Desert Chiva Running

im back on the blog everybody, i even went and put in all my races so yeah. its all part of a big decision i made to try harder at life. we did 85 minutes today with 121313 pickups. i finished around the track because of chest pain.

615am- hit the weight room this morning and worked out and did 15 minute run

3pm- 50 minute mustang pass from green springs park this afternoon. the trail was actually in ok condition. me and julien did the full loop while the rest of the guys flipped because they thought the full loop would be too much time and me and julien beat them back. felt good, just a little chest pain. great trail run

long run day today. I was on time to practice. we went through the new underpass, it was great. but also i was really extremely slow and tired. also i have strained my inner thigh area

Dogtown Half 

I picked julien up and we went over to stahlei farms bumpin some loud music in my civic. we caught the shuttle up to the start line and warmed up to a telephone pole and we peed and stretched and went and dropped our warm clothes with his dad. it was so foofing cold. I saw coach which i didnt even know he was going to run with us so that was awesome. The start was way better than last year but they didnt do the cool countdown its whatever i liked that.

We started off in a good fast pack and the first couple miles went by quick. After a few miles our pack was me, carson, mitch, julien, and dave. the hill where the start was last year was a little tough but after that it was downhill all through coral canyon and we were flying and feeling good. At the top of hell hole we lost carson to the porta pottys but the rest of us were doing good and kept it rolling down hell hole all the way to sullivan park. mitch made a move a little befor the hill on washington field road at like mile 11. I tried to get going after him on that down hill but i was too drained to make up any ground. coach and jules were right with me on the turn to go up the road to jakes house. coach took the lead and I went with him and stuck with him, julien just a couple seconds behind us. 300 left I passed coach and kicked it in to the finsh to take 4th, julien 6 seconds behind me and coach 3 seconds behind him.

pretty good race for me. the only reason I like halfs is ive prd everytime so far. juliens a beast he hit like a 9 minute pr. all of us did good really. It shows we'll have a strong base coming into track season. fun fact- my pace for this race was faster than at NXR last november. for the rest of the day I ate food and watched tv it was greattt.

lifted weights in the morning and ran 60 minutes in the afternoon. my hamstring feeling alright in general

 friday i didnt go to school and just helped coach out untill the meet started. me and jose found a huge moth like the size of a small bird and it was dying we thought so we stabbed it with a zip tie to preserve its body. then we hid it. it didnt end up dying. we think it is immortal its probably still alive up in a box in the announcers booth living impaled by a zip tie. coach seeded me slower  than my average times in the 1600 for some reason so I was seeded 1st in the second heat that was a bummer i had to wait forever.Carson dal and julien were in that heat. I think carson and dallen might have barely qualified, julien ran a 436 so they did good. I dont actually remember how i felt in my mile but i didnt do to well I got a 4:43. after that I chilled all day until the 4x800 the marines sponsored the meet or something and I got a free water bottle from the navy. in the 4x8 I ran a 206 split and was our fastest leg by 6 seconds. we took 3rd with like a 840 it was not too quick lol. logan xander and colton all ran 212s.

Saturday was cloudy and a little rainy basically perfect weather for me. started off the morning with carson dallen mitch and julien all easlily state qualifying in the 3200. they ran beast and stuck together it was awesome. before my 800 i downed a mountain dew kickstart. major key alert. My strat in the 8 is just to take the first lap as it comes, stick in with the pack, and then just go for it the second lap. I was in right behind colton logan and xander for the first lap and 2nd lap i got to the outside and started moving. I closed in on spencer ford with 200 left and tried to pass him so hard but i stayed half a step behind him until the finish, hes a hard guy to pass. it was a good race i got a 2:02.49 and i definitely gave it maximum effort so im happy. plus we literelly havent done any fast workouts yet so this is a good starting point i think ill definitly bring that down under 2 minutes this season. after that just hanged with the boys and convinced alli to let me hand out medals. I got to give brooklyn lott 3 medals it was epic. Pv invite is so fun

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.

am- 25 minute shakeout run followed by breakfast and AP US History test. finished at like 12 and then we drove up with coach. 90 the whole way and we barely arrived in time

8pm- Herriman invite- 800m/ also 4x400

it was pretty toasty at the meet. me and julien went for a 5 minute shakeout(in my sick new pegasus) because of the long car ride. then we drained and went and warmed up. got back right in time to go spike up and get a couple stride outs I took my caffiene gel but i was supposed to take it like a half hour before. goal for this race was sub 2 and state q.

