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AM: 14-Washington Fields. Well we ran through the Fields, but most of the run was in Little Valley. Just kidding, but we really went pretty far out. Two miles at like a 6:00 pace, and the run was a quick pace overall. Tried to ice bathe, but didn't have enough ice, but I felt a little benefit from it. Rolled out my calves with the stick and then the foam roller, cause I started to feel some shin splints starting today. They weren't bad at all, just want to catch them early.

AM: 7-Grapevine/Striders. Feeling kinda tired today, and sorta lazy. I don't know how I even got through just 7 miles.

PM: 3-Arctic Circle. So hot! I didn't believe it was possible to sweat that much, especially for Casey. Lifting was good, and Plyo's too, but I was hurting way bad for some reason, so I took the stick and rolled out my legs when I got home, I would have foam rolled but I didn't have it with me thanks to Rachel ;)

AM: 9-Hell's Hole. 6x1:00, 8x0:30. Left fork rolling hills. It was good, the team is looking amazing! I'm super proud of Casey, Jared, Timmy, and Colton. I was doing ok, a couple of the hills I fell a little behind, but I would bring it right back the next hill. The thirty seconds were easy to do, but killed to try to recover from. Felt like a piece of crap before the workout, surprisingly felt better after. But then I went home and I could barely move, my legs are shot. Good thing Rachel returned my foam roller!

PM: 3-Coral Canyon. Quick run in the night, kinda fatigued.

AM: 3-Grass. Down on the soccor fields. Then came back for the last day of kids club running. Some sweet competition.

AM: 9-Turkey Farm. 4x(2:00 T, 1:00 R, 1:00 T, 0:30 R, 0:30 T, 0:30 R) T=Tempo, R=Rest. Good workout. Colton, and Casey did really well. Along with Timmy and Jared. They were close behind most of the time. Too bad Devin wasn't there.

PM: 6-Coral Canyon. Looped around and down Telegraph with a little extension of my own.

AM: 14-Washington Fields. Met at the High School for the first time this summer. Well for an actual run. Three mile tempo from mile seven to mile ten, at who knows what pace. I felt fine until we stopped the tempo and we still had four miles left. It would have been better to just keep the tempo for four more miles. I felt my shin splints were coming back on my left leg from track, so I rolled a little bit, not as much as I should have though.

AM: 7-Greensprings/Striders. Much shorter than yesterday, but not better. Just an average run, Trevor and Ryan came with us today, so it was way fun.

PM: 3-Arctic Circle/Lifting/Plyo's. The Plyo's felt a lot better than last week, and it wasn't as hot today.

AM: 4-Starbucks. Average run.

PM: 7-Cedar All Comers. 3 mile warm up, 3 mile tempo, 1 mile cool down. Ran at a more conservative pace for the sake of the team. Tried to stick in the back of the pack we created, we ended up with Devin leading, Casey, Michael, Jared, and Colton in the middle, and me in the back. Devin and I kept a pretty consistent pace I think, and the last half mile, coach told us to go ahead and win, but Tommy was way too far in front of us, so I ended up in second with Dev a step behind me. Six of our runners were in the top fifteen!

AM: .5-Desert Stream. Where to start, where to start. So Devin, Michael, and Trevor stayed back to call up Kaylee or Rachel so they could get Casey's shoes at Cedar, then we thought we could catch up to the team by running through the desert by the high school which we run through all the time. It was going great until we got to the stream. Trevor cleared it, and I came after him, but I landed on a peice of plywood that broke and twisted my ankle. I did a sweet role and looked down at my leg. My foot wasn't even underneath me anymore. It was wrenched clear to the side of my shin and I felt the ends of my tibia and fibula. It was pretty sweet looking. Then told Devin to go get Coach or our athletic trainer at the high school, while I told Trevor and Michael to help me to Manu's house that was close by. Passed out when Mark got there, and he splinted it and I rode in the back of Coach's Jeep to the hospital. Thanks to the Doctors, Mark, Coach, and especially Trevor, Devin, and Michael, I'm ok. I'll be back running soon hopefully. No fractures that we saw. So It's looking quite optimistic.

PM: 0:30-Recumbent Bike. Thirty minutes on the stationary bike. It felt really good, my ankle got a little movement, and I got my cardio back up to a halfway decent level. It was awesome, and didn't really hurt at all.

PM: 0:20-Recumbent Bike/Recumbent Cross Trainer. Got a better workout today. Started breathing and sweating pretty good. Then I went home and did 50x sit ups, 50x crunches, 50x side crunches, 30x pushups (10x wide armed, 10x normal, 10x triangle), 20x dips, 50x one legged volleyball jumps, 25x one legged knee grabbers.

PM: 0:30-Recumbent Bike. Best workout yet. It felt so good! Then the same workout as yesterday minus the plyo jumps.

PM: 1:00-Pool. An hour of swimming around. At first I did some walking on the bottom of the pool, then started swimming slowly, and got into a sort of workout. 25 meter sprint with only two breaths, then 25 meter normal pace with a breath every third stroke. Trying to get my breathing going and in turn, my cardio to go up.

PM: 0:30-Pool.

PM: 0:45-Pool.

PM: 0:20-Bike.

PM: 1:00-Pool.

PM: 0:30-Pool.

AM: 0:40-Pool.

PM: 0.75-Track. First day back running. It's been 20 days since I dislocated my ankle and I can run. They told me I would be out for 6 weeks. I don't think so, it was fine for the first two laps but I couldn't get myself to run right, it was akward and bouncy, then I got smooth the third lap but my knees started to really hurt so I ended it there.