Breanna's Running Blog

I decided to start blogging again. Today I ran from my house to the christmas tree lot, with my brother, braden, and my dad. It was 7 miles. I ran it at 8:10 pace. It felt good. We picked out a christmas tree and then my mom picked us up and took us back home.

Went to the gym this morning and lifted weights for an hour. Then at night I wen to the oval. I did 5 laps warm-up. Then I did 2 laps of speed changes. Then I did 4x800. These were my times:

1- 2:50

2- 2:50

3- 2:50

4- 2:58

Then I did 2 laps cooldown. I was really suprised with this workout. I didn't think I was going to be able to do it, but I guess I'm not in as bad of shape as I thought I was.

Lifted weights for an hour in the morning. Then at night I went for an easy run with my dad and my brother. We started at Highland high school and ran through the neighborhoods in the area. It was 6 miles. We didn't time it, but it felt like we were going a pretty good pace.

Lifted weights for an hour in the morning, ran at the oval late at night. I ran 6 miles. I didn't feel good. I took a nap in the afternoon and woke up with a sore throat and head ache, by the time I started my run my stomach was also bothering me. But I was able to maintain a good pace.

I felt sick all day today, and had to leave school early. I planned on doing fartlek today, and was still planning on doing it, but all I could manage was the warm-up which was 1 lap around liberty park.

Had a good run today. My legs felt a little bit stiff from taking nearly three days off. I ran with my dad and braden. We did 1 lap around the inside of sugarhouse park then we went for a loop that goes out to the cemetary on 3300 s. and Highland. It ended up being 8 miles. It was tiring, but I'm glad I did it.

Went to the gym in the morning:

4x15 crunches (regular, left side, and right side)

4x10 reverse crunches

10 back arches with 10 lbs.

200 arm swings with 2 1/2 lb. weights in each hand

3x10 bicep curls with 10 lbs.

2x10 squats with bar

2x10 bench press with 10 lbs. (1 arm at a time)

Went to the oval tonight for speed workout with Wasatch Athletics. We warmed up 4 laps slow, then 3 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow. Then I did a mile in 5:59. My splits were:

1- 1:27

2- 1:35 (We're not sure where the first 400 is so I'm guessing the first split was slower and the second split was faster)

3-1:30

4-1:27

It felt pretty good, but I had to pick up the pace at the end to make up time. Then we did 2 laps recovery.

Then we did 8x400, my splits were:

1- 1:17

2- 1:20

3- 1:19

4- 1:19

5- 1:20

6- 1:20

7- 1:19

8- 1:16

The 400's felt really good. They didn't feel too hard, but I don't know how much faster I could have went and still been able to do all of them. In between the 400's we jogged 1 lap slow. After the 400's I did a 3 lap cooldown.

Felt very tired today. When I got home from school I went straight to bed and didn't wake up till the next morning.

Went to the doctor today and found out I have strep throat, so no running today either.

Decided to try going for a run today. I ran from my house, up whitewater to Wasatch Blvd. Then I ran on Wasatch to 4500 s. I ran on 4500 s. to Highland Dr., and then Highland to 3900 s. I ended at Nielsen's Frozen Custard where my parents picked me up and we all had some concrete. The run felt really good, it was fun running after the storm. When I got back in the car the thermometer said it was 20 degrees outside, it's a good thing I didn't know that before I started or else the run probably wouldn't have happened. I tried a new pair of shoes today. They felt really good (it's the same kind as I had before), but I don't think they need much breaking in. (Hayward R/W 5.5)

Today I went to the oval to do the workout I was supposed to do on Friday. I was supposed to do 15-20 200's, but by the time I got done with 8 I just wasn't feeling well enough to continue. I think the strep throat has been making me tired or something. Anyways, the 200's were all between 37 and 40. I jogged a 200 in between, and I did a mile of warm-up then a mile of speed changes. So it ended up being 4 miles. (Hayward R/W 9)

Didn't run the past two days so I could get better and celebrate the holidays. Before I put in my workout today I have a question:

If you were running and a person coming toward you that you had never met before (male or female) turned around and started running with you, what would you do? Is this something you would do or have done yourself? Is it appropriate? (This has never happened to me and I have never done it, but I know people who do it on a regular basis, and I just wondered what some of you thought about it.)

Now my workout, I did the workout with wasatch athletics today. We ran at the Oval. I did 4 laps slow, then 3 laps of speed changes and 1 lap slow for my warm-up. The workout was 5-6 mile repeats, but we decided 4 was plenty. In between we jogged 2 laps. These were my splits for the miles.

1- 6:29

2- 6:24

3- 6:29

4- 6:28

They felt pretty good, I was sort of stiff though, I think from the days off.  (Hayward R/W 11)

Today I ran from my house to the gym, and then at the gym I did 3 miles on the treadmill. I'm not sure of my time running to the gym, but at the gym I averaged 7:50's. It felt pretty good. (Hayward R/W 16)