I started out good and out in front the first 100. The other guys moved around me a bit and I settled in like 6th place or so. the leaders hit a pretty quick first lap  and had a decent gap, not much of a pack going on. my 400 was right around 60 i knew i would need to hit the turn hard. At 450 I was moving pretty good and on the back straight I opened up and started passing. The front 2 guys were still like 25m in head i think but I was catching them. I kicked at 200 left. from 150 out I closed on the northridge kid and on the finish straight I tried to pass him on the outside but he was all over the place. i dont think he was trying to cut me off but he did and I was too tired to get another big move to get around him. just kept pushing till I crossed the line right next to him it was close.

after i finished my teamates came up and were all saying like way to go dude you got it you broke 2 and i felt so good. I still waited to see the official time though, 1:59.4. To someone just watching a 159 isnt crazy good or anything and even to me I still know I can do better. but just the feeling of accomplishing an important goal- even a small one- is something i havent felt in a long time. Julien beasted in his heat and ran like  2:03 haha i knew he wasnt a 207 guy.

I drank some chocolate protein but then I remembered I still had the 4x4 in not too long. cooled down and ran through some sprinklers. got a shirt for being top 6. for the 4x400 it went colin me macen and samson. That was my first time doing a 3 turn stagger. Colin was slow on his leg (55) so I started out in last. I was pretty strong in the middle i passed 1 guy or 2 i cant remember, but my last 100 was pretty weak I was beat ended up a 54 or something. me and macen nailed the handoff. redemption. he ran a 53 and Samson brought us home in like a 52. not a state q but good attempt. after the meet we went to the hotel, got some shiz to eat at the gas station because the garbage wendys employees decide to close an hour early. chilled in the lobby for a while and then watched the end of Nikes breaking 2 marathon attempt. Kipchoge close but not quite, still legendary. what a great day man 

4pm- Region 9 - 1600m

this was my first meet ever at cedar and i gotta say i really like their track. and their field the grass is really nice. I had two races the first was the 16 and later the 800 in the medly. I drained my legs a little bit then warmed up with mitch and carson and julien and xander. Coach told us to do some pickups at race pace so we wouldnt go slow idk. We got good and warm it was windy but not terrible.

they had alley starts and I was in the 3rd one on the outside I think, i wasnt seeded very good. the race started I got out fast with the leaders. The first lap was blazin like a 63. I was comfortable still. 2nd lap 67. Nobody was really moving yet. I pushed to the front on the 3rd lap in good rythm and then Jensen and Caleb got moving and passed me with like 550 left but that lap was still 66 or so. I fell back pretty hard after those 2 passed me. my last lap was weak. I needed some more guys around there to push with and get me moving but I just was holding on as best I could for the last bit. Jaiden mustve been sitting behind me he passed me pretty easily in the last 20, im sure the other guys were closing on me too I didnt really kick that last 100. that split was like a 72 I think no bueno. even with that though my 1st and 3rd laps got me a 6 second pr and another state qualifier.

I got a lot of congrats from people after since I finally did a decent race. Ha at first i heard some people saying 427 for my time but turned out 4:30.12 that was a bummer I thought I broke 430. next week at state- sub 430 

Later our SMR team beasted, state q by time and place. Jacob Michael and Samson all did great on their legs and I finished us strong  with a 201 around there to take 2nd. 3rd fastest in 3A rn I believe. Listened to some kendrick lamar on the way home. 

