Megan Frodsham PVHS XC STS

Here we go senior xc season!!!! Can't believe I am already a senior...

I know it is coming every time I start up after a long break and yet it still amazes me how hard it is to get back into shape. 3 miles kick my butt.

Love running and can't wait until my body remembers that as well. Out to turtle creek- one of my favorite summer runs. Kids camp was super fun as always.. stoked to work with the 1st and 2nd grade girls :)

Finally felt good today! I'm getting excited for this year. I've struggled with changes life brings this last year and it has really affected my running. I have just not mentally been with it. I just want to RACE again.. it has been so long sense I have felt like I actually raced and not just ran. Bring it on cuz this is my last chance.

Went on a pioneer trek.. wish I could log those miles haha we did 11.5 the first day.

more trek

still trekin'

Life lesson of the day... come to practice on time cuz 3 minutes past 7 they are gone ;) really truely though I need to work on that haha.

Back to the dirt mile... I think it does weird things to your head! I went around once and was gonna head back but am so glad my cute team mates told me to go another with them! Can't wait until they are all there again.. I miss our little group! Kids camp was enjoyable as always the 1st and 2nd grade girls rock!

Loved todays run! Had a hard time staying with the group after the gaint hill but other than that I felt pretty swell!

Worst day of running ever. Stupid swimmers itch. I serious felt so horrible! Took allergy meds when I got home.. should've before practice. I've missed the grass loops! Coach said the grass snuggles his feet hahaha

I LOVE running in the fields.. always so enjoyable! Felt great today other than being extremy itchy from the stupid lake :/ I was getting worried cuz my knees have been aching lately but I had no pain today and it felt easy. I took coaches advice and got to bed ealier it really did make a difference I think.

Today was really hard for me. I am not sure why I just felt like I couldn't breathe and was getting side aches cuz my breathing was all crazy. Which really stinks cuz we ran my favorite loop today. Hoping it was just a one day kinda thing. So happy to have Aubrey around to keep me positive.

The goal here is to record weird/funny things Coach Roberts will say everyday- he wants us to teach him how to flirt with boys.

dirt mile loops today. I felt better today than yesterday but still feel slow and having a hard time getting up to a faster pace.

Kids club races today were so fun! I loved seeing the hard work some of those kids put in. I got to stand at the far side where there wasn't many other people... lost my voice yelling. Some of the kids looked at me like I was a complete weirdo but others really did what I yelled at them and it was so great. My brother ran well, he wasn't happy with his race but it has now made him really want to run and improve which is pretty inspiring to watch.

No funny moment to post today.. coach was all inspirational instead!

What a wonderful day of practice. We went out into the desert and coach got us lost (don't let him tell you differently). Kaylee and Stoner also found a bomb or something in our new club house. I really liked running with everyone and it left me with a lot to think about. I felt alright, it was hard but I felt okay. I am not ready to be a senior.. I want a couple more years. I feel afraid to be honest. I know I am the only who can control how I do this year.

Todays moment with coach- Him and Kaylee are a pair of goulds.

12 grass loops get old after about lap 2. I wish they were bigger so we didn't have to go in so many circles!

This is what I get for waiting a couple days to blog.. I can't remember coach's moment :/

Oh coral canyon death run how I would be so okay with never running you again. I was dirt slow the first half but as soon as we met up with coach roberts and the other girls it was MUCH more enjoyable!

I'm so proud of myself for doing this run! I actually did it late friday night when we got to the hotel cuz I didn't want to wake up at 5 to do it. Three miles feels extremly long when you are staring at a wall on a tredmill.. I hate tredmills. But on the plus side I felt awesome. Ran it way faster than I have been running this summer... I could just crank the pace up on the thing and I had to go or fall of so it was a good thing as well as kinda lonsome.

My dumb alarm didn't go off and I would have never gotten up for practice if Aubrey hadn't called me. I am happy we made it cuz it is really hot today and would have been hard to get myself out there on my own. I don't know why we were so slow.. we both felt fine just didn't have it in our legs to move any faster. I LOVE parkway!!!! It is my favorite 8 when we start from the high school. I missed Coach Roberts.. how rude of him to go away.

