Brayden Youngberg Running

mile 5:28

Mile 5:27

doorbell ditching run with Jake and Henry

800- 2:27

Got a PR so thats good

Mile - 5:25.5

5 X 800 time between 2:36 and 2:40

2 mile 11:45

300 meter hurdles- 51.3

mile 5:36

mile 5:27

800 in medly 2:20

Started off my summer mileage strong with a good 7 mile run with Henry, Jake and Mckenna.

Woke up this morning and did a 4 mile run.  I did a mile then 2 miles at tempo pace then another mile.  It was pretty cold and pouring rain, and my muscles felt pretty tight.  It was harder than usual to hit my pace but it was still good.  Did 4.25 miles with Jake and Henry tonight with some sprints and 800's to help pace Henry for Great South West. Overall it was a pretty good day.

Did a 6 mile run this morning, it felt good and I hit a pretty good pace for me. Later I wanted to get some more running in, so I ran to work.

Ran to Big Rock today.  I was wanting to hit under 7:10 for my average pace there and back, which I was able to do.  My aveage pace on the way there was a 7:05 and on the way back I averaged 7:08.  After I ran to the top of Big Rock I found another cool trail that I ran up for another few minutes. My 8th mile was my fastest at a 6:47 and my second fastest was my 3rd mile at a 6:53.

Did a hill sprint workout this morning, I did 12 up my street as fast as I could.  It totaled at 4 miles with the warmup and everything. I did 3 miles later this night with some pickups.

Did 4 miles this morning. I went pretty slow and my body was really fried from yesterday. My joints were really sore and stiff from my soccer game yesterday, but after about a mile and a half they stopped hurting. Later tonight I did 3 miles with Addison.

Ran with the team this morning, it was the first summer team practice and I was super excited and it was a nice run.  About 5 miles, ran with Sam and Gavin on the way there an Jake Smith on the way back.  Did 2 more miles tonight and I was just going to go at tempo pace, but I started runningand felt amazing.  Something felt diffrent, it was the best run I have had in along time, it felt fun and like nothing could stop me. My first mile was a 5:56 and my second one was a 6:10.

I was going to do a Stepping Stone today at Mcgriff park.  I ran there, and they were mowing the lawn and stuff there so I was not able to do it there.  I then ran to Lomond View park to do to it there, but there was a bunch of lacrosse stuff going on.  So I ran back home with out being able to finish my work out.  I planed to do it later tonight, but I ended up working until 10. So hopefully I will be able to make it up in the next few days.

Great run today. I did what I was planning to to yesterday.  I ran to McGriff park on the canal.  Once I got there I did a 5 to 1 setpping stone (5 min. fast then 5 min slow, down to 1).  After that I ran home.  I had no idea how long it was going to be, but I was expecting around 7 miles, but it ended up 9.03.  

Did 5.5 with the team on trails this morning and 2 miles later tonight.

Woke up at 5:00 to go on a run  before youth conference.  I ran to Sam's house and then did 4 more miles with her up the pass, down the powerline trail a few minutes, and back.

I didn't get home rom youth conference until around dinner, so I went on a run late tonight with henry.  I ran to his house, and we did a 5 mile route he knew.

Did 7 with the team on the Odgen Parkway. We started at the park by the canyon and ran down and around the pond and back averaged a 7:02 pace.

Did 5.75 this morning.  Ran to Lomond View park did a hill workout there.  Cooled down to the stoplight on Washington when I finished, then ran back to 500 W and ran down the canal road a little ways then back home through the neighborhoods.  I did 3.5 later tonight on the canal road, did a mile, then a mile at tempo pace, then another mile and ran home.

I did 4.5 this morning.  Ran to highway 89 and back with a little loop around my neighborhood. did the first 3 miles at tempo pace and slow the rest of the way.  Easy 3 miles later tonight with jake.

Did 5.25 this morning with the team on trail.  There was alot of hills, but it was fun. Did 2.5 later tonight with jake, up 500 to the cave above the canal road.

Did a mile earlier today. Later did 5 miles with Jake and McKenna to the duck pond by Lee's.