Last night coach got us sick new uniforms that we get to keep. We look fresh as heck in them. (ha and our haircuts) I got to sleep pretty late my bad.

815am- UHSAA State Championships- 3A 1600m

7am- ran 30 minutes. it was hard I ran with paul, bad side aches and my legs and chest and face hurt. running is  so hard. after I did stretching and excercised a bit

15 road 15 grass and some striders. today was 4x better than yesterday. yesterday I did a backflip off the high cliff at sand hollow though. and a front flip it was good.

Kids club after was way fun. allie came and helped with the 1st and second graders it was a good time.

am- 40 minutes easy wth the boys. after we went and did some work moving a hot tub. stretched rolled and exercised at home

am- 30 minutes plus striders

am- 50 minuter from sullivan park. we went fast i got tired. but not too tired

8am- me macen and parker drove up to weber state for boys state last night and this morning I didnt think i would be able to run but they were still checking people in at 8 so  I went for a chill 40 minute run around the campus and checked out the track and stuff

520am- I didnt get my workout in yesterday so I switched it. It was rainy and cold. I warmed up 25 minutes. The track was closed so I had to jump the fence. ran 4 miles on the track at fast pace, then cooled down for like 10 minutes. forgot my watch so all the time is based off feel and whenever I can see the big clock tower in the middle of campus.

530am- 55 minute easy run today, god bless america

515am- we get to bed at like 12 everynight after a long day of guest speakers and meetings and elections so Im starting to get really really tired. Ran to the ogden temple, it was cool. Ogden high is a wierd looking school.

stayed up till 3 last night hanging with the boys in my city. boys state is awesome. anyways I did not get up and run because i needed to drive 6 hours after graduation and didnt want to pass out at the wheel.

I got a massive spider bite on my heel which made my foot hurt like a mother. no run today I mostly took a bunch of naps. brooks pr invitational was dope

630am- long run down hells hole. it was alright but i was way tired. after we came out of hells hole i got really light headed so i stopped for a bit, then again i got light headed so i stopped. then I just decided to chill run back. 

chill 25 minute tempo today. it felt good i ran in my long sleeve the whole time. it didnt get tough untill like the last couple minutes. i think we got a little over 4 miles

ive slacked on logging my runs for a week on accident, been doing good though. ran from coral canyon this morning and did the dogtown course backwards. had some striders but i got a couple in while i chased some rabbits through the desert.

730- mustang pass from the church with a couple of the boys and tempo at the end. passed between two big rocks which we named hiro and shima. also listened to calvin harris new album cuz its lit. i lost 1 out of 17 with julien so I had to front flip into the nasty green spring pond by the clubhouse. 

630- long run today. I felt like garbage my legs were dead and I started struggling like 40 minutes in. i did the same as last week though, if i keep up then I can cut the minutes a bit. i kept having just bad lactic acid buildup so I would stop and shake my legs out for a second and then I would go catch up again. lol thank goodness for traffic lights though

430am- 35 minutes or so 

7am- chill run 

630am- 95 minutes with the boys and coach. we went up on the ridge and down in a loop around coral canyon and back. alot of the guys struggled today but i never really started feeling it. the pickups felt super chill to me and today just didnt feel like much effort. idk if it is from eating healthy or hydrating (i drank a ton at church yesterday) but yeah today was fine.

7am- 50 minutes half on grass today. yesterday i was climbing a rock face like 15 feet above some water and some bats starteld me so i jumped off and landed too far out where there was a rock shelf. anyways that hurt on my bare feet so thats why i skipped striders cuz my foot is still sore. 

before kids club i was hanging with my lil 1st graders and bottle flipping and such. they were all failing and i landed it first try so i said haha yall are garbage i landed it first try ... Then one of the moms was there (like one of the moms that stays with her kid everywhere and homeschools him and such) and she exclaimed to me "that is very innapropriate to call the children garbage". I thought she was kidding though or something and that made me laugh then she said its not a joke dont laugh, its called bullying. in my mind i was like I think its fine but I apologized and offered to apologize to the children (who were off having fun messing around and didnt even care). a couple hours later i sincerely apolagized again but she didnt say anything and gave a rude look. anyways im just sharing this story because psa dont be like that lady. dont get offended by stuff. you dont need that type of negativity in your life. 

kids club was freaking legit today though i inspired greatness in the future generation. I love those kids there cool.

