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🌅Personal Briefing - Friday, May 29, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (22 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (17 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 (135 days out)

🏃 Today (Friday): no run today · 15-min abs · 10-min stretch Friday rest from running - recharge for tomorrow's long run. Abs + stretch today.

Best window: Lunch - 75°F, sunny, wind 6 mph

📊This Week

Sat: 59-min easy run · 5-min abs · 8-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - long run day - 53 min easy Sun: no run today · 15-min abs · 10-min stretch - rest from running - 6+ run days this week

This week: 5 runs · 11.4 mi · 99 min Zone check: 89% in pace-Z2 - ✓ on target for build (≥60%, pace-based).

Recent runs:

  • 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)
  • Thu 05-28 · 2.5 mi · 23 min · 9:01/mi (easy)

✓ Nice walk yesterday (31 min). 4 family walks this week - lifestyle win, not a run substitute.

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Fakatou Lands in Columbus Today, Sesay Timeline Firms Up

Today's the day for the most-watched OV of the spring. 5-star DL Marcus Fakatou arrives in Columbus this morning for his Ohio State official visit (May 29-31). What's new since yesterday: his full June calendar is now locked in - Texas June 5-7, Oregon June 12-14, then Notre Dame June 15-17 in the closing slot. He skipped the previously-rumored Georgia trip. Wiltfong and Gorney's predictions still point Columbus, with Larry Johnson the gravitational pull. Notre Dame's job is to make this a real decision by mid-June rather than a Buckeye coronation.

Sesay's June timeline is now public. 5-star EDGE Abraham Sesay (Downingtown East, PA) confirmed to Irish Sports Daily his final four - Notre Dame, LSU, Duke, Florida State - with a decision expected sometime in June, possibly during one of his four OVs. The current read: ND is "the assumed leader" but Penn State has been pushing hard on the home front (the only finalist not in the official-visit slate is the in-state Lions, which says something). If Sesay commits at South Bend, Notre Dame's 2027 defensive line class - Vaughn, O'Neil, Folorunsho, Flanagan, plus Sesay - would arguably be the best in the country.

Two other small notes. Monsanna Torbert's June 19-21 OV at Notre Dame is still on (the former Indiana CB pledge); Mickens has the close. And the 2026 single-game tickets go on sale to the general public Thursday, June 4 - the Lambeau opener vs. Wisconsin is the obvious one, but the Michigan State night game (Sept. 19) and Miami (Nov. 7) are also primetime.

Upcoming:

  • Fri-Sun May 29-31 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Ohio State
  • Thu Jun 4 - 2026 single-game tickets on sale to general public
  • June 11-13 - Julius Jones Jr. (WR, legacy) OV at Notre Dame
  • June 15-17 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Notre Dame (closing slot)
  • June 19-21 - Monsanna Torbert (CB) 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).

🏀Women's Basketball - Preseason Top-10 Buzz Builds

The way-too-early rankings are landing. USA TODAY has the Irish at No. 8 nationally in its 2026-27 preview; On3's preseason poll dropped today with Notre Dame at No. 15 (a more cautious read, weighted toward last year's Elite Eight ceiling). The split is the same conversation either way: with Hannah Hidalgo back for her senior year and a top-3 recruiting class incoming (5-stars Jacy Abii and Jenica Lewis lead it), this team has the talent to make the Final Four for the first time since Olivia Miles' freshman year. The question is depth around Hidalgo - who graduated to the WNBA, who's stepping up, and whether Niele Ivey gets the post production she needs.

A reminder of the recap from last week if you missed it: Hidalgo closes 2025-26 with the NCAA single-season steals record (202), three-time Wooden Award All-American (a program first), and Naismith DPOY.

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).

🥍Lacrosse - Sanders Enters Portal

One offseason move on the women's side. Midfielder Marleigh Sanders entered the transfer portal this month, per USA Lacrosse's early portal tracker - the first notable departure for the women's program coming off their season. No destination yet. For the men, no fresh movement; Corrigan's reload effort is built around junior defenseman Shawn Lyght (ACC Co-DPOY, Tewaaraton finalist), and the 2027 schedule features 11 games, five at Arlotta, eight of 11 opponents ranked top-15 preseason.

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

🔴Utah Utes

🏈Football - June 5 OV Slate Grows, Quiet Day Otherwise

The June 5 weekend keeps getting bigger. Two more names firmed up since the last briefing: Kelvin Eiwo (OL) and Josh Christensen (EDGE) are both confirmed for the same Memorial-weekend-after slate alongside Tye Kennedy (OL, top-6), Tiki Teeples (DT commit), and Cam Pettijohn (LB). That's four trench pieces in one weekend - exactly the room Scalley needs to rebuild after losing two first-round NFL offensive linemen. Kennedy decides July 1 between Utah, Cal, Arizona State, Michigan, Washington, and Minnesota.

Nothing else on the wire today - the lull between spring evals and the June visit cycle is real. Worth noting: Avery Neff just took home WCGA Regional Gymnast of the Year for Region 2 in the postseason awards (gymnastics, not football, but it surfaced in the Utah feed yesterday) - eight-time All-American, 27 wins this season, 35 career.

