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🌅Personal Briefing - Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (18 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (13 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 (131 days out)

🏃 Today (Tuesday): 20-min tempo at Z3–Z4 · skip · 8-min stretch Target pace: 7:45–8:30/mi (Z3–Z4, comfortably hard) 8 days since last hard effort, Z2 at 88% (target ≥60%) - scheduled hard day was missed, time for a tempo.

Best window: Lunch - 79°F, sunny, wind 3 mph

📊This Week

Wed: 22-min easy run · 8-min abs · 5-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - recovery from tempo Thu: 22-min easy run · 8-min abs · 5-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - keep the easy base going

This week: 1 runs · 2.3 mi · 21 min Zone check: insufficient data this week (1 run, 21 min) - keep building consistency before zone targets become meaningful.

Recent runs:

  • 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)
  • Mon 06-01 · 2.3 mi · 21 min · 9:06/mi (easy)

✓ 1 family walk this week - keep it up, those matter too.

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Torbert Pulls the Plug, Fakatou Mid-Visit in Athens

One scheduled OV is now off the books. Four-star 2027 CB Monsanna Torbert Jr. (Princeton HS, Cincinnati) announced Monday (June 1) that he is cancelling his June 19-21 official visit to Notre Dame. Torbert decommitted from Indiana a few weeks ago, and the Irish had moved quickly to set up the OV alongside Ohio State and Michigan as the three schools chasing him hardest. With the ND visit off the calendar, Columbus and Ann Arbor become the two-team race the Irish were trying to crash. This is a small loss in isolation - Torbert wasn't a board centerpiece - but it's the second time in a week (Glover Monday → Miami, Torbert Sunday → cancel) where ND has lost the visit before the visit. The Irish 2027 class is still elite, but the early-June recruiting beat hasn't gone their way.

Fakatou's Georgia visit is mid-stream right now. Marcus Fakatou - the 5-star DL from Sierra Canyon (Chatsworth, CA), No. 2 nationally at the position - is on Day 2 of his three-day OV at Georgia (June 1-3) after finishing Ohio State (May 29-31) on Sunday. Kirby Smart's pitch has been the well-rehearsed "when Georgia says they are physical, you better believe it" and the Bulldogs were already inside Fakatou's top three before this trip. Texas (June 5-7) and Oregon (June 12-14) come next, and Marcus Freeman gets the final OV slot June 15-17. The public Crystal Ball reads remain split - Wiltfong flipped to Ohio State Friday and hasn't re-flipped, but Rivals' Recruiting Prediction Machine still gives Notre Dame an 89.8% probability. Two very different signals, both reading the same recruitment.

One bright spot from the 2027 board worth noting. Even with Glover and Torbert cooling, Notre Dame's defensive line haul in this class is on track to be historic - Jackson Vaughn (the 4-star EDGE from Bergen Catholic who flipped from the 2028 class), Abraham Sesay, and David Folorunsho are already in, with Fakatou still the closer's target. Charlie Partridge's hire in January as DL coach is the through-line on all four pursuits. Folorunsho will also OV around the weekend of June 12.

The Texas series is still wobbly. The home-and-home football series with Texas scheduled for 2028-2029 remains only "tentatively" confirmed per the Texas AD's recent public comments. Carried over from yesterday's read - no change in posture, but a story to keep an eye on.

Upcoming:

  • Today–Wed Jun 3 - Fakatou OV at Georgia (mid-visit)
  • 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
  • ~Weekend of June 12 - David Folorunsho OV at Notre Dame
  • June 12-14 - Fakatou OV at Oregon
  • June 15-17 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Notre Dame (closing slot)
  • June 19-21 - Albert Simien (OL) + Segun Alexander (DL) OVs (Torbert cancelled)
  • 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 - Ivey's U18 USA Trip Is the Next Beat

Niele Ivey heads south next week as head coach of the 2026 U.S. U18 National Team. The FIBA U-18 AmeriCup runs June 9-15 in Irapuato, Mexico, with Group B play against Argentina (Jun 9), Mexico (Jun 10), and Paraguay (Jun 12). Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) and Charmin Smith (Cal) are Ivey's assistants. Team USA is chasing its 12th straight gold and 13th overall in tournament history. The U18 roster hasn't been publicly announced yet, but USA Basketball Trials in May identified 21 finalists. None of Notre Dame's incoming top-3 class members are U18-eligible this cycle (Abii and Lewis are in the 2026 high school class but past the U18 age window).