Was planning on doing a long run today but just ran out of time.  Did 5.5 with Jake, Henry, and Sam. It was a good run, but I have to make up some miles next week

Had team practice this morning.  We went on a trail run and got about halfway up waterfall canyon. Me and Gavin got lost on the way back and ended up running extra, it ended up being 5.75.  I did 3 more miles tonight before the thunder and lightning came.

Did 4 miles this morning on the canal at a good pace, but on my way back I got stopped by a dog and had to track down its owner. I did 3 more miles this afternoon.

I did an 8 mile long run this morning, I stayed at a decent pace but it hurt.  On Monday I did a P90X Plyo workout after my run and I was definitely feeling it on my run today.

I did 3 miles with the team this morning.  We ran to the waterfall in North Fork park and then climbed up it just for fun. Later tonight I did a 6 mile run with Sam on a part of the Canal Road  have never been on before.

I ran 4 miles this morning and was planning on doing 4 more tonight. Around 4:30 Addison called me and told me a runner on his Ragnar team was hurt and couldn't run. So I took his place got to run Ragnar after all!!! I did the 4 tonight and it was all up hill and hot, so it kinda sucked.

Who would have thought that 8 miles at 4 in the morning would be fun, but it was. Started off wondering if I was lost because us and the ultramarathon team were so far ahead. I came over a hill and saw a light it the distance, so that was a miracle. At this gate by the light I got stopped along with the ultramarathon runner and we had to wait because the volunteers did not know where we needed to go... So that was fun, but once we got going again me and the ultramarathon runner stuck together for the most part and talked and had a good time, it would have been extremely boring and creepy if he was not there because we were on random trails with possible rattle snakes. It was a perfect time to be running and the temperature was great. It was really fun to talk to the ultramarathon runner, who's name is Jeremy. We finished our leg together. Them me and my team cheered and rested then went to party at the finish. It was a really cool experience because we were the first team to cross the finish line. I will definitely be running there again next year.

I did 6 this morning with the team. Did most of it with Addison, and for both of us recovering from Ragnar we did pretty good! Later tonight I did 3.25 with Jake.

Did 7 miles with Jake this morning. The first 2.5 were like straight up hill then we got on a trail. It was a really fun ran and was a good change from the normal routes.

Did 8 miles with Jake this morning. We just ran around and freestyled our run until we hit 8. It was hard, but not to bad. It is much funner to be with people on long runs who can push you and help you stay on pace.

I did 4 miles this morning with the team up the Ben Lomond switchbacks. Going up was slow and painful, but going down I went quite alot faster. I texted Talon a bit which was fun, I also went to the temple. I did 3.5 later tonight in Manti.

I did 4 miles this morning in Manti before driving home. I got like 2 hours of sleep last night because I was in a sleeping bag on the ground, but i averaged a good pace and was able to run around Snow College and on their track.  Later tonight I ran 3.75 with Jake. we did the Pleasant View 5k course and mapped it out for tomorrow. We did some strides after we finished.

Raced this morning, I was kinda nervous because its the first 5k race I've done for a while so I did not know what to expect.  I started out strong and my first mile was a 6:03.9, I trying to keep with Jake and Addison so i started out faster than I thought i was going to.  My second mile was a 6:06.0 I did most of this mile with McKenna because I did not want to lose to a girl... She picked it up around mile 2.  I did the 3rd mile in 6:42.0, that is the one that killed my time. Going up 500 hurt worse than it should have, and I just wasn't feeling it. Cooled down after by running to my house. Later tonight me and Addison did another 4.

I did 5 this morning with the team, on the way there I stuck with Paul, Nate, and Jake. It was nice and we had a good time, there was a lot of hills. Later tonight I did 3.75 with Jake and henry biked next to us. Hopefully Henry gets good news and is able to run again.  We went at a good pace.

Did 5 this morning, Levi ran with me and Jake for the first 3 and me and Jake finished it off with doing 2 more. Later tonight I did 3 more miles with Jake, he was really feeling it and hauled the whole way, I was trying as hard as I could to keep up because I had Pizza Pie for dinner and felt like death.  We averaged sub-7, it was good that he was there to push me.

I did 8 miles today with Jake, we weaved through some neighborhoods to big rock and ran back. We did not go up big rock because we are both racing this weekend and did not want to be to sore for them.

