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🌅Personal Briefing - Sunday, June 7, 2026

Good morning. Here's your personal read.

🏃Training

🏃Today's Plan

🎯 10K - 2026-06-20 (13 days out) Phase: build → taper starts 2026-06-15 (8 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 (126 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 - 63°F, sunny, wind 8 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 06-01 · 2.3 mi · 21 min · 9:06/mi (easy)
  • Tue 06-02 · 2.2 mi · 21 min · 9:21/mi (easy)
  • Wed 06-03 · 3.4 mi · 32 min · 9:31/mi (easy)
  • Fri 06-05 · 3.3 mi · 31 min · 9:32/mi (easy)
  • Sat 06-06 · 6 mi · 54 min · 8:56/mi (easy)

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

☘️Notre Dame Sports

🏈Football - Howard to Tennessee, Irvin Decommits, Fakatou Wraps Austin

Two recruiting losses on Saturday. It was a rough day for the 2027 class. Malik Howard (4-star TE, Oak Ridge HS TN) - who had a June 12-14 return OV to South Bend on the books - pulled the trip and committed to Tennessee Saturday, picking the Vols over Notre Dame, Alabama, and Oregon. He's the No. 11 TE and No. 9 in-state Tennessee prospect in the 247Composite. With Jaxon Dollar, Seneca Driver, and Cooper Terwilliger already off the board, Howard was the staff's primary remaining TE2 target. Separately, Amarri Irvin (4-star LB, IMG Academy FL) - who'd been committed to Notre Dame since late November 2025 - decommitted after taking an unscheduled OV to Virginia Tech. The Hokies visit came on the heels of an earlier Michigan State trip and a cancelled Texas A&M visit; the decommit unwinds a Nov 2025 pledge that Marcus Freeman had pushed hard to land.

Fakatou closes Austin today. The 5-star DL wraps the Texas leg of his June OV tour with the Longhorns through this evening before flipping to Oregon (June 12-14) and the Irish in the closing slot (June 15-17). Public consensus still gives Ohio State a slight edge in the head-to-head, but Notre Dame's last-visit positioning and Freeman's OV-closer track record remain the structural argument.

Folorunsho's OV weekend is next. David Folorunsho is still slated for his June 13 weekend OV at South Bend as part of a roughly 20-visitor weekend. He's already committed (the late-spring pledge stands), so the OV is more about cementing relationships than swinging the decision - but it's the centerpiece weekend of June recruiting.

Track championships start Wednesday. Eugene tips off Wed Jun 10: Obiora Okeke (shot put), Amaya Aramini (10,000m), Sophie Novak (3,000m steeplechase - punched her ticket third overall at 9:42.68) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships June 10-13. ESPN family of networks.

Upcoming:

  • Today (Sun Jun 7) - Final day of Fakatou OV at Texas
  • June 10-13 - NCAA Outdoor Track Championships, Eugene (Okeke / Aramini / Novak)
  • June 11-13 - Julius Jones Jr. (WR, legacy) OV at Notre Dame
  • ~June 13 weekend - David Folorunsho OV at Notre Dame; ~20 visitors total
  • June 12-14 - Fakatou OV at Oregon
  • June 15-17 - Marcus Fakatou OV at Notre Dame (closing slot)
  • June 17 - Ian Premer (TE) midweek official visit
  • June 19-21 - Albert Simien (OL) + Segun Alexander (DL) 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 - AmeriCup Tips Tomorrow, USA Opens Tuesday

Tournament starts Monday in Irapuato. The FIBA U18 Women's AmeriCup runs June 8-14 in Irapuato, Mexico. Niele Ivey's coaching debut on the international sideline tips with USA's group-play opener Tuesday Jun 9 vs. Argentina at 7:30 p.m. CT, followed by Wed Jun 10 vs. Mexico and Fri Jun 12 vs. Paraguay in Group B. (Yesterday's note had the Argentina opener as Monday - USA Basketball's confirmed schedule moves it to Tuesday.) Ivey is assisted by Robyn Fralick (Michigan State) and Charmin Smith (Cal). Team USA chases its 12th straight gold and an eighth consecutive U18 AmeriCup title; the immediate stakes are one of the four berths in the FIBA U19 World Cup 2027.

Back at home. Hidalgo's "Run It Back" senior year is locked. The roster picture remains: NCAA single-season steals record (202), Naismith and WBCA Defensive Player of the Year, projected 2027 lottery pick. Louisville frontcourt transfer Anaya Hardy (6-3, .667 FG% at Louisville) remains the only portal addition so far.

Upcoming: Ivey leads Team USA U18 at FIBA AmeriCup June 8-14 (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) remains 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. He also took the Schmeisser Award for the second straight year and ACC Co-Defensive Player of the Year for the second straight year. 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.

