Breanna's Running Blog

Today we certified the half-marathon for the winter racing circuit. We didn't get home till after 9:00, so I wasn't able to run. For those running the race, it's a pretty good course. Not any hills like the previous races.

Today was a really good workout. We ran from the school on sunnyside up past the zoo, then we turned right and ran out on wasatch through the golf course. After the golf course we turned right at the first street, and ran down to 1900 e. Then we ran on 1900 e. over to 800 s. and back down to the track. It is 5 miles and it took 39:41. I pushed hard to try and stay with Clayton and Zach. By the time I got back to the track my legs were really tired. Then we did 2x300 in 54 and then 57. My legs were tired and I couldn't run as fast as I wanted to in the second one, but I just wanted to keep them under 60 and focus on switching to a sprint with 100 meters to go, so it was okay. Then we did 10x100. I did them in 15, 14, 15, 15, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, and 14. Then we went and jogged two laps slow around the track and 2x25 crunches. I was happy with my workout.

Today we had a really good workout. We have a meet tomorrow, but we are just training through it because it isn't a big one, so we did a speed workout. We did one mile slow and then one mile of speed changes with one lap recovery. Then we did an 800 (3:02). I should have run faster, but I was feeling really sick in the second lap. Then we did 4x400 (1:19, 1:18, 1:17, 1:15) these went really well. On each one I was practicing kicking. Then we were supposed to do 6x200, but when we were lined up to start the 5th one my dad changed it to a 400. I ran the 200's in: 35, 35, 35, and 34. Then in the 400 I ran a 1:17. Then we jogged 4 laps slow. It was a good workout, I hope I'll be able to race well tomorrow.

This morning I went for a slow jog to help loosen up my legs for the meet this afternoon. I ran three miles on the treadmill in 25:48, so about 8:36 pace. It felt good, I had a few sore spots, but I don't think they will affect me too much for my races.

Today I warmed up one mile slow and then I did a mile of speed changes and some strides. The meet was slow, so I probably warmed up a little to soon. In the mile, I took third. I drafted off of Emma from west for the first three laps and then on the third lap she broke me off and then I got out kicked with about 150 meters to go by Ali. I still need to work on my kick, but it was better than it has been. I ran a 1:25, 1:28, 1:31, 1:30. It was a good race, and I finally was able to break six. I cooled down about a half mile. Then  I warmed up about a mile and I did some strides. Then I ran in the 3200. I kind of took it easy because there weren't too many people in the race. My total time was a 13:13. My splits were 1:30, 1:40, 1:40, 1:41, 1:41, 1:41, 1:43, and 1:33. I stayed pretty consistent, and it felt good. Then I was on a 4x400, but it was just for fun, and I don't know what my time was but I didn't push very hard.

Today we had a morning practice, we ran to sugarhouse park and back at an easy pace. It took me 36:17. Then we did 10x100 strides at about 16 or 17. My toe has been hurting but I think it was from my spikes. This afternoon we didn't have a workout because we just did relays and played games.

This morning we went on a run from the track, up to foothill, then across on foothill towards legacy bridge. Then we ran across on wasatch dr. to N. Campus Dr. then we cut through campus and back to the track. It took me 39:14. It was a good run but I was feeling sick towards the end. When we got back to the track I did 10x100 untimed. My toe was hurting on these, but didn't hurt to much on the run.

I just did the race as a long run. At about mile 4 I started feeling sick and stopped a couple of times. After about 5 and a half I started feeling better and tried to pick up the pace. I ran the rest of the race at about 7:30 pace. At mile 7 and a half I saw Rebecca Walter and convinced her to come run with me. We ran the rest of the way together. It was a fun run. Afterwards my toe hurt really bad.

The run today was miserable. I shouldn't have taken two days off, my legs were achy and I just couldn't open up. I ran really slow my time was 57:43 for five and a half miles. Plus, I had to stop several times along the way. I'm doing a workout tonight and I hope my legs will feel better for that.

Tonights workout was much better. I did a two mile warm-up, then a mile slow on the track. Then I did one lap of speed changes, and then 5x200 at an easy pace (36, 42, 40, 39, 39). Then I cooled down about 2 and a half miles. It was a good run my legs felt much better. 

A.M.-Today was a good workout. We ran on the track. We did one mile slow, then a mile of speed changes, then one lap slow. Then we did 8x300 (55, 70, 57, 57, 57, 56, 58, 57). It was a good workout. Then I jogged 5 laps slow. My foot was really hurting afterward.

Tonight I just went for a 6 mile jog around the neighborhood by highland high. It was a good run, but I started feeling sick midway through. I just ran at a nice and easy pace.

AM- This morning I just ran an easy three laps around sugar house park. I just relaxed on the first two laps and on the third I did 8x1 minutes. My total time was 48:53. It was a good run, my toe isn't really bothering me, except for when I am walking around barefoot.

