Consistency is Key

AM- Easy 5 by my lonesome. Felt really good to be running after a little break for swim state.

PM- 20x200 hitting mile pace in the rain! Missing most of the girls but running with coach was fun haha.. I felt super awesome the whole workout but even more awesome the last 4! 

6000 Meter swim with the team also in the rain :) Mostly stretch out yardage but at the end we did 4x( 3x100 hard with 200 recovery) I felt so so good on the last set of 3 and finally felt like my stroke was normal so that was a huge confidence booster coming off of a crappy state meet. 

Today was a little hard with everyone asking about swim state but Coach gave me some good advice during the workout to just let it go and use it to work harder so that's what I'm going to do. I am going to kill the North American Championships and show those girls that I'm a force to be reckoned with. :)

AM- 3miles easy with the girls and coach fielding and Powell! Talked about the bachelor and Valentine's day so it was a good time. Weights before!

PM-2hour bike ride with 5x8minute repeats. This was super rough and I am SOOO sore now but I felt strong:)

AM- swim team! I wore my red suit in honor of Valentine's day and it was the best practice ever! Coach showed up a little late so Molly and I got to write the warm-up too! So we obviously did 14x100 and 14x50 but then coach added another 1400 ;) after warm-up we had a 500 pacing set and I CRUSHED that workout. I was hitting some super fast 100 times and I felt so strong. My stroke was holding up and I felt good! After practice i ran to wally world to get some Valentine's gifts and accidentally came home with Easter candy... whoops. But I'm supa pumped for the track workout today and I have a massage!

PM- track today was good for all the girls! Our workout was harder than usual with our new paces for this season but all the girls really pulled together and had an awesome workout. ALSO I saw a double rainbow ;)

I got a massage after the run and it was AMAZING. I feel so much better now it's not even funny.

AM- hour and a half Bike workout on the trainer! 30x1min zone 4 and 10x30s all out. I felt strong and I can't wait to see how I do at the crit race this weekend with the men!

PM- Easy 4 mile run with the girls talking about boys and valentines day :) It's always a good time with our girls team

Easy swim today to recover from yesterdays workout and get ready for tomorrow morning! 

It was a pretty uneventful day other than some funny moments in physics! 

AM- Swim team! Had a super long warm up and it was freaking awesome because almost no one showed up so I got my own lane! We did some 200s of threshold and I was keeping up with the girls that were using paddles and I wasn't using them, it was awesome!

PM- we were supposed to run on the track but the soccer tournament kicked us off so we ran by the spectrum instead. We had 1000s and 4x1 minutes and 30s sprints! I felt like the girls were really working well together!

NOW TIME FOR BRING YOUR OWN PINT NIGHT!!!!

AM- Easy-ich swim with the team! I love swimming with them and coach Shawn was being super funny and joking around with us so it was super fun :)

PM- 3-hour bike ride with a 35-minute crit in the middle with the Cat 5 men. I ended up taking 6th which was awesome but freaking Adam beat me again lol. I took control of the group for a little bit which was sick and I was flying through the corners. We ended up riding 14.4 miles in 35 minutes and that's an average speed of 25mph which is pretty speedy because the course was really hilly. Now onto a date with THE Evan Boyer 

AM- Swim team, long warm up and threshold with some Speedplay. I felt a little off but I think it's just because it was the first workout of the week and it'll be okay tomorrow :) 6miles with the girls on prospector! It started snowing so hard when we cut onto church rocks and it was so beautiful! I wish I had had my camera! I've also never run in the snow before so that was a new experience too:) we had some good conversation on the run and got some hot cocoa after, it was a good morning:)

2hour nap whoops

PM- Bike inside on the trainer, with the main workout to simulate the bike pack and anticipating breakaways. Included some 30second sprints at 300watts that just about killed me.

Overall a pretty productive day! :)

I'm a noob and accidentally slept through my alarm so I didn't get to swim.... whoops PM- 6mile workout with a progression run and 200 finishes and 300 progressions. This was our first workout split into out race groups so I was with Lily repping the 800/1600 girls lol. Overall a good workout

AM- Swim! Had an awesome stretch out swim and an interesting conversation about tacoetry with Coach lol. 

PM- 6 miles on the AZ Strip with the team! We were missing a few sick girls but had a pretty big group.

Senior State Swim Practice- basically a warmup and then relay practice. Im super pumped to go out and race this weekend and redeem myself. I feel so ready to go crush some souls lol.

AM- bike workout!

PM- Senior State! I swam the mile and did pretty well for cutting back on my swim time this week to focus on TRIs. I swam the 100 in a relay too and went a 55.3 which is pretty speedy :) excited for the rest of the meet!

Am- Swim meet all freaking day lol. I was at the pool from 7-1 and then 4-9:30.... but I swam the 200free, 50free and the 400im. I haven't been hitting the best times but I think it's because instead of swimming 2 times a day every day I've been swimming once a day to accommodate my tri training so it's all good. I made it back to finals in the 200 and that was cool :)

YEAHHH BUDDYYYYY I FINALLY HIT MY BEST TIME IN THE 500!!!! I HAVEN'T HIT THAT TIME SINCE DECEMBER!! I felt really awesome and it was a HUUGE confidence booster! So pumped to continue training next week :)

AM- Dropped the ball and missed my morning run today...

