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🌅Personal Briefing - Thursday, May 28, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (23 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (18 days) This week: Two hard days (Monday tempo, Wednesday intervals) plus a Saturday long run; everything else easy. Next week: Finish taper and race-week shakeouts. Why today: Mon tempo and Wed intervals build race-specific fitness for the 10K; Sat long run builds durability; easy days protect the work. After this: Half Marathon on 2026-10-11 (136 days out)

🏃 Today (Thursday): 20-min tempo at Z3–Z4 · skip · 8-min stretch Target pace: 7:45–8:30/mi (Z3–Z4, comfortably hard) 3 days since last hard effort, Z2 at 78% (target ≥60%) - scheduled hard day was missed, time for a tempo.

Best window: Lunch - 75°F, sunny, wind 9 mph

📊This Week

Fri: no run today · 15-min abs · 10-min stretch - Friday rest from running - abs + stretch, recharge for long run Sat: 59-min easy run · 5-min abs · 8-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - long run day - 53 min easy

This week: 4 runs · 8.9 mi · 76 min Zone check: 78% in pace-Z2 - ✓ on target for build (≥60%, pace-based).

Recent runs:

  • Sat 05-23 · 5.4 mi · 51 min · 9:30/mi (easy)
  • Sun 05-24 · 2 mi · 20 min · 9:35/mi (easy)
  • Mon 05-25 · 2.6 mi · 20 min · 7:43/mi (Z4)
  • Tue 05-26 · 2.6 mi · 22 min · 8:33/mi (Z3)
  • Wed 05-27 · 1.7 mi · 14 min · 7:59/mi (Z3)

✓ Nice walk yesterday (32 min). 3 family walks this week - lifestyle win, not a run substitute.

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Torbert Books a June OV, Fakatou Weekend Starts Tomorrow

The new name on the board: Monsanna Torbert. The four-star 2027 CB from Cincinnati decommitted from Indiana over the weekend (he'd pledged back in January during the Hoosiers' national title run) and Notre Dame moved fast - he's set to take an OV in South Bend June 19-21, and that's the last visit on his calendar before he announces. Torbert is No. 139 overall on the 247 Composite, No. 16 CB, No. 6 player out of Ohio, with rankings that have spiked through the spring. Ohio State and Michigan are also hosting; Texas, Alabama, Florida State, Oklahoma and South Carolina are watching. Flipping a former Indiana pledge would be a real win for Mike Mickens.

Tomorrow is the day. 5-star DL Marcus Fakatou arrives in Columbus Friday for his OV (May 29-31), then heads to Georgia, Texas, and Oregon before closing in South Bend June 15-17. Both Wiltfong and Gorney still have predictions in for Ohio State - Fakatou recently told Rivals that OSU sits at the top of his list, with Larry Johnson the obvious factor. The closing slot has historically been Notre Dame's friend, but the predictions all point Columbus right now. Freeman gets one weekend to change it.

Quiet on the cycle otherwise. Jackson Vaughn's commitment from Monday is now public, the 2027 class sits at 18, and Julius Jones Jr.'s June 11-13 OV is still the next big visit on the calendar before his June 23 announcement.

Upcoming:

  • Fri-Sun May 29-31 - Marcus Fakatou (5-star DL) OV at Ohio State
  • June 11-13 - Julius Jones Jr. (WR, legacy) OV at Notre Dame
  • June 15-17 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Notre Dame
  • June 19-21 - Monsanna Torbert (CB, former Indiana commit) OV at Notre Dame
  • June 23 - Julius Jones Jr. commitment announcement
  • Sun Sep 6 - vs. Wisconsin, Shamrock Series at Lambeau Field (7:30 p.m. ET, NBC/Peacock)

Last Result: Blue-Gold Game - Blue 41, Gold 40 (Sat Apr 25).

🥍Lacrosse

No news to report! Here's recent information in case you missed a previous newsletter:

Season closed Memorial Day at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville - Princeton 16, Notre Dame 9 in the NCAA Championship. The Irish jumped to a 3-0 lead inside the opening five minutes, then Princeton ripped off 11 unanswered to take the halftime lead and never gave it back. Princeton's seventh title, first since 2001. Will Angrick and Josh Yago led ND with two goals apiece. Kevin Corrigan's 38th season ends one win short of a third championship in four years. Junior defenseman Shawn Lyght (ACC Co-DPOY, Tewaaraton finalist) returns to anchor the reload. The 2026 schedule (already released last fall) features 11 games, five at Arlotta, and eight of 11 opponents ranked top-15 preseason.

