Desert Chiva Running

7am- First day officialy on the team. We ran 30 minutes up towards maverick. My knees hurt but it was a good run.

7am- Ran 30 minutes up to the desert (the land of the chivas). I kept up with the team but I almost fell off the pack but I stayed up with them. My knees didn't hurt that much so that was just awesome. Running club after was pretty killer, it was hard keeping up with the little boys.

7am- 35 minutes, went past el firestation and looped around. It was great. Went to the rec center after and taught macen how to play basketball. Good day overall.

4:30 am- me and nick got up early and ran before the trek thing, it was good but i definitly didnt get enough sleep.

6am- got up early again to go run. We went really slow. I nearly froze.

3:30pm- Ran 40 minutes with hard finish and it really sucked. It was at least 105 degrees and we ran through deep sand and hard steep hills. Some parts I felt like i could have walked faster. It was really killer. I really tried to push hard but I nearly passed out for real but I didnt want to get 3rd degree burns on the burning sand. It was great.

7am- 38 minutes or so run with 10 minute tempo like 6 minute pace. Im not sure how many total minutes cuz I didnt have a watch, but the guys came in like 2 minutes after me and jerry so yeah. It was good hard run, Matt really helped me alot during the tempo to not fall off the pace, it helped alot. I probly would have fallen back without him. Hes a good dude. No problems with leg pains so that is good. Im feeling stronger now that Im running more regulary.

7am- Ran easy 30 minutes about 3.9 miles. My knees hurt a little bit but they got better as we went along. Running club after we played some capture the flag with the children (my team destroyed) then had them do a relay to scout out the faster kids.

3pm- Another easy 30 minutes about 4 miles.It was hot. We went to sandburgs pond. Some idiots said nice shorts and they call us qweers which we werent the ones checking out other guys but whatever it was funny. I had some trouble trying to keep up with the team but after a swim in the pond I felt quite refreshed and ready for action so that was good. Had some knee pain but not bad.

7am- Easy 35 minute run, we went around the hood and then on the baseball fields, the grass was really nice.

7am- 40 minutes with 6 minute cruisers. Ran 6.2 miles. The first 2 repeats I kept up with the team. The third one I dropped back quite a bit. It was hard once I was off the group to push myself. Good workout.

2pm- 30 minute run with nick, paul, andrew, and cam. About 3.5 mile run down around sanbergs and the park. It was like 100 degrees, it felt tons better than running in 105.

7am- 45 minute run with strong finish. We went to coral canyon ran on a dope trail and made a loop. My IT band still hurt but not as bad. Stayed up with the group the whole time. It was great.

6pm- Me and my brother went for a easy 30 minute run around the neighborhood in between episodes of 24.

7am- Ran 40 minutes with a 10 minute tempo. I felt really great on the tempo. I stayed out in front most of the time and I felt like I could have done 15 minutes. It was a really strong little tempo you know. My knee hurt a little on the cool down but not bad like im gonna die. 

7am- Ran easy 30 minutes 3.7 miles w/.5 grass warmup. Ran up mainstreet into desert chiva territory with the lvl 3 boys 15 minutes then flipped it and ran back. My knee hurt a little on the way back but no problems really bad. Nice easy run.

12:30pm- Ran another 30 minutes 3.6 miles from pauls house to sanbergs pond and back again and went for a swim. My IT band killed on the way back and it sucked but otherwise it was nice run. The weather was really pretty good not super hot like usual. Watched the world cup after at pauls house. It was dope.

7am- 45 minute run 25 on the road and 20 on the baseball field grass. My knees hurt bad and its really not fun. Ive been icing and streching and stuff but not much difference. The weather was good though and the baseball field grass was nice.

7am- Good workout, first we ran around the hood to get some minutes in, then went back to washington elementary and did speed intervals total was 7 miles and 52 minutes or something. We did 4-5-6-5-4 minute intervals at like 5:40 pace or so with 3 minute cool down in between. It was good hard workout and I really felt relaxed.

12pm- Nice 30 minute run out to the pond again. It was nice and my knees were tons better than yesterday. It was I think 3.6 miles and after we watched some world cup. It was great.

7am- 45 minute run with strong finish. We ran from sullivan park down around shinob kibe and it was a good run.

10am- Me and nick went for a nice easy 30 minute run in the desert. It was great.

