Hey guys, it's me, ya girl. I don't know why I even apologize for the large gaps between posts anymore as if I don't know for a fact it will probably happen again immediately. I am sorry, but it will almost certainly happen again because the second I face any minor inconvenience, I refuse to do anything I am not required to do outside of school, running, work, and sleep. That may be a slight exaggeration, but not much of one. Some quick updates since it's been such a long time since I last posted:
-I started a new job in mid-July working at an RTC for disorder eating here in Logan. I love it. It's dope. We get to do so much fun stuff with the clients there, and there are three cats there, so obviously it's an ideal workplace.
-I got a super h*ckin' cute dog, an Australian shepherd by the name of Atticus Sugar Perkins-Snyder. We had a whirlwind relationship, and he is currently living with my parents in Coalville. I don't think I am ever going to get him back, because my mother has fallen in love with him in a big way. Ask me the story behind how I got him and how he ended up living with my parents sometime if you feel like it, because it's a funny one.
-My last ever (sad face) cross country camp was amazing and involved a cat named Dani DeVito, a salt lick, a banana suit, a naked mile (Am I joking about that? I'll just let you all wonder.), pranks on the coaches, a full hour of skits putting Artie on blast, and a group of loose cows in the backyard. The running part was cool too, I guess. (Just kidding, the running part was great).
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| My camp child, Dani DeVito |
-School right now is testing my patience in a big way. I am still determined to get a 4.0 GPA this semester, but the lord is testing my resolve because several of the classes I am in this semester are freshman-level courses that I'm required to take to fulfill requirements for my recently added psychology major. I know I still have to go to the classes, but it causes me physical pain to be in a class where we spend a full hour going over how to write a paper in APA formatting. Sometimes it be like that, though. All jokes aside, I do really enjoy some of my classes this semester. Social psychology especially has been neat, as I am a snoopy overinvolved gossip and it is the study of how humans influence one another.
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| Run hard, recover harder |
Some unfortunate news-I found out that my ferritin is low (blood-iron levels, for those of you all who aren't majoring in a health-related field). I know, we are all shocked that after going pescatarian for six months and eating absolutely no red meat my iron levels are low. But the good news is, we caught it early on, right after my levels dipped below the "normal" level, so I'm on a supplement for it now and back eating red meat.
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| Live footage of me going in to get my blood tested. Was not as excited as Hannah was. |
Onto the running portion of my life, I can't tell y'all how weird running has been lately. I've decided to stay at seventy miles a week for cross season this year to avoid burnout, and it's been a bit of a challenge arguing with my brain goblin that seventy really is sufficient, and that I don't need to do eighty to be successful in the season. I still intend to start doing eighty after cross season to prepare for the 10k, but for cross season, my coaches and I have agreed that seventy is just fine, and that it might even be better to help me get to the end of the season still feeling fresh. The "weird" isn't necessarily bad weird, though, it's just taking me some time to adjust the idea that you don't have to hammer every run and run more miles than anyone in the NCAA to be good at what you do.
Some good news without any "weird" tacked on is that, for the first time post-injury, I've been doing full workouts with the team, and will be competing out of redshirt for the cross country season. I typed that pretty calmly, but the reality is that I feel anything but calm about it. I love this team so much, and I genuinely cannot wait to be lined up to race with them again. As for when exactly I will be opening up my competitive season, that is a secret for now. ;)
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| The Trinity is ready 4 the season, folks. |
Also, if you thought last year was a breakout season for USUXC, you'd best buckle up for this year. Coming into the season, we are already ranked top ten in the nation, and we plan to live up to those rankings and more. Keep your eye out for the Aggies this weekend at the BYU invitational. We've got a very strong group returning, and some new faces that I think will shock some people with how talented they are.