PM- 5 miles with the team jamming to one direction and kesha so it was a good time

Swim team after! Nice to get back in the water after the weekend

Lighter day today because of the act so all I did was the track workout. I feel like I crushed the act though so that's dope

The workout was 4x800 and the first two were easier and then Lily had to stop because of sickness so I had to do the last two by myself:( but it wasn't too bad mad hopefully Thursdays workout is harder lol

AM- first swim practice with susa since Sarasota. Not too hard in prep for this week. PM- skipped school today to train with the university of Utah's tri team. Did a bike warm-up up the nemesis at sand hollow and then did a bike workout. It's nice to see my improvement from last time I did that workout. Track- killer workout in prep for this weekend. So pumped to get out there and run in circles again :) This is the first week I'm putting on here since before Sarasota. Just didn't want to overthink anything before and after the race.

AM- swim session with the U's team. Time trial 500 and some other fun hard stuff!

PM- 50 mile bike ride from Snow Canyon to gunlock, up the wall and to veyo for veyo pies :)

Then off to work at the trusty bike shop lol

I only had one workout today!!! First time in forever that that's happened and man did it feel good.

Track- 400's at race pace with a 800 and finishes. I'm so ready for this weekend it's not even funny! I have two workouts tomorrow in prep so that should be good!

Also in case anyone actually reads this- the great British baking show is AMAZING. Like so funny and I basically binge watched a whole season over the past 4 days so that's fine lol. Anyways that's all

AM- Swim with BAM. 1k time trial which was pretty decent but not great. I was a total noob and showed up late because I thought it started at 8 but it was actually 7 so that was wonderful. 

PM- 4 easy with the girls and then some finishes on the team with our spikes on. We have so many girls pushing up to run with the gold group right now and it makes me so excited for this season!

First race tomorrow and I'm SUPER pumped :) ready to see some hard work pay off!!! Go Lady THUNDER! <3

All I had on my schedule today was the PV Track meet! 

I went to precalc, then went home and packed then headed over to the meet at 11:45. I did my normal warmup and spent the whole time trying to find Bailey and Sam because I was a noob and lost them...  anyways, the race wasn't perfect but it was just what I needed to break off the ice of not racing and get out there and run fast. I went a 5:18 and I'm definitely happy with that! Sometimes I get nervous to push up in races when I'm running with certain people because I feel like I shouldn't be running in front of them. It's classic imposter syndrome I know but something I just have to get past I guess. Onwards and Upwards!

YAYAYAYYAY!!!
Ran the 800 today and it was awesome!! I had told myself to just go out there, take a risk and run fast because why not and it paid off! I qualified for state and took second! I felt like I ran a smart race and it always feels good to PR! Now onto another solid week of training next week :) 

AM- Struggled to get up this morning but did it and got to am swim bright and early. There's nothing like getting up at 4:30 to go jump in a cold pool for two hours. 

PM- Super hard workout time wise and mentally. 2-mile warmup and 12x400 at different paces. My times were suuuper speedy and it kinda scared me but my first four were super solid. Then I started slowly dropping my pace but all of the girls were a little off today. Coach adjusted the times and almost all of us finished the workout alive which is a feat in itself haha. 

Went home and got about 30 minutes of some good strength work in.

Also just so the blogiverse knows it may or may not be my 17th birthday Wednesday ;)

AM- Killer bike workout! I felt actually really good and I was super surprised just because my legs were so dead after yesterdays workout.

PM- Easy track mileage on Church Rocks then off to work. 

AM-  accidentally missed morning swim but it's my birthday so it was fine :) 

Went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast with my parents for my birthday and it was soo good. Then I went to school. Lily got me the sweetest present ever! She's so amazing and my best friend <3 

PM- Went to track and did a dope track workout. The 800's weren't so hard that we were dying but they were still a push so it was perfect! Also, we had an impromptu dancing party on the track to Dancing Queen by ABBA for a certain someone's birthday ;) 

THEN I went to swim and hung out with all those kids while getting a solid workout!

Went and got day of birth Ice cream with lily Lauren and Sam and had a good ol time. 

Honestly it was one of the best birthdays I've ever had :) 

AM- 90 minute bike before day of thunder!

PM-swim team

AM- track workout at Dixie cuz they're redoing our track. My leg like freaked out during the middle of the workout and I had to stop which sucked...

Got a massage and that helped a lot.

PM- swim and rolled out FOREVER to help loosen up my legs

AM- bike ride bc I've been banned from running... but my leg felt soo much better so I'm going to run tomorrow for sure!!

PM- swim team! Good swim with dryland after where we did core and some running and my leg felt a okay!

AM- swim w/ the team! Also got pulled over for the first time lol

PM- track workout w/ the team! Actually ran and had no pain so yay!

AM- bike? Can't really remember

Pm- 5 easy and swim team

AM- bike before we left for arcadia

PM- run with the team in CA

AM- walk with the team

PM- 4x1600! I ran a 5:16-18ish not quite sure but still right on the edge of a pr without too many girls to push me! Overall a great race

AM- 5 easy after the late race last night!

PM- lots of walking around to watch the races at arcadia! Super exciting and inspiring to see all these amazing runners!

AM- swim team- felt so good to get back in the water!

PM- track threshold run with surges.. didn't feel to awesome but didn't feel bad either, just a little flat from this weekend.

Swim- butterfly kick ALL PRACTICE. I literally almost died and I'm not exaggerating.

Core- 3x1m front 3x1m side 3x1mside

AM- swim at shac this morning. Felt good and got into the groove during the pull portion of the set.