Another 8 miles today, I ran to Weber where we were meeting as a team. We ran on the Left side of the canal that goes out to the elk ranch. Me, Jake, and Henry maintained a pretty good pace on the way there, and the gate that is usually locked was open. So we were able to go farther than usual, and run up right next to the elk. On the way back we got spread out a bit more, but it was still a good pace. We then stretched as a team and I ran home. My hip was bugging me today, so hopefully it is nothing major and I will be able to race well on Saturday.

Easy 7 today so I can be ready to race well tomorrow. Did 4 in the morning so we could map out the course for the fundraiser. Later tonight I did and easy 3 with Jake, Brielle, Henry, and McKenna. We ran the course for Cherry Days because they are doing it tomorrow.

Woke up at 6 to do a mile shake-out. Once we drove to Perry I did a 1/2 mile warmup with 3 strides. I was kinda nervous at the start line because there were 5 or so runners from Box Elder's XC team. My goal was just to stick with them and last a bit longer at the pace we were going. The race started pretty fast and my first mile was way to fast. I was trying to keep with the pack in front of me becasue it spread out quick. There was a small group about 100 meters in front of me and a couple Box Elder kids were sticking on me pretty well at the first mile. Around a mile and a quarter there was a small hill that I was able to power up and lost the kids who were on my tail. I stayed alone the rest of the race and started reeling a guy in, but he ended up beating me by a little at the end. I ended up beating all the Box Elder kids besides one (he ended up winning the whole thing:) good job to him!), and they were really fun to talk to and meet after the race. I was kinda dissapointed with my time just because it was so close to last week, but it was a much harder course today, so its not to bad. :) My hip hurt after, so I cooled down for a mile and a half and called it good. My splits were 5:56 for the first mile, 6:27 for the second mile, and 6:28 for the third mile.

Met up with some people at Weber State this morning to run the trails. I went a little easier to recover from my race. Went 4.25 with Holden and found some awesome trails. later tonight me and jake did 3.25 at an easier pace.

Good day today, did a 2 mile tempo with Jake this morning. Started with a 1.5 mile warm-up, then 2 miles which were actually faster than my tempo pace. First mile was a 6:02 and my second was a 6:13. We cooled down for 2 miles and called it good. Later tonight we did 3.25, most of it was barefoot around Barker Park.

8 mile long run this morning, hurt a lot more than it should have and it was slower than it should have been. I was running into the wind on the way there and was not feeling motivated at all, I picked up the speed a little more around mile 2. On the way back I picked up the speed more because I was running into the wind, but it still was not fast enough... I stopped at every park I passed on the way home and ran around each one a couple of time at a faster pace. Then I just ran home.

Did 5 this morning with Jake, Addison, and some other people on north arm trail. It was super muddy and fun. We ran on the road on the way back. Later tonight I did 3 up in Paris Idaho near Bear Lake. Went out and ran without a specific time I wanted to hit. I ended up averaging 6:49 miles and it felt a lot better than yesterday.

I did 5 this morning around Paris and out to the Bird refuge on some back roads. Later tonight I found a hill and did 5 repeats up it. I finished my 4th one and noticed a mosquito abatement truck about 1/4 mile down the road, so thinking and hoping it would turn before the hill I started my last repeat. I got to the top and the truck was cruising up the hill, so I tried to out run it on the only road there was. I was going at a full sprint for almost a half a mile so that I would not get sprayed with the poison and to shake the truck. I swear the guy driving was trying to chase me and sped up when he saw me... So I would like to thank him for giving me a speed workout after doing hills. :) I ended up going 3 miles.

I did 3 miles up in Bear Lake before we left, It was not super fast because I was sore from last night and have eaten a lot of junk and have gotten little sleep. Did 5.5 tonight with Henry, it feels good to be home and run where I don't need to worry about getting eaten by dogs haha.

Did 4 miles early this morning and then 3.25 with the team in north fork to the waterfall. I ended up getting lost so that's why there is an extra 0.25

Only 2.5 today, woke up at 5 to run with another group of kids at efy. We just ran around campus at BYU. Hopefully tomorrow will be more than today.

3 miles this morning at a decent pace, met some pretty cool kids. Waking up this early to run is going to be the hardest part of the week. Later today during free time I did 2 miles of stairs.