Funny moment with the Robsters- He has some sick dance skills and grounds his children for not running fast enough (not sure how I feel about this parenting method but hey whatever floats your boat coach)

Up to the dirt loops again. It was great to have super senior abby along! I am not ready for the heat but ready or not here it comes :/

Did good staying with the group until we hit the hill right before the gas station and then they were gone. Taylor, Aubrey and I still kept a good pace though. I feel happy with our run. I had a small half mile stretch where my tummy did its weird cramping thing that use to happen after all my track races.. first time this summer though so I hope it isn't gonna happen often. Felt super great on the way back. Pretty good run.

So good to be back to practice.. I missed my team!

Ready to just feel good again. stupid wisdom teeth.

first day of afternoon for me... it's hot

This run felt awesome. So happy that we all met up to do it. Liz, Aubrey and I went on a wonderful run out to the fields and added in 2 miles of tempo which felt pretty solid. I like the faster pace which doesn't always happen. Very happy with this one for surely!

I must REALLY like running with Aubrey to wake up at 5:30 in the morning. It really was fun though and if I don't get up to go with her then I have a really hard time going on my own. So early Saturday mornings here I come.

AM: ugh I don't really even want to blog about this run.. I think I'm getting sick or something cuz I felt horrible. When we hit the tempo it was a little better but hard in a different way. I'm happy that one is behind me!

PM: I felt average.. not much to report. It was a fun easy three and I loved the cloud cover.

Well that was like the worst run ever. I woke up feeling so sick..actually aubrey called me and woke me up haha. I seriously struggled. I came home and slept like a rock until 2:30 so hopefully I will get better.

I felt oh so much better today! Went down into Hell's hole and did 3- one minute hills and 5- 30 second hills. They were hard but I felt way better than any other day this week. I was nervous going into the work-out about how my tummy would do knowing its past history with running hard but I ate something before practice like coach roberts told me to and it went great..feel great relief about it to be honest. I mentally shut off going up the last hill back to the school but other than that I stayed pretty focused.

Went out with Aubrey this afternoon on a hot 3 miles! Both of us were feeling pretty tight but after the first 3/4 of a miles I started feeling better and the run went by rather quickly.

8 with a 2.5 tempo

Got really stressed out and tense. Coach gave me another good piece of advice (poor guy has to do this like everyday cuz I have so many issues). We talked about racing, he said that you can either give into your ego during the race and regret it for a whole week after or push past it and even if you don't get quite what you wanted you can feel good about it. "Don't give up what you want right now for what you want in the future"... I'm gonna have to work on that but I like it a lot.

SUPER hot afternoon run..I miss the rainy days :(

Dirt mile laps.

My alarm clock didn't go off and that pretty much set the pace for the rest of the morning...slow.

I was on time today..prolly cuz I didn't have to pick anyone up..it was weird. Did some grass today and striders.

*Don't trade nickles for quarters!!!

All comers Cedar race: I'm not sure what I expected but I wasn't too pleased with this race. I felt really good at the begining and fair towards the end but somewhere along the middle things went wrong. I have a lot of work to do on my form still. I need to figure out what it is I want from XC this year because I don't want to feel this frustrated ever race.

I really enjoyed Hells hole hills today.. I think that is the best I have run all week. Too bad it came a day late. We did 4x1min and 6x30sec hills and I was consistant throughout. The way back was a struggle but I felt alright cuz the workout was what was important.

3 miles and team night was awesome!

I am so proud of myself for finding this place :) and I got to run with some girls I don't normally run with..it was awesome to catch up on everyones stories :)

Doing our saturday run= finding a $50 bill..okay,okay :)

We used 2450 as our long hill. It was awesome!

I enjoy that trail other than it being super humid! I like my girls team! They make me really happy!!!!!

I was all ready for afternoon practice but the stupid marque (sp?) and student tours took over :/

I creep Liz's blog whenever I need to know our miles haha..I'm glad she is on top of it! :) Oh dear 1000's how you like to get harder...I just kept getting slower- exactly opposite of what I was suppose to do. I was kinda excited to do a workout again though!

This week and homecoming week are my two weeks of the year that I struggle with running the most cuz I'm just so tired from everything. It was supah hot today too!

Coach Roberts likes to make people feel slow..rude?..I think yes!

So very happy to be able to come to a morning practice :) yippy! Did our 200's in the morning- best idea ever!!!

It was a great run to green springs. I didn't have afternoon classes so it was really hard to wake up for my nap and come to practice but I am glad I did cuz we got to run with the boys on the way back which was a nice surprise!