3pm- weights and 20 minute run in heat

7am- ran up to sand hill and did that it was tough, we are missing alot of guys this week. when we got back like everybody already left. that was a good run though.

 heard that jess got in a debate about if you need to eat red meat to be healthy. the answer is no. hmu if you want to lose that argument lol

7am- 28 minute tempo on the dirt mile, left for the boulders right after

730am- ran on the great western trail with my dad, felt tired and sucky

9am- took yesterday off and did my long run today since im leaving at 7 tomorrow to go hike. i did 90 min down off of the mountain and it sucked really bad. just a terrible run. it made me really sore, then i hit my knee on a door frame and smacked my hip on the counter 

630am- easy run today with my dad from the cabin. been doing some good hikes around boulder and capitol reef.

630am- 50 minutes and a little hill workout with roger. ran down the road to teasdale. its super nice i like all the pretty meadows

7am- chill workout today, just hit a little pace-work i guess

7am- practice from vernon worthen park today. 60 minutes hilly run with striders. felt good, only had like 6 guys up there with us though. yesterday i watched a really good danny duncan video and he was training kevin to balance his life so that he doesnt fall down. really good deep thoughts by danny. hes a good guy. kevin doesnt even need the navy to become a man

bad run

630am- went over and did a 5k in hurricane. warmed up for like 7 minutes. it was just me evan and nathan. i lead for most of it then let nathan and evan lead for the last mile. they did good, i still need to work on keeping my focus better in the last half of workouts. today was pretty much just a little faster and shorter than our usual tempos

7am- run in the rain and frisbee after. no kids club because of rain

3pm- weights and easy run

7am- chill pace workout

5pm- 30 minutes at sand hollow

7am- dino tracks decent fast pace

3pm- weights and easy run

630am- 100 minutes out around little valley, finished strong fast pace

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7am- longish easy run out on the strip

7am- had a time trial today and i got up late. anyway we raced and went out super slow and i was in the back of the pack kind of expecting carson or julien to get things moving but they were just chillin so i threw a major surge and lead for a bit. as soon as i did though my stomach started to cramp and i dropped back again. a bunch of the guys passed me and yeah i didnt feel to good idk why my guts just really hurt. legs and breathing were fine though i think. i was like 10 on the team i dont even know my time. the other guys did good though.

3pm- up at xc camp on cedar mountain. 25 minutes easy

7am- 25 easy on virgin rim trail after like 6 minutes of planks. 

3pm- coach dropped us off on the road by navajo lake and we did 15 warm then 4,5,4,5,4 minute repeats at 8k pace on some dirt roads. that was a good workout for me. then swam in the lake it was great

7am- 100 minutes on the virgin rim trail, 50 out 50 back. great long run even with all the hills. fun trail, we ended up getting like 13.25 miles i think. haha last night lost my phone outside and it rained pretty good but found it the next day out on the ground and its fine, galaxy s6 is indestructable

3pm- 25 easy, freakin tired though.

evening time- 2017 pvxc camp volleyball champs heck yeah

7am- last night slept outside again with jose and miles. the stars were so dope and saw some cool meteors. this morning had a 4 mile hill workout and i did it good. last year this run sucked so bad. this week at camp has been some great workouts. @ 10000 ft elevation. camp was wayy fun.

7am- 50 minute easy run down past sullivan park on the river trail.

