Lacey loves to RUN!

That one mile was pretty stinky time, but it was kinda good cause now I have even more time to knock off at region!  Me and Sierra talked a bunch during the 3 miles after, but we kept a pretty steady pace.

kept a solid pace, nice run, and it wasn't windy for the first time in days!

I found out that it is 3.3 miles to the school from my house, so I ran there and back.  I met up with Sierra at the school and I was supper glad to have her; I realized that I am not very good conciously remembering to go faster.  I know that I can go faster, but I usually get sidetracted.  In the afternoon I walked 3 miles with my sister-in-law. 

Warm up with team .5, then warmed up with D.I. loop: 2 miles, and then 4 400's. 1.5 mile cool down with Sierra. 

Ran with Kenze and Sierra.  I love AC!!!  So we did ac and then ran two 1/2 mile laps at the school.  I am so excited for region!!!!!

Region was so exciting!  I ran the warm up lap with everyone else.  Then I waited until I got home to run though, and it was so windy and dusty, and it was pretty late.  So I took my sister with me and just walked/jogged slightly 3.  It was nice until the end, when we kinda got in an argument . :(

Ran warm up: 1/2 mile, raced the one mile and 800, and I decided that the 800 is my favorite race ever!!!  Region was really fun, even though we didn't win. It was so close the whole time that just made it even more intense, but it also made it harder to accept when we lost.  Hopefully that'll help get us more motivated and make us want it even more next year! 

Worked out with Sierra and Austin in the weight room for about an hour, then we ran a 1/2 mile.  Then I ran home which is 3.3 miles.  So it was a good workout. 

Ran warm ups with the team. then ran to over to the mall and back.  well actually we kinda walked through the neighborhood and then we ran the rest of the way.  Sierra and I ran pretty fast on the way back too, it was way fun!  Later today I walked with my mom and sister for FHE 3.5 miles.  I really don't enjoy walking fast, it just makes me want to run. 

ran with sierra... and she scared me to death when she fell!  then she couldn't stop laughing afterwards.  about running......  good run!  I just love ac. 

Ran 3.5 miles this morning then walked two this evening.  I have been so busy lately with moving that it felt so nice to get out of the house and away from a stressed family :)

We really moved!  I never thougth we'd get done packing. :)  I walked to the temple with my friends Meagan and Elizabeth.  It's a very fun walk because the houses by the temple are so weird. 

I walked with my mom and sister. my mom walks soooooo fast!!! I actually prefer walking to running every once in a while. 

ran ac with Sierra.  I haven't ran in so long, it's pretty bad.  I love Sierra!  She's so much fun to run with, cause she helps me pace myself.  :)

Hey my friend was as asking me if I knew any scriptures on running.  At one of the xc girls parties there were a couple of girls that said they had a neat book mark with a bunch.  If you do... could you please tell me them.  Thanks!

I'm back!!!! I have honestly been out of town (considering I don't really have a town) for the last month and a half... but I am back to running until next week when I leave again.

today I covered 4 miles... but I probably walked almost half :( It was so hot though... I am in vegas and I was running at 4pm so I'll have to work on my scheduling because that did not work out very well. I really need motivation so if you could just try to encourage me that'd be great! :)

I guess I didn't learn my lesson of not running in the middle of the day.... I ran at 4pm. But it wasn't that bad. It was a little difficult running with my little sister because she hates running, so wednesday we decided she would do the treadmill. I really like my route though. I go up charleston down hollywood then down sahara and across treeline. It a complete circle. It goes right past the park too so I can always stop by and do extra there. Thanks for your motivation!!!!

I keep on forgetting to blog my runs :) I just did the 3 mile loop around the high school with my friend Haley. We actually ended up stopping for a bit cause we saw that my other friends gate was open and they weren't home, so we stopped to investigate.... but it was all okay. :) I didn't run on Thursday was we were house hunting in St. George the whole day.

Ran on the treadmil for 3 miles. not very interesting :)

I kept on delaying my run until the end of the day, so at 9:30pm I made my sister Brittany go on a run with me and she wasn't very happy.  She said that she wanted to make it worth it, so she set a really fast pace for me.  I spent most of the run trying to catch up with her, but it felt good and it made me realize that I can run a lot faster than I think I can . 

It was such a cool run today!  After school it started raining a little bit, so we drove up to this mountain area thing, and just ran 3 there, (for the altitude), but it was way fun to be away from the traffic and just run, I loved it!!!! 

We did an indian run, it was fun.

we did this weird race thing, it was fun, but I kind of just guessed how far it was, we did a scavenger hunt and then a game where everyone took off their shoes and raced to the other side of the field where our shoes had been carried, then we had to find them, put them back on and race back.

My little sister Mary and I went on our neighborhood loop, but it was really late, around 9 and really dark. It was pretty scary at some parts because there are some long stretches without light. But I really like the course.

around the bock.

I really haven't got a clue how far it was.  We drove out to LaVerkin to this place called Nephi's twist.  We ran about a mile before on a trail by the river and then got onto a dirt path with tons of little ups and downs.  I was thinking we should probably head back pretty soon when I saw the biggest steepest hill I have ever seen in my life.  It was really big!  someone said it was half a mile.  so I started up, I ended up walking up and down.  It was just so stinkin steep.  but the other groups after me only walked a little ways up, so then I met coach almost at the top and we went back together and ran the whole way, we talked to it was nice, it kept my mind off of my legs.  I really liked it though, it was a fun trail!!!

It was a nice easy run, especially after tuesday's hard hills.  I decided today to run at BYU meet, so I was trying to keep up with the girls that I want to run near.  It worked out okay... kinda.  I think I started out too fast though, so I'll work on that.

we did 400 repeats.  I did pretty good too.  I was one of the top three girls every time but the 1st one.  oh and we ran around the block to the elementary school.  It was fun, and a good workout.

