"Train insane or remain the same."

Pretty sure I almost died today that snow was rough. Pretty much my face was numb and my ears and my hands and my legs. But no worries it was still a good run because we made it into a grateful run. Basically we listed all of the things we're grateful for so I'm feeling pretty good. This one comes from Butters today but I think pretty much everyone is #grateful for warm hugs especially on cold days like today.

Easy low distance today, had a really good talk with Watson, did four strides after and some abs. And today I'm #grateful for the mountains

100m freestyle warm up then 3×(5min free 5min aqua jog) and 50m breaststroke cool down. #Grateful for my family because they are always watching out for me

Left at 6:45ish for Arizona. Stopped just after the bridge and got a run in, just an easy four. The way out we ran along the highway and it was super sketch so we ran back through the golf course. It was super pretty so that was sick. #Grateful we made it to Arizona safely.

Slept in and spent a nice relaxing day chilling by the pool (in the shade and no swimming of course) we had chipotle for lunch (kids meals rule!) and at 3:30 we ran the course, we did the last 800 at 5k pace and did some strides. Everybody was feeling super good and ready for the race. Afterwards we bought some sick shirts and went to the pasta dinner where we me Shelby Houlihan which was fantastic. Back at the hotel we took a wonderfully cold ice bath and elevated the legs. #Grateful for pasta dinners to fill me up with some serious carbs

Race day! We didn't quite make it into the championship race so we were in the large open schools race. Got to the course at about 8:00, started warming up around 8:10 did an easy mile and got in some stretches and ate the Snickers. Got to the line and did a few strides, prayer, cheer, then we were ready to go. The gun went off and we all got out pretty quick. First mile went by really fast, I didn't go up by Watson and the other girls because they usually go out too fast for me but I kept them in my sights. Second mile I focused on catching other girls and moving up. I threw in some surges after most of the curves. I was feeling really strong and I was holding a good pace. Third mile I just kept trying to hold my pace, with 800 to go I kinda lost it mentally and slowed down a lot. But after about a 400 I whipped it back into shape. My kick was really strong and I passed quite a few people so I'm pleased with that. Also I got a new PR so that's sick! As a team we took 4th in our race and I'm super proud of how we all preformed. I absolutely loved this course and the whole trip was a blast! Shoutout to our boys team because they also did really well and huge shoutout to Gups for taking second overall! Also I held my own against Collin in rock paper scissors (where you slap the person's hand who loses) in the end we called it a draw but I think I coulda won it (the bruise on my hand was prime) and I'm #grateful for such an amazing opportunity I had to come down and race it really was amazing!