Brayden Youngberg Running

Ran to Highway 89 and back with 4 one minute pickups.

Yes, it is true... I only ran 2.75 miles today haha. We jsut ran to North Odgen Jr. High and back to Weber, but we had a lot of fun and just talked the whole time. Averaged 6:58 miles

Ran the footlocker course at Mt. Sac with Addi, Talon, Gavin, Kyler, and part with Jake and Henry. We had a lot of fun running and messing around the course blasting music from a mini speaker. Talon threw some sweet side flips and front flips, and Gavin set a new course record with an 11:56. I was right next to gavin the entire warmup race but his 200 meter kick was just incredible. I ended up with an 11:59, but I know I can out kick Gavin next year. I think Chili was verry proud that 2 of his runners just broke every record set ever.... hahahahahaha belive that story if you would like, but you should know it is 100 persent false.... I mean true. After setting the record Talon, Me, Addison, and Gavin ran around on some trails we found last year looking for fruit as the rest of the team was waiting in the packet pickup line. After that we went to the beach and a few of us raced the waves and ran around barefoot adventuring on the beach.

The day is finally here. Me and gavin did a mile and a half warmup and then went to the starting line. The race started fast and It was good to know the course and race from last year. I didn't get a great start and got boxed in, tripped and pushed around pretty bad within the first 100 yards. After that the race sperad out and I was able to get up to my pace and make some passes. My first mile was a 5:41 and it was the flattest part of the course. Right after mile one the hills start and I was able to make some more passes. When I came out of that section of the course at about 1.5 miles I thought I was in the hundreds, but Chili yelled that I was in 65th!!! I couldn't belive it and pushed even harder knowing that the rest of the courst is all up and down hill, and that I always run on hills. I knew that this was my time to make a ton of passes. When we came out of the hills with half a mile left Marc yelled that I was in 45th!!! I mad 20 passes in a single mile! I knew that the top 48 metal and I wanted it so I took off. The to kids behind me also heard mark and tried to pick it up and pass me. I made 4 more passes on the way to the way to the finish and got outkicked at the end by 3 other people. I ended in 44th and was given the first metal I have ever gotten. It was fantastic! Gavin had a great race also and ran somewhere around 17:40. After I cooled down and then sprinted around the course cheering for Talon and McKenna who both made it to Nationals!! Talon took 3rd and McKennaa took 9th. Im very proud of them. Out of everyone in the race I took 537th out of over 1000. My splits were 5:41, 6:15, and 6:02.

Slow 5 mile easy run to recover from Footlocker.

Easy run in the crazy snow to 1050 and back. It was super cool and I hardly saw any cars.
 

Drove up to skyview to do they Eggnog Challenge. You get to drink a glass of eggnog then run a lop, drink another thing of eggnog and run a lap. I made it to 15 glasses of eggnog and 14 and a half laps before I threw up. Im not sure if I took 3rd or 4th but we had a great time. Addison took second and Skyviews coach is an absolute nog drinking animal and won. I honestly think he could have gone on forever... Huge thanks to Ethan Field for inviting us up and Skyview for letting us crash their party. Also, Im pretty sure I tied Connor Mantz record of 15 cups, so thats pretty legendary.

Ran down to lee's an back with Talon, McKenna, and Jake. Im very glad they are back, I didn't know that I would miss them as much as I did while they were at nationals. Afer we ran we drove back down to lee's and bought all of their food. All of it... The store was empty after we finished.... No questions asked.

I ran around my neighborhood and down to McKenna and Jakes house. Me, Talon, and McKenna made some pumpkin cheesecake after, and we basically ate the entire thing... it's a good thing that we run.

Ran down 1000 and over to Shady Lane with Talon. We had a great time and it was nice to be able to run with him and be able to talk.

Ran around with Talon and found a pretty large pond after jumping a couple fences. We ran in some super deep snow and I fell over a bunch, but we had a ton of fun.

Great run today. Im working to get my mileage back up and decided this was a good way to start. I ran over to some neighborhoods at the bottom of the pass. I wasn;t planning on runnning a ton of hills but I ended up with a fairly large amount of climbing (564 feet). I averaged a 6:29 pace and my splits were 6:24, 6:48, 7:34, 6:15, 6:11 and 6:03 to finish it off. I worked on rasing my cadence the lasst mile and hopfully it will help and raise over time. It took me 42 minutes and 26 seconds, and im pretty proud of that considering all of the hills haha My blog is finally updated and over this break and longer I will be able to update it daily. Sorry for making you all wait.... I promise to try harder.

Ran with Talon and Mckenna today. We ran back down to the pond because McKenna had never been there even though its right down her street. It was really wet and cold with more mud than the last time because some of the snaow had melted.
 

Ran up to the top of 500 W with Talon it was wet but we had a lot of fun. For some random reason a guy yelled at me that it was cold and I should go inside, but I decided to ignore his suggestion.

Ran over past 1050 again today. I need to find a new route because im getting really tired of this one already. haha

I ran over to 1050 again but I weved through some nieghborhoods and stopped by my cousins house to say high. It was a good run even though i've felt crappy the past few days.

Merry Christmas! Met up with Jake and we ran over to see a christmas lightshow by North Odgen Elementary. After we ran down to his house and he showed me all the dope shoes he got for christmas.I've ran on christmas for the past 4 years and its kinda a tradition now, so I'm glad I was able to get out even if it was late.

Four easier miles this morning and then I went over to my grandmas and did a 2 mile tempo on her treadmill with a half mile warm up and half mile cool down. My tempo pace was 6:16 miles.
 

Easy run over to the church and around my neighborhood a bit.

Ran with Sam Heaton this afternoon becasue she is back for the break. She is destroying it in college! After our run we ran over to my house an played chess. Later I ran up 500 W to the top, back down partway to a stree, and then back up to the top on that street next to some awesone christmas lights.

Ran with Jake, Dan, and Addi for a couple of miles and then went out and did 3 more hard miles tonight.

Great way to end the year with a high milage day. I ran a mile warmup on the treadmill and then started my workout. I did a 5 to 1 stepping stone and then went back up to 5. So 5 hard 5 easy down to 1 then another 1 hard and easy then back up to 5. On the easy parts I did 8 minute miles and on the hard parts I was between a 6:23 pace and a 6:15 pace. I kept the incline on 2 the whole time until the last 4 minutes fast and the last 5 minutes fast, I put if up to 5 on those 2. After I did strides on the treadmill at its top speed for 45 seconds. After that I did a 1.5 mile cooldown out in the cold.