Born in 97', my liver in 74'

Highland Invitational

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Location:

Draper,UT,United States

Member Since:

May 30, 2013

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Marathon Finish

Running Accomplishments:

2021 PR's

- TBD

 

2018 PR's

Indoor 1600m: 5:59

5k: 22:05

 

Overall PR's

400m:   00:56

800m:     2:14

1600m:   4:58

3200m:  10:39

3mile:    17:16

5k:         17:09

10k:       41:20 (just over 10k, in Dimple Dell gully)

Short-Term Running Goals:

2021

- Train 4-5x per week

- Feel healthy, be happy.

- Build core and practice meditating.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Run a Marathon in Fall of 2021.

 

Personal:

My Mom donated half of her liver to me when I was 6 months old. I have now taken care of it for 24 years. I hope to do so for years to come.

I served a mission for my church in Fort Worth, Texas speaking Spanish 15'-17'.

I am a Senior studying Healthcare Administration at BYU-Idaho.

Alta High School XC & Track 2015 Alumni.

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81.25
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This is going to be a very optimistic post.

So this is my first post since the Deseret News 10k. I have been in a blog slump. I also havent had my whole heart in running since then. Everything from work, to family, to vacation. I haven't made blogging a priority.

Sooo Highland, yea, a week and a half away. TBH... I'm not ready I don't think anyone on Alta is. Even Blake as much as he says he is, isn't because of Injury. 

Coach isn't the happiest with us. We need to Improve. If we don't we will fail our goals. We need to come together as brothers and run for eachother. 

There is a big difference between 1st and 5th at state. Right now we are definetley not 1st but we also aren't the worst. 

This isn't meant to be negative. This is all meant to be a wake up call, a late one, that we need to get in gear and run for whatever motivates us the most. For me I run to prove to anyone and everyone that even a 17 year old kid with a Liver Transplant can live a normal life. In fact not only live a normal life, but I can live a life of importance and meaning.

Running isn't everything. School isn't everything. Family isn't everything. Church isn't everything. Friends isn't everything. You have to find the balance between everything. It is a very hard task to accomplish. I'm working towards balancing it as well as improving in each of those areas.

Like Kramer Morton said "Running, Singing, SBO, those are things I DO; but that is not who I am. I am a Disciple of Christ." He taught me a lot about how to be a better person. That is what the ultimate goal of running should be. "To be Forever Strong on the field so you can be Forever Strong off it."-Larry Gelwix

Bringing everything together: This season isn't about championships for me. This season is about preparing myself and my brothers to be the best they can be in everything they do. On the course and off it.

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Total Distance
11.00

Run in the gully with Blake, Davis, Zach, Chase, Cubby and Read.

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6.00

1.5 mile warm-up plus some striders.

The workout was 10x400 at 75-80 seconds with less than 1minute rest. It was a great workout! Me and Davis hit 78, 79, 80, 80, 79, 78, 80, 80, 81, 78. So we hit the splits pretty well. The 81 was the gut check plus a bunch of dance girls were walking across the track and we had to go around them.

School starts tomorrow, I'm really excited to get back into a consistent schedule. That helps for running too!

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Race: Highland Invitational (2.9 Miles) 00:17:30, Place overall: 142
Total Distance
7.00

Pretty good race! It was fun and we got some experience under our belt with the new team.

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Total Distance
8.00

Am- 8miles felt really good!

I had to run more this morning because I can't make it to practice this afternoon. I plan on telling coach at school.

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12.00

Am- Easy 4mile run this morning with the team. 4laps on the track, lower loop, 4laps on the track. Finished with 4 barefoot striders.

Pm- Easy Easy Easy 7.7mile team run on the Gully longer Run. Murphy was in a very comical mood today. ;) We found laying on the side of the trail looking dead!

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Total Distance
6.00

Am- I was planning on waking up to do an easy 4 miles but I decided to finish up some homework instead.

Pm- I was able to finish my HW on time and got a good grade on it. Starting the year off right!

Today's workout was really tough. 12x200m 34s for each. We started out right on at 34s for the first one then Blake and Cubby pushed a bit. Me and Davis paced it perfectly for the last 5 before Murphy told us to go for 30s the last 2. Next to my splits you can see my Thoughts after each rep.

Splits
1 34s That was fine!
2 32s Still fine!
3 32s That felt ok
4 32s HOLY CRAP!
5 33s Felt like CRAP!
6 34s Im done....
7 34s How will I finish this?
8 34s We still have a full mile...
9 34s Um...theres 3more...
10 34s You want us to run how fast!?
11 31s That wasn't bad, almost done!
12 34s No Brain function...

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Total Distance
13.00

Am- 4 Easy miles and some strider with the team!

Pm- 9miles in 70:01 I was going for 70:00. So I was off barely. My knee was hurting a bit so I slowed down on the down hills. I was probably 30seconds behind the team. 

I was really tired ALL DAY so I am going to go to bed at 8:00pm. I was so tired I almost fell asleep in EVERY class.

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Total Distance
10.25

Am- Early morning practice 4 miles easy plus some striders.

Ran 2 laps to warm up for lifting.

Pm- 8xflying 40s Great workout even though I wanted to do 4x1200 really bad.

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No more blaming others. Im the problem.

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Race: American Fork Grass Relays (2 Miles) 00:11:16
Total Distance
8.00

The Race was awesome! We did some great racing! I passed Bingham on my leg, From that point on we were able to stay ahead of them. Great race with a Great team!

We also set a school record!

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