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🌅Personal Briefing - Sunday, May 31, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (20 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (15 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 (133 days out)

🏃 Today (Sunday): 22-min easy run · 8-min abs · 5-min stretch Target pace: 9:30–10:00/mi (Z2, conversational) Build phase easy day - aerobic base work for 10K.

Best window: Lunch - 70°F, sunny, wind 11 mph

📊This Week

Mon: 20-min tempo at Z3–Z4 · skip · 8-min stretch · pace 7:45–8:30/mi - Monday tempo - race-pace endurance, hard day #1 of the week Tue: 22-min easy run · 8-min abs · 5-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - recovery from tempo

This week: 0 runs · 0.0 mi · 0 min Zone check: insufficient data this week (0 runs, 0 min) - keep building consistency before zone targets become meaningful.

Recent runs:

  • 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)
  • Sat 05-30 · 6.3 mi · 60 min · 9:29/mi (easy)

✓ 0 family walks this week - keep it up, those matter too.

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Fakatou's Columbus Trip Wraps, Athens Up Next

Today is Day 3 of the Fakatou OV at Ohio State, and he heads to Athens tonight. No new public reporting has flipped since yesterday's Wiltfong move - the prediction engines still tilt Columbus, the Buckeyes rolled out the J.T. Tuimoloau-style red-carpet treatment (airport welcome, full coaching staff), and the question for Notre Dame is whether the staff can keep this from becoming a Buckeye coronation before he gets to South Bend on June 15-17. The four-stop gap between Columbus and Notre Dame (Georgia, Texas, Oregon) is actually a feature for the Irish - by the time Fakatou lands in South Bend, the other contenders will have shown their hands and Marcus Freeman gets the closer's slot. That's the structural argument; the recruiting battle is real either way.

The Parks-Sesay parlay continues to firm up around Fakatou. Brayden Parks (4-star DT, Chicago Brother Rice) cancelled his Ohio State trip, narrowing his decision to a two-team race with Oregon. David Folorunsho is openly recruiting him - "Yes, I am recruiting him" and "we'd be a great duo" - and both Parks and Abraham Sesay are now confirmed for South Bend OVs in mid-June. Sesay (5-star EDGE, Downingtown East PA) remains the assumed leader for ND in his Notre Dame / LSU / Duke / Florida State final four, with the decision likely sometime in June. If Notre Dame closes both Sesay and Parks - never mind Fakatou - the 2027 DL group (Vaughn, O'Neil, Folorunsho, Flanagan, Sesay, Parks) would be in the conversation for best in the country.

One scheduling clarification from yesterday's briefing. SI's roundup lists Julius Jones Jr.'s commitment announcement as June 27, not the June 23 date I had previously. Treating the SI date as the corrected one. Jones's own OV is still June 11-13.

Upcoming:

  • Today (Sun May 31) - Fakatou OV Day 3 at Ohio State (departs for Athens tonight)
  • June 1-3 - Fakatou OV at Georgia
  • Thu Jun 4 - 2026 single-game tickets on sale to general public
  • June 5-7 - Fakatou OV at Texas
  • June 11-13 - Julius Jones Jr. (WR, legacy) OV at Notre Dame
  • June 12-14 - Fakatou OV at Oregon
  • ~Weekend of June 12 - David Folorunsho OV at Notre Dame
  • June 15-17 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Notre Dame (closing slot)
  • June 19-21 - Albert Simien (OL) + Segun Alexander (DL) + Monsanna Torbert (CB) OVs
  • June 27 - 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

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

The preseason top-10 conversation hasn't moved since the polls dropped - USA TODAY has the Irish at No. 8 nationally and On3 at No. 15 for 2026-27. The whole conversation is built on Hannah Hidalgo returning for her senior year coming off a historic 2025-26 (NCAA single-season steals record at 202, three-time Wooden Award All-American, Naismith DPOY) plus a top-3 recruiting class led by 5-stars Jacy Abii and Jenica Lewis. Niele Ivey's job between now and November is figuring out the post rotation around Hidalgo and replacing the production that graduated to the WNBA.

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

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

Thursday's Tewaaraton ceremony is still the headline of the offseason - Shawn Lyght became the first defenseman in award history to win it, joining Pat Kavanagh (2024) as the only Notre Dame players to win college lacrosse's top individual honor. The case was airtight: Schmeisser Award for the second straight year (top defensive player in the country), ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, opponents averaged 8.94 goals per game against the Irish defense, and Lyght held Syracuse, Johns Hopkins, and Jacksonville to single-digits during the championship run. On the women's side, midfielder Marleigh Sanders is the only confirmed portal departure so far this offseason, no destination yet.

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

🔴Utah Utes

🏈Football - Pre-OV Quiet, Scalley Era Officially 95 Days Out

Nothing brand new on the wire today. The June 5 weekend is still the next checkpoint - Tye Kennedy (OL, decides July 1), Tiki Teeples (DT commit), Cam Pettijohn (LB), Kelvin Eiwo (OL), and Josh Christensen (EDGE) all in town. Colton Swan and Luther Elliss did the home-visit work with Teeples to lock in the commitment ahead of his OV.

The 2027 board continues to expand geographically. Utah is in the mix for the top player in Hawaii (vs. Penn State, Oregon, UCLA, Miami, Michigan State, ASU, SMU), extended the first power-conference offer to a 2027 pass-catcher out of Idaho, and is recruiting Bishop Gorman's Hinton against the typical Big 12/Pac-12 names. None of these are decision-imminent, but as a signal about how Scalley's first cycle is being built, it tracks: cast a wider net, prioritize the trenches, lean on the in-state and Polynesian pipelines that have always been Utah's identity.

Counting backward, Scalley's Rice-Eccles debut is now 95 days away. Sept. 3 vs. Idaho on a Thursday night - Utah's first matchup with the Vandals since 1993.

