#live4thelongrun

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My yummy breakfast this morning! Finally made a trip to whole foods and trader joe's to pick up some smoothie bowl essentials I ran out of. -Frozen bananas, acai, peaches, pineapple, mixed berries, chocolate protein powder, peanut butter, and almond milk + topped with strawberries, coconut flakes, chia seeds and cacao nibs. -I also added some grape nuts cereal on tip for a lil crunch and it was soooo good. I know it may seem like an odd combination of ingredient but I promise it is so delicious and creamy and good for the soul! 🍌🌸😋

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Yesterday a boy commented on how toned my legs are 💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼

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I am so upset

I made the worst decision ever and thought it would be fun to play powderpuff at school. We had a scrimmage the other day against some senior girls who wanted to play tackle even though the actual games are just flag. They were overly aggressive. I got to the scrimmage late so I wasn’t super focused into the game and I fumbled a ball and got tackled right away. When I got tackled I like heard my ankle crunch or pop or something, I’m not super sure how to describe it. Anyways it hurt pretty bad but not bad enough that I was like “oh I should stop” but later when I got home and stopped moving around I think it stiffened and swelled up a little bit. It became pretty painful to move certain directions and to walk completely on it. I got it checked out by the school trainer this morning and it was pretty tender and she thinks it’s sprained. I won’t be able to run for 2 or 3 days and I think it would be painful to bike or swim too so I have no clue what I’m going to do. I still have 2 races I need to train for. My coach says it’ll be alright and it might be good for be to get a little break and let my body rest but I need to run I can’t afford to do nothing. I’m so frustrated.

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Last year I struggled with hamstring tendinitis and, like most of us runners, tried to push through it when I should have taken time off. I thought I was helping myself by biking a few days but I just needed to rest. I ended up not being able to finish workouts at the end of season and ran my slowest time ever at footlocker regionals. Not only did this mess me up physically, but mentally as well. My confidence plummeted and I started giving up before races even started. I had to take a month off, which may not seem like a lot to some people who have had to take close to a year off, but as someone who had never had to take time off like that it was awful. When I was able to run again, I started having faster runs than I ever had, granted I was only allowed to run for 20-30 minutes. Through track season I prd in all of my events. When summer training came around I was so pumped. My team goes to Colorado for a week in July and I had an amazing time, plus I prd on this one trail that we do by several minutes. Throughout the season I have felt so much stronger, physically and mentally. I am absolutely smashing workouts and road runs and I am racing so much better than last year. I am undefeated this season going into state this Friday. I am hoping for another big pr before getting into a couple post season regional races. My motivation this season has been to make sure I have no regrets! so far so good