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

🔴Utah Utes

🏈Football - OV Weekend Wraps, Wong & Mageo Reviews Land Well

Day 3 of the OV weekend closes today. Morgan Scalley's first major recruiting showcase wraps in Salt Lake with verdicts beginning to surface. The two headline names both came out positive without committing:

Blake Wong (4-star WR). Wong's read on the visit: "I definitely got a better feel for the culture of the program under Coach Scalley. How big families are to the culture. Also that it's a place where the gospel is very important also." WR coach Chad Bumphis built a custom film cut showing how Wong's high-school usage would translate into Utah's offense. Wong said Utah "have definitely moved up a bit" - but he still has UCLA, BYU, Oregon, and Ohio State OVs to take, so the field stays crowded.

Lincoln Mageo (4-star interior OL). Mageo, hosted by Utah OL Kelvin Obot, called the trip "really great" and praised time with coach Jordan Gross and the players. Post-visit, he eliminated Arizona and is now down to Utah, Michigan, and Washington with a July 11 commitment date - Utah is in genuine contention and this visit was the central swing on that decision.

The Scalley-D'Orazio blueprint is showing. KSL's weekend assessment: Utah strengthened committed DL Tiki Teeples, moved up with Wong, made Ronnie Gomiller feel like a priority, and got Jammer leaving with a strong feel for the player-coach bond. The structural pitch - Joe D'Orazio's $546K modeled stay-put upside rooted in NIL/portal churn cost, plus Scalley's "We have everything we need to win big here" line - is what families are hearing across the board. Sire Stewart's Tuesday commitment (3-star OL, Chandler AZ) remains the only hard commit out of the cycle so far, but the staff is selling culture, development, family environment, and fit as the operational identity, and the early reviews say it's landing.

Rice-Eccles debut now 88 days out. Sept. 3 vs. Idaho (Thursday night) - first matchup with the Vandals since 1993.

Upcoming:

  • Today (Sun Jun 7) - Final day of OV weekend (Wong, Mageo, Pettijohn, Eiwo, Christensen, Doyal, Rudnicki, Jacobs, Kennedy)
  • June 12 - Ben Rainwater (2027 OL) OV; Bode Sparrow weekend (13 recruits expected)
  • June 21 - Jag Ioane (DE) OV
  • July 1 - Tye Kennedy commitment decision
  • July 11 - Lincoln Mageo 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 (sweeping AA, bars, and floor), team MVP, three perfect 10s, 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 (197.500) and missed the NCAA Championship by 0.125 - the first time in the program's 51-year history it sat out nationals after a record 49-consecutive appearances. Carly Dockendorf is extended through 2031; bars coach Steve Arkell joined in April. Mike Hunger added as assistant (vault lead, floor assist), and Maile O'Keefe returns as a student assistant coach.

Upcoming: 2027 season opens January.

🌰Ohio State Buckeyes

🏈Football - Carey Still on Watch, Edmunds Closing UCLA Trip, Gabriel-Georges Heads for Knoxville Exit

Carey weekend ends without a commitment - yet. Among the three uncommitted OV visitors in Columbus this weekend, 4-star CB Jaden Carey remains the staff's most likely flip-to-commit, but no announcement has surfaced through Saturday. Ohio State is still viewed as the frontrunner despite Carey's recent Miami visit (his father Marcus Carey played for the Hurricanes), and OSU is still hunting its first CB commit in the 2027 class. His Aquinas teammate Wyatt Smith (4-star DE, already committed) was on campus this weekend in a peer-recruiter role - the relationship is the strongest single lever the staff has. 4-star RB Jayden Miles is here too, but his recruitment is directly tethered to the Gabriel-Georges decision and a near-term commit is unlikely. 3-star LB Kaylon Bailey (Glenville pipeline) has a June 25 commitment date set and OSU is the favorite.

Edmunds at UCLA today - and the Trae Taylor wrinkle is real. The 2027 QB commit (committed since Dec 2024) is on Day 3 of his UCLA trip in Huntington Beach. His public stance: "Everything is fine with Ohio State…but I don't want to close the door on anyone right now." What Eleven Warriors and BucksInsider have been signaling all week: if the choice came down to Edmunds vs. Nebraska commit Trae Taylor, the staff would take Taylor - which is why this UCLA trip carries weight it otherwise wouldn't. Edmunds' return OV to Columbus is June 19-21.

Gabriel-Georges closes Knoxville today, and Tennessee made noise. The 5-star RB wraps the Vols' OV today. Public momentum had been with Ohio State coming out of the Columbus weekend, but Tennessee generated considerable buzz Friday into Saturday per multiple insiders, and the Vols-side confidence has visibly climbed. Ole Miss (Jun 12-14) and Georgia (Jun 19-21) still on deck before the July 22 commitment.