PM- PV relays at pv obviously lol. Ran the medley 1600 and that was good to have a push before I finished up my mileage. 5 total

Strength- felt really good and my balance is getting better. Ended with my planks

AM-killer bike workout on the computrainer!

PM- track in the blazing heat out to Sunriver. It was so so hot so obviously it had to be a sports bra run.

Swim- easy swim w dryland

PM- 5miles pre-workout stuff for tomorrow. SO PUMPED to get out there and run tomorrow! 

Swim- 4000 m pretty easy but it felt a little weird. I don't know why but my stroke just felt off. 

swim banquet after and that was super fun to just hang out with everyone. 

AM- Easy shakeout bike!

PM- SQ in the mile! really felt like I raced a smart and strong race and I had the best cheering section out there :) 

Also anchored the medley and that was pretty cool as well!

AM- Swim team. Warmup and a threshold set. I really pushed it and found the groove of my stroke early on. Really happy with how it's holding up and my fitness in the water.

PM- Track workout in the winds of the desert lol. 16 min progression with some 400s at the end. I felt pushed but not dead so I think overall it was a good day of workouts. My stomach is giving me some trouble at the moment so we'll see how that transfers into tomorrow. Overall a solid day of training to start the week. 

AM- 90m bike with some pushes inside the time. Felt good!

PM- 6 miles with the team to little valley as a pack!

Also found out my dog is preggo today!!

AM- swim set, really solid tempo and Shawn complimented my stroke!

PM- workout with Lily and Anna! Not too bad but the ice bath after was literally he**. Not gunna lie

PM- pre workout stuff at the track after school! Ready to rock and roll for tomorrow! Swim- looong workout in the pool. Not really hard just long. Also saw a pretty double rainbow during core after! <3

PM- Race at Dixie! 2 mile warm-up and then the race and cooldown! Ended up with a 5:11 so a pr! Ended the day with jamba!

Race in Henderson at the Rage Triathlon! Went out looking for a strong swim and I definitely got it! I felt awesome and came out of the water first! I stayed in first until after the bike turnaround and then the first place guy came and passed me :( I could definitely feel my leg fatigue from the mile yesterday but I ended up taking first! Super excited and ready to start this last week of good training before Richmond!

PM- easy bike and swim to shake out from this weekend. Felt really good to take a day and just chillax!

PM- 7 miles with the team was it for today. Really focusing on rest for Richmond next week. It was pretty toasty out on the az strip today but felt nice to get some mileage on the trails!

I got sooo sick so I took today completely off

Am bike

PM easy 5 miles

Swim practice

Felt a lot better today but still a little sick

AM- workout on the track! Long but good

Pm- swim on my own with sprint 50s. Felt good and got into my stroke quickly

Also my dog had puppies!!

2 hour bike with 30 minute run at sand hollow! Worked on transitions too but broke my bike so I had to take it into the shop which kinda sucked... but getting excited for next week!

Slept in- trying to get a lot of rest this week to shake off my sickness and beat the jet lag

PM- 6miles on the quality loop talking with laynee

Swim team at shac.. literally almost died the set was so hard

It's may!!! Summer is so close!

AM- track workout with the girls. Only did a part of the workout because I start taper today!!

PM- easy spin on the bike and my legs felt pretty good! Just went to work after this and ended the day with some puppy therapy :)

I had a super busy day today!

AM- easy bike ride!

Packed up my bike for the first time by myself and now it's all ready to fly tomorrow!

PM- easy 5 at track with the girls and it was the best :) made Lily almost die of laughter so it was a successful day

Swim practice after track-

Broken 200s at swim and swam in the boy lane so I felt super speedy!

Jetting off to Richmond tomorrow and I couldn't be more excited!!

AM- 3 mile run with Shawnee and coach Powell just talking about life :)

11AM- got in the car to drive to Vegas for my 2pm flight! Ready to rock and roll this weekend and cheer everyone on at herriman from afar!

AM- 45 minute bike ride by myself on the race course after I put my bike together, felt super strong!

40 minute swim at the ymca to stretch out and used the rest of the day to rest and recover!

RACE RECON DAY!!!

20 minute run with 2x20s at 80%

Then 3 loops of the bike course with some intensity out of the hairpin turn and some transition practice

Then a swim in the nasty pond! Pumped to have the opportunity to race tomorrow and that Mitch my teammate is here too! Now we have the race meeting and then a good night's sleep for tomorrows early race! I GOT THIS!!

RACE REPORT!!

Swim-I was number 57 of 77 to pick spots but that was okay with me. They messed up the start and instead of having us in the water pushing off they started us from the side and no one was ready for it! I was fixing my goggles waiting to jump in when the horn went off! So my goggles filled up but I was still able to come out of the water 15th so one of my best swims yet!

Bike- led the chase pack on the bike and tried to bridge the gap to the leaders but couldn't quite get there.

Run- ran my way from 9th to 6th!

I ended up qualifying for pan Americans in Brazil and the youth Olympic games trials in equador!

Easy 3 miles around the hotel to shake out the legs before flying today!

Easy 3 and 4x200 finishes. Ready for tomorrow!

Region today!

took my AP test and then chilled at home until I went over to Dixie! went a 2:21 low in the 800 and took second so not too shabby for racing 3 days after a sprint triathlon and a full day of flying! Lily qualified for state too! so proud of her!

Ready to kill it again tomorrow!