PM- Tonight, I went for an easy run with Demetrio at the Jordan River. I ran 6 and a half miles it took me 57:23. I ate way too much before my run and was stuffed the whole time.

AM- We had a good workout this morning, we did one mile warm-up and then one mile of speed changes, and then one lap slow. Then we did 12x200's, jogging a 200 in between, no stopping or walking. My times were: 37, 37, 38, 39, 39, 38, 38, 38, 38, 38, 37, 35. Then we did 7 laps cooldown.

Ran an easy 4 miles at Liberty Park. I ran slow because my legs were stiff (38:50). My toe was hurting really bad today, but I don't notice it when I am running unless I think about it.

Today we did speed at the track. We did one mile slow, then a mile of speed changes and one lap slow. Then we did a ladder with 200, 200, 400, 800, 1000, 800, 400, 200, 200. Jogging equal distance in between. These were my times:

200:36

200:37

400:1:19

800:3:13

1000:4:14

800:3:14

400:1:26

200:35

200:35

For our cooldown I ran 4 laps slow. My foot hurt really bad today after the workout, I could barely walk. I felt like it was a good workout, but it is frustrating that my times drop so drastically in anything longer than a 400, and it seems to be like that in both speed workouts and races. My repeats that are at 400 or less I am generally able to do at 5:20 pace, but I'm barely breaking 6 in the mile. I don't know if I need to change my workouts or just keep doing what I'm doing. Any Ideas?

AM- This morning we did an easy run to sugar house park and then back to the school (4 miles). When we got to the school we did 10x100 meter strides. My toe was hurting, so  I just took it nice and easy my time was 37:05

PM- This afternoon we ran our usual 5 mile loop from the track up past the zoo then across on wasatch past the zoo then we took a right on 1300 s. and ran down to 1900 e. then across on 19th to 800 s. and back down to the track. It was really hot and I was really dehydrated, it took me 42:25. Once we got back to the track we did a 300. I did it in 54 and then we did 10x100 meter strides. It was a good workout, but my toe hurts really bad in the strides. I think my toe was hurting worse today beacause in PE we did a 2 mile walk and I did it in flip-flops.

I had kind of an odd workout today. I ran the first part at the oval. I ran 2 laps warm-up and then 3 laps of speed changes and then one lap slow. Then I did 1x600, I did it in 2:09. Then I went home and ran to the gym (2 miles) and at the gym I did 3x1 mile repeats. I did them at somewhere in between tempo pace and speed pace. My times were 6:50, then 6:40, then 6:23. I rested 5 minutes in between each one. Then I ran back to my house. My overall time for the second workout was 1 hour. It felt good, but on the way back my legs were tired.

AM- This morning I was went for a nice easy run. I ran 2 laps around sugar house park(4 miles). It took me 35:49. My toe was hurting today, and my legs were a little bit tired, but other than that it was a good run.

PM- This afternnoon I did a really light workout, just to loosen up my legs. I ran 2 laps slow. Then I did 10x100 meter strides, and then two laps slow. It was a good easy workout.

Today we had a track meet, it went okay. I warmed up about a mile and a half, and then I ran the 1600. My splits were 1:22, 1:36, 1:36, 1:33-for a time of 6:08, then I warmed up about half a mile and ran the 3200. I ran a 13:03 and my splits were pretty even throughout the whole race. It was an okay meet, but I didn't run as fast as I wanted to in either event.

Today I ran the 5k, it was a good race. The weather was perfect. I wanted to win my age group, which I did so that was good. I also wanted to just see how fast I could run to kind of compare my level of fitness with years past. My splits were a 6:38, 6:22, 7:19 and a 1:05. I was glad that my second mile was my fastest because it is the hardest mile, but I let my third mile slip a little bit too much. It didn't feel like I slowed down, in fact It felt like I had sped up, but obviously not. Overall it was a pretty good race, I gave a good effort and I think my legs were a little bit tired from the races yesterday. After the race I went back to my dad who was doing the marathon. I ran a few stretches with him on 500 east. and then a little bit on Rio Grande. Today was good because it helped to give me an idea of where I am, and what I need to do to improve.

Today I went for an easy run to keep my legs loose. I decided to wear the garmin just for fun to see what my heart rate was. I ran 4 miles, starting from my house. I ran up to wasatch and then out on wasatch a little bit and then back home. My average heart rate was 174 and my max heart rate was 186. This run has alot of hills so I averaged 9:28 per mile, with a total time of 37:52. It was really windy, but other than that the weather was good.

After my run, we went up to Ogden to certify the 30k. We had some problems and by the time we were half-way through it was dark, cold, and rainy, and we didn't know where to go so we went home and are going to try it tomorrow. I ended up biking like 25 miles, and I didn't get home till 12:30.