6pm- Cedar Allcomers

chill race. i forgot the course i thought there was another lap so that was silly. most of the guys did pretty bad but we still won. we have alot to improve on for the next couple weeks.

7am-  50 minutes with striders

3pm- 4.5 miles up delano peak, saw like 30 mountain goats

1030pm- for some reason we decided to run before bed so 70 more minutes. we ran up to the ski lodge then up to the top ski lift, then back down and back up the other road to finish.

90 in the morning with steady state tempo

25 in afternoon

615am- weights and easy run. it bothered me how many people showed up to weights, i barely was able to get my lifts in because i had to wait for people to get out of the way but whatever

3pm- 55 minutes easy, shoe run.

615am- 25 easy and yoga and school spirit assembly in the morning. pine view is the greatest in the world.

630pm- Desert Relays- 3rd leg

ate some ramen for lunch so i was ready to go. actually felt a little iffy before the race but it didnt effect me too much. julien started us off in decent position. carson finished really strong to get us a bit of a lead before the hand off. casey(i think thats his name) caught me pretty quick but i stayed close behind for all the way down on the bottom of the course. coming back up he took the hill way far outside and gave me a few steps. i kept right on him on the last 400 then dusted him in the final 100. wayy closer of a race than it shouldve been but those guys gave a really good effort. cooled down to the greatest water in the world and ran across the driveway of victory. me and carson got 2 of the bowling pins and we celebrated.

twas a good night, i drove around with julien for a while getting supplies then got lit all night long at the runathon. no matter how pointless and unhealthy the runathon is its still a shiz ton of fun :)

530am- long run up parkway and down and then back up greensprings with 15 minute tempo or something i dont even know what our minutes were

3pm- we did a meeting for like 2 hours and i didnt even get athlete of the week. then 20 minutes easy 

615am- 20 minute run and weights

3pm- 65 minuter, coach is ofs, juliens hurt

SUU Invitational - Varsity Boys

Got plenty of warmup. felt good and ready. Me and Carson started with the front group but fell off  and didnt pick it up at all. Got caught by a group of 3 DH guys and passed 2 of them back on the finish. the rest of the guys didnt do very good either and with DH moving up as a group like that we got destroyed. So lots to work on as always. Julien is working on getting healthy and we have a couple weeks to get some work in before the next race. 

530am- long run with 8x100 hills

3pm- 25 easy

6am- 25 easy

3pm-good workout. I dont even know where our paces were at but we actually got the pack together which was nice.

6am- 25 easy, the guys like to go fast on easy runs lately but its fine

3pm- short hot tempo @ the dirt mile with 30 warm. kept all the guys in only for 2 miles. nearly kept 5 to the end. felt pretty easy.

7am- 60 minutes on the prospecter trail with the boys. We saw a really cool big yellow striped spider.

6am- 25 mintes with yoga after then headed up to SLC

3pm- Murray Cross Invite- Seeded boys 

after a sucky long ride up to murray we didnt really have any time to chill before we had to go race. we warmed up on the course to familiarize ourselves with it and such. The start was good, me carson and nathan were up in the top pack. I ran right with Carson for the first mile but then I fell back a bit. still kept within distance from him on the second mile but I kind of sucked on the last mile. It was pretty weak I got passed alot but Carson did good and moved up and got 5th. I got 26th and the guys were only like 20 seconds behind me but there was like 30 people inbetween us so our team score ended up sucking. We just need to run a bit better. But also it wasnt a bad race either. 

right after our race it cool off like 10 degrees and then started raining. thats was dope but we went and chilled in the new ampitheater to not get wet. the rest of the races were good i didnt really watch them but i met like 12 dogs and chilled with the boys so it was ok

730am- chill pickup workout at the state course. weve ran that course so many times but still dont have more than a general idea where it goes haha. 

530am- long run with 8x100 hills. 

