Desert Chiva Running

10pm- Herriman Twilight Invite- 3200m

We showed up to Herriman at like 345 or so and I ran at 10 so I had alot of time to sit around and chill. We saw the giant dumptruck that fell down the mountain and that was cool. I forgot my running shoes so I found my dad and he offered to let me use his so that was good. The whole time that I was just chilling at the meet I was stretching and drinking water and doing yoga and I even drained my legs. I felt pretty prepared. Me and Dallen warmed up together. When we went over to sign in the guy seemed pretty desperate to combine the heats so we hurried and grabbed our spikes and laced up. Then he decided they would do 2 heats so we left. They had the first heat on the track but then they changed there minds once again to combine them so we ran  over again and the guy is acting annoyed that we didnt have our spikes on. But its whatever that guy was dumb. I didnt even have time to change into my racing socks

I barely got like one strider in and then we started. Some of the guys were talking after about how packed it was but I couldnt tell cuz I was out in front :). I led for the first 2 laps about and Preston and Dallen were right with me switching leads. The first mile felt good but turns out it was pretty slow and so I was under pressure now to keep the pace. I was sticking right behind Preston trying to get in a rythm and work with him but these two guys boxed me in and pushed me out of my spot. Lap 6 was slow and I was falling off the top group. I was watching the clock and I could tell I needed to make a major push but my mental game was not there. As a result I fell even further back. The last two laps sucked bad. I was not where I needed to be and I was just trying to hang on. The clock was at like 902 coming into the last lap and I didnt want to push myself. I knew I already blew it and I was like whats the point. Dallen passed me and I went with him and in the last 50 I thought I might as well beat Dallen so I sprinted past him for 5th place. 

I was disapointed but I didnt straight up suck. It was an overall slow race for everybody. The lights shut off and that was freakin epic. I was expecting to be in the 4x400 but turns out coach took me out of that and I was bh so I went and ran some allout sprints through some sprinklers by the baseball fields. Then I cooled down with Cam and Nick and Jake. Pretty cool meet.Cool shirt that i got. I hope to go to BYU next year though 

3pm- today I tried out my beast new Brooks and they were like running on a cloud. We had a goal pace 1000 and then 3,2,1, at finishing speed. Although my new shoes are dope and gold (which i posted a picture of their swag on instagram @alex_____hill) they are like padded bricks. That is an exageration but yeah they are way heavier than my Kinvara 4s. So for the speed of this workout it was really hard and I kind of wanted to take them off. But they are still really comfortable I will just have to save them for easy runs

630am- easy run with the boys

3pm- hey the team left me but thats ok I ran with my freshman bros. They were being lame about running through the desert but it was ok. they had no idea were we were running. We stopped by the door factory were dylan works and got water bottles to run with

after that we had the championship youngster track meet and I watched my sister beast and feast and I did the signal flag for the rest of the time. I only messed up like once

630am- 20 minutes easy. 

4pm- Region 9 Championships- 1600m

I did not make the fast heat so basicly i had to change my race plan. I saw there was some decent guys in my heat though so the plan was let them take me through the first 800 and then take over the race and go for the win and PR in the process. The race started and a Hurricane guy got way out in front but I was not worried cuz I was confident that I was in the right place. at like 650 I could hear coach telling me to get out of that pack and so I started moving up and Jensen Lambert went to work as well, staying right on my tail. The 3rd lap I tried to keep extending the gap between me and Jensen and close the gap between me and the Hurricane kid. Lap 4 I was still feeling good and ready to kick hard and take the W. I moved into first with like 250 to go and Jensen must have been working his but off cuz he was still right with me taking the lead with 200 left. I gave it all I had and moved around him and took off the last 100 and won by 3 seconds. 

Although it was a good race it was a slow one. so that sucks bad. No PR. No freshman record. Not a very fun way to end the season on another disapointment. I actually did have some good races but no great ones. I know i could have broken 440 and it really sucks that I didnt. 

430pm- Region 9 Championships- 3200m

The race got delayed by lighting. I ran slow. I negative PRed by 22 seconds so yeah no state qualifying for me. Just not a good race. It sucks because I was so frickin close to qualifying but nope. It is a pretty sucky way to end the season but it is what it is. I had a great season but I cant help to feel like I let myselft down. I missed state qualifying by .38 and missed the freshman record for the 1600 by like 1 second over and over again. I failed to achieve my goals and I know I couldve. Time to get my butt in gear and train HARDCORE cuz next year Im not going to suck, I will be fast as

3pm- I didnt bring any of my running stuff because I was late to school and I thought I didnt have to be at practice anyways. Nick texted me like 2 minutes before school got out and told me Im an alternate for the 4x400 so I have to go to practice. Dylan let me borrow some extra basketball shorts and I practiced handoffs and such. then we did 4x400s @3200 goal pace but they were way faster than that. Halleluja I dont have to go with my parents cuz they are going to a wedding.