Today we did a speed workout on the track.We warmed up 4 laps slow and then 4 laps of speed changes and one lap slow. Then we did 2x1000, 2x800, 2x600. My recovery was an 800 jog in between on each repeat, but only one lap on the 600's.These were my times:

1000- 3:49

1000- 4:01

800- 3:15

800- 3:17

600- 2:26

600- 2:36

The workout felt good, but my legs got really tired towards the end, so I just tried to keep pushing through it. The wind was blowing really hard and was in our face more of the time then at our backs for the second 1000, and the second 600. Then for our cooldown we did 4 laps slow.

After the workout we had to go certify the 30k so I ended up biking like 20 miles and I didn't get home till 12:30.

AM- This morning we went on a run from the track up through the u's campus and then up to eleventh avenue, across to the cemetary, and then back to the track. It was 5.25 miles. When we got back to the track we did 10x100 meter strides. My legs were really tired, and I only got about 4 1/2 hours of sleep. My time was 49:34.

PM- We jogged one lap around the track, and then this afternoon we ran up to the dog park. Did 10 strides and then ran back to the track. It was 4.5 miles. It was a good run, but my legs were still really tired. My time was 38:39. It was really hot, but other than that  a good run.

AM- We just went for an easy run this morning to loosen up our legs for the meet this afternoon. We ran from the track to einsteins, had bagels, and then ran back to the track. It was 2.25 miles and took me 22:51.

PM- We had a track meet today, and it was very frustrating. We did all three distance events because the meet was supposed to be more of a workout. The mile was first and I did about a mile of jogging with some strides in it. Then for the mile I was really focused to run hard but it didn't happen. My splits were:

1:21-This was good, but I had planned to go out with the leaders and they were already 10 meters or more ahead of me, but I still should have been able to get a good time with this first split

1:35- I slowed down way to much on this lap, a few more people passed me

1:38- I didn't slow much down from my second lap, but I should have picked it up to make up for lost time

1:39- Obviously, I didn't really kick, because my last lap was my slowest, I need to work on a kick because so far mine is non-existent

My final time was 6:15. Then we had just a little bit of time before the 800 so, I did a little bit of jogging and then we had the race. This wasn't very good either because my 800 in the mile was faster than my actual 800. My splits were:

1:28- I went out way too slow!

1:33- Again, I didn't have a kick

Finally we had the 3200. I didn't do much warming up for this, just a little bit of jogging. At the starting line everyone on the team was planning on just running together and talking, but as soon as the gun went off the plan went out the door ( we're all too competitive). The 3200 wasn't so bad, but I should have run faster. Here are my splits:

1:36

1:39

1:42

1:44

1:41

1:44

1:43

1:34

In this race I did okay, after the second lap I tried to do pick-up's on all the straight aways, and in the last lap I picked it up which was good, but I still need to work on a kick.

All in all the meet was frustrating. I think some factors could have been all the miles I put on the bike, also I have either really bad allergies or a cold, but I still should be running faster.

AM- This morning we went for an easy 5.25 miles. We ran the same route that we ran on Monday. We are trying to cut back a bit, so we can race well in Tooele. It took me 54:05. When we got back to the track we did 10x100 meter strides, just thinking about form. It felt good today, the weather was perfect.

Today was a nice easy run. We jogged one mile on the track, then we did this thing to see how long we could run at a full out sprint without slowing down twice. The first time I only made it about 70 meters and the second time I made it about 90 meters. We did this to help us know when we should start our full out kick in races. Then we did 9x100 meter strides focusing on form, and a mile of easy jogging.

I was disappointed with my meet today. I ran the 3200 and the 1600. The 3200 I was really ready for mentally. I had been planning on running the 1600 beforehand and then just doing what I could in the 3200, but they were in the opposite order. My 3200 was more or less a tempo run. I ran a 14:09. Really slow. In the mile I was planning on going out a little bit slower so I wouldn't die so much. I was supposed to go out at 85 but it turned out to be a 88. Then the next to laps I did okay. I ran 1:33 in both of them and on the last lap I didn't kick so I ended up with a 1:36. I ran a 6:10 so I won't be doing the mile at BYU but at least now I can focus on just the 3200, and try to do well at that. I have been sick for a few days so that probably played a factor. Now I just need to get fresh legs, healthy, and focused for BYU.

Today I warmed up 4 laps slow, 3 laps speed changes, and one lap slow. Then we did 6x400. We were supposed to do them really fast so we had lots of recovery. These were my splits.

1- 1:17

2- 1:16

3- 1:20

4- 1:27

5- 1:24

6- 1:27

The first two were really good, but after that my legs would get tired during the repeat and I slowed down alot. I didn't feel very good today. I felt really slugish, and then during the repeats I felt dizzy.