Ashleigh's

Ran 3 laps around Liberty. Beginning with the first mile, my left ankle on the right side started hurting and didn't stop throughout the whole 6 miles. I'm very, very disappointed. I guess I will just ice it a lot today.

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 girl pushups.

Minuteman 5k        I iced my ankle last night and on the way driving to the race. Luckily, my ankle didn't bother me during the warm up or race but a tiny bit on the cool down. My time when I looked at the race clock was 25:33. I was disappointed in my time. A few weeks ago, I ran a 5k a minute and a half faster. It was at sea level so maybe that's why there is such a big difference. During the first two miles of the race, I felt really good and was meeting my time goals for the miles. The last mile, however, I felt really hot and my body started shivering.

We ran the cemetary route. I was planning on running the whole 7 miles, however, my ankle started hurting a mile in. I decided to run the shorter 5 mile route and my ankle was hurting the whole time. I'm disappointed but hopefully new shoes with more support will help.  I will look into that tonight after work.

6 sets of crunches, 6 sets of 10 girl pushups.

Tuesday night workout. I got new shoes the day before. I like them and now they'll help my pronation (is that what it is?). 2 mile warm up, speed changes, four 800s, 2 mile cool down. My ankle felt alright. On the slanted hills at Sugarhouse I could feel it a little.

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 girl pushups and 6 minutes to a six pack workout.

Cottonwood complex. 2 mile warm up, and a lot of dreaded hills. My ankle began bothering me on the hills and then really badly once we got into the middle of them. I finished all of the hills and shortened the cool down where it was still hurting. Today I begin taking a lot of ibuprofen. Grrr. I wish I could just be healthy!!

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 girl pushups.

I didn't attend morning practice. My grandmother didn't think it would be a good idea if I was running tonight because of my ankle. I agreed.

I took two 800s of ibuprofen yesterday and two today as well. For tonight's team 4k, my ankle felt pretty normal. My other one, the right one, felt a little strange however. I leave for Idaho tomorrow and will not run this weekend. Hopefully by giving it a few days of rest and only alittle activity, it can recover. The race went alright, I just felt really tired. This season is going to be very good for both teams and I'm excited! We did our team cheer tonight and it got me pumped for this fall. Go East XC!

Rested for the next three days due to my left ankle.

2 mi warm up, felt good. 4 miles of farlick (is that it?). It was sort of tough but ankle didn't hurt. 2 mi cool down.

3 sets of crunches, 3 sets of girl pushups.

I'm glad the 3 days of rest and recovery helped my ankle. I'll ice today and keep taking it easy. Hopefully the work out today won't injure it!

Missed the morning practice because I was touring Westminster.  It's a nice college.  When the admissions counselor asked if I did any sport I told her cross country. She said I should contact the coach if I was thinking about running in college.  I've never thought about that before. I don't believe I'm fast enough to run for a college team though. I don't know how I would hold up either.

Evening run at Sugarhouse. It was a speed work out and I was thoroughly exhausted by the end. Plus it was hot. I'm so glad my ankle hasn't been bothering me though! It's such a relief.

Missed the morning practice because I slept in. Blah.

I ran to Sugarhouse, did an outside loop and then ran home. It was hot yet again. My shins ached a little. Shin splints?

Team run/bike at Jeremy Ranch. It was an extremely gorgeous morning. My shins hurt a bit on the running. I'll have to remember what to do with them. I think it's 2 minutes in cold water, 1 minute in warm water..Something like that. The biking was tough on hills. I'd much rather run up ten hills than bike up one. Plus my butt hurts from the bike seat. It turns out I was an hour and ten minutes late for work! I thought I needed to be there by 10 but I guess it was by 9. I just checked the emailed schedule, however, and it does say 10. I'll have to point this out to them.

5 miles running, 5 miles biking.

Liberty Park run. Nice even 8 miles on the chips so I wasn't hurting at all today. What a relief!

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 push ups. 10 minute ab circuit (mine plus Bre's).

This morning was the Children's Justice Center 5k in West Jordan. It was nice and cool this morning and the course was pretty flat the whole way. It wasn't windy down there and was pleasant. I got a PR!! The course may have been a little short of a 5k but it still would've been a PR anyways - 21:50.  I won first woman overall and then of course, first in my age division.

Sugarhouse Park. During the 2 mile warm up I could feel my shins. After the warm up, we did 1 circuit with each part being only 20 seconds. The team then ran five 1000s. My first 1000 was 4:47 and got faster each time with the last being 4:30. I rolled my right ankle on the fourth 1000 but it didn't really affect me. My shins weren't so bad by the end of the workout. 2 mile cool down. Overall the workout went well and I felt good besides a little pain in the shins during the beginning.

Team mates from last season have come back and it's good to have them running with us again :)

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 push ups.

Didn't run with the team this morning. I ran in the evening to Sugarhouse and back. My shins hurt at the beginning but felt better towards the end.

3 sets of 25 crunches, 3 sets of 10 push ups

I ran up around the zoo and back. My shins hurt starting out but didn't really bother me the rest of the time. Iced afterwards.

Ran to Sugarhouse, did a loop, ran back.

Core workout.

My shins felt the best they have all week. Probably because my mileage is very low and I didn't run yesterday.;

My legs felt good but hot. Speed workout after 5 mile run was tough.

My shins hurt a little bit during the race as well as the inside of my right knee. Girls did amazing!! We won and so did our boys.

Sunnyside park tempo runs. Felt pretty good throughout the whole thing. Shins hurt a tiny bit.

2 mi warm up through the gulley. 1 mile speed changes, One 800, one recovery, eight 400s, with recoveries, mile cool down. phew. Right shins hurt a little bit, could've been worse though. Thoroughly exhausting workout. My fastest 400 was 1:20 with the slowest 1:40ish.