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🌅Personal Briefing - Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (17 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (12 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 (129 days out)

🏃 Today (Wednesday): 4x400m at sub-7:00/mi, 90s jog rest · skip · 8-min stretch Target pace: sub-7:00/mi (Z5–Z6, all-out) Build week 1 Wednesday intervals - speed work for 10K. 9 days since last hard effort.

Best window: Lunch - 85°F, sunny, wind 12 mph

📊This Week

Thu: 22-min easy run · 8-min abs · 5-min stretch · pace 9:30–10:00/mi - recovery from sprint Fri: no run today · 15-min abs · 10-min stretch - Friday rest from running - abs + stretch, recharge for long run

This week: 2 runs · 4.5 mi · 42 min Zone check: insufficient data this week (2 runs, 42 min) - keep building consistency before zone targets become meaningful.

Recent runs:

  • 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)
  • Tue 06-02 · 2.2 mi · 21 min · 9:21/mi (easy)

✓ Nice walk yesterday (33 min). 2 family walks this week - lifestyle win, not a run substitute.

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Fakatou Wraps Athens Today, Texas Up Next

Today closes the Georgia leg of the Fakatou tour. Marcus Fakatou (5-star DL, Sierra Canyon, No. 2 nationally at the position) finishes his three-day OV at Georgia today and heads next to Texas (June 5-7), then Oregon (June 12-14), then the closing Notre Dame OV June 15-17. The Wiltfong (Rivals) Crystal Ball flipped to Ohio State on Friday, and Adam Gorney followed with a second OSU prediction over the weekend - two analyst flips pointed the same direction, but the structural Irish argument has not changed. The closing slot is the closing slot, and "hard to bet against Freeman and Co. on official visits" is the A-to-Z framing this morning. The Rivals Recruiting Prediction Machine still gives Notre Dame an 89.8% probability - split signals, same recruitment.

The 2027 board around Fakatou stays loud. Defensive lineman Abraham Sesay is on a visit to LSU this weekend with Duke and Florida State stops also planned - Notre Dame's DL haul of Jackson Vaughn (EDGE, flipped from the 2028 class on May 27), Sesay, and David Folorunsho (OV ~weekend of June 12) is already historic, and Fakatou would push it past every credible benchmark. Charlie Partridge's January DL coach hire remains the through-line on every pursuit. The tight end position stays the soft spot - Malik Howard (Oak Ridge, TN) is now a three-way ND/Tennessee/Oregon race after Oregon emerged strong; the staff wants a true pass-game TE to pair with Titus Hawk.

Recruiting calendar reminders. Wide receiver Julius Jones Jr. (legacy, OV June 11-13) has his commitment announcement set for June 27. Single-game ticket sales for the 2026 season open to the general public tomorrow (Thursday, June 4).

The Texas 2028-2029 series is still wobbly - Texas AD continues to call it "tentatively" confirmed in public. Carryover, no change in posture.

Upcoming:

  • Today (Wed Jun 3) - Fakatou OV at Georgia (final day)
  • 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

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

Niele Ivey leaves for Mexico next week as head coach of the 2026 U.S. U18 National Team - FIBA U18 AmeriCup runs June 9-15 in Irapuato, Group B against Argentina (Jun 9), Mexico (Jun 10), Paraguay (Jun 12). Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) and Charmin Smith (Cal) on staff. Team USA is chasing its 12th straight gold. The U18 roster has not been publicly announced yet. Back in South Bend, Hannah Hidalgo returns for her senior year off a junior season that set the NCAA single-season steals record at 202, plus Naismith and WBCA Defensive Player of the Year - WNBA-eligible 2027. The Irish opened preseason at No. 8 (USA TODAY) / No. 15 (On3).

Upcoming: Niele Ivey leads Team USA U18 at FIBA AmeriCup June 9-15 (Irapuato, Mexico). 2026-27 season opens Nov. 1 vs. Villanova in Rome (Eternal City Tip-off, Fox/FS1).

🥍Lacrosse

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

The Tewaaraton ceremony in D.C. (May 28) 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 - but Dylan Faison, the No. 1 ranked 2026 recruit, has reclassified and is on campus, eligible for next spring. Kevin Corrigan returns for his 38th season. 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 - Sire Stewart Commits, June 5 OV Weekend 2 Days Out

First commit of the OV cycle is on the board. Three-star offensive tackle Sire Stewart (Chandler, AZ - 6-5, 255) committed to Utah on Tuesday, June 2, picking the Utes over scheduled OVs to Washington State and Boise State plus offers from Oklahoma State, Baylor, Cal, Duke, and Arizona. OL coach Jordan Gross offered Stewart back in early February - the slow-build relationship that's become the Gross pattern in Year 1. The KSL framing calls it "the first real proof point" that the Scalley/D'Orazio rebuild is selling to developmental-OL recruits, the exact archetype the program is targeting. One real commit, low-noise, on a priority position - the Year-1 staff will take that all summer.

The big OV weekend lands Friday. Two days out from Kennedy/Teeples/Pettijohn/Eiwo/Christensen on campus, with Gecova Doyal and Lincoln Mageo (both 4-star interior OL) and 4-star WR Blake Wong now also on the weekend's slate per KSL - wider list than reported earlier in the week. Tye Kennedy (OT, Mesa Mountain View, 3-star) is still the most contested name (Cal/ASU/Michigan/Washington/Minnesota/Utah, July 1 decision). GM Joe D'Orazio is the new operational name worth tracking - KSL describes the weekend as "the first visible layer" of his roster-construction system: emphasis on development, toughness, and fit, modernized board operations.