7am- 45 minute run w/15 minute tempo. it was great

7am- 35 minute run with the 6 minute test as well. From the start I was feeling pretty tired and really my legs just felt dead. On the 6 minute test I was nervous because i felt so tired and it really took my confidence. In the end I felt I could have done better but you know too late to change it.

8:20pm- Throughout the day I had 3 rough basketball games so I really had to force myself to get out and run cuz I was just ready to go to sleep. After I got going though It was ok. I got like 3.6 miles it was a 30 minute run out in the desert of the chiva. First run in my new Cascadias.

7am- 50 minute run 30 on road 20 on grass. I was super tired and it ended up being a hard run although we went pretty slow. Basketball is really making it hard to get runs in but I do it anyways you know cuz im a beast

9:30am- I missed practice today because I had a basketball game at 7:30 so I went for a run out in the desert. 45 minute run w/10 minute strong finish. I went through the desert and joined onto the tortoise trail and ran along that and flipped it at like 24 minutes. I felt really good no knee or leg pain except for extreme fatigue from doin so much stuff this week. I still even have 2 more basketball games today so this is a really rough week.

10am- went on the barrel roll trail. This week has been brutal.

7am- I hurt myself. I did my warmup and started on my run but the pain was to great so I turned around and went back

7am- I have not rran for a while due to an upper hamstring injury. This was my first day running in like a week and I was super tired and out of shape but yeah it was a good 45 minute run.

7am- 50 minute run with 20 minute tempo. I did a half mile grass warmup and then we ran over to the dirt mile and did the tempo which was like the first hard workout i have done in a while and it was hard.

7am- 15 minutes on road 20 on grass + striders. It was great.

7am- 40 minute easy run out past maverick. it was dope.

3pm- 30 minute easy run to sulavan park. it was also dope. It was like 112 degrees I believe. The heat really is killer. After the run we had weights.

8am- 50 minutes with 4x6:00 cruise intervals. It was super hard. I hurt my knee during the workout and adrenaline kept me going but as soon as the workout ended I could barely walk my knee hurt so bad.

7am- 50 minute run with 20 minute tempo at dirt mile.

7am- 35 minutes with 60/60's

7am- 35 minutes w/striders

3pm- 30 minutes easy around the lake

7am- 50 minute run up a never-ending hill

3pm- 30 minute easy trail run

7am- 70 minutes with hard finish. It was hardcore muddy and stuff. I felt great.

3pm- 36 minute run straight down a canyon and back up again.

7am- 30 minutes easy down the main road and back.

7am- 50 minutes 25 minutes tempo up at the dirt mile. It was hard I almost threw up and stuff.

1pm- 30 minutes easy up the park with my brother. On the way back it started to pour cool rain and it was truly awesome the streets were flooding and we got completely soaked. 

7am- 50 minutes with long hills.

3pm- 30 minutes easy. Weights after.

7am- Time Trial #1

It was good. It was my first race in a while. The course was pretty muddy and wet and stuff. I stuck with Jake basicly the whole time and it was good. Just a really hard race. Like at 300 meters left we both just went for the win but he won. He ended up beating me by one second but it was a good race so no regrets. Good first race of season kind of even though only 2 miles,

3pm- Afternoon run at coaches house. We went out under the freeway into the desert and it was hot as frick. After we swam in coaches pool and it was a party.

6:15am- 40 minutes easy down past arctic circle.

3pm- 38 minutes with 6x800s. I didnt get much food today like I basicly skipped lunch because I was cleaning yogurt out of my hair and clothes. Anyways I was completely wiped out for the workout and it was just plain bad. I cut the workout short because I just really couldnt run at all and it sucked. I couldnt even keep up with macen. so it was a bad day today.

6:15am- 30 minutes. it was great

6:30pm- Cedar Allcomers

It was a good race I guess. I felt kind of dead but not as bad as yesterday. Yesterday I was really drained of my running powers. Im not really sure how i feel about that race because i never ran an xc race before so yeah.

6:15am- 30 minutes out past arctic circle.

3:30pm- 30 minutes easy to my house. It was great. I got one of me amigos to come run and he says he will stay commited so thatas dope.

6:15am- 30 minute run past arctic circle

6pm- Desert Relays

It was beast and dope. Only a mile so yeah. My relay team was good. Really not much to say I just went out and went as hard as I could for my team. Im not really sure of the actual race distance all I know is it was a little more than a mile so I put 1.05 to even out my mileage on my racers from Cedar Allcomers which was 2.95 miles. This way it looks better if you know what I meen.

