Failures require the time to be studied

AM: First day of RAGNAR training. We had some good numbers show up, so thats always good.  We just headed out on the trail for a nice 7.

AM: Didnt really have a great nights sleep, but felt okay in the morning.  I got up and headed over on my bike, i really enjoy riding my bike to practice, and warmed up and did core with them.  Then we did the parkway 5.  Ran with coach BERT most of the time and just talked.  Then rode on home.  5.5 miles of bike.

Season total: 12.6

AM: Woke up this morning around 6:30 to do a run before work.  Since the Ragnar team was doing hills i set out to these really big sand hills to run on them.  The altitulde here is 5500, so im getting some good altitude training. The hill is about 2.25 miles long, and in some deep sand. Awesome work out.

PM: Wasted after work, but managed to get 3 in

AM: Had a great nights sleep and got up around 6:50.  Just went out for a nice 7 towards kanab.  Not to bad.

AM: Just an easy 6 the back way to orderville and back.  Legs are a little tired, nothing to bad though. :)

AM: woke up same time and headed out toward orderville on the highway. Then i got to about 3 miles and did a mile of barefoot on a local park, then fliped it aound. 

Goals for next week:  Drive safe up to oregan, and enjoy running other places.  Then have a good fun painful race on saturday! Low 15's!

We totally did it!!! We drove 17 straight hours to eugine oregon. We left sunday at 12 and arived 7 am the following day.  We checked out the track and then slept for most of the day.  We woke up and headed out and just ran, we ended up doing a tempo at about a 5:40 pace the whole time. Then we checked out the eugine running company, they have signed stuff form like every pro known to man. Pretty fun stuff!!

Season total 39.6 

PM: Got out around 5pm today and headed over to mt. pisgah. We started the main trail then went on a bunch of side trails and then eventually up to the top.  a whole 1500 ft peak. ha ha ha but it was a beast of a hill, just a little bit easier than the Y. then we headed back. Great hill work out.

PM: Drove into portland today and headed out on the streets. We just went around the hoods and enjoyed talkin with each other. pace a little fast, but feels alright down here.

PM: We headed out for a late night run at about 10.  We just went down  this trail in the dark and just chilled and had fun talking to each other.

PM: We headed over to the track to watch the semi pros try to qualify for A standard.  We watched the mens 5 and 10 and then went out for a 3 then did some stride outs to get the legs moving! :) im so pumped! im just going to go for broke and hang with haydo as long as i can.  We were litterally 5 feet from kara Goutcher! I felt so cool!!!

Season Total: 64.1

PM: We got to the track in the morning and watched all the little kids run, then at 6 it was time for the big kids.  We warmed up with some kenyans, . . . not a good idea. We ran like 6 min pace for 3 miles. But its alright.  I ran the race and let tyler for about 7 laps, then (Because of lack of training) lost him. I knew i wouldnt run very fast just coming off a off week and just easy miles. Haydo hasnt taken a week off. But i had so much fun, and i didnt take last.  Plus i was the youngest kid in the heat. We had people who had gone to olimpic trials and crap in our heat. SUPER fun trip! :)

AM: Got up at about 7 to do my run, and just did an easy 5. Holy crap, my calves are so so so sore!!! Worst run i have had in months.

AM: Woke up at like 10 and headed out for a 5 miler to get the legs lose again.  They felt so much better today, but my lungs were just way burt from the altitude. After i did a mile of bare foot on the grass.

AM: Ran out on the muddy trail. I was kinda looking up, but could still see the ground and saw what i thought was a stick that turned out to be a blow snake. Scared the crap out of me!! Really tired today, i played basketball for the first time yesterday and now im paying for it.

AM: just 5 before work into orderville, no bare foot today, the sprinklers were on and its like 42 there.

just 4 right before i came back to st. george

So . . . my first leg was #11, 3.4 which is the climb up into snow basin ski resort. This thing was pretty hard, but not as hard as i thought.  I felt good the whole time, thill the last mile that was down hill.  It destroyed my calves and legs. :( but i ran it as hard as i could and was just as fast as the BYU guy.  My next leg 7.6, i got out good pace right at 5:50, way under the predicted time, then my legs gave out, and i basically ran it kinda easy the rest of the way. I was pissed!!!  My last leg i went down the hill at about 5 flat pace and was feeling good till about mile 3, my legs were killing and i slipped and fell around a corner and pulled my leg, i got up and ran on it a bit and felt it was pretty bad, but i could make it.  At this point in time i had a choice, run really fast now and get a great time, but i wouldnt be able to run for probibly a week, or just chill and finish.  I chose the second and walked most of the hill then jogged into the exchange.  So i had a great time, not to well on the running part, but i did get closer with my team mates and that means a lot as the team captain.

Season total: 114.6

AM: I finally got to run with my team today! We did the grape vine trail, it felt so good to run out the pains and to tell stories with me team mates.

AM: Got to run with the team again today. We did the green springs loop.  Legs are still sore, but it feels so much better to run than it does to walk.

Well. . . . all i can say is that i did have a bad feeling about coming to camp.  We got to camp and the first activity was a COPE course through some huge pipes.  On one of the tasks we had to climb from the top one to the bottom one with out hitting the ground.  Long story short i was too heavy for the kid supporting my leg and i fell and landed just below my knee (thank goodness) and split it open clear down to the bone.  The cut is doing fine, but i do have a bruised bone which will take about a month to heal.  However there is good news to this, i can still run and not further injur the bone.  So now i just have to wait till the cut is far along enough to where it wont split open.

AM: Woke up this morning and bandaged up my knee, then headed out.  I did a 2 cool and headed for the hills. did 6X1mins with two revovery and then a two cool. Knee felt really good, till i stoped.  It burned for like an hour, but thats okay. :) ill deal with it. Its healing faster than i thought. 

AM: Just an easy 5 even though it didnt feel very easy.  Im really tired in the mornings, but ill get used to it again.

PM: Felt much better this afternoon than i did this morning.  Temps were 100! Thats hot for orderville.