3.25 this morning. The lack of sleep and all the junk food is definitely making a difference, hope to get back in it next week.

3 miles today glad to get back to my normal miles tomorrow.

Got home from EFY and was feeling pretty tired and crappy, so I only went 4. A few hours later I got myself going again and went 3 miles with 2 half-mile farleks.

Did 4 miles this morning up the Ben Lomond switchbacks, I felt really good ran part with Jake and Addison. On my way down I rolled my ankle on a rock, because of that I lost my balance and ran into a tree and the side of the mountian... because of that, my foot slipped off the side of the trail. It was awesome, some how I stayed on my feet and did not end up dead in the middle of the trail! Later tonight I did 4 more miles on Canal road and ran up the one awful hill 4 times in the middle of it. My average pace was just below 7 minutes.

Wanted to do a tempo run this morning, so I did a mile warmup. I didn't hit my first mile at all, I wasn't even close haha, but my second mile was above pace and I did a little more than another 1/2 mile at tempo after that. Then I just did a 1/2 mile cool-down.  Later tonight I did an easy 4 with Jake, his knee was bugging him though, so I did 2 laps around the park barefoot to get to 4 miles.

We went to Park City today, so I went an easy 4.5 this morning before we left. I ended up buying 2 new pairs of shoes while I was there, so i did another 3.75 tonight on a treadmill to try them out. It was in miles per hour so i did not really know how fast I was going until I finished, but I started at 8.2 MPH and added 0.1 MPH each quarter mile and 0.2 every half mile and mile. So when I finished I ended up running around 6 minute pace.

Did 5 this morning on the trails  above Weber State with Addison and the rest of the team.  Me, Addi and Gavin got lost for a minute but we found our way back.  Than Addi lead me on some awesome trails. On the way back down I tripped as I was trying to let some Bonneville XC girls pass and hit my knee on the rock. I ended up spralled out in the middle of the trail with a couple girls standing around me.  It was quite embarassing.  I ran just after got home from XC to my brothers soccer practice and that was 1/2 mile.  Later tonight I ran 3 more. I felt really good and ended up averaging 6:45 wth my fastest mile being a 6:15! I ran into Kyler half was through and was able to talk to him for a few minutes. He can finally run again so thats great!

Did 4 this morning on the canal road, averaged around 7 minute miles. Ran up to the track and did what Ben suggested and did some 30 second sprints to increase turnover, so my run this morning ended up being 5. Later this afternoon I did 3.5.

Did 11 this morning with Addison. We ran to the monastery and partied with the monks, then ran back to his house, we averaged 7:25 pace. We ate some killer good pancakes and bacon after.

Ran over to practice with the team this morning, my first 2 miles were fast. Im not sure what the first was, but my second was a 5:58, I was just running with the top group and felt pretty good. I ran the rest of the time with Gavin and Holden, I can't remember for sure, but I think we averaged 7:10.  Later tonight I ran 3 miles on the canal road and sprinted up a hill then found some other trails. After I got back I ran a lap around the park.
 

Total of 4 miles this morning with a 2mile tempo. I ran up to the track, but there was a bunch of people up there, so I ran back home which ended up being a 1.25 mile warmup, quickly changed shoes an started my tempo. My first mile was righ on pace at a 6:30, but I picked it up on the second and ran a 6:07. Cooled down around the park after. Later tonight I did 3.5 on the canal with a little around the park.

Intrsting run today, I ran to big rock and up. I Ran down and my blister ws realy hurting, so I got a ride to Lee's where I got some moleskin to put on it and ran home from there. After I ran around the park a bit.

Slower long run tonight, I was at high adventure the past 2 days and was not able to run. It just made me realize how much I mised running when I couldn't do it, but it waas probally good because it let my blister start to heal. I was feeling pretty tired and was feeling sorta sick an low on energy, so it definately was not as fast as I was hoping. I've pretty much only eaten starches and simple sugars the past couple of days and have gotten minimal sleep, so it is good getting back home where I can control that stuff a bit better :)

Woke up this morning and did 3 miles before Cross Country camp. After we got up to Bear Lake for camp we unpacked and went on a run. Jake and Talon did 10, Addison did 9 and Henry, Me, Gavin, Will, Kyler, Mckenna, and some others did 8. It was one of the hardest long runs this summer and my average pace was really slow. Im hoping that is because of the heat, my watch said it was 92 degrees. Will ended up getting pretty cut up becasue as he was running back he was hit by a hay bale that was hanging off of a truck, which knocked him to the ground pretty hard, but he is ok so that is good.