Friday 8pm - Saturday 8am

Runathon- It was a party. I drank Mountain Dew and grooved to the beat.

6:15am- 30 minutes to sunrise tire.

3pm- There was a lighting hazard so we ran inside and it was dope. We did 8x3:00 repeats and it was good. Running in the halls was hardcore. I nearly tripped like twice and the turns were scary cuz you run into people.

6:15am- There was dope lightning

3pm- 55 minutes with long hills down 2450 then up Green Springs and back. It was good. 

6:15am- 30 minutes

3pm- 45 minutes with 5x1200s. It was dope

6:15am- 30 minutes to sunrise tire.

3pm- 60 minutes steady state

3pm- 40 minutes easy to sanbergs with 4x200s after

8:45am- SUU Invite- JV

The race was awesome. I started off strong and me and Jake were both just sticking with each other throughout the race. I felt quite comfortable and relaxed but still going hard and pushing. It was great. Whoever was in first was long gone you know because just I dont know he just was faster than everybody else. Basicly he was like a minute in front of everybody like what the hecck was he doing in JV but whatever. Me and jake were beasting and feasting. We were just flying together it felt like and we stayed like that the whole race untill one lap left we pushed up the hill breaking away from Brycen. Then I was just feeling it and man I just kicked it in and broke away from Jake and kept pushing for like the last 400 meters. It was quite a good race for JV I thought even though DHells beat us like by 4 points or so. Varsity lost to Desert Hills as well but Nick got 1st like a beast. Thats my brother.

lame

3pm- Time Trial #2

It was beast I think. I did good and stuff I wish I was up there more but I did my best so no regrets. Mile repeats after were hardcore.

6am- 30 minutes easy

3pm- 70 minutes with 5x sand hills. It was good and beast and feast. After the sand hills we ran around the golf course and through the desert and past me house

6am- 30 minutes easy past arctic circle

3pm- 40 minutes with 15 minute tempo. the tempo was sweet. After the first lap I had fallen behind a bit and I was feeling like I was going to fall back even more but I made myself catch up to Dallen then I past Preston and the downhill section I kept pushing and using it to give me speed, then I past Jason and I was just beasting and Trevor told me to catch Cam so I did. And it was good.

8am- 60 minutes easy. There was no lvl 2s except for me but it was really good run, nice and easy and good weather

8am- beast trail run 54 minutes mustang pass baby

4:30pm- ran at sand hollow 30 minutes and swam

6:15am- Beast 30 minute run

7pm- Dixie Allcomers

It was a hard race at the region course. I was really just going for a varsity spot on this race. So yeah bummer my varsity spot was get 6th in the race and I got 7th on the team so suck. What ruined me was I didnt have the balls to position myself at the front and stay there but I got to far back where I was trying to make up ground. on the second lap I was trying to move up spots and pass Jason and Preston but it was harder than you think. I couldnt just move up two spots on the team easy peasy so by the end I barely cought Jason in a sprint off but didnt move on to passing more dudes. It was not a bad racce or anything just I needed to beat more guys than I did. Some hardcore 5 minute cruise intervals after. Rockk on

6:15am- 30 minutes it was dope, my knee hurt a little which was wierd

3pm- 60 minutes with 5x sand hills. man i was super tired and also my hamstring which I injured in the summer hurt like at the start but it went away. on the hills I was wiped out man so it was mental toughness. The first 3 I just made sure I didnt slow down or be slow. then the last two I went yolo and purposely started like 7 seconds after Dallen and tried to pass him up. Which I did. Hills are dope.

6:15am- 30 minutes it was dope

3pm- 51 minutes with 25 steady state. I was worried that my hamstring and stuff would hurt but only my knee hurt for like the first 400 meters then I was good. It was a good run I liked it alot.

3pm- 45 minutes easy with 200s after. It was great.

8:30am- Las Vegas Invite- Freshman/Sophmore Race

The meet overall was awesome. Pine View destroyed. We really threw down on all those Nevada teams. My race was good. I started out in front and then it was me and Dallen and Mitch all right there in front. Around the second lap Dallen had pulled away from me about 5 seconds. All I was thinking about was winning. With like 800 meters left I was really working and pushing trying to get up to him where I could out sprint him at the finish. I was gaining on him but it was really draining me. Right after the pond like 400 meters left I was just digging deep trying to cut the distance between us and probably gained another second on him. 200 meters left I was going all out trying to pass him it was hardcore I was just going harder and harder and I was closing in on him. At the finish I was so close to passing him i nearly dived across the finish line. After the race i just kept thinking if I could have done something to be .4 seconds faster. Really though it was a great race for me and it was super fun. Especially since PV took every boys race. It was beast and feast.

