can start toning down the milage and adding some speed work then.                             

Today was gorgeous outside, and it was so warm. I went to first dam and ran with Ethan and Connor. Ethan showed me some trails around first dam that I have never done before. It was pretty much an 8 mile adventure which I didn't mind at all. I'm going to start doing more trail running to switch things up and get off the roads that I run every day. Everything felt pretty good, but my knee is hurting a bit. I'm sure it will stop hurting soon. 

Today I met Hayden at first dam to do some trail running like yesterday. We went down a few different trails that I didn't do yesterday. It was a bit chilly outside but still felt really good. We were going to run through this dark cave that goes all the way through to the other part of the mountain, but right by the mouth of the cave there was a dead deer that looked like it had been eaten pretty recently. We decided to not run through the cave because I didn't want to scare any mountain lions. We ended up turning around and running back to the dam and down through the island. We picked up the pace for the last 3 miles which didn't feel to good because I was a tired from yesterday and my knee was still hurting. I still had a really good time. I'm really glad that I got 50 miles this week. I can't wait to start doing some speed work for track!