Hannah Hidalgo, separately, remains the headline name back in South Bend - returning for her senior year off a junior season where she set the NCAA single-season steals record at 202, won the Naismith and WBCA Defensive Player of the Year, three-time Wooden Award All-American. WNBA-eligible 2027 - projected lottery pick. The November 1 season opener at the Eternal City Tip-off in Rome (vs. Villanova, Fox/FS1) is still the next real date on the calendar.

Upcoming: Niele Ivey leads Team USA U18 at FIBA AmeriCup June 9-15 (Mexico). 2026-27 season opens Nov. 1 vs. Villanova in Rome.

🥍Lacrosse

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

Last week's Tewaaraton ceremony in D.C. is still the offseason headline - 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. Schmeisser Award for the second straight year, ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year, opponents averaged 8.94 goals per game against the Irish defense. The 2027 men's roster will be the first since 2020 without a Kavanagh leading the attack - and Dylan Faison, the No. 1 ranked 2026 recruit, has reclassified and enrolls in January, eligible for next spring. Kevin Corrigan returns for his 38th season at the helm. On the women's side, midfielder Marleigh Sanders remains the only confirmed portal departure; no destination yet.

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

🔴Utah Utes

🏈Football - June 5 OV Weekend Locks In, Scalley Brand-Building

Friday is the checkpoint. The big OV weekend is now three days out - Tye Kennedy (OT, Arizona, 3-star, No. 46 OT in 2027, No. 13 in AZ), Tiki Teeples (DT, already committed), Cam Pettijohn (LB), Kelvin Eiwo (OL), and Josh Christensen (EDGE) all on campus. Kennedy is the most contested name - his finalists are Utah plus Michigan, Cal, Washington, Minnesota, and Arizona State, and he has a July 1 decision date. Colton Swan and Luther Elliss did the home-visit work with Teeples earlier this spring to lock in his commit ahead of the OV. The structural story remains Morgan Scalley's wider 2027 net and Polynesian-pipeline lean.

Scalley off the field. Salt Lake Tribune posted video late last week of Scalley singing "On Broadway" at Pebble Beach - golf trip, alumni event energy. Earlier this spring he pledged a $2 million personal gift to the football program. Different lever from x-and-o coaching, but both are signals of the rebrand: the program leans into a more present, more visible head-coach identity in year one. He's also been public that there will be no spring game and that 2026 will be defined "in the trenches" - OL and DL development.

Rice-Eccles debut now 93 days out. Sept. 3 vs. Idaho (Thursday night) - first meeting between the programs since 1993.

Upcoming:

  • June 5 - Kennedy, Teeples, Pettijohn, Eiwo, Christensen OVs
  • June 12 - Ben Rainwater (2027 OL) OV
  • June 21 - Jag Ioane (DE) OV
  • July 1 - Tye Kennedy commitment decision
  • 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, plus 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 an 8x All-American and 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 Front-Runner Status Holds, Gabriel-Georges Lurks

The big picture from Sunday hasn't changed. Ohio State remains the public front-runner for Marcus Fakatou - Larry Johnson's track record, the Tuimoloau-style red-carpet treatment for the OV weekend, and the Wiltfong (Rivals) Crystal Ball flip to Columbus on Friday all still stand. The question Ryan Day's staff has spent the last 48 hours sweating: whether the Buckeyes' lead is durable enough to survive Georgia (today), Texas, Oregon, and the closing Notre Dame OV - four more road trips for the same recruit. Sources view Ohio State and Oregon as the two leaders going into this stretch, though Notre Dame's prediction-machine reads stay competitive.

David Gabriel-Georges remains the high-leverage name of the summer. The 5-star RB out of Tennessee (Eleven Warriors notes Ohio State sent the entire offensive coaching staff to Tennessee for an in-home before the OV) has a July 22 commitment date - short runway. Tennessee is the proximity-and-NIL threat; Ole Miss and Georgia also still get OVs.

Smaller updates from the recruiting periphery. Notre Dame walk-on kicker Marcello Diomede has transferred to Ohio State, joining 2026 high-school commit Cooper Peterson - Day's staff is bringing in three new kickers next season. 2026 OT commit Jimmy Kalis told 247Sports that Ohio State's culture "felt stronger than other schools" - Kalis-style positive locker-room noise, no recruiting fireworks but a useful tone in a class that already has the most 5-stars in Rivals' final 2026 rankings (5), tied with Notre Dame.

Upcoming:

  • 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 - vs. Michigan (noon, FOX, Ohio Stadium)

🏔️Treasure Valley

🍽️Food & Drink

Spitfire Tacos + Tequila is opening today at The Boardwalk in Garden City - third Idaho location for Apex's spit-fired-meats taco bar (521 E. 41st St.). If lunchtime brings you that way, that's the lunchtime story.