6:15am- 30 minutes out past arctic circle

3pm- 50 minutes with 8x800s. we had to hurry and get going so we didnt get stuck inside on lightning suspension or whatever. I was slow on my 800s like usual. I dont know if it is just that im slow on mondays or if im bad at 800s but I always seem to suck at them. Weights after. The rain started coming down so good thing we hurried to start practice.

6:15am- 30 minutes in the rain. it was beast.

3pm- we watched some videos in coaches room then went for a 60 minute run. Striders after. it was great

6:15am- 30 minutes same as always. Practiced handoffs with a random pipe we found.

3pm- PV Time Trial #3

We warmed up like 10 minutes or so then got back, got my spikes on, and we raced. It was not very good. I was not mentaly prepared for the race and stuff. The start was really fast and I could tell I was going to die off but when I did, I didn't do a good job of pushing through and staying up in the group where I should have been. On some other races I feel like maybe I could have pushed myself more, but this race I know I could have pushed harder. I got the same time as last time trial so yeah not my best preformance. After we did our mile repeats coach came to tell us varsity spots for upcoming meets and all that jazz. I was thinking crap because that was no bueno race but when he tells us who is going to Herriman on friday first thing he says is "Alex is going..." and I was like yes. Im running JV still though but still im going on a varsity trip so yes. 

6:15am- same thing as always

5:30pm- We had lockdown because the cops were chasing down some bank robbers so we were late. Me, Macen and Brianna were all late together so we ran together and I didnt know how many minutes we had so me and macen ran around the neighborhood and went through sandberrgs but the girls was there so we just went up the hill instead of going around the pond. 4x200s after

12pm- 40 minutes at the state course with 4,3,2,1, cruise intervals.

5pm- Herriman Invite- JV race

The race was really beast. I was the only PV boy in the JV race so I warmed up all alone and stuff. It sucked that I was all alone though like at the start everybody has like 10 people on their team and im just all alone. My start was good and the first mile I just went and got in good postition but it was hard because it was up a mountain. After that first hill I was pushing hard to pass some guys on the downhill. It was really fast and I passed a couple guys from Bingham on the way down the mountain but then a kid from AF came up and passed me and I pushed with him up the mutha cussa. The last 3/4 mile was brutal. On the mutha cussa I was super drained from coming down the mountain so fast and I just made myself push all the way up it. The mutha cussa was so hardcore my legs were on fire. For the rest of that gradual hill to the finish i was just trying to hold on.  I was trying so hard to switch gears and get moving but really there was nothing left in my legs. The whole race the terrain is just hardcore and hilly so that just made the race super hard. The finish was definitly not my best but I kept my position for the most part I was 7-9 place through the whole race. On that gradual hill after the mutha cussa was where I could have used some teamates to help me push because I really fell a part in that section. It was good race but still I have room to improve.

1:30pm- me and macen did an adventure run up a mountain which was hardcore then we discovered some heavy machinery which we thought was like a secret base like area 51 or something. Then we ran through some wierd explosive dirt and saw some nube dirt bike dude and chased him down and it was Jakes brother Colton. Then we found a pond that was like nasty as crap which haad a castle in the middle like a prison or something. Then we ran up the road and Colton was just following us so we told him to do a backflip on a jump which he did. Then hard finished at like 6:15 pace and finished at macens grandmas house where we got hydration and coolant.

6:15am- Good morning run

3pm- I dont know my times for my workout but today was good. We did 50 minutes/ 6x800s and 2x400s. I finally broke the curse of sucking at 800s. The first 4 I was right there at the front or right behind them and on the 4th I really pushed to try and keep it tight you know so then the next 2 I fell off towards the back of the pack. Then they all had 1 more so I quick got a drink and the extra cool down time really helped on the 400s.

6:15am- 3.9 miles easy

6pm- 6.78 miles/ 2xmile repeats @ 91%/ 3 mile tempo

6:15- before the run I tripped on the stairs and rolled my ankle hardcore and Nick just laughed but it killed all day

3pm- 60 minutes around shinob kibe. It was long and hard

3pm- 45 minutes pre race with 4x200

6:15am- 30 minutes easy then at like 8:29 we hit the road to california. Sat back middle the whole way.