Upcoming:

  • June 5 - Kennedy, Teeples, Pettijohn, Eiwo, Christensen 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 - Neff Adds Regional Honor

One late postseason add. Avery Neff was named WCGA Region 2 Gymnast of the Year, capping a year that also produced Big 12 Gymnast of the Year, team MVP, three perfect 10s (vault at Sprouts, vault vs. Southern Utah, bars vs. BYU), and a 7th AA / 4th floor finish at NCAAs as an individual qualifier. She enters 2027 as the unambiguous centerpiece of a Utah team that finished 10th nationally and missed the NCAA Championship by 0.125 - ending the program's 49-year streak at nationals. Coaching staff is intact: bars coach Steve Arkell (joined April), Olympic silver medalist Grace McCallum as Student Assistant, Carly Dockendorf extended through 2031.

Upcoming: 2027 season opens January.

🌰Ohio State Buckeyes

🏈Football - Fakatou Weekend Begins, Sayin Hypes the New Offense

Fakatou is in Columbus. The three-day OV runs through Sunday. Wiltfong and Gorney's predictions still both point Ohio State, and Fakatou recently told Rivals the Buckeyes are "No. 1" on his list. Larry Johnson is the differentiator. 2027 RB David Gabriel-Georges is also in for his OV, and Benny Easter Jr. joins the official-visit weekend alongside recent commit Prince Goldsby. Worth noting: a second elite DT who was supposed to be in town this weekend canceled days ago and is now trending toward Notre Dame/Oregon - so the focus narrows to Fakatou as the headline name.

QB1 hypes the new offense. Julian Sayin spoke this week about Arthur Smith's first offseason as OC, saying Smith has brought "a lot of great things" and that "the whole program has a chip on our shoulder" coming off how 2025 ended (12-2, primetime loss left a mark). Sayin enters Year 2 as a redshirt sophomore - the second-year jump is the question for whether this team gets back to the playoff.

Stadium update: new turf install at Ohio Stadium is underway for the fall. Silver sleeve stripes back on home and away uniforms. Sept. 5 vs. Ball State opens at 12:30 on BTN as previously noted.

Upcoming:

  • Fri-Sun May 29-31 - Marcus Fakatou + David Gabriel-Georges + Benny Easter Jr. 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

Nothing brand-new on the openings calendar since yesterday - the May wave (Descanso on the Greenbelt, The STIL + Bumble Coffee, Vessel Kitchen, Deli George, Solovey Kitchen Cafe in Nampa) is the active set. The next opening to watch is Spitfire Tacos + Tequila at The Boardwalk in Garden City - soft open late May, official opening June 2.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Today (Fri May 29), 11 a.m.-9 p.m. - 44th Annual Boise Greek Food Festival at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church, 2618 W. Bannock St. Day 1 of two. Gyros, spanakopita, baklava, live music and dancing on the half-hour. Free admission. Proceeds support Boise Food Bank, Boise Rescue Mission, Life's Kitchen, and 7Cares. Today's the can't-miss pick.

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

Today (Fri May 29), 7:05 p.m. - Boise Hawks vs. Modesto Roadsters - Firework Friday at Memorial Stadium.

Today (Fri May 29), 7:30 p.m. - She Loves Me at Boise Little Theater (also tomorrow night).

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

Sat May 30, 8 a.m. - Pace for Peace 5K (Run for Refugees–Sudan) at Ann Morrison Park (Old Timer Pavilion). New this weekend - local Agency for New Americans + Atiye Charity Association.

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, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. - Boise Greek Food Festival Day 2.

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.

Sat May 30, 7:30 p.m. - She Loves Me at Boise Little Theater (closing night).

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. $10 admission.

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 - The Boise Flea (vintage/maker market - check the Flea's site for time and venue).

Weather today: High 78°F, intervals of clouds and sunshine, stray afternoon shower or thunderstorm possible, NW winds 10-20 mph. The training engine's lunch window (75°F, 6 mph) is still the sweet spot for the abs/stretch session if you do it outdoors - though the storm risk picks up in the afternoon. Saturday cools slightly into the mid-70s for the long run.

📰Local Headlines

  • Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp leaves in June (sooner than the previously-reported 2026 retirement timeline) for an opportunity in Dallas. Kathleen Watkins will serve as interim director through the transition.
  • Garden City Police Chief Cory Stambaugh is stepping away from policing after more than three decades in law enforcement.
  • Boise State football kickoff times dropped yesterday for the Broncos' inaugural Pac-12 season - Albertsons Stadium opener and conference home slate now confirmed on KTVB and the Pac-12 release.
  • Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for the afternoon - 60-70 mph wind gusts possible across SW Idaho if storms develop along the Nevada border.
  • Update on the Nampa murder case from yesterday: Elias Romero Cervantes and Gustavo Sanchez Jr. were both arrested on first-degree murder warrants tied to the 2024 shooting.

🔗Worth Reading

Generated on Friday, May 29, 2026

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