This race was much better than the last one. My time was slower but I felt like I ran better. Normally when I hit the mental wall during the race that is it- I'm done but this time I was able to focus again and recommitte. I still have a lot of work to do. 

AM: My first workout in the morning. Hard. I am not as fast as those girls but coach says this will be good for me to work on sticking with them as long as I can and breaking out of my comfort zone that I like WAY too much. Now the key is just to not mentally fall to pieces. I think this is going to be really hard but hopefully so worth it.

PM: Oh sandburges... the memories!!!

AM: easy 3

PM: Aubrey and I went out on our nice 4 to star bucks before the time trail.. I was nervous for this one. My dad says that is the best he has seen me run..which I know should make me feel good but it just frustrates me cuz I know I have run better than what I am running. My mom says my form is getting better which is a plus.

RUNNING IN THE RAIN IS MY MOST FAVORITE!!!!!!!!! I loved today's workout.. did my farcklektsaoiejraiofs..who knows how you spell it... with stoner and nicole. I stuck with them best I could and did better than I normally do. Made it the whole way on the last one. It was a wonderful wet workout.

am- 3 miles

pm- 3 miles plus striders

went in the morning and then drove to logan..sad to be missing the fun of this weekend with the team dinner and suu.

Pizza hut warm felt really fast..my body was not awake. I did my best with the 1000's. I stuck in good one the first one and then did what I could with the others. It was a good workout. I am going to try eatting something before next time because I was so hungry and need the fuel. I'm going to try and calm my breathing because I would start to panic a little after the hill. I liked what coach said about fear this morning...I want to be brave but it is easier said than done..Going to work on that too.

PM- what a weird run this was.. we made up a 3 with coaches watch... ran on a play ground! Fun time! My legs and knees felt a little on the ouchy side so Aubrey and I iced!

My knee woke me up..that hasn't happened for a long time..it was horrid so I took some drugs and put on an ice pack and didn't go to morning practice which ended up with me sleeping through my alarm clock and being 45 minutes late to 1st period. nice.

AM: I am so happy about this workout. I wasn't as far off as I normally am. It is getting easier. My last 2 minuter and 3rd 400 were not great but other than those 2 I feel really pleased. what I am not please about is my knee..makes me nervous. Just gonna keep up on the ice.

PM: hot nails with stream splashing :)

AM: nice three to the artic!

PM: Up to green springs plus striders.... "I'm gonna carry rocks to throw at you on all our runs" -Coach Roberts :P rude!

Love the run-a-thon every year!

Spent the whole day in Zion..planned on running when I got home (we were gonna be home at like 2 or 3) yeah I got home at like 10:30.. That is 16 hours of hiking!!!!! Repelling was the coolest thing ever!

3 am... I was hurting. Too much pounding on my knees from hiking. My whole body hurt.

Well that was prolly the worst race I have ever ran. I don't think I have ever hurt that bad when running. I kinda wanted to scream or cry or die.

Went and got an ultra sound in mark's room. taped and gave him my whole spill. He said it was most likely a flare and will go down. Said it will keep getting worse until Friday.

Spent forever waiting for Mark to get back from giving concussion tests. Different tape job which I liked alot better after heat packs which I think worked better than the ultra sound.

Did the warm up for the workout and thought I was gonna be okay but as soon as I pushed at all my knees didn't agree and I just ran some slow and went into mark's. Left my ice on way too long..kinda hurt.

The Dumb ACT took over my morning and we went to watch michael play football in cedar. I did a quick 3 before we left for 6 hours of 8th grade football. It was the middle of the afternoon and I thought I was going to pass out due to the hot st. g sun! On the bright side- very little pain from my knees. I kept my tape on but don't think it'll last much longer.

Well that was the devil. Did some 30 sec on the track, 800's and then kinda 1000's.. I struggled. Had the hardest time staying positive..I can do okay to push on my own when I drop off the speed demons but I just didn't today...feeling negative and I know it is bad..working on it.

lesson learned today.. don't wait a week and a half to blog cuz you forget stuff!

AM: I was so on time and I picked two people up..I was so proud :) Weird pain in my leg..not sure what it is.