4:30pm- went and ran the course and warmed up the legs after the long ride then we went to our hotel and chill untill our race wich was pretty late.

9:30- Woodbridge Classic- White Division Varsity Race

It was awesome. We got there and there was tons of people. It was by far the biggest meet I have ever been to. We went and warmed up and coach was telling us just run fast and have fun doing it because this is going to be a fast race. At the start I went out really fast but coach said that it would not drain me to go hardcore at the start and so I just stuck with it. It was good first mile and Dallen caught up with me and passed me a bit I dont know what I was doing I should have stayed right on top of him but he gapped me a little. On the long trail part down to the pond I tried to catch Dallen but I would get close and then fall off again and he stayed up in front of me. Going down around the pond I think both me and Dallen sped up and passed some guys. When we were going up passed the soccer fields some white shirt guy was like right with me trying to pass me and put the hammer down and sped up hardcore and kept going and at the turn were you turn to go to the finish (like 300 meters or so) I started kicking and I passed Dallen and I kept sprinting hardcore to the end. Paul was right in front of me and I was giving it everything and passed Paul at the very end. It was one of my best kicks and it got me 2nd on the team next to my brother which was awesome. That was an awesome race and we got #1 in our division which was awesome. The race was just so fast and fun it was amazing and I was super happy with my race. PRs all around for our team and just really great. After the race we went back to the hotel and got some sleep. I ended up being the fastest freshman for the first night and then the second night for the rated race and the sweepstakes race there were 5 freshman that beat me, 4 of them were in the 15:30s just within 10 seconds and then the other got 15:17. Best race ever :)

8:30am- 80 minute run out around the town. Hard finish at the end. After we went to the beach and hung out and then went home.

6:15am- beast morning run

3pm- 60 minutes total with michigans. Usually on the monday workout im tired and crap but today was absolutely terrible.

6:15am- 30 minutes super easy like way slow. Felt good

3pm- 60 minutes with strong finish like 7.5 miles. on the strong finish some slow lvl 2s decided to go with us and they slowed us down quite a bit like they were not going even weak finish. so we left them. My legs still felt pretty dead.

3pm- 48 minutes total/ 2 miles hard + 2x1600s on the track. The 1600s were supposed to be like around 515 and I hit 518 and 530 so not my best but hard workout.

6:15am- 30 minutes easy

3pm- 30 minutes prerace with 4x200s. I challenged Macen to an all out 100 to prove the freshman sprinting champion so on our 3rd 200 we took it easy for 100 and the second 100 was a fight to the finish. I beat the fool by at least 3 feet but he claims it was a tie. Ill give it to him on a unofficial basis but he knows I won. The official 100 sprintoff has been schedualed for sometime during track season with official times a starter and possibly cameras and what not.

6:15am- 30 minutes easy

6:30pm- Nebo Invite- Varsity race

Not good. We warmed up like 2 miles or so but they were behind schedual so we had to chill for a bit. Not a good start and not a good kick at the end. Started out in front you know like after the first 150m then i dont know what happened. Got cut off like 5000 times people were tripping and man it was pretty intense. My first mile was not good. People kept going right passed me and I did nothing to go with them. After that first mile I found myself last on the team so I got my head back in the game and asked myself what the heck I was doing. Went and made some moves to get back in the race, I passed Cameron and then Andrew was right in front of me so I went and passed him to. I dont like the finish there at all but ether way my kick didnt happen. There was a pretty big group in front of me and if I had really gone for it I could have moved up like 10 spots. My kick was there but it didnt happen. I should have left more on the course than I did.

8am- Beast workout @ the state course. Me and Dallen had 5x800s + 3x400s. It was really good I think and I was invisioning how I want to run at state the whole time. After the workout it started pouring rain hardcore and me and Dallen hid in the bathrooms while the lvl 3s finished up. Then after we ran over to cottonwood park where the JV guys were racing at. Really fun run and we got soaked. 