Ticket calendar reminder. OSU mini-plans on sale June 16 (10 a.m. ET), general-public single-game tickets June 26 (10 a.m. ET).

Upcoming:

  • Today (Sun Jun 7) - Carey/Miles/Bailey OV weekend wraps; Edmunds final day at UCLA; Gabriel-Georges Tennessee OV closes
  • June 12 - Gabriel-Georges OV at Ole Miss
  • June 16 - OSU mini-plans on sale
  • June 19 - Gabriel-Georges OV at Georgia
  • June 19-21 - Brady Edmunds return OV at Ohio State
  • June 25 - Kaylon Bailey commitment
  • June 26 - OSU single-game tickets on sale (public)
  • July 22 - Gabriel-Georges commitment
  • Sept 5 - vs. Ball State (12:30 p.m., BTN)
  • Sept 12 - at Texas (7:30 p.m., ABC)
  • Nov 28 - vs. Michigan (noon, FOX, Ohio Stadium)

🏔️Treasure Valley

🍽️Food & Drink

Restaurant calendar this week. Ground Rules (Boardwalk sports bar, Apex's third concept in the plaza, former Neighbor Tim's BBQ space) opens June 10-13 - burgers, beer, bourbon, wings, timed to FIFA World Cup viewing windows. Nowadays Coffee in Garden City (vintage 1956 diner-inspired space, 4295 W. Chinden Blvd. - espresso, teas, local pastries, yard games, planned recurring flea market) is targeting a soft-open the weekend of June 10. Both are the first two openings in a packed Treasure Valley restaurant June. First Watch (Orchard Park, Meridian), Anderson Prime Steakhouse (Star), Vessel Kitchen (Hemingway Building, Eagle), and The Smoky Pickle (Star, wood-fired BBQ in a converted grain silo) still in the summer window.

James Beard winners announced June 15. Ansots (Outstanding Hospitality) and Bar, Please! (Best New Bar) are the two Boise finalists - both worth a date-night booking in the run-up.

Boise Brewing 12 days of celebration. From June 1 through June 12 the brewery is running daily specials celebrating each year from its 2015 opening to its 12th anniversary - closing party Friday June 12.

🎉Events & Things to Do

Today (Sun Jun 7):

  • 1 p.m. (VIP) / 2-5 p.m. (GA) - Savor Idaho at the Idaho Botanical Garden. 35 Idaho wineries and cideries, 30+ food vendors, Year of the Riesling highlights. Headline of Idaho Wine & Cider Month.
  • 8:00 p.m. - Toadies at Knitting Factory Concert House.

This week:

  • Mon Jun 8 - FIBA U18 AmeriCup opens (Niele Ivey, Mexico). Nampa City Council appoints the next mayor at the regular meeting.
  • Tue Jun 9 - USA Women's U18 vs. Argentina, AmeriCup opener (Ivey's first game).
  • Wed Jun 10 - NCAA Outdoor Track opens, Eugene. Ground Rules sports bar likely grand-open in The Boardwalk. Alive After 5 preview note: free Wednesday concert series at The Grove starts June 17 (5-8 p.m., through July 29).
  • Thu Jun 11 - Greenbelt Night Market at the Boardwalk (5-9 p.m., weekly through Sept 4).
  • Fri Jun 12 - Boise Brewing's 12th Anniversary Party. Boise Hawks vs. Ogden Raptors + Father's Day Post-Game Catch on the Field (1:05 p.m., Memorial Stadium, Garden City).
  • Sun Jun 14 - Father's Day.
  • Mon Jun 15 - James Beard Awards announced (Ansots, Bar Please! up).

Weather: Mostly sunny, high near 69°F today with WNW winds 5-14 mph (gusts to 24). Cooler and breezier than yesterday's mid-70s. Light jacket weather for the morning, comfortable by the Savor Idaho window - but bring a layer for the Botanical Garden's shaded paths. Tomorrow (Mon) climbs back into the low 70s.

📰Local Headlines

  • Idaho bathroom law before a federal judge. A federal judge heard arguments Friday on whether to partially block Idaho's new bathroom law before its July 1 start; plaintiffs argued the statute is too vague to enforce. Ruling expected before month-end.
  • Caldwell Police Chief tort claim. Chief Rex Ingram filed a tort claim against the city of Caldwell alleging political retaliation and a planned wrongful termination. Civic story to watch as it moves.
  • Middleton-Star structure fire Saturday. Firefighters responded to an early-morning structure fire on Indus Drive just after 5:30 a.m. Saturday. No injuries reported in initial coverage.
  • Boise Airport awarded $8.8M in federal grants for infrastructure work as passenger traffic continues to climb.
  • Ada County summer meals for kids 1-18. Three locations are providing free meals through summer - useful to know for visiting family or neighbors.

🔗Worth Reading

Generated on Sunday, June 7, 2026

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