Not the mile i was looking for today. I let my emotions get the best of me and I checked out mentally the third lap.i haven't done that all season but it definitely has encouraged me to do better next time. Onwards and upwards

AM- sprint swim set! Felt so good to be back in the water!

PM- easy bike ride watching the wts Yokohama women's race!

AM- last track workout of the track season! Felt good tto hit some hard reps and also was a good workout for me to overcome some mental blocks!

Easy hour bike!

Slept in!

PM- track, workout on the track

Swim- deadly sprint set

AM- more swim sprinting but low key because I have state this week

PM- easy 4 at track and work after

AM- Swim 

PM- Run up at timpview pre race stuff

800! PR even with terrible pacing 

Mile! Not a pr but a good experience either way. got a looooong cool down.

Swim with Payton and bike in the garage 

AM- Threshold set that was actual death

Run with lily on the bike doing hill repeats at Vo2 max

IM BACK!! 

AM- Swim at East Canyon! The water was absolutely beautiful and blue and not too cold. We did some steady swimming, some tempo/threshold, and some races! Overall it was a super good push. 1:30 in the lake.

After the swim, we got straight on the bike and rode down to Morgan. On our way back up the canyon, we did 20 minutes of 3 minutes threshold echelon and one-minute recovery. The last two sets were soo hard but I pushed all the way to the end! Overall it was 1:30 of biking.

PM- Easy 30 minutes on the alter g and 10 minutes of core before my massage. Tomorrow will be a big day so now it's time to recover!

AM- Swim at Olympus! Wasnt super hard but there were definitely some good pushes in there. Did some sprint 50s and hit a 28 on fatigued legs and arms!

PM- TT up Emigration Canyon. Did about 27 miles total and I actually did really well. After descending and getting back to our cars we did some race pace run efforts. I did 3x800 efforts at race pace so 5:30-6:00 pace. Was really hard to hit that time but I did it!

I had the best Ice Water and Creamie after this workout so that definitely made it worth it :) 

AM- swim at cottonwood heights. Easy 3k in prep for tomorrow. Really working on keeping a high turnover so the tempo trainer is my new bestfriend haha.

PM- easy recovery run on the treadmill. Felt so good to give the legs a break today!

Now off to do some hardcore recovery!

WOW this blog is dusty.. but I need to be using it so hopefully I can remember this time lol.

Suu- ran really well for the first 2.70 miles but at the end I faded. This happened at cedar all-comers too so it's something I need to work on. This race was a good reminder of how far we have come as a team and the goals we have for this season. It was just a really fun day to run :)

AM- Morning workout at warner valley. Tempo run went so well. I stuck with Bailey, Lauren, and Sam until the very end. Coach said to exercise patience so that's what I'm trying to work on and finish my workouts strong. I'm so excited to race this weekend!

AM- weights and easy 3 after with the team

PM- 6 miles with the girls on the Arizona strip going out to little black mountain. EVERYONE brought water today because last year Chloe almost died from heat exhaustion on this run... but everyone survived today!

AM- 3 miles with Coach Powell, Lisa, and Lauren. Did the normal three mile loop

PM- I got sooo much done today and by the time it was 3 I was ready to run. Our 400's at the baseball fields went so good. All the girls were so tight I thought we were going to trip on each other lol. Overall a super solid day.

AM- 3 Miles easy with Coach Powell and some of the boys. Told him about my crazy dreams and some of our worst date stories lol.

PM- After a long day, we had 4 miles at practice. Felt a little flat but that was probably from the workout yesterday. Ran up the Spectrum and Kenna did her first full run with the gold girls! SO PROUD OF HER!

AM- went to the temple to visit my grandma and grandpa and do some baptisms- overall an awesome morning

PM- 3 mile shakeout run on the course at the utah county race. 8 strides after and a good stretch

Pumped to race tomorrow!!

RACE DAY! 

Did a 1.75 mile warm up, strides and calisthenics. 

Started the race strong and maybe a touch fast. Bailey, Sam, Lauren and I all ran together again but I think we were a little nervous to go get those lone peak girls so early in and I think that's something we can work on. about 800 to go I got a little behind our girls again. It's really frustrating because I run the whole race with our girls and I have a hard time closing out the third mile as my fastest mile. I need to work on that. But overall it was a super positive race - we took second behind lp and I had a HUGE course pr!

PM- 6 miles easy with Bailey- saw a tornado so I'd say a pretty eventful day

AM- 3 miles easy at the roundabout with coach powell, nance, spencer, and carson

PM- Michigan Workout!!! Felt so strong this whole workout and hit all my track times by at least 3 seconds and hit my road miles by about 10 seconds each time. Rounded the workout off with a 1:09 400. Super proud of how all the girls did today!

AM- finished the workout super late last night so coach let us sleep in!

PM- 4 miles easy behind the school. I was super pumped to get back on the trails and run! ran pretty slow since all of us were dead from yesterday but I felt good after

Swim after xc for the first time in a month and did about 4600 yards so it wasn't too bad. 

AM- 400's at little valley before school. I didn't feel 100% on this workout today - I'm not sure if it was because of the Michigan or what but I just didn't feel great. I still was able to hit all my times though so that was positive. 

PM- 3 miles easy and an ice bath! my legs felt sooo much better after the ice bath and I rolled out pretty good too so hopefully I'm all ready to go for this weekend. 

AM- 3 miles easy at the roundabout again with just coach powell and spencer. Just talked about life and it was a good ol time.