6:15am- 30 minutes easy

3pm- 35 minutes/ 2x1600s. felt like crap during school so i dont know why i went to practice I just when yolo. Nearly killed myself after the warmup I definitly wasnt going to do the workout. I felt bad that I wasnt doing it so I asked Nick if I should do it and he told me to man up and do it. Felt to sucky to do the first 1600 with the team so I just watched then I jumped in on the second one and ran a 505. My cool down was standing over the garbage can trying not to puke. I told myself I had to finish the workout so I went and did my second one with coach right in front of me pushing me hardcore. Got 535 on that one. After I went home with my mom and layed down on the couch and suffered. Coudlnt eat anything so didnt get very much recovery nutrients

3pm- Easy run to the new bridge

6:15am- 30 easy

3pm- 40 minutes/ 4x800s + 4x400s. Hardcore

6:15am- 30 easy

3pm- Prerace 30 with 4x200s

6pm- Cedar Invite- Varsity

We warmed up like 15 minutes to my grandpas house. Before the race while doing striders and such I felt really tired and stuff which made me panic. I started out fast as heck but I felt suprisingly good so it did not worry me to much that I was up in the front. Paul and Nick and the top DH guys caught me on the track. The second lap some DH guys passed me and I went with them but they were really going and after a while they broke away. Thats where Dallen probably passed me I think Im not sure. Third lap Scott moved up on me and that helped me to keep pushing. It was quite the battle and he would pick it up and I would go pass him but neither of us could break away from the other. Going up passed the soccer fields he made another move and by then I was feeling like he was finally going to break away. Then I quick changed that mind-set and busted my but and got right back on his side then I was attacking and made a surge and I never saw him again. My kick was strong but not very long only like 90 meters or so I should have probably kicked sooner but overall it was a good race. 3rd on the team 26th overall. I got a sweet PR for the course but we needed to move up on Desert Hills more so we could get them at state which didnt happen.

6:55am- Ran up to our marathon aid station.

3pm- Paul forgot his keys at the aid station so we ran up there again and then the down diagonal for minutes. Coach did awesome in his race. True chiva warrior status.

6am- 30 minutes easy 

3pm- 60 minutes 2-set michigan 25:59. Macen ran sub 5 1600 today and I have never actually done that so he is fastest freshman right now. 

6am- 30 easy 

3pm- 30 easy. ran around the hood. ate pomagranites. walked through the valley of the shadow of death. realized there was nothing left.

6am- just a regular morning run as usual

2:30pm- JV meet today so varsity went over to the region course for the workout. 2x800s and 5x400s. It was hard and all the 400s were under 110 so good.

6am- 30 easy

3pm- 15 minute warmup then all-out 1600 on track. I got 4:49 which is a beast PR. I think I could have pushed more 2nd and 3rd lap because the last lap was too easy. Not enough pain to be called an amazing race I think but hey, I have regained my fastest freshman title from Macen so yess. If I can force my self to get like 3:30 on the first 3 laps then the last lap will take care of its self.

3pm- 40 minutes with old man hills

8am- 30 minutes through the desert of the chiva. Found some wild dingos. Ran up some giant sand dunes. It was all good

6am- 20 minutes easy

3pm- All-out 400 300 200 100 with full recovery. They were not super fast for me but yeah whatever

6am- 20 minutes easy

6pm- Region 9 Championships- Varsity

It was a good race you know. The girls had a beast race right before us so I tried to keep that positive energy in my body. I started off right with the leaders for the first mile and I fell off of them harder than I should have probably. Jake passed me up and it was good to see he was finally racing like hes supposed to. DHells 6th guys was in front of me and I tried to close the gap but trying to push that hard kept making me fall off again. I passed him with a major push up the giant hill and I died again but last 200 I passed him with my yolo kick and so yeah. Decent race, decent time. STATE IS GOING TO BE EPIC. Especially when our top runners finally pull it together.

3pm- 30 minutes easy with striders. I was super sore.

8am- fall break so we get to go do some suicide hills. Super slippy and wet. People fell down.

8am- Master blasters. Hardcore

11am- 35 minutes easy up to the park and back

6am- 20 minutes easy so dope

3pm- wave hills at the middle school. so fun cuz this time they werent wet and nobody fell down.

5pm- 30 minutes and yeah we did some little speed workout and practice the start of the race.

7:30am- 20 minute run around the area it was nice shakeout before the race

2pm- UHSAA 3A State Championships

I blew it. I forgot to run with heart. It was a hard race but in the heat of the moment I forgot to do amazing. Really I think that is how we all ran. We warmed up and I was feeling ready to break the 3A freshman record. My start was good and I got in good position and after like the first mile we were together pretty good. The second mile is were I ruined it. It kind of fell apart but in the moment I wasnt thinking that it was just like keep pushing keep going faster. I was fighting the pain instead of embracing it. Paul was right with me and we were staying with each other but we should have gone for it. The rest of the race was pushing to the finish trying to pass some guys but to late to change my race around. Super hard and fast race but theres definitly a difference between that and running with passion and heart. 