Last Result: Lost 16-9 to No. 1 Princeton in NCAA Championship (Mon May 25).

🏀Women's Basketball

No news to report! Here's recent information in case you missed a previous newsletter:

Hidalgo's senior-year return locked in - she explained it to USA TODAY on May 19: "Notre Dame has just been a home for the past three years…the connections that I've built, the people that kind of surround me, I had no choice but to stay." She closes 2025-26 with the NCAA single-season steals record (202), a three-time Wooden Award All-American (program first), and the only DI player since 1999-00 to average 25+ pts / 5+ reb / 5+ ast / 5+ stl. The 2026 class is No. 5 nationally (McDonald's All-Americans Jacy Abii and Jenica Lewis); 2027 opened with 5-star PF Eve Long.

Upcoming: Niele Ivey leads Team USA U18 at FIBA AmeriCup June 8-14 (Mexico). 2026-27 season opens Nov. 1 at the Eternal City Tip-off in Rome (Fox/FS1).

🔴Utah Utes

🏈Football - Quiet Day, June 5 Weekend Still the Headline

Nothing fresh on the wire today - the recruiting machine is in the lull between the spring evaluation period and the June OV wave. Coordinator-level home visits earlier this week with 2027 DT commit Tiki Teeples (AZ) and LB target Cam Pettijohn still set the table for Memorial-weekend-after. Tye Kennedy, the OL who included Utah in his top six (with Michigan, Cal, Washington, Minnesota, Arizona State), is also in for the June 5 OV slate.

Minor offer-tracker movement: Utah is in on Hawaii's top player Satele, and Idaho-based pass catcher Leofatu Filipe picked up his second D1 offer from the Utes earlier in May. The June 12 OV from interior OL target Ben Rainwater (2027, 6'6"/280) is the next big one after Memorial weekend.

The summer focus is the same as it's been since spring closed: rebuild the OL and DL after losing two first-round NFL offensive linemen. That's Scalley's project until Sept. 3.

Upcoming:

  • June 5 - Tye Kennedy (OL, top-6), Tiki Teeples (DT commit), Cam Pettijohn (LB) OVs
  • June 12 - Ben Rainwater (2027 OL) OV
  • June 21 - Jag Ioane (DE) OV
  • Thu Sept 3 - vs. Idaho, Rice-Eccles (Scalley's HC debut)
  • Sept 12 - vs. Arkansas (Rice-Eccles)

🤸Gymnastics

No news to report! Here's recent information in case you missed a previous newsletter:

Deep offseason. Utah finished 2026 ranked 10th nationally, missing the NCAA Championship by 0.125 at the Corvallis Regional Final - ending the program's 49-year streak at nationals. Avery Neff took home the team MVP at the late-April banquet after sweeping Big 12 Gymnast of the Year (NQS leader on vault 9.920, bars 9.935, beam 9.925, AA 39.630) and finishing 7th AA / 4th floor at NCAAs as an individual qualifier. Bars coach Steve Arkell (USA National Team) joined in April; Olympic silver medalist Grace McCallum is now Student Assistant. Carly Dockendorf is extended through 2031. The coaching staff has framed the 2026 finish as "refinement moving forward" and "turning rejection into redirection" - the early read on 2027 has Neff as centerpiece with a championship-track team around her.

Upcoming: 2027 season opens January.

🌰Ohio State Buckeyes

🏈Football - Fakatou Weekend Begins, Kickoff Times Set

Tomorrow Fakatou lands in Columbus. The most-watched 2027 DL recruit in the country arrives Friday for a three-day OV (May 29-31). Wiltfong and Gorney's predictions for him to land at Ohio State are both still up; Fakatou recently told Rivals the Buckeyes are "No. 1" on his list. The Larry Johnson factor is real - Fakatou has consistently pointed to development under Johnson as the differentiator - and a coming-out-of-the-weekend verbal would functionally close the race before Notre Dame's June 15-17 closing shot. 2027 RB David Gabriel-Georges is also in town this weekend for his OV.

Kickoff times locked. The Big Ten and Pac-12 confirmed yesterday that Sept. 5 vs. Ball State opens at 12:30 p.m. on BTN, and Sept. 19 vs. Kent State is a noon FOX game. Ohio State opens as a 49.5-point favorite over Ball State per DraftKings. The bigger one, Sept. 12 at Texas, remains 7:30 p.m. ABC.