PM- 4 miles up in Hatch with the team. Finished the night off with 7 on the line and some smores in the mountains :)

AM- Workout from the Tropic turnoff all the way to the lake. Did 4 miles easy and then a killer fartlek workout. I am super proud of how all the girls handled this week and this workout. We hung out in the lake after and froze our legs off but it was the best weekend ever! I'm so sad my favorite week of the xc season is over!

AM- 6400 yards in the pool at morning swim. All easy just to remind myself what swimming actually is haha

PM- 6 miles including strides with the girls behind the school on the trails. Usually I love running on the trails but it was just super hot today and my stomach didn't feel great so that was kinda a bummer but I was able to finish strong with the strides.

AM- Forgot to set my alarm last night so instead of running at the roundabout at 6, I ran by myself at like 7:30 lol. Good thing I don't have a first period :)

PM- Workout on the track under the lights! I love this ladder workout but even though I didn't have the easiest or greatest day, just being able to run lifted my spirits a ton. Killed the workout and had a super strong group of girls. Finished late and went straight to bed!

Also shout out to knife chief and nance for being the best.. thats all

AM- 3 miles easy with Coach Powell at the roundabout. 

PM- 6 miles easy at the JV race. It took foreeeeevverr to do it felt like and my legs were super flat but coach said we get to sleep in tomorrow morning and I'm so PUMPED. 

AM- 3 miles easy in the morning at the roundabout

PM- mile of power with cutdowns in prep for woodbridge

AM- 3 miles easy

PM- 3 miles and strides on the woodbridge course

AM- 20 minute shake out walk

PM- went to the beach and then watched a movie at the house. Drove to the course and watched the boys kill it and then we raced! I should have made a move earlier and gone out a little faster. But I still had a great race and ran a 17:40! AND WE TOOK SECOND IN THE SWEEPSTAKES RACE!!!! All our hard work is paying off!

AM- slept in to catch up on some missed sleep from this weekend.

PM- Literally stressed all day about the hoco parade and our xc team float. finally got it figured out, ran 6 miles with the girls to little valley and then did the parade, and watched the powderpuff game. I'm actually super excited for this whole week and the dance!

AM- 3 easy miles with matt, grant, lisa and powell

PM- Workout at Bloomington hills north park. This was one of my best workouts this year mentally. I was able to stay positive the whole time and focus on catching the girls in front of me. I am so PROUD of how our girls are doing and how we are staying so focused. Ready for the rest of this week!

AM- 3 miles easy with weights at the high school

PM- Easy 4 miles with starts on the turf. Felt pretty good on this run. Had an AWESOME meeting with the girls team. So excited for the rest of this season

AM- Got up to run and no one showed up... like no one. I didn't want to run in the dark by myself so I just went home stretched and got a heads up on homework. Turns out coach powell is out of town and everyone else is just a slacker lol. 

PM- Today was our hill repeat killer workout! 

Our first 4 were about 2:20s and I felt pretty good but my legs were just a little heavy from the 1000s earlier this week. The last 3 we went 2:10, 2:05, and 2:01. I really wanted to break 2 but I didn't quite get there. Any way the girls were super awesome again today and we all really pushed each other!

AM- 4 easy miles with some of the girls at the roundabout. It's been a really stressful week for a lot of people so coach canceled afternoon practice. It's also nice because it's our hoco game tonight and I wanna get a good seat sooo ya. Thank you, coach, for having mercy on our souls. 

6 Miles with the last 2 miles push in the morning before homecoming 

AM- 3xmile repeats with the girls at confluence park. I was able to have PATIENCE and really work the last mile. I was actually super proud of myself for doing that especially because I was super sore and just kinda felt nasty. We did 4x200 after that and I did okay on those but I was just so dead and we were rushing to get done and get to school.. off to uvuuuuu!

Woke up feeling a little sick this morning. Ran 5 with the girls up at uvu and had a good ol time. Took off the afternoon to try and get better

PM- only did about half of the workout to try and get over this sickness. Usually I would just not tell coach about it and keep doing everything but this close to region and state I didn't want to risk it. 

AM- Slept in this morning and got about 11 hours trying to get over this dumb sickness.

PM- Did 3 miles easy with the girls and then did 4x200 finishes to get ready for tomorrow. Sickness has never stopped me before so I'm ready to CRUSH IT tomorrow!

AM- slept in again to try and get rid of this sickness

PM- had cedar invite today. I wasn't expecting a fantastic race going in because of how nasty I've felt all week but I gritted it out and ended up in the top 15. It was one of the hardest races I've ever raced but mentally I stuck in. I was super proud of how all the girls did today even though most of us were not at 100%

Off to run the state course!

Workout on the state course! Running at sugarhouse today made me soo excited for state! I can't wait for the chance to run and finally have a good race on this course. My head felt so much better today and I think i'm finally getting over this sickness

PM- 4 miles easy on the spectrum with cloud cover!!

AM- 3 miles easy in the rain at the roundabout. We had a good group this morning and Spencer "forgot" his shirt again lol.

PM- workout at Bloomington hills north park in the humidity. Did a mile fast on the road and then 800-400 blocks. Hit the mile but for some reason, I was dying on the 800s today. I think I'm still fatigued from being sick so I went home and just chilled for the rest of the night and went to bed early.

Easy run out at prospector but had to cut it down because of lightening.