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)
  • Sept 19 - vs. Utah State (Rice-Eccles)

🤸Gymnastics

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

Avery Neff capped 2026 with WCGA Region 2 Gymnast of the Year, on top of 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 nationals streak. Carly Dockendorf is extended through 2031; bars coach Steve Arkell joined in April; Olympic silver medalist Grace McCallum is on staff as Student Assistant.

Upcoming: 2027 season opens January.

🌰Ohio State Buckeyes

🏈Football - Fakatou Weekend Closes, Wi-Fi Upgrade Story Lingers

The headline is the OV weekend wrapping up. Fakatou departs for Athens tonight; David Gabriel-Georges (5-star RB, Tennessee - ranked No. 10 overall) and Benny Easter Jr. (WR, current Texas Tech commit) also finish their visits today. Eleven Warriors notes Ohio State sent the entire offensive coaching staff to Tennessee for an in-person visit with Georges before the OV - a signal that he's the top RB priority of the cycle. Easter is the flip attempt, with LSU and Ole Miss also chasing. Brayden Parks's cancellation last week narrowed the OV field but kept the focus tight on Fakatou as the marquee name. Recent commit Prince Goldsby was also in town this weekend on a routine post-commitment visit.

Two operations notes from earlier in the week, in case you missed them. New turf is going down at Ohio Stadium this summer, and the WiFi system is getting an upgrade - new network access points throughout the venue ahead of the Sept. 5 opener vs. Ball State (12:30 p.m. BTN). Small-spend stuff individually, but it's the kind of pattern that says the program is leaning further into the in-stadium experience.

Upcoming:

  • Today (Sun May 31) - Fakatou + Gabriel-Georges + Easter Jr. OVs end
  • 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)
  • Nov 7 - vs. Oregon (Columbus)
  • Nov 28 - at Michigan (noon, FOX)

🏔️Treasure Valley

🍽️Food & Drink

Two openings worth re-flagging: Spitfire Tacos + Tequila at The Boardwalk in Garden City is still on track for its official opening June 2 (Tuesday), and Vessel Kitchen (protein-forward bowls, Utah-based) is opening at the Hemingway Building in Eagle in late May / early June. Anderson Prime American Steakhouse is also now scheduled for the Star location at 10206 W. State St. sometime in June - a new concept from the Anderson Reserve butcher family (third-generation Idaho butchers). Worth keeping an eye on for a date-night option if it lands well.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Today (Sun May 31), 10 a.m.-2 p.m. - Boise Corgi Fest at Expo Idaho. Costume contest, vendors, games, lots of corgis. (Note: yesterday's briefing had this at the Rose Garden - Expo Idaho is the correct venue per AllEvents.)

Today (Sun May 31), 10 a.m.-4 p.m. - The Boise Flea - MAY BONUS FLEA at the Boise State East Stadium Lot (1188 W. University Dr.). $5 parking.

Today (Sun May 31), 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. - Run for Dunn 2026 at Kristin Armstrong Park. 14th annual run honoring melanoma awareness - if the family is up for a quick spectator outing while you're knocking out today's 22-min easy run.

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

Today (Sun May 31), 2 p.m. - She Loves Me matinee at Boise Little Theater (final performance, the closing-night show was last night).

Today (Sun May 31), 3-4:30 p.m. - Carrie, I Remember You - "Here We Have Idaho" Concert Series at the Idaho State Museum. $11.

Today (Sun May 31), 6-8:30 p.m. - String Theory (acoustic classic rock) at Green Acres Food Truck Park.

Today (Sun May 31), 7:30 p.m. - Macbeth at the Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater. Outdoor evening show - bring layers, the night gets to 47°F.

This week ahead:

  • Tue Jun 2 - Spitfire Tacos + Tequila official opens at The Boardwalk.
  • Thu Jun 4, evening - Downtown Boise First Thursday: "Pets & Their Peeps" at JUMP Park & JUMP Studios (with the Idaho Humane Society). Free.
  • Fri Jun 5, 5-7 p.m. - Hikes + Hops with Foothills Learning Center. $10, includes one beverage and a guided hike.
  • Sat Jun 6, 5-9 p.m. - Redwood Park west Boise neighborhood night - live music, beer garden, food trucks, craft vendors.
  • Sat Jun 6 - Capital City Public Market continues (9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., The Grove).
  • Sun Jun 7 - Savor Idaho at the Idaho Botanical Garden. 30+ Idaho wineries and cideries.

Weather today: High 73°F, abundant sunshine, WNW winds ~14 mph, 0% precip. Low 47°F overnight. The training engine's lunch window (70°F, 11 mph) is the sweet spot for the 22-min easy. Pleasant all day.

📰Local Headlines

  • Sandbar Bridge proposal continues to develop. Riverside Hospitality's footbridge across the Boise River - connecting the Riverside Hotel side in Garden City to Bernadine Quinn Park in Boise - is the headline infrastructure story this week (carryover from Friday). The pitch is congestion relief at the existing Greenbelt pinch points.
  • Garden City programming consolidation. Apex Brand Collection is taking over programming for The Boardwalk and bringing four concepts in (Descanso on the Greenbelt + Spitfire Tacos + Ground Rules + Peregrine Overlook). If the Boardwalk has been on your "we should check that out" list, it's about to get a lot more reasons to go.
  • Boise FY27 budget. Mayor McLean is proposing the maximum allowable property tax increase plus a number of fee hikes - citing "constrained" budget conditions. Worth tracking as it moves through council.
  • Carryover from yesterday: Boise Airport Director Rebecca Hupp departs in June; Kathleen Watkins is interim. Garden City Police Chief Cory Stambaugh retires after 30+ years.

🔗Worth Reading

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