Quiet around the program otherwise. No new 2027 commits since Prince Goldsby (LB) and Wyatt Smith (EDGE) pulled the trigger last week. Silver sleeve stripes are officially back on the home and away uniforms, and the new turf install at Ohio Stadium is underway for the fall.

Upcoming:

  • Fri-Sun May 29-31 - Marcus Fakatou (5-star DL) + David Gabriel-Georges (RB) OVs
  • Sept 5 - vs. Ball State (12:30 p.m., BTN)
  • Sept 12 - at Texas (7:30 p.m., ABC)
  • Sept 19 - vs. Kent State (noon, FOX)

🏔️Treasure Valley

🍽️Food & Drink

Deli George is back. The 1997-era Fairview deli has reopened at 1114 W. Front St. (the former Woodland Empire Ale Craft building) - a real Boise-classic restoration if you're in the mood for a downtown lunch. The Terrace Drive-In announced it'll have outdoor showings for the 2026 season under new management, opening in July - a piece of Boise nostalgia that looked like it might be gone.

The late-May openings calendar still leads with Eagle: The STIL + Bumble Coffee at 101 E. Riverside Dr. (former Negranti Creamery space) and Vessel Kitchen at 55 E. State St. in the Hemingway Building (Utah-based protein bowls - their first Idaho store). The Descanso on the Greenbelt patio opened May 22 at The Boardwalk (521 E. 41st St., Garden City) - spritzes, beer, wine, the river - that's the Memorial-weekend evening play if you're looking for one.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Today (Thu May 28), 7:05 p.m. - Boise Hawks vs. Modesto Roadsters at Memorial Stadium (homestand finale of Game 1).

Today (Thu May 28), 7:30 p.m. - She Loves Me opens at Boise Little Theater (also Fri 5/29, Sat 5/30).

Fri-Sat May 29-30, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. - 44th Annual Boise Greek Food Festival at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2618 W. Bannock St. Gyros, spanakopita, baklava, live music, traditional dancing. Proceeds support Boise Food Bank, Boise Rescue Mission, Life's Kitchen, and 7Cares. This is the can't-miss weekend pick.

Fri May 29, 7 p.m. - Athletic Club Boise vs. Sarasota Paradise at Expo Idaho (USL League One). Note: AC Boise dropped Wednesday's first-leg 2-0 in their road match against Sarasota despite controlling possession - Friday's home leg matters.

Fri May 29, 7 p.m. - Crazy For Cline (Patsy Cline tribute) at the Egyptian Theatre.

Fri May 29, 7:05 p.m. - Boise Hawks vs. Modesto Roadsters - Firework Friday at Memorial Stadium (Game 2 of the new homestand).

Fri May 29, 7:30 p.m. - Museum After Dark: "Taps and Traps" at the Idaho State Museum (adult evening event).

Sat May 30, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. - Capital City Public Market at The Grove Plaza (827 W. Main). Running every Saturday through Dec. 19.

Sat May 30, 6:30 p.m. - Candlelight: Tribute to Fleetwood Mac at the Egyptian Theatre.

Sat May 30, 7:05 p.m. - Boise Hawks vs. Modesto Roadsters - Outdoor Night / Boise Battle Beavers Game Day.

Sun May 31, 1:05 p.m. - Boise Hawks vs. Modesto Roadsters - Kids Club Sunday / Dollar Dog Day ($1 hot dogs all game).

Sun May 31, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Corgi gathering at the Rose Garden (5610 Glenwood St.) if you have a small-dog person in the house.

Weather today: Warming back into the low 80s, with thunderstorms again possible later this afternoon/evening - typical for the spring-into-summer flip. The training engine's lunch window (75°F, 9 mph wind) is still the sweet spot before any storms roll in.

📰Local Headlines

  • Six officers injured responding to multiple structure fires in Mountain Home late Tuesday evening - Idaho State Police confirmed. Brie'sta Coffee is donating 10% of Sunday sales to affected families.
  • Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp announced she'll retire in 2026 after 14 years leading the airport's expansion.
  • Boise State football kickoff times released for the Broncos' first year in the Pac-12 (KTVB has the full slate).
  • Ada County Highway District updated traffic control device policies, effective June 27 - long-term impact for cyclists/runners using ACHD-managed crossings.
  • Two Nampa men arrested on first-degree murder warrants tied to a 2024 shooting death.

🔗Worth Reading

Generated on Thursday, May 28, 2026

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