Workout before watching the snow canyon jv race. We ran a lot faster than I thought we would but I was able to keep up! Pumped for my visit this weekend and region next week!

PM- Got to South Dakota and went on a run with the team. Talked to one of the cross girls and she introduced me to the xc coach. I don't think I am going to go there but it was good to get out there and make a decision. Ran 5 on a gravel road 

AM- Easy 2 miles this morning in prep for region tomorrow! Getting excited!

PM- 3 miles easy with 4x200 finishes on the track. pumped for a region and I'm ready to get out there and show people what I can do without being sick! 

REGION CROSS!!! Last one of my HIGH SCHOOL CAREER! 

I felt kinda tight on the warmup so I was a little nervous getting up to the line, and I took it out fast. I hate getting boxed in so I just went for it. It was one of the hardest races I've raced mentally in a while. I kept doubting myself during the race. I was able to hang in there even after some of the cedar and hurricane girls gained on me. I outran one of the hurricane girls right at the end and I was super proud of that. I ended up 6th which is the best i've ever placed at region I think but not exactly where I wanted to be. I have big goals for state this year and it's all going to come down to me believing in myself. I know I have the physical capacity to accomplish my goals but I need to believe I can race against these other great girls. I am so ready to crush it!

PM- 4 miles easy, we compared all the boys to meet and then hit their shirts so when they got back they had no clothes. It was a good day

Workout behind the school, felt so good actually! My legs were tired on the warm-up but felt good after!

Also the boys took my jacket after practice and hoisted it up the flagpole with my keys!haha I love those guys

6 at Navajo early in the morning... not much to say about this run other than j didn't feel great

Ran the backside of little black mountain this morning with bailey and madi and the boys that showed up. It was so fun to just get out there and have fun. We went out 2.5 and got to the petroglyphs and stopped there to look around for a sec. That sec turned into 30 minutes... whoops.. we played tag on the rocks and just dinked around like we were freshmen again ;) It was a good day! Then we ran back and did our pickups and hopped in the cars super fast to drive to kneaders for some chunky french toast. Overall it was a pretty great morning :) I even got to take a nap after before doing homework!! I am getting really excited for state next week!

2 mile warmup and 4x400 on the track with the team cheering us on :) I can't believe this is my last state meet but I'm ready to crush it!

3 miles easy at liberty park before state! 

strides to finish mileage!

STATE CHAMPS!!!!

What a rush! I honestly didn't have the race I wanted by a long shot. I was pretty disappointed in my individual performance but I was able to contribute to the team and help us earn the girls teams first title ever! Overall, Desert Hills Girls also had the fastest average time of the day which totally helps us out for nxr this year. I am going to learn from this race and go get it at nxr!

2.5-mile warmup

3-mile race

1.5-mile cooldown w layjay and Lauren just catching up on life!

Had a visit to SUU today but I'm not going to write about it in here... sorry yall haha. 

Got home and decided to go swimming instead of run as my legs felt very very dead 

hung out with the team at swim doing teambuilding and swam a lil bit!

Got up early to run the workout with coach Fielding, cuz I got my wisdom teeth out at 8 lol. Did 3 miles out and then did 2 miles fast back down the spectrum hitting 5:57 and then 6:00. Pretty proud of those times 2 days after state. Now Its time to recover from this dental thing and get ready for nxr southwest!

No run today because my face is swollen up like a chipmunk! Slowly getting through this nasty wisdom teeth stuff!

PM- Getting back into things after my surgery. Ran an easy 4 behind the school! I am so ready to be feeling back to normal instead of so swollen and sore in my mouth. It'll come though so I'm not worried. I have a couple of big decisions to make this week so wish me luck!

PM- Oi Vey. This workout was tough. I don't know if it was the wisdom teeth or what but I did not do very well. 

2 mi warmup

3x mile repeats

4x200 starts 

cooldown

AM- slept in one final time before I start am swim

PM- 4 miles easy and 8x100 strides

AM- swim! got up and went to swim and I actually didn't feel that out of swim shape thank goodness! It might take me a second to get back into the swing of things but I'm i'm okay with it. Did yoga after and my legs felt a ton better

PM- 800s at Bloomington hills north park. I was a little nervous for this workout considering I did terrible Tuesday, but I surprised myself! I hit my time or faster on every single rep and the last one I went a 2:47. I exercised a lot of patience during the workout to really work the last two and I'm super proud of it! We picked out state rings after practice too!!

AM- swim again, a lot longer than yesterday but I still felt really good! Shawn wants me to sprint this year so we'll see how that turns out lol.

After swim I got home, changed and went for my run. All the girls had run earlier in the day so I just went by myself and did an easy 4. It felt good to be done with all my work by 8:30am! 

Went to school and work and worked my butt off. I got tons done and got like 4 hours in so it was a solid day!

PM-it was sooo nice to sleep in this morning! I haven't had the best past two days. My parents are pissed and i feel like we just keep getting in arguments about college and what I'm doing with my life and all I want to do is make my own decisions for once. I was in a super bad mood starting this run but about 5 miles in I stated feeling a little better and just focused on the pretty desert :) did 10.5 with the girls with the last mile fast. It was perfect weather and the run really helped me clear my head!

AM- swim for hs. Did about a 5k

PM- Michigan workout! I didn't feel like I ever got into a rhythm today but I still hit all my times and threw down a beast 1:06 at the end. Cooled stretched and talked to coach!

