Desert Chiva Running

We were going to try and state q the medly but colin and samson were throwing up and none of the sprinters wanted to do it so coach was like whatever dont worry about it. I ran a 54.8 in my 400 which was good for me I havent ran a 400 in forever it was fun. Macen ran a 54.9 so i barely beat him. It was so cold and windy I hate hurricane that town is garbage. On saturday it was way better.

Hurricane Invite 800m

We hit a lady while playing wall ball and she got real upset and her husband but its not like it hurt or anything, her fat completely absorbed the blow. ran alot of good warmup like 30 minutes.Coach had basically all of us distance guys in the 800. I was seeded 5th. I my goal was to state qualify. There was like 20 guys in our heat and they had us do a waterfall start instead of alleys. I wanted to get out fast though. The gun went off and immediately there was some shoving. Literally my second step I felt someones spikes go into my foot and the sound of my spikes and socks tearing. lol i knew something was up that I could feel the wind against my bare toes. After that terrible start I was pretty far back from the guys who got out good. I tried to get back into it but I was a little distracted with my shoe half torn off. I didnt even feel it hurt untill like 225 left and jensen passed me and I heard carson right behind me so i went hard so he wouldnt beat me. After I finished im not gonna lie I swore it hurt so bad. I limped over to the field and took off what was left of my shoe to see my foot swollen up like it was about to pop. There was one bad cut from a spike but my shoes and socks protected me mostly from that. I had however popped a blood vessel and it was pretty gross. Coach helped me over to a bench and I iced that mutha for the rest of the meet. He also went and chewed out the officials for doing a waterfall start with that many people. I couldnt even put any pressure on my foot at all so I just hopped everywhere. still ran a 205 though

After the meet we went to durangos then later in the day priesthood session then I hung out with macen and we watched stranger things on netflix and ate skittles. That show is good but also creepy as heck. When I went to leave I swear the car unlocked with out me touching my keys and it was scary because that shiz always happens right before the shadow monster takes another person. lol but then i manned up. 

DHells Invitational 800

my foot has made an amazing recovery, I couldnt run on it fully until wednesday and it still hurts but its good. dhells invite was this weekend and coach only had me in the 800 so on friday I just drove over to the meet and hung out with paul and ran with him. he was down for taylor ables wedding so thats beast i love hanging with paul, he ran with us on thursday too. Julien went ham in his 1600 and state qualified with a 432 it was epic. saturday the weather blowed. we saw a lady who flipped her car in a ditch on the way over. it was rainy and windy af so I got comfy under the bleachers and chilled for a while. The rain stopped and the wind cooled down a little but not much.

at race time it was just hot and windy.i was seeded 5th and ready to wreck some scrubs. We started in alleys (thank goodnes) and I was in the first one with caleb and jaiden. gun went off, clean start no problems there. we started out fast, i got in at the back of the pack with caleb, kody, and the dh guys. I stuck right behind them through the wind. with 425 left me and jaiden started moving up through the pack, going around the turn jaiden layed off and fell in behind armstrong and I kept going ham and passed everybody and took the lead with 325 left. I kept the lead down the back stretch but hitting the final 175 we were finishing right into a freaking headwind. Caleb had gone right with me and he passed me with 150 left. I was so dead in the last 100 and jaiden was holding back a major kick and passed me at the 50 along with kody so i ended up 4th. But I was good with the way I raced. It is better to pass and get passed then to never to have passed at all. thats the motto because at least that means you went for it. It was so hot by then the sun was out and blazing and still foofin windy. Then for the rest of the meet I hung with coach and paul and carson and we just messed around until the end of the meet it was fun. They didnt put out the times for the 800 so I didnt know i ran a 201 untill after.

DH Distance Carnival 3200m

Garbage race but im still gonna blog it. The 3200 was at 8 but I got there at the start of the meet to watch the multis and the 4x16. we hung Neptune (carsons eagle) underneath the bleachers but then we switched the rope to around his wings since we realized it might be offensive to publicly hang the national bird. hes fine though, he can fly. Neptune is a beast. before we ran there was this little kid watching us bottle flip on a light and he told us we would fail every time. right as he said that jose landed it and we harassed the shiz out of him. but in a fun way. later Miles came from his tennis meet or whatever and he let me take his racket and balls and it was so fun we went and bombed them across the field. good time

We warmed up like 10 minutes. plan for the race was state q for all our guys so we planned on getting a nice pack led by our current state qualifyers. The race started good but kind of slow, the first couple laps were 114s 115s. on lap 5 i took the lead but I was dying and didnt feel very good like in my stomach. our "pack" was not even there. Carson passed me and mitch passed me and I couldnt get racing. Idk what the deal is but do not race well in the 3200. My last 2 laps blowed and i finished and immediatly changed my shoes to cool down. I cooled down alone so I could think. 1015 is not even close to my best and I know ive got to race different if I want to pr. and not to blame my teamates cuz its not their fault at all but we dont know how to pack good. after we ate at in n out it was good. 

DHells Distance Carnival and Multis/ 4x800

Showed up at like 9 to the meet even though the 4x8 was at 11. We watched the girls long jump and whenever they did a good jump we did a polite clap, like at a golf tournament. then we watched discus. anyways yeah we just hung around then went for a light warmup at like 1040. 

at race time it was hot as. We had no opposition so that was fun. I did a couple strides. ran in my cross spikes. coach just started the race by saying go there wasnt even a gun. I got out nice and quick and got in a rythm realy easy. At the 400 i was like 60. I kept pushing good around the turn and julien hopped in with 250 left and raced me around the last 200. I stayed strong to the finish total time like 202. Colton got the handoff from me. He beasted and ran a 202 as well. The school record is 813 so we were on pace to get it but logans second lap was weak he ended up 206 and xander ran a 208 and we finished 5 seconds off but still a good run. I felt consistant and strong through my run and wasnt really that dead after so that was good. I cooled down like 10 minutes and played football with julien and hung out and watched the hep and the decath. I roasted in the sun it was so hot. Me and carson decided we are going to train for the decathalon through the summer

it was pretty chilly at the meet. I ran in the 1600 with a 437 yeah not great, but the rest of the guys sucked too i was 2nd on the team.  ate some protein and salad to recover before the 800. right before the 800s started a foofing wind storm came. I started out really sucky and had to waste some effort getting out of the very back. then I got moving but the wind kicked my butt on the back straight. decent race though, 2nd in my heat.lol funny story on our cool down we were playing on a swingset and julien jumped off the swings and faceplanted in the wood chips oh man that was funny. lol also carson pulled a muscle in his back in the 32 and now he thinks hes cool but i know the reall reason was because he hurt himself while trying to climb up the firemans pole at the playground. fun times, good trip.