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This morning we did a 5k called the Linda Butters Memorial.I Warmed up around 1.5 miles with Sarah. I liked the course okay, but I wasn't that happy with my time. Afterwords I cooled down 2 miles with everyone, and got awards. Chrissy and Sarah got some pretty sweet trophies for winning.

So ever since the race on Saturday, my left foot hurts when I bend my toes. I didnt run at all yesterday and i think I'll give it today off too to see if it feels any better by tomorrow.

Well I tried to run today... But felt god awful so I went home. My foot still hurts and my legs felt dead and my chest felt tight. On the bright side, our visiting runner from Nebraska seems very nice!

AM- 3 miles, slow and awful. I am glad that I gave my foot time to heal though, because it didn't bother me much at all during the run. I just find it frustrating that whenever I try to work hard everyday at the workouts and actually see improvement, something starts hurting and then I'm back where I started.

First day of summer practice. We did a mile warmup around the pond, then the state course. I think the hills on the course aggravated my foot a little bit, but other than that it was okay. I might do two or so miles later today, but for now, i have to go take my drivers permit test!

PM- 2 miles. Incredibly cool and pleasant. I passed my permit test, hooray!

Pipeline today. I ran with a big group, and the miles just flew by!

P.M.- 2 miles. I love to run at night.

Four miles at sunnyside and the glen.

P.M.- 6 miles. I was originally only going to do 2.5, but Sarah needed a bit more milage so we ran along foothill to thunderbird and back along Wasatch. It was fun.

We ran at the JCC. I ran up to the rock pile, and decided to head back down because I kept stepping on painful rocks that hurt my foot. I added a mile in the parking lot, and later another 1/2 with Sarah.

Liberty today, we did one lap warmup, then the group I was in did one lap fireman, then another lap cooldown. Afterwords we ate breakfast at the park cafe.

My brother and I did a 5k in south jordan today. We got there a little late, so I only warmed up a half mile. I felt like I was giving it a pretty good effort, passing people on the down hill and such, but my time was crap so apparently I wasn't going that fast. Also, my brother and the guy in the lead took a wrong turn because the race people hadn't even set the course markers yet so that cost them the race. I cooled down to four, then we drove over to wasatch to watch the team finish their 5k, and I did their cooldown with them. I need 3.5 miles to get to my mileage, so i guess I'll go after dinner.

PM.- 3 with Sarah! Its always a fun time when you can't see the sidewalk in front of you because of blinding headlights. I still needed a half mile so I did a lap and a half around my block.

Today the team met at the peace garden. Everybody ran out twenty minutes and back. I liked this run because we had a small group of people, and it was nice and relaxed. Then we did step ups and leglifts and ten strides, where we had a very (cough) interesting cheer squad. Then we cooled down for ten minutes, and Eden, Stormy and I rounded our miles to six.

We ran at shorline today. I went a little past the yellow gate and back.

At liberty park we did one lap warmup, then twenty minutes of fartlek around the pond, and a lap cooldown. I had to add a little at the end to make it an even six.

Quick two miles to test my new shoes. I didn't like them. I didn't realize they were stability shoes, but when I ran in them I could feel the two different densities of foam and it was uncomfortable, so we're returning them on Monday. I'll probably find a more neutral kind this time.

Rest. I think my foot got worse today, its looking kind of puffy and red. I don't know what could've caused this, my new shoes couldn't have messed it up this much!

Cemetery run today. I did one lap in the cemetery to get to seven miles. I'm going to go to fifty miles this week, I think.

A lovely day at pipeline. Stormy and I picked it up a little on the way back, and the group went up the road a little to get to (around) eight.

Didn't go to practice today because of my foot. I'm sad because it sounded like a nice workout. I really hope it gets better quickly, so I won't fall behind the rest of the team. I've been icing it a lot recently to help with the swelling.