AM- swim with the team. Hip strengthening and some arm stuff

PM- 1/2 mile warm-up and then 4 mile easy behind the school. Felt a little sore but that's to be expected lol. Lots of good convos with the girls! 8x100 strides!

AM- mornin swim!

PM- 4 mile Halloween run! I was a pig... if you know you know ;)

AM- mornin swim again. Reaaaallly tired this morning

PM-hoka nationals... not my best race. I don't know what it is about the 2 mile but I just wasn't feeling it today

AM- Swim Practice

PM- SWIM MEET! Surprisingly not too far off of my times so yay!

AM- SWIM MEET!! I actually did so good haha! Matt was an amazing sadies date and came to support and after we went climbing so my arms were destroyed! 

PM- Mosh and 1 mile of running for fugitive- I was going to try and fit in a run this weekend so I wasn't going so long w/o running but it didn't happen :(

WORST DAY EVER. 

AM- Terrible swim practice with a THROBBING ear. I have a freaking ear infection from ear eczema?? How does that even happen? Everything was thrown at me today and I had no time to run so I was pissed all day. 

AM- 3 miles easy to let my ear have a break from swim. Ran with Powell, Lisa and matt. It was a good time

PM- mile repeat workout! My times were like night and day from last week! I was able to get faster each one and stay mentally strong to run my fastest mile on the last one!! SO PUMPED for nike!

AM- Swim team! First threshold workout and we did 3[10x100s threshold] I felt so good! I was hitting about 1:07s so a little slower than last season but not too bad for taking 2 months off! I honestly just felt so good about it and it totally boosted my confidence.

PM- run out in Bloomington. We ran this way faster than normal pace wise and it actually felt really good once we got going. Mentally it was a little hard knowing this was our easy pace for today but I warmed up to it! Shawnee even came to practice so it was such an awesome day! 

AM- Swim team- not too bad but some dang good core after

PM- 4 miles easy with the gals + Laynee and Shawnee! It's always fun when the old seniors come back to run!

AM- DANG GOOD SWIM PRACTICE!! I DESTROYED those 100s and 50s. I am looking forward to the rest of the season! Also- I saw Coach Holt after lol that was so freaking funny

PM- Harambe mile! the girls threw down today and all of us did so well. I am getting really excited for nike! 

Got ready this morning and took my senior pics so that was interesting... but hopefully, they turn out okay. 

Ran 6 miles with Sam, Bailey, and Lauren out on the AZ strip. Love running with these girls. We had some good convos and actually we were going pretty quick considering the workouts this week.

Went to my grandpas bday party after cuz he has reached the ripe old age of 80

Spent the rest of the afternoon doing math 1050 rip my soul

AM- swim team! Not too shabby this morning

PM- miles on the track and I felt awesome, so ready for nike

AM- swim! Danis sets are always weird but I survived

PM- 4 miles easy before the xc banquet, and everything went smoothly!

AM- got to sleep in! No am swim

PM- 400s on the track, felt real good and we leave tomorrow!!

AM- no am swim in prep for nike

PM- 4 miles somewhere in az. Did it halfway through our drive to shake out our legs :)

AM- morning walk from the hotel haha. Got super hot last night and woke up at 5am so that was nice.

PM- ran the nike course, and no one died. I am getting really excited for what we could do tomorrow. I hope that all we have worked for shows tomorrow and we can race lights out. Let's finish on empty girls!

Nike! Woke up this morning feeling awesome! Slept through the whole night and got some good rest!

PM- so the race didn't go how we wanted. I am really bummed but we had to have all ran lights out and we didn't. It sucks but we did what we could. The joy is in the journey and I loved every second of this season. We will become better from this experience.

AM- way good swim this morning! Did a 500 tt with fins and paddles in 5:06

PM- I signed with uvu today! I cannot wait to run there in the fall!

5 miles easy +strides with the girls

AM- nice hour of lightening rounds at swim and and an hour of dryland

PM- workout with the girls. Didn't go exactly as planned bc of swim this morning and some other lady things if you know what I mean. But pushed through and got 6 repeats done.

AM- KILLER threshold set. I absolutely crushed it. I really hope Shawn let's me swim the 200 next weekend because I think I would do pretty decent!

PM- met up with Bailey, Lauren and sav to run zen trail. I forgot how much uphill this run has but the view and time with the girls was totally worth it!

I was super productive the rest of the day and just got a lot of stuff done.

AM- easy 5 w Bailey and Sam at the soccer park. It was so pretty and we just had a good time. I'm excited for thanksgiving today too. As much as I grumble about having everyone at our house, I love seeing everyone :) happy thanksgiving!

I might go for another run after dinner to try and digest my food before tomorrow's workout but we'll see

AM- Workout with Bailey, Sam, and Sav. Did a whole lotta 800s and then Sav fell and twisted her ankle and couldn't run so I let bailey and sam finish the workout without me because I'm not racing next week and they are. Either way, it was still a solid workout.

I had Family pictures today so I ended up going mountain biking instead of running. My legs really needed it. I rode for an hour with Mitch and Korbin and it was SOOO much fun! I went down some big drops and even did some jumps. I'm going to definitely go again!

AM- Awesome swim practice! 

PM- Good workout on the track with the girls! Just finishing out until Thursday and then I'll take my break.

AM- A suuuper hard swim practice this morning. Really pushed myself in the pool and then did an hour of really intense core work. I AM SO SORE!