PM: time trial..I just don't know. Hurt so bad but I let it run my race which hurt me mentally and emotionally almost more. Went straight into mark's.. he felt really bad for teasing me about it ealier cuz I was crying. I just sat on the table with ice things on my legs and tried not to fall into a complete emotional wreck. He messed around with my foot trying to conect it with the pain in my leg. He isn't sure. There is a muscle on the outside of both shins that kills whenever he touched it and it might be something to do with my previous issues with my knees but this came all of the sudden. For now I am on pain meds every 4 hours and ice a lot. I'll go in tomorrow for treatment and then biking is what he said. He didn't want to try anything else because it was so tender. I'm feeling really upset. My mom thinks I am too tired something about "burning too many candles"...idk what to give up though. I don't really have a choice right now.

ran with aubrey in the morning.

homecoming week is killing me

ran by myself cuz I was having a little melt down and didn't want to draw attention to myself. I just need to make it through this week. running on very little sleep makes me super emotional.

nice run and striders before watching the varsity girls kick butt! I screamed so loud! I am so happy to see them race so well. Coach talked about how they are good examples and I really do look up to them and all the hard work and dedication they put in.

I feel happier about this race. I pushed harder then I have the last couple... I was so tired though. Such a long week and only 3's. I'm trying to be positive and just be happy at the fact I ran hard. however, I looked at my card and it is still 5 minutes slower then my PR. I guess I just pictured my senior year being a little different. I want to feel sucessful.

AM: 3

PM: 5.5

I asked if I could do my workout in the afternoon. I wanted to run with girls I am actually racing with and are my speed...turns out none of them do the workout anyway so that was a fail. I was super frustrated. I feel alright about the workout..it wasn't awesome. It was the first one back in 2 weeks so at least I'm able to do them. Guess I'll just go back to running them with varsity in the mornings.

Being on time to practice..2 days in a row- holla! Funny warm-up haha :)

Nicole got a noise bleed on the way back so that slowed us down a bit. Already felt a worn out which is dumb cuz I have been trying really hard to eat and go to bed earlier.

AM: I was so darn nervous for the michigans. I woke up in a panic a couple times during the early morning thinking I was gonna be late haha but alas we made it on time. I feel really very happy about it! Coach says that is the best I have run in a long time which is exactly what I needed to hear to keep pushing. It was both horrid and awesome to do it all on the track. I liked knowing exactly where I was the whole time and keep myself from giving up cuz everyone was right there. I got B standard again...feels good to hit it again. Sophomore year feels like a life time ago. Over all a good experience!

PM: Had a nice 3 miler and talked with Chancie- she is really passionate and I think she will be doing some awesome things! Did my 400's with Erin and I prolly should have pushed them harder. I regret it now but I was mentally tired from the day and wasn't focused.

Team dinner was fun.. sad to be missing a bunch of people who didn't come.

Days like today I remember why I love XC and how good it feel to put in the work to feel successful! XC FOREVER

Home sick today

Cedar race...Poor coach roberts, he deals with a lot of tears from me. It just hit me on the way home that I am almost done.. forever.  I had a little melt down because xc has not been what I hoped it would be.  I love it..I really do but sometimes I forget why I am running.  It is hard when my time is almost 5 minutes slower then I've run before.  I am trying to just be happy with the accomplishments I get in the present but I can't seem to let go of the past.  I just want to feel successful before it is over and I am running out of time.

very hard.. which is weird cuz we are tapering now. I don't want it to end :( looking forward to snow canyon.. it is my favorite race. I hope it is at least a little the same after the flooding.

3 miles with chub-chub..idk what I would do without that girl! 4x200 by myself..I like doing them by myself cuz then I can't stress myself out over everyone else. My first couple I was really happy with. I can keep my form the way it is suppose to be about 150 meters haha. My last one I was just tired and gave up on..dumb me.

Snow Canyon.

Had the greatest run! So very hard but I loved the view when I got to the top. I ran up these switch backs in the mountains by my grandparents. Perfect weather and everything! The fall colors were amazing. I loved this run!

3 miles with 4x200

Region.

I am not sure if I am ready to write my "last race" post yet. I think I will save it until footlocker.

I decided to just be happy. Be happy about what Cross Country has done for my life and how much I love it. It has brought me the worlds best friends, life lessons I couldn't have learned any other way (some more serious then others haha), pure joy and appreciation for my ablities. I loved the quote on our lockers about -if people have to ask why i run they will never understand- because it is so very true!

dog pound... best part of this run was find not just one but THREE washers :) I collect them, find them on my runs. I absolutly love fall and I can feel it in the air :D makes me so happy!

