(Dreaming of) Running in the Tetons

Today was my first day back to cross country. We met at Sugarhouse Park and ran the 2 mile loop for a warm up. Then we did a circuit, followed by 5 1000's. Bill had me aiming for 4:15-4:25, I did pretty well keeping in that range:
1- 4:23
2- 4:20
3- 4:25
4- 4:27
5- 4:21
I didn't expect cross country to be easy, especially coming back after a summer without speed workouts so I felt pretty good about today. We cooled down with another 2 mile lap around the park. When we were almost done with that, I heard my ankle pop and it gave a bit of a surge of pain. It's still swollen, it's now been swollen since June so 2 months. It hasn't hurt recently so I thought it was getting better, I hope it is and this was just a random thing...

We ran on the Shoreline Trail today, across from the Zoo. I was feeling really tight and sore for about the first mile then I loosened up and felt like I had a really good run. I ran with Bre and Susannah, the whole run took me about 55 minutes. I still have this stupid cold, I think it's getting a little better. My ankle is defintely still swollen. It almost looks like it's a bit more swollen. Maybe the pop I heard yesterday wasn't a a good thing...

Today we hiked up to Desolation Lake. It was 6 miles to the lake then we hiked a different way down so we didn't have to hike back uphill. I rolled my ankle (The ankle, the one that's swollen and sore) and now it's even more swollen and sore. I have my half marathon on Saturday so I hope that my ankle feels better by then. I've been icing it today so cross your fingers! It was a fun hike, aside from the ankle injury.

Today was my half marathon! It was perfect running weather, a bit cold at the beginning though. My ankle didn't bother me much at all, I noticed it a little but once I got into my run I forgot about it. My left sock slipped down and was rubbing pretty bad, which hurt, so I had to stop and fix that. My foot was bleeding so that wasn't too good... I felt pretty strong throughout the whole race, especially at the turnaround. Adrenaline definitely kicked in there!. The last few miles were probably the hardest but that always seems to be the case with longer distances. I won my age group - Womens 15-18! So that was very exciting! I'm pretty sore now, but I'm just way excited that I finished my first half marathon.