Hadouken!

Well, I think it was 5 miles...

We ran from Sugarhouse Park today.  We got grouped up into groups of 3-5 newcomers to 1 veteran runner.  I was grouped up with RJ, which was nice.  Unfourtunately, we were nearly the last people back.  I ran out of energy and had to walk a bit because I hadn't eaten anything in the past 12 hours.

But I think it was good for my 6th-ish run!  Thanks, RJ, for sticking with me!

And, wow, my left leg is pretty sore from that run!

We did our workout at Sunnyside Park.

I had no idea where I was going on the first run...

I had to follow behind Tess in order to not get lost, the rest of the pack was too fast.

After that run, we did stride relays, 8 strides per person.

Then, we did some arm exercize, and ran a small lap.

For a cooldown, we ran the same small lap twice.

And today I actually ate food before the workout!  So I wasn't dying of hunger!

First, let me just say...

I HATE hills.

We ran 3 miles through a mountain trail that I didn't know.

Dylan was kind enough to stick with me until we reached the turnaround point.  I tried to run most of it, but I'm still so new, and those hills really wore me down.

After everyone got back, we did 3 sets of 1 minute step ups.

3 laps and about a third of one at Liberty Park

The first lap was just a warmup, the second was a fireman lap, the third and 1/3 was a cooldown.

The first lap was fine, along with the cooldown.  But the fireman only worked until about the halfway point.  After that, 3 of the 6 in my group couldn't keep up.  Then, Delaney ran a bit too fast for me and the other girl who were keeping up.  So it kind of turned into a normal lap about 3/4 of the way in.

I think I ate a bit too much before the run (Why can't I get the food right?), I was feeling nauseous at the end of the fireman and all through the cooldown.

But overall, it was a good run.

Although, I'm confused...  Are cooldowns really supposed to be longer than any other run that was done during the exercise?

Youth conference prevented me from running today.  We did a service project and then went to Cowabunga Bay.  Long story short, I look like a lobster (darn it, sun/sunscreen!).  Sleeping tonight is going to suck...

The sunburn I have is extremely painful right now, so I couldn't run with the team...

I tried to walk multiple laps around Sugarhouse Park while they were doing the workout, but I had to stay with my family, and they only did 1 lap...  I hope I can run tomorrow, or at least the day after...

Next time, I'm avoiding water parks....

Finally back from my sunburn...

Well, the first lap around sugarhouse park was okay, until my knees both started stiffening.

Then, we did a lot of stretches, my knees were still stiff, and it didn't help.

Then, we did a circuit workout thing, and the first part killed me, I had to slow on the jumping jacks because of the first one, but the squats and mountain bike excercizes weren't hard at all, minus slipping repeatedly.  My knees actually didn't bug me throughout this part.

I was exhausted by cooldown time, so I wasn't able to run as much of it as I would have liked.  My knees had restiffened, and I was starting to get a headache...

However, I feel fine now.

10 minute warmup run, then 3 minute runs (are those the ones called fartleks?) with 2 minute breaks inbetween.

Nothing really was bad today, except that my left side just at the hip started hurting in the warmup.  It stopped at the turnaround point.

Afterwards I did my core, and when the advanced came back, we all did 3 sets of stepups and arm swings.

Well, the scavenger hunt run was quite fun.

I was stuck into the girls group (grr...) so I was faster than most of them.  However, at least 4 of them could probably beat me easily.

I had no idea where I was going during any of this. 

I really like that pipeline trail.  Even though it was practically all hills, I really enjoyed this run.  I ran the first bit with Delaney, but she started going fast and I lost her.  I ran for a little while longer until I ran back into her, Sam, Gavin, and Tess going back.  So I turned around with them, but I still eventually lost all of them.  I ran most of the way back, and then started almost falling asleep running.  I wasn't tired, I was just very unfocused.

 All in all, this was an excellent run.

And I've also discovered my main problem with running currently.  Poor circulation runs in my family, so my heart beats really fast really early in the runs.  That makes it hard to slow down and recover without walking.