3pm- went down to the sullivan park and went on the new trail. The trail was actually closed but we ignored the angry lady and ran on it any ways. then we turned back cuz the boardwalk had paint on it. Fun run

3pm- Ran around on trails through sandbergs and through marlar territory. Dope. Dylan got stung by a bee

11am- it was really slow because I ran on a ton of giant sand hills. I was like going 15 minutes pase up a hill about 1/2 miles long and it was in deep sand like on a sand dune in the sahara desert

6:15am- 30 minutes easy and cold

3pm- 6x1000s they were so dope and hard. yeah these were hardcore. I suffered from anxiety of not knowing how many we were supposed to do and it kept me from going allout on my 6th one but still it was good strong workout. I hit about 3:25 every time. Im glad coach told me to stop but I kind of wish I did 1 more because my 6th wasnt allout

6:15am- 30 easy just like always 

3pm- TRT  out in middleton or something. yeah fun but I never have my trail runners for these runs. Im sore and stuff

6:15am- Super cold run and its not even winter. Im going to freeze

3pm- 60 easy down on the river trail. Got like 8 miles or so. Beast and Feast plyos after.

6:15am- 30 minutes easy

3pm- 2-set Michigan I got 24:55 which broke Pauls freshman record by 45 seconds. It was really awesome and stuff. Coach was going to stay right on A standard so I stuck with coach and stayed completely focused and relaxed. Through the whole thing I just never doubted myself or worried about any of the pain. It was just fast running and it wasnt hard because I made it easy. Thats what I call a perfect run. or almost perfect. It felt good to break Pauls record because I missed my chance at state to break that one.

3pm- Halloween run and ice cream. It was great

7am- We went over to jakes house and went to Arizona and ran on a sweet loop trail thing. Hard finish was sweet and fast and relaxed. 

6am- 30 minutes easy

3pm- mile repeats on the track

6am- 30 easy 

3pm- TRT Mustang Passs

6am- 30 easy my hamstring hurt

3pm- 400 workout on track. I only did 4 cuz my hammy killed

3pm- 30 easy. My hamstring still hurt i shouldnt have ran

5pm- we had a race with dhells but I sat it out im still hurting

6am- 30 minutes on the bike

6pm- 10 laps swimming/ 10 minutes on bike. I quit basketball forever and now im depressed

6pm- 12 laps swimming/ hardcore workout on special bike

6pm- 17 laps/ 15 minutes on bike/ walked on the track. im stressed out to the max. Im not sure if im ready to race tomorrow and if I dont do good then I dont go to nike and so yeah. MMy hamstring is still not 100 % so I have to run on it tommorow hopefully I can get top 7. Also I wasted 6 years of my life playing baskettball and quit right before I could actually play highschool basketball. I spent like over 7000 hrs practicing basketball but dreams crushed. Also riding my bike to the rec sucked and and I have chlorine in my eyes from swimming. Life sucks at the moment.

4pm- PV Autumn Classic

So I wasnt really excpecting myselft to do good today because I have been injured for about a week but anyway we raced and I sucked so yeah. Im really dissapointed that I am not going to Nike but I knew that I wasnt going to be good in this race cuz I havent ran for a week. yeah

3pm- Master Blasters on track. They were dope swag. The hammy feels ok but it aint getting worse so Im good

730am- it was fun and my hamstring feels quit good kind of sore but its getting better

6am- 30 minutes. they have picked up the pace quite a lot in the last week

3pm- PV Dream Mile

I didnt have a stellar time only barely broke 5 but macen did good and beat me by a second. Not very good cuz planning on PRing but nope. Actually I ran a 4:49 in a workout so this was not my best

6am- 30 and there was ice on the ground. Nick slipped on it and it was funny. REALLY FREEZY COLD

3pm- 35 minutes easy and taped stuff in windows for the Running Center and it was pretty fun

6am- 30 easy and I freezed my butt off

3pm- workout atthe middle school with fast stuff on hills

6am- 30 easy

3pm- the boys left for phoenix and wwe just did some easy 4 miles and some striders

6pm- me and my papa ran around the place that is phoenix. it was good shake out for the race tomorrow.