3pm- 25 easy. me and carson and evan talked about 24 the entire time

615am- weights and easy run

3pm- 55 minutes into washington and down through green springs. felt good

615- weights and run. left for slc after lunch

5pm- easy 60 minute run at the state course. the guys cant chill out we ran like 630 pace i swear

7am- easy morning run at murray park and then headed our way to boise

5pm- Bob firman course run through

1150am- Bob Firman Invitational- Elite Boys race

got up at like 730 and got some garbage hotel breakfast. we left around 815 over to eagle island and it took forever because of traffic. that sucked because i have been staying really hydrated so i dont like sitting in the car forever. it was foggy and 38 degrees around so coach had us sit in the car to stay warm. at 11 we went for a warmup. the weather started to clear up and be warmer. I took a gel and a tum and we went to the start. 

Julien drew #46 so we were down at the end for the start. I started out really good though, out right behind the leaders. My first mile was good and fast. Carson caught me on the beach and I ran with him for a bit but I was already dying and lost him after the hill. a ton of guys passed me on the second lap. I tried to get moving but I was just slow. Julien passed me right along with everybody else. Mile 3 was trash I just tried to focus on keeping going. I hit the excel zone good but I was so slow up the hill the second time. Logan passed me with like 400 left. I finished hard but still just a bad race. 

We all did pretty dang bad. we can bounce back. the important races are region and state though so I think its fine. the drive home sucked it hurt sitting for so long. my hamstring is really sore i'll have to take care of that

530am- 80 minutes or something with steady tempo 

4pm- team meeting and 25 easy run

615am- weights and short easy run. Left hamstring was sore and tight so I didnt do squats or lunges. It tightened up and hurt near the end of the run and i had to walk it in.

3pm- ran with coach carson colton and tanner and spencer. I was worried about my hamstring but it felt way better than the morning and warmed up into the run pretty good. Still was plenty tight by the end so I skipped the 200s and iced

615am- my hamstring tightened after practice yesterday my mom gave me a therapuetic massage though and that helped alot. hurt a little on the run, skipped plyos

3pm- 4x4:30 @ 5k pace on the dirt mile. warmed up really slow but by the end of the workout my leg felt fine. nice pack today, good workout. good weather too

6am- easy 25

3pm-  2x 7 minutes at 5k pace on dirt mile and 4x200s after. good workout

530pm- Region 9 Championships

rough race. felt alright warming up but in the race I felt so tired and sucky. but thats how it goes. hurricane pulled off a big upset and won the race. Dhells 2nd and us 3rd. 

8am- shakeout run around the mall, rip hayward

3pm- 4A State Championships 2017

this morning felt a little nervous but as soon as we arrived at the course I was just excited. The weather was basically perfect. I jogged around a little to check out the course a little. chilled with paul. we went for a warmup at like 220 then threw our spikes on and headed to the start.

I got out hard for 7 seconds then settled into it. the guys stayed close and we got in a nice pack with josh bryson and a couple other guys. took the hill pretty calm and me and carson went and passed some guys on the top. Julien came up with us, still right together down around the pond and keeping a good pace. On the hill we were right where we needed to be but me and Carson fell back from that pack and julien stuck with it. the last mile was kind of a blur. we kept our position. carson moved up a bit. I held off Ethan and caught Bryson in the last 100m.

when I finished I saw 3 stansbury in front of me and 2 right behind and I knew it wouldnt be enough but nathan and spencer ran good enough to secure our 3rd 2nd place finish in a row. better than 3rd at region lol. Im proud of how we ran but I know we could have won. I was feeling good with it but after I got academic all state I looked at coach and just felt sick. 2nd sucks. we did good but really not much people will know how badly I wanted us to win. its fine though this journeys been legit. to all the people who have been involved Im thankful to everyone, especially my coaches. Cant wait for Nike though thats going to be fun.

530am- 80 minutes on a parkway. 

3pm- ran sandbergs and rode a bike into the pond a couple times. it was fun

615am- weightlifting and easy run

3pm- 55 easy run up in green springs. had to stop at the golf course for personal reasons.