Tried to add it up in my head..too hard so I creeped other peoples blogs! I loved this workout! Nothing beats running in the rain. I run my workouts WAY better than I run my races but what the hay I'll take it. I like the 400's and 800's better than the 200's..the 200's stress me out.  Equal recovery is like the greatest thing ever!  I have to really focus on trying to lift my knees or it never happens. I feel happy about this workout.. I like feeling like I pushed hard.

Wave hills... they make me very nervous. I don't enjoy them because I feel like I am going to fall on my face. What I liked about this workout was being able to watch the boys in action..they are pretty impressive going up those hills and it is fun to watch! Running in my neighborhood is always kinda cool too!

Everyone who was sticking around after practice (cuz I guess we have nothing better to do but hang out on the bleachers on a friday afternoon..I am cool with it!) came to my house and drank A LOT of hot chocolate! It was super yummy and rather fun!

I love this time of year because I can sleep in and do my Saturday run in the middle of the day and it still feels awesome outside! :) happy, happy!!! I am learning to love running again..the season is practically over but hey better late than never!

I was so not looking forward to master blasters or whatever they are called and then it ended up being really rather fun... see bad attitude megan if you would just suck it up! My group rocked.. we had fun warm and cools! I am very excited to cheer on my cute girls at state...oh and the boys- them too! :)

loved state! Way to be you super fast kids!

Well I was not expecting sunrise. I wasn't too worried about it until half way up the first one. In all four years of running these they have NEVER felt so hard. I just had to finish..that was all I cared about. I am not sure if it was just the break that made them so hard or what. I was happy to be done cuz my breathing was not good and the negative thoughts were hovering above me like a bad rain cloud. On the plus side it felt good to run again.. my legs were starting to getting ouchy (they do that if I don't run).

green springs..my knees like to flare up when we do hill stuff. ouchy. I iced and hope they will fade fast.

I almost forgot to add in morning run. I was like 10 minutes early cuz I still woke up the same time but didn't have to get nicole. It wasn't as cold as I thought but kinda fun to wear gloves to trick myself into thinking it is colder. My body feels tired all the time and I have a hard time pushing to go fast.

I hurt today and had a hard time. Knees still hurting. I felt lots better doing the striders then I did the actual run. The weather is continuing to be oh so very wonderful! I love fall!

ouchy knees but good workout. We did 1-2-3-3-2-1 minute at I pace with an R pace for the last little bit of each. It was hard to hear coach but I did pretty good at watching other people change pace so that is when I would go. My legs didn't want to go as fast I wish they would. I think 60-75% of the time I would hit the R pace at the bottom off the hill..classic. I liked this workout for the most part though. Can't ever complain with equal recovery! 

Aubrey and I had a good running. Super duper fun! :) Knees feeling semi-better.

I love slow runs with Chub Chub! :)

Michigans... I'm tired- physically, emotionally, mentally.. I need a new goal or something to work for. footlocker for some reason isn't doing it for me. That is what I need to figure out.

3 hotnails- Aubrey and I saw Danny and Coach Roberts who were a little lost. They came with us on an AWESOME run. Felt alright and had a lot of fun!

Dog Pound. I took it easy and talked with my pals until we got to the long road we were suppose to push on. I felt really good. I tired hard to drive my knees and it picked my pace up a great deal. I made it to the bottom and waited for the other girls and we made our way back to the school. 200's... I pushed hard. I felt stronger doing these then I have all week. Satisfying.

Did one 3 mile loop with all the girls and then finished off the 6 with Megan and Maquel.

I haven't had a lot of sleep lately and I can feel it in my runs. I just don't have very much energy. The workout was okay. I have a hard time because I'm kinda in an awkward spot. The is a big group too fast for me and another group not fast enough for me to push myself. I just tried not to let the gap between nicole and I grow. I wish we were getting on the bus for footlocker tomorrow.

One of those runs that went by super duper fast. I was sleepy and my body was just proving to me that coach is right. Here is too trying to manage my time better for more sleep!

4 miles and striders

Erin, Aubrey and I went on a chill run. Hot coco after was worth it :)

Went out to star bucks with some of the varsity girls and then ran back with my Micah and Taelor cuz I had to tell them a story. :) Did some striders too!

4 miles into washington with 4x200 after. It was awesome to run as a team! Had a big group.

Did 3 sunrise tires hills. I hate them. Felt horrible on the way back...might be getting sick. :/ On a positive note it was an awesome day weather wise.