Rice-Eccles debut now 92 days out. Sept. 3 vs. Idaho (Thursday night) - first matchup with the Vandals since 1993.

Upcoming:

  • Fri Jun 5 - Kennedy, Teeples, Pettijohn, Eiwo, Christensen, Doyal, Mageo, Wong OVs (big weekend)
  • 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, 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 - Two Analyst Predictions Flip to Columbus, Fakatou Decision Still Mid-Tour

Both Rivals analysts now predicting Ohio State for Fakatou. Steve Wiltfong flipped Friday, and Adam Gorney followed over the weekend - that's two of the most-cited college recruiting analysts pointing the same direction in 48 hours. The 247Sports framing this morning is that Ohio State is "still viewed as the frontrunner" but Fakatou is "also still considering Georgia, Texas, Oregon and Notre Dame" with all four still to come. Larry Johnson's track record, the Tuimoloau-style OV weekend treatment, and the early-tour position remain the structural OSU advantages. The question Ryan Day's staff is sweating: whether the Columbus lead survives Texas (June 5-7), Oregon (June 12-14), and the closing Notre Dame OV (June 15-17).

David Gabriel-Georges is the other big summer name. The 5-star RB from Tennessee took his OSU OV May 29-31, visits Tennessee June 5, then closes with Ole Miss and Georgia ahead of his July 22 commitment. Eleven Warriors noted the Buckeyes sent the entire offensive coaching staff to Tennessee for an in-home before the OV. Tennessee is the proximity-and-NIL threat. Short runway.

Quieter beat from the periphery. Notre Dame walk-on kicker Marcello Diomede transferred to Ohio State, joining 2026 high-school commit Cooper Peterson - Day's staff bringing in three new kickers next season. The 2026 class still has the most 5-stars in Rivals' final rankings (5), tied with Notre Dame. Linebacker commit Prince Goldsby (Missouri, No. 7 LB in 2027) remains the most recent staff addition under James Laurinaitis.

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 opened yesterday at The Boardwalk in Garden City - third Idaho location for Apex's spit-fired-meats taco bar (521 E. 41st St.). First day was Tuesday; today is the soft-launch shakedown day if the lunch window calls.

The rest of the June pipeline: Nowadays Coffee (vintage diner-inspired, restored 1956 building at 4295 W. Chinden, Garden City) is on early-June soft-open watch. Ground Rules (Apex's third Boardwalk concept, sports-bar with garage-door plaza opening) is targeting weekend of June 10. First Watch in Meridian (6192 N. Linder Rd., Orchard Park) is on track for mid-to-late June. Anderson Prime American Steakhouse in Star (10206 W. State St.) is still penciled in for sometime this month. Vessel Kitchen (Hemingway Building, Eagle) - Utah-based fast-casual, protein-forward bowls - should be at or near soft-open this week.

Watch-list carryover: The Smoky Pickle in Nampa - wood-fired BBQ in a converted grain silo, owner Nate Lindskoog, Texas brisket / Santa Maria tri-tip / southern ribs, full pickle bar. Summer opening target. Sunday-drive day trip if it lands well.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Tonight (Wed Jun 3), 9 p.m. - KOS Subfrequency at 9th St. Parallel (Knitting Factory). Late-week electronic show if the energy's there.

Tomorrow (Thu Jun 4):

  • 6:30 p.m. - "We the People: Becoming American" at JUMP (Jack's Urban Meeting Place) - City of Boise + Idaho Office for Refugees live storytelling event commemorating America 250. Free.
  • Evening - First Thursday: "Pets & Their Peeps" at JUMP Park & JUMP Studios (with Idaho Humane Society). Free.
  • 9:30 p.m. - KOS MTV 80's Video Dance Party at the Knitting Factory.
  • Citywide - Annual Freedom From Hunger Food Drive with Boise Rescue Mission Ministries + Albertsons.

This weekend (and rest of the week):

  • Fri Jun 5, 5-7 p.m. - Hikes + Hops with Foothills Learning Center. $10, includes one beverage and a guided hike.
  • Fri Jun 5, 7:00 p.m. - Bailey Zimmerman with Hudson Westbrook and Blake Whiten at the Ford Idaho Center (Nampa). Big country show if it appeals.
  • Fri Jun 5, 7:30 p.m. - Ballet Idaho at the Morrison Center.
  • Fri Jun 5, 8:00 p.m. - Crankdat 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: 85°F, sunny, wind 12 mph at the lunch window (per the training engine). Warming trend - daytime highs rising "quickly above average by midweek" per the KTVB forecast. Hot lunch run; hydrate.

📰Local Headlines

  • Boise State president search. State Board still on track to consider recommended finalists and name the sole finalist at its June 17-18 meeting at Boise State - now exactly two weeks out. Under the new state law (effective February), only one finalist is named, then a 10-business-day public review window. Nancy Glenn (VP of research and economic development) is the acting president during the transition. Fifteen months since Tromp resigned.
  • Treasure Valley road project - summerlong. The Payette-to-Fruitland traffic-impact project kicked off Tuesday, June 2. Only matters if a west-county drive is on the calendar.
  • June heat ramps up midweek. KTVB forecast notes a mild start to the month giving way to above-average daytime highs starting today. Standard early-summer pattern; relevant for the lunch interval window.

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