Born in 97', my liver in 74'

I ran 2 laps for a warm-up in Powerlifting, I should have done more. Ended up doing a core workout instead of maxing.

10 miler on Porter Rockwell Trail today. 5 miles 7-8minute pace. Then 3 miles hard/tempo, ran that is 17:40. Then a 1.75 mile cooldown. For the last .25 mile Murphy told us to open it up and run it hard. 

Me and Read stuck together for most of the 3 mile tempo. There is still a 1 minute spread between 1-5. Me and Read need to really push ourselves.

6 mile slog through the rain today. Warmed up 4 miles then ran 8x200m with 200m jog in between.

The football players wused out and went inside. While we ran our 200s.

Am- 5.3 morning miles with the team! After wards Senior Sunrise!

Pm- 7.2 miles on the gully long run. We threw in 4 hard 2 minute efforts. Good pre-Herrimann workout!

10 minutes easy. Pre-Meet.

I was very ready for this race! I felt really good! I got plenty of sleep, I wasn't stressed. I followed the nutritional guide Murphy gave me, and I was ready to race. After I 'drained' my legs (which actually helped!) I warmed up with the team. Before the race I told the team we could take 2nd to AF! I told them that there was no one that we couldn't beat there.

I got out really slow. I was at the back of our lane and couldn't get out fast enough. Before the race I decided that if I got stuck at the start then I would make it up the first mile because last year I took the downhill, 2nd mile, too hard. So I passed kids and eventually I settled into my group. At that point I didn't realize it was but we stayed together almost the whole race. There were two Herriman kids and a Bingham kid I know i'm faster than however I used alot of energy passing kids the first two miles so I couldn't pass in the last mile. 

At the 800m left mark Murphy told me that there were 7 Bingham kids ahead of our top 5. At that point, I hate to admit it, I gave up on racing. Chase had passed me and I had convinced myself that the 6th man didn't matter. This was the race that it did matter... 

This is a graph of the top 7. We were that close to 3rd place; We also lost on the 6th man tie. I need to step it up. The 5th man is the core of the team. I learned a lot and am ready for Pleasant Grove next week!

Run at Jeremy Ranch! This is THE prime location for the long run. I ran really well. I felt great. When I told my Mom how it went she mentioned that run really well on longer runs. She said that maybe I'm not a 5k guy. Maybe i'm a longer distance runner, like 13.1 and 26.2. I'm kindof thinking she might be right. Even if she IS right It isn't going to change my look at 5k's and Cross-Country. 

More on longer distances: 

1. I feel i'm too young to run a marathon. Not that i'm uncapable of running 26.2 miles but that it could damage my growth as a runner if I race those distances at 17 years old.

2. Also I want to have fun. A marathon doesn't really sound THAT fun.

3. My focus is my brothas on the team not individual running. I don't care if I break 16. But if it will contribute to my brothas success. I'm so down for the challenge.

XC Season Goals:

-Top 5 @Pleasant Grove

-Top 5 @Nebo This one will be a Challenge, we will need a really great race out of everybody. We took 8th last year and we've beat some teams that were in the top 5 and lost to some that were above that. This will be a tough race.

-1st @Park City