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Location:

Huntsville,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 25, 2015

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

Pre- High School- I did a few local races, such as 4th of July/charity 5ks. I mainly just ran for fun, and to get a feel for running. I didn't do a lot of training or workouts until Jr. High track started. As high school got closer, i started to get more serious.

Freshman Year- I decided to run xc for Weber High School. I ran very little over the summer, and had a rough start to the season. Despite the rough start, I got faster and was able to run on the varsity team more often than not. I dropped my 3 mile time to 17:04, but didn't make it to State. I finnished the season at Footlocker west regionals. I didn't prepare well and placed 22nd in the freshman race. (4th from Utah) Indoor track started and I wanted to break 5 really bad, but ended up running 5:02 at Simplot. When outdoor track started I was really anxious to win. I practiced with the high school as much as possible, despite running for Snowcrest Jr. High. I won a few outdoor meets, and dropped my mile time to a 4:40. At the district meet I took 2nd in the mile to Bronson Winter. During the 800m, I got a PR of 2:07.

Sophomore Year- I put in a good summer of running and was super excited for xc. I was now the 2nd man on the team. I had some really great races and continued to improve. I finished the regular season with a 16:00 5k. At footlocker west, i had a good race but not quite where i had hoped. Indoor came around and i had some nice PR's before i got bursitis in my left knee. Got better and transitioned to outdoor where the season started off well. After running my PR of 4:23 1600m, i got really sick and never got back to 100% during the season. I ended up at 9:41 for 2 miles, and 2:05 800m. I didn't have the performance I wanted at state, but im ready for the next year.

All time official PRs:

400m- 55, Sophomore track 2016

800m- 2:05, sophomore track 2016

1600m- 4:23* (sea level) Sophomore track 2016

3200m- 9:41, Sophomore track 2016

3 mile- 15:27* Sophomore xc 2015

5k- 16:00, sophomore xc 2015

*times converted

Short-Term Running Goals:

Break 15 for 3 miles

Sub 15:30 5k

Place in the top 10 at state xc

Qualify for Footlocker Nationals

Long-Term Running Goals:

Keep improving and getting faster. Train hard and not get burned out. Basically just enjoy the run.

Personal:

I will be a Junior at Weber High School this year. I'm LDS, and will be serving a 2 year mission after High School. I love animals, hiking/ fishing with my dad, and running with my friends.

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Total Distance
45.80
Total Distance
10.00

Practice with the team on the Ogden parkway trail this morning. I ended up going 7 miles and I did it at almost exactly a 6:00 pace. I think that was the fastest 7 miles I have ever run. (Maybe it was the pouring rain, or my training is actually paying off haha)

Then I did another really easy 3 miles later today to keep my legs from getting stiff. 

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Total Distance
12.00

I ran an easy 3 this morning before I left with the team to Bear Lake. Once we got there we did a long run. It was super hot and I was already tired but I was able to do 9 miles at 6:30 pace so it wasn't too bad but not as fast as I should have done a 9 miler. 

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4.00

Super easy day today. I decided to just take it easy because I've had 23 hard miles the past 2 days. 

So I just did 4 fairly easy miles today. 

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8.00

We had another practice with the whole team today. It was an easy day because most of us were pretty sore. We did an 800m warm up, then 3x800. I ran mine in 2:30, 2:26, and 2:21 so not very close to where I should have been but whatever. We finished with a 3 mile cool down. 

Later today I went back up to bear lake, because I'm staying there with Brayden for 3 days. We did another 3 miles tonight in Paris Idaho. 

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Total Distance
7.25

Brayden and I went on a 3.25 mile run around Paris this morning. Then tonight we went for an adventurous (and very easy) 4 miler. We stumbled upon a pen of 8 full sized pigs and spent a few minutes attempting to touch one, when we found some goats running loose through the farm. After chasing the goats we decided that we better leave before the farmer gets us arrested for trespassing and disturbing livestock. About a mile later, both Brayden and I strongly felt the urg to use the restroom but we were in the middle of nowhere so we kept going. Then all of a sudden 2 conveniently located port-a-potties appeared. After a breif stop we continued on our run. We ended up revisiting the pigs several more times. 

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Total Distance
4.55

Moderately hard 4.55 miles tonight. I'm kind of ready to be done with my summer miles and just get going with the season, but I have a feeling that during the season I'm going to really miss my summer exploration runs and my sporadic 7 milers at 9:00 P.M. Hahaha. 

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Total Distance
45.80
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