Failures require the time to be studied

AM: Easy AC

PM: This morning my ankel was hurting like a shin splint kind of feeling like coach had.  Tendonits or something. Got out and got 2 mile warm in and started the work out, but only got through the first 1000.  By then my ankel was killing.  So i got it checked out and it is tendonitis.  Few days rest and ill be back full.

AM: No am

PM: Had to take a zero for today to rest up the foot.  I went out and got it taped, then i headed over to steve to get some arch support insouls in my shoe. It is really helping. In fact it dosnt hurt right now.  So maby ill be able to get a few in tomorrow. 

Last day of no running, then tomorrow i should be back doing just a little duck run.

Right now i just feel like all my hard work has gone down the drain.  All of my time and every thing is just gone.  I know it will heal, but how long, over night, week, month. Ill never be the same.  Some days i ask, is it really worth it.  Hell ya its worth it.  And thats whats killing me, looking at every one else who can run.  while i sit and watch.  Im doing everything that i need to get this thing healed, so i better heal fast.  A state title dosnt get won by being injured.

AM: Finally got to get out and run, it felt so good!!! The last half mile i got some seriously sick shin splints on my right leg. So when i got home i stuck my legs right into the freaking cold pool.  Feels good now. :)

PM:  Warmed up with the team, timed them, and then cooled down with some fartlecks to see how the legs are feeling.  Feeling awesome! Im excited for the first meet this weekend.

today i threw in the 120's for jav. i dont know if thats good or not so ya.

PM: Did a mix up run. Im not feeling very good today. Im going home to go to sleep.

AM: No am, sore throat.

PM: Surprisingly my throat feels amazing. Did 2 warm then hit my first speed since my injury. Felt really good compared to burning pain in my tendons.  We did 2X1600 and 4X200  First mile was good and right on pace, the next one i fell back by a little. No biggie im still getting back into the speed flow of things. 200's were good till the last one, kinda got cut off, but thats okay, i still came in right behind. After 2 cool.  Im wasted.  Whew time to get ready for the meet fiday!!

PM: Just ran around the school a few times with trevor then got started on our order for the 4X4 for saturday.  Im super excited for the race!

AM: Well its the first day of the Hurricane Invite! Not to many schools, but enough.  Coach advised me to not run the 3200 this time to make sure the foot is satisfied with going fast.  Corey ran an excellent 10:13 2 mile! Im way excited for him.  I threw javlin today. It was a joke, i just did it for fun, i threw 116.2 so ya maby ill get better maby not.

AM: Wamed up with the boys, then got into a seed and stretched.  First lap was a little ansy, so that can be resolved later on this year.  Second lap is where the problem came into place, way slow.  3 was faster and 4th just went. Not bad at all, legs needed the reminder of how to go fast again, just like they need every first race of the year.  But ya, not a bad first race.

Last event of the day 4X4 i was the 3rd leg. Tyler ran an amazing first leg and robert also, then i just held it on and bennion finished them off.  were not offically sure what place over all but we won our heat. Coach said i ran a 57, so that can be brought down quite a bit later on.

AM: Practice at 8am with the few loyal team members.  We did the Parkway 8, had a little shin splint action going on so im working on fixing that, and ya.  Good run. then bare foots after.

PM: Me and trev went out at about 11 and hit an easy 3

AM: Today was a hard work out, probibly not the best for my strep, but i still did it. We did 5X 2min hard 1 rest 1 hard 30 rest 30 hard 30 rest then cool down.

PM: This afternoon me and trevor played some more volley ball and got a run in.  Im getting a nice tan. :)

AM: Today we did the shoe run. Legs are feeling awesome compared to what they felt last night.  I drank some emergen-C stuff and i feel much better.  I totally forgot our bare foots, so i know where me and trev are going tonight, . . . . green springs golf course.

PM: easy 3 by my self.

AM: 10X400's today.  To bad i didnt really get to do them.  The first two were great, getting the legs flowing and what not, then the rest was down hill.  I would get a good first 200 in and then the shins would flare and i would feel out of energy.  I think most of it was not getting enough sleep. So thats what im striving for to get me through the next days.

PM: Just an easy 3 at like midnight

AM: Just Coach the girls and i this morning.  We did the trail 6 and some bare foots.

PM: After morning practice the fam and i headed up to zion to camp.  After getting set up i ran up the canyon for a little bit. Really enjoyed the view, the tourists, not so much.

AM: My dad and i broke out the old bikes and rode up the canyon for about 7 or so miles, then back down.  What was kinda dumb is that comming down was almost harder with the hurricane winds.  Then when i got back i jogged around for a couple miles with the dogs.

AM: Easy 4 with the Varsity boys. We just did the staheli hill run.  After we did some barefoots then called it a day.

PM: After a day at the mall, i just headed out for an easy 3 around the hood.

AM: Woke up and just ran to the school around and back by my self.

PM: At lunch today my key broke to the front door and i didnt get to eat. So that caused me to get a really bad stomach ach and i went straight home and to bed for some much needed sleep.  Then i woke up bout 5:30 and headed over to the track to do my work out.  I did 6X1000's I was going to do 8 like im supose to, but my stomach started to kill again. All the times were right on, or like a sec off.  I talked to a guy in my ward and he thinks the reason my stomach started to hurt was the combined factors of no food and stress induced ulcers.  So now im on a stomach pill to help it calm down. But more importantly, i need to calm down.  I get so worked up over every thing about running. I just need to chill a bit. But im way excited/ nervouse for the race this weekend. GOALS: Stick hard with the leaders, watch my splits for the 105 214 324 and last 430 and have a good kick. Not like last weeks.

AM: Easy AC with the boys.

PM: 2X1600 and 4X200 today.  Finnally a day where i felt good in all areas of the body.  The miles flew by having a buddie to run with unlike yesterday.  And the 200's were really fun. After we cooled down and did some barefoots to loosen up.

AM: Little bit tougher to get up this morning. But still i got out and just did a nice three around the hood.

PM: Easy for with all the boys. REALLY windy today, but we all still enjoyed it!

AM: Easy AC with boys. After a nice ice bath in the pool.

PM: Well i have been sitting in all my classes today excited as all get out and now it has come! My first event was the mile, I did every thing i needed to except for the first lap. So that threw me off, but the others were with in a second or half a second of what they should have been.  This tells me that i can do it, i just need to get the guts to do it! My next race was the 400, i went out and had some fun.  Of course i ran as hard as i could, but it was fun. The last event i did was the 4X800, this race was awesome! Most fun i have had in a race ever! Trevor was the first leg, he got us kinda mid pack.  Then corey, who caught up to the top of the mid pack, then danny, i dont know what he did, me i caught two people and put us in 4th or 5th, something like that. But im super dead, i dont know how well the two will go.

2 mile today. Felt like junk going in and found out that i had more left in me than i thought. So next time ill go out and get sub ten with a beter mind set.

AM: Easy AC with boys.

PM: Got out did the warm up and got into 2 of the 1000's and on the 3 one my shins flared up, so i left in a fury to the locker room where i stood in a garbage can full of ice water for 9 mins. I couldnt walk after that.

AM: No morning today to ensure that the shins are better.

PM: Warmed up then hit 2X1600 and 4X200, The first mile went good.  The second, on the 3rd lap my shins flared up again. The 200s were awesome 28 and 29's. Then cool down and ice.