8am- NXR Citizens Race

Yeah so I wasnt able to race with the team due to some unfortunate events (my stupid hamstring) but my family was coming down anyways to watch my brother so me and my dad ran the citizens race. It was actually my dads first 5k ever and he did beast like 18 minutes or something. It was kind of cold but when the race started it was warming up. It was a really fun race I got out with the top group but I didnt want to die so I backed off a bit. I felt I raced decent and I tried to listen to coach yelling at me but not a killer performance I wasnt setting records or nothing. It was a really awesome course and the long straight away finish really worked to my advantage and I passed some guys with a stellar kick. Then after I chilled with the team and stuff and watched the other races. My brother did pretty good and took 3rd in his race and it was cool. The whole thing was pretty sick and the boys championship race was super cool. Cant wait to come back next year and race for realskies.

6am- 30 easy 

3pm- sunrise hills. 8x20 sec with 10 second recovery

6am- 30 easy

3pm- scavenger hunt and like 30 easy. We lost

6am- workout on harvord hills. super hard like 30 minutes total

7pm- after eating a very delicious meal with mi familia me and nick went for a run and ran around the town

8am- 40 minute run with my dad and nick over to my grandfathers horse grazing field in spanish fork. We picked up a random BYU flag off the ground and many people began honking and waving. hehe

8am- Fan 40 minutes up down and around giant sandhills with my dog. They werent very fast miles.

6am- 30 easy and it was way warmer thank goodness

3pm- we went over to the mountain over by the freeway and coral canyon. 3x Downhill repeats. Man I wish we could do these everyday cuz they were so fun. All we did was work on running fast and with good form down a big hill in preperation for footlocker west. 

6am- 30 easy

3pm- 30 minutes with striders and yeah 

6am- 30 easy, these morning runs have been pretty fast lately

3pm- Sunrise tire hills. This time only 6x20 seconds but still a good intense workout

8pm- I didnt run this morning and I slept in and tried to get some extra sleep which was nice. We headed down to california and got a nice little run in. I have to say I really love running at sea level. Its awesome

8am- We went to the course and played some frizbiz and waited forever to check in. I was quite dissapointed the shirt were bright pink so not really something I will want to wear. After we got all the stuff wwe ran the course and the giant hills made me kind of nervous cuz I couldnt really imagine trying to race up them. I went through kind of a race plan for tomorrow and hopefully I am prepared

7:45am- Footlocker West- Freshman Boys

Last night I really tried to prepare myself physically and mentally and I felt pretty good before the race warming up and stuff. Yeah so me and the crew went and warmed up and got over to the start line and did some striders and such. So the race started good and I got out in front with the top group. On the little downhill around the turn I opened it up a bit and took the lead for like 50 meters but that got me nervous. Anyways hopefully someone was taking pictures right then. The first mile split was 504 and I was feeling good but then we hit the switch backs and I lost my focus. A gap opened up and I didnt go with them. I definitly should have shown more guts right then. Lots of guys passed me and when I finally got to the top of that first hill I was already out of position. I regain a bit of ground on the down hill passing up some guys but then the second hill I lost it again. My plan was to make a move going down the the base of reservour hill but my legs were so on fire and the leaders were gone I had nobody to make a move on. Nobody passed me up reservour hill. At like 1k left I picked it up and just tried to make the most of the rest of the race. Not much people to pass but I had a decent kick and ended up with a 18:10. I think I blew it on that first hill, I should have stayed on that front pack because letting them get away like that left me no chance to do what I wanted. Macen had a good race I think for being sick and just barely missed out on a medal. 27th was not the place I should have been in and it was actually quite dissapointing. Really fun race to finish of the season though. I think I lost my edge towards the end of the season so now its time to refocus and get ready to kill it in track, eye of the tiger. Peace world

9am- I sprained my ankle last week and was unable to walk for multiple days. That is why you only play basketball in the off season. Today it was good enough to run on so I ran 20 minutes on the treadmill but it hurt like heck. Then I did a hardcore workout. For the first day back from the break I felt really sucky and out of shape and my knees hurt

9:30am- I tried to put on my trail running shoes without untying them and my ankle exploded with pain so I just put different shoes on cuz I wasnt going to untie them. THen  I ran throughout the wilderness and my various joints hurt. But it was still great.

9am- i ran

6pm- we ran through the snow and up a mountain.