I doubt it was more than one.  It seemed like we stretched for a little longer than usual, and then we ran down the street and back and around the track.

race: not as fast as I wanted to be, but that just means I have even more room for improvement.  Good first race of the season I guess.

I missed practice, and it was a speed workout, so I tried to go fast. It was kind of a hard workout.

we drove out to Toquerville and ran on a trail, it was fun.  I stuck with a couple of girls and then pushed harder on the way back.  I like running on trails. :)

We did a tiny run in the mourning and then played ultimate frisby!  It was way fun and it woke me up too. :)

I ran the 2.5 race in Boulder City.  I really liked the course.

I drove out to the fair grounds with the team and was running with my friend Ally, and she stopped all of the sudden and I guess she just hadn't eaten all day, but she kind of scared me, so I walked the rest of the loop with her back to the cars.  We were supposed to two loops, but I only ran 1/2, so when I got home I did the 2.7 mile loop with a few hills off of 180. 

I think it was supposed to be speed/distance today.  After warm-ups we did 3x500's and ran what I am guessing was around 2 miles, and finished off with a cool down.  I didn't really want to run cause on the way to the school it was pooring!!!  I haven't seen rain in forever it seems, but it cleared up after warmups and it was super clear, I love after it rains! :)

Indian runs, it was pretty slow cause a couple of girls are hurt. 

RACE!!! It was awesome! I absolutely loved the course, but the beginning was kinda rough.  The first circle was around the elementary school and at the first corner I saw Monica Olds trip.  Which scared me, so I caught up to her and she was crying and it scared me to death! well not really to death :).  and after the race I was talking to her and she said that it was a Hurricane girl.  Which made me really sad of course, but I'm sure that none of them would do it on purpose.  They're all great girls.... Back to the race... I think I p.r.ed, and I made a really motivating goal for region too.  I love XC!!! sierra I missed you today! :(

A short morning practice and then ultimate frisby.

I drove with Mr. Adamson (the drivers ed teacher guy) right after school, so I missed practice.  But I ran the loop with a couple hills to make up... I think that today was supposed to be a hill day.

Ran a tiny speed workout with the team at practice of almost a mile, and then ran the loop after I got home. It didn't really feel very good, until the last 1/2 mile. :(

I went to visit my "adopted" Grandma (the young women all adopted a grandparent) and I ended up talking to her for a lot longer than I had planned, so I just got to run home. 

Coach is really going easy on us right now, I think she's trying to push the next meet on Friday.  I really want to do good.  So we just played a game and did a warm up and cool down.  It was fun though!

I love racing in Cedar! But next time I am going to use a watch.  It was a good race, but I wanted it like a whole minute faster, so I am definetly going to have to work on pacing.  But it was nice to get another race in at Cedar before region... which I am stoked for! :)

I forgot to run until after Conference, so on our way home from my grandparents house which is where we watch it (we don't have a t.v.) my mom dropped me off 4 miles from our house, it was kinda super really cool to run with it so overcast, but not rainy, I love Hurricane's colorful mountains... they're absolutely gorgeous, and the loop that I run a ton takes me to the best view. Tonight they were all purple and foggy with the gorgeous green orchard and fields underneath.... I love it!!!

I ran an extended loop, actually I started out the first little bit as a walk with my sister, we did like 4 small hills, and then I left and ran 4 miles home, it was nice and I tried to go fast because I missed a speed practice

Practice on the track, and then we played a fun relay game, and did a nice cool down. Kinda just a fun/easy preparation day. :)

A very nice race at Snow Canyon, I love their course, but it was pretty hot!!! It felt a lot faster than my time told me I was;  I am getting pumped for region next week!!!!!! :)

Recovery practice, fun. very short, but fun.

Itsy bitsy morning practice, with ultimate frisby at the end.

I ran from my grandma's house on river rd. around formaster, down the tire hill, and to the bank and back down river rd.  I'm not really sure how far exactly it is.  But it was FREEZING, and so WINDY! Other than the weather it was a nice run, and my legs felt strong the whole time. 

small run today in preparation to Region TOMORROW!!!!! I can't believe the season's already over, time has ran away! hehe... literally.  I'm contemplating between joining the swim team or working towards the Painter's half-marathon.  I'll talk about that later.  I have missed Pine View's girls team so much today, I feel like a ball baby.  What Ruth talked about last year with no regrets pushed me through my best race ever, now I'm trying to do it for myself, and one of the things that I heard tonight from a motivation speaker at our team dinner has helped me, he said: "If you don't give a complete 100%, you are basically giving away that goal, you're cheating yourself out of reaching your goal." I don't want to give away my goal.  Another speaker compared racing to love.  He explained how as you mature you are able to love your crush more and more.  In kindergarten puppy love only lasted about an hour, and it hurt for about 10 min. in high school it was a couple of months, and it hurt about a week, but when you've been married for a long time, and you really really love this person, it would hurt you so much if you broke up for some reason or another.  Then he said, the more you love running, or the more you love your teammates, and want to succeed to help them, or the more you Love whatever it is that motivates you the more pain you are willing to endure to succeed.  I realized that I truly do love to run.  I really do, regardless of whether I have learned to love running or not I really love running now.  Tomorrow I am going to push past all of the pain and run my fastest pr ever!!!  I am so motivated right now it's awesome! I LOVE RUNNING! I am going to run my fastest ever ever ever!!!!!

No Regrets!

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Race was at Cedar, I was really nervous about the weather, because of the wind yesterday.  But it was beautiful... I had a great race, I almost got my goal time and I passed all but one girl that I wanted to.  I also came up with some great ideas for next year's team.  :)