6am- 25 easy

3pm- workout 5x1000s at 5k pace

615 am -  good wieghts and such

3pm- 55 minutes. foremaster

615am- 25 minutes easy

3pm- 60 minutes on turkey farm road at decently fast pace

mustang pass restoration project

1030am- Nike Southwest Regional- Championship Boys Race

we were very prepared for the race. I cant think of anything our coaches could have done better this season to get us ready. we warmed up on a seperate part of the golf course. headed to the start. did a couple striders and such. 

The race started good. Despite the huge pack, before mile one me and cars got running together, we were already disconnecting from the lead pack even though we were like 4:57 at the mile mark. Through the next mile me and Carson ran good together, probably shouldve passed more people. At mile 2 it was like 10:16 so we had slowed a good amount. I fell off of carson and had a really bad last mile. the last mile at nike has always been one of my worst. I was able to make up like 15 spots in the last sprint. 

twas a bad race for us which was dissapointing but thats how it goes. we got 2nd to last lol. despite us not really achieving our goals, im really proud of our team, proud to be apart of this group of guys. We may not have filled our racing potential but we did good and improved in the process and dedicated to hard work and eachother every day this season. fantastic season and fun trip as always. pretty much my last high school xc race with the team

Footlocker West- Seeded Boys

What a fun time. So when we came to check in yesterday it was discovered to us that the track, stadium, athletic building, and all of the surrounding fields were destroyed and under construction. It only changed the course by the start and finish but also it kind of made it not feel like footlocker. Me logan and carson were in the seeded boys race and we just had a time hanging out and watching races for all morning.

It was like 80 degrees by the time seeded boys got going. The start of the race was all on asphalt as well as the finish so i took my spikes out for this one. it was garbage that they made me start back because there was plenty of room on the front line. The start was pretty good but as soon as we hit the dirt everybody like stopped and started going slow. Through that section untill the valley loop it was really physical and I couldnt go fast there was too many people. valley loop was faster but still just was around mid pack. from there it was just tough and slow. those hills just are so sucky. resevour hill was probably my worst one. then my finish on the asphalt was just tough and hard to find that motivation to go hard. 

last highschool xc race ever. twas just awesome and dusty and great. we got dope backpacks and chilled and enjoyed the great state of california . the end

3pm- 30 minutes easy first run back. my break was fantastic. I love not running. but also its nice to get back into it again cause I like track. met a new kid luis. I described all of episode 18 of season 3 of 24 to carson because it is the most epic one ever. 

3pm- day 2, 35 minutes 15 on road 15 on turf with 8 form striders. had good discussion about how oceans and rivers freeze.

3pm- day 3, feeling sore. 40 minutes with the boys out to chick fil a. First region 9 basketball game tonight was lit. our student section was weak and thats sucks but we cheered hard as heck and the guys played hard too. first win of the season. proud of them, i thought they were going to suck.

1215pm- still foofing sore from starting back up. ran dino cliffs with roger. it snowed last night and today was a great day for a desert trail run. snowy desert is by far my favorite landscape. good chill run

3pm- christmas day run in cedar. Ran from my grandparents house to the c trail in the snow and ran up that mutha. some fool had gone up there on cross country skis lol. there was a bit of tracks in the snow to follow but it was really icey and slippery. after a while the ski tracks were the only ones left and then they turned back and i was running in my own footprints. twas a fun run and a good christmas.

ran church rocks with roger and did a short fast tempo up the grapevine and back down. reminder, i dont run with a watch so mainly my lone runs and workouts are based off of feel and estimations.

barrel roll with my dad. been enjoying some nice trail runs with him over the break

ran from my house to telegraph, then up washington parkway, then back to my house. worked on form and ran fast. on my pickup on the parkway i extended it all the way up the hill and ran it hard. probably foolish since it took 5 min of slow jogging to recover from.

mustang pass. 

easy run by my self