PM- Easy 4 miles + strides with the girls and lady coach. Talked about dating and how sometimes boys are dumb lol. I am going to miss these girls when I graduate!

AM- Threshold practice at swim. I moved up a lane which was a stretch for me. I was soo tired after but I felt really good about the workout.

PM- 3x400s on the track for the team to get ready for footlocker. I am sad I'm not going with the team but I know they will all do amazing. I get to swim this weekend instead. I'm not sure what exactly I'm swimming this weekend but hopefully, I am in shape enough now to be on top of my times from last season.

Also- This is the start of my two-week break so I guess I won't have any mileage on here for a second! 

AM- super good am swim practice. Had some really good dryland and got home on time

PM- I did my one day of not doing anything in the afternoon and it was the worst I was so bored

AM- Pretty easy morning practice working on relay starts and dives.

PM- SWIM MEET! Swam the 200 free and I ended up doing a ton better than I thought I would. I still have a long way to go but I am confident that I can drop some time this season.

AM- Swam on 2 of the freestyle relays and swam the 100 too. I did pretty well and it was nice to swim fast!

Hung out with Evan afterwards and it was a good time

AM- Swim team. Did about a 4500 and felt pretty good

PM- After work, I went climbing with a ton of people and it was so fun! I haven't been since Sadies so I was definitely a little rusty but I still climbed a 5.10a so I was totally pumped

AM- Swim team with the girls. Did some sprints and kicking and then finished off with some dryland and pull-ups.

PM- Swim team again haha. It was stroke and Kick day so I did a lot of kicking and I finally feel like I'm making progress with that. It was nice to be back at summit again.

Got out of practice and saw that Nathan is missing. He is a great guy- I really hope that they find him.

AM- Morning swim. I felt so gross and definitely a little sick. 

PM- Rootbeer mile at the high school :) I didn't participate but it was fun to see everyone I haven't seen since we've been on break.

They found Nathan. I'm so glad he's okay!

AM- morning swim. Sprints and some good dryland again. I did 4 unassisted pullups which is the most I think I've ever done so hopefully I can get to 10 by the end of the season

PM- evening swim with all the girls. Did some stations and just had some fun with the jv girls we don't get to practice with. I love our team!

Swim Meet. Did some crazy events but excited for the 500 tomorrow.

Swim Meet. Swam the 500 for the first time this season. I went a 5:35 so not too bad for the first time without a coach to pace me. 

AM- long swim this morning. Felt pretty good!

AM- This morning the workout wasn't too bad but the dryland was so rough. My legs are dead

PM- Kick night at pm swim. Did  3 rounds of the set because I'm not going to the San Diego meet this weekend and everyone else did 2. 

AM- My favorite day of the week! Threshold! I had a super good set!

PM- I didn't go to pm swim because I had a work meeting at 7. I was driving home after and got into a decently bad car accident so that stinks. No one was hurt thank goodness; I'm just a little sore. Let's just say it was an emotional night.

AM- swim team. Everyone is in San Diego so there was 6 of us at practice but it was a good one. Dryland was rough yet again.

AM- swim team again lol. Sprint swim practice and my legs are dead. This week has just killed me for some reason.

PM- High school meet. We swam both days schedules in one evening so it went super fast and I swam 4 different times. I am just ready to get in more work and be rested for the next high school meet in January. Also, track starts Monday and I couldn't be more excited!

Woke up sick so I didn't make it out the door for my run this morning

Christmas eve! 6 miles with some pickups in the middle. Ran 5 with Bruce and then took izzy for one more mile. I usually have a hard time running in hatch by myself but today felt so good. I listened to my podcast and ran in the perfect weather with my pup. Did my SAMs after and I can totally tell I'm getting stronger. Pumped for this season to get going!

It snowed so hard all day today so my mom banned me from running :( she said it's not safe to run in a blizzard? So weird.

Holy crap its cold up here. I waited until it was a little warmer to get out and do my run. 28 degrees, wind, snow and 7000 ft elevation made for a fun workout. Pretty sure even my snot was frozen haha. Did 2 mile warmup, fartlek workout and a cooldown. Felt pretty good despite the conditions. I'm just ready to get back to sunny St. George!

5 miles easy around little valley with Bruce. I didn't get home in time to run with the girls which was a bummer but it was beautiful outside so it was so worth it.

Went to swim after and died. The set was super hard but it was what I needed to get back in gear after the holidays. I saw molly after too and I haven't seen her in so long! Love her so much!

4 easy off of Navajo drive with strides. Finally got to run with the girls thank goodness. I really wish we were running more mileage but I guess that's what college is for right

Amazing 6 miles on prospector this morning. This is probably my favorite place to run here In St George. I felt so good and was pushing the pace the whole run. I am so so ready for workouts to start back up. Got a family party later and then a gift exchange with lil!

I spent today swimming, running, and being with family and friends. It was the best way to end 2018!

AM- swim for Susa. Did a solid 7k with 2200 at threshold pace. I felt so good! I'm really excited for our invitational this weekend!I swam in the top lane with Payton and Caitlyn and it was awesome. I am proud of how I performed this workout.

Track- we had a fartlek workout this morning and we went up into Warner valley. There was actual snow on the ground! The workout was awesome. I felt amazing and had a good mental mindset when I started hurting. It was such an awesome day for me overall.

Finished the day hanging out with the xc kids doing polar plunges into parkers pool lol. I seriously have the best friends!

So stoked for 2019 and everything it will bring!