A few more on the radar this month: Nowadays Coffee - vintage diner-inspired coffee shop in a restored 1956 building at 4295 W. Chinden Blvd. (Garden City) - is targeting an early-June soft open. Ground Rules (Apex's third Boardwalk concept, sports-bar style with garage doors that fold open to the plaza) is targeting the weekend of June 10. First Watch in Meridian (6192 N. Linder Rd., Orchard Park) is on track for mid-to-late June - the Florida-based breakfast chain's third Idaho location. And Anderson Prime American Steakhouse in Star (10206 W. State St.) is still penciled in for sometime this month. Vessel Kitchen (Hemingway Building, Eagle) should be at or near soft-open this week if the late-May / early-June target held.

A holdover from the watch list: The Smoky Pickle - wood-fired BBQ in a converted grain silo in Nampa, pickle bar, Texas brisket / Santa Maria tri-tip / southern ribs. Summer opening target. Worth a Sunday-drive day trip if it lands well.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Tonight (Tue Jun 2), 9 p.m. - Josiah and the Bonnevilles + Max Alan: Redline Tour at the Knitting Factory. Country-rock / road-show energy.

Tonight, dinner service - Hugo's Deli (Meridian) sandwich truck at Barbarian. Pop-up dinner play if a low-effort weeknight bite sounds right.

Tonight, downtown - Farm to Fork Market runs Tuesday evenings with 30+ vendors and live bands. The Capital City Public Market's smaller midweek footprint, but the easiest downtown loop tonight.

This week ahead:

  • Tue Jun 2 (today) - Spitfire Tacos opens at The Boardwalk. Josiah & The Bonnevilles at Knitting Factory (9 p.m.). Farm to Fork Market downtown.
  • Wed Jun 3 - KOS Subfrequency at 9th St. Parallel (Knitting Factory).
  • Thu Jun 4, evening - First Thursday: "Pets & Their Peeps" at JUMP Park & JUMP Studios (with Idaho Humane Society). Free.
  • Thu Jun 4, 9:30 p.m. - KOS MTV 80's Video Dance Party at the Knitting Factory.
  • Thu Jun 4 - Annual Freedom From Hunger Food Drive with Boise Rescue Mission Ministries + Albertsons. Citywide.
  • Fri Jun 5, 5-7 p.m. - Hikes + Hops with Foothills Learning Center. $10, includes one beverage and a guided hike.
  • Fri Jun 5, 7:30 p.m. - Ballet Idaho at the Morrison Center.
  • Fri Jun 5, 8 p.m. - Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live at Treefort Music Hall.
  • 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 (9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., The Grove).
  • Sat Jun 6 - Treasure Valley Triathlon at Esther Simplot Park / Boise River Greenbelt.
  • Sat Jun 6, 7:30 p.m. - Seahaven at Knitting Factory Concert House.
  • Sun Jun 7 - Savor Idaho at the Idaho Botanical Garden. 30+ Idaho wineries and cideries. Date afternoon if it appeals.
  • Sun Jun 7, 7 p.m. - Iration / Tribal Seeds / Surfer Girl at Outlaw Field, Idaho Botanical Garden.
  • Sun Jun 7, 8 p.m. - Rostam at Knitting Factory Concert House.

Weather today: 79°F, sunny, wind 3 mph at the lunch window (per the training engine). Warming-and-quieter pattern after a cool weekend - pleasant day with a good lunch tempo window.

📰Local Headlines

  • Boise State president search. State Board is still on track to consider recommended finalists in May and pick the sole finalist at its June 17-18 meeting at Boise State - a real institutional date for the city now ~two weeks away. Fourteen months since Tromp resigned. Worth tracking who lands the seat.
  • Summit Creek Fire 53% contained as of Monday (June 1) per US Forest Service - lightning-caused, 1,400+ acres. Trending the right way; no current impact on Boise air quality but worth watching if smoke rolls in.
  • Treasure Valley road project starts today. A summerlong project will impact traffic between Payette and Fruitland beginning Tuesday, June 2. Mostly only matters if a west-county drive is on the calendar.
  • Single-vehicle fatal at Ten Mile / Victory roundabout early Saturday - 45-year-old man killed. Locals know that intersection has had a string of incidents.
  • Quieter macro story. Gas prices in Boise have dropped nearly 10 cents since last week per the latest AAA report; mormon crickets are also back across the broader region. Filed for color, not action.

🔗Worth Reading

Generated on Tuesday, June 2, 2026

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