Did a little .25 mile sprint on the beach this morning in our relay race and then enjoyed eating 6 marshmallows as fast as I could... Yuck! My team lost but it was fun anyways. When I got home I did 4 miles on the canal road but my blister was killing me! It got way bigger because of the long run in the heat yesterday, but what can you do right, you just keep going haha. Later tonight I did 3 miles barefoot around the park with Jake and McKenna and averaged a pretty good pace.

Ran over to weber for team practice this morning. We did 3 X 800's, I needed to be hitting 3:05's but I knew I could go faster.  My splits were 2:50 for the first one, 2:47 for the second one, and  2:45 for the third one! We did a cooldown to Bates after. Later tonight I did a 3 mile run with Addison up in Paris mostly around the school and Tabernacle but throuch some neighborhoods and backroads also.

3 miles this morning around Paris again, after Me and Addison did 4 X 30 second sprints on the street in front of the house. Later tonight we did an awesome 4 mile run down to the bird refuge. We stopped on the way there to look and some goats, which lead us to some pigs we chilled with them for a few minutes and then at some conviently placed porta-potties on the outskirts of town. On our way back we ran through the rodeo grounds and stopped at the pigs again, then found some poor dogs locked up in a cage.

3 miles today when I got home from Bear Lake, I saw Henry running up 500 W so I chased him and eventually caught up after about a mile. We ran together for about a half mile before stopping to talk and eat blackberries and grapes. then I turned around and he kept going haha. I probally looked pretty crazy running back because my hands and face were covered and dripping with blackberry juice while I was running. Later tonight I was going to do 4 miles but I got invited to a Real Monarchs game where we got really great seats and dinner, and I couldn't pass that offer up.
 

4.75 miles this morning on some awesome trails behind Pauls house, Me and Gavin got lost and ran about a mile on some random trail before getting back on the one we were supposed to be on. Had a great breakfast at his house after. Did another 3.25 tonight with Jake, Henry, and a little with McKenna at the end.

I did a tempo run today, 1 mile warm up to Lomond View Elementary. 2 miles at tempo pace, I averaged a 6:17! My second one was faster than my first one. Later tonight I just did 3 more hard miles.

4 miles this morning around the park, my neighborhood and part on the canal road. I ran up a bunch of diffrent hills around and it ended up being quite a good workout. later tonight I did 4 more at varying paces.
 

Ran on the trails behind Weber state today with Talon, Paul, and Addison. We went 5.25 miles, when we got to the waterfall canyon Talon made us run up it even though the time was already up and we were supposed to be heading back, but we ran to the top and back down and I am glad they had me do it. Later tonight I just did 2.5 but ran into henry around half way and tallked to him for a minute.

Ran .5 mile before meeting up with Henry and Talon to run up 500 W for my 500th mile. It is 1 mile from bottom to top and about a 500 foot elevation change, so I thought it would bee perfect for my last mile. Talon really pushed me up it and I was able to get up it in 8 minutes and 10 seconds, the fastest I've ever made it. After we ran  to my house and ate.

We decided that a great way to end off our summer training would be to run/hike up Ben Lomond peak. So Me, Jake, Talon, Gavin, and Addison me at 6 AM and started our journey, we only ended up hiking about a mile total, but we did stop and take quite a few breaks. It was super awesome and we passed some awesome people doing the Skyline 50K. It went well and besides Jake and Me tripping, Addison getting stung by a wasp,  and Talon and Gavin almost attacking a Rattlesnake before it ran for its life. it was a great way to end the summer!

Start of heat week today, it wasn't a great run for me but it happens, I'll be back quick. We ran over to 1050 and down then back to Weber. Later tonight I did 2.75 with McKenna, we did a few laps around the park and then back to her house where we drank protien with Jake, then I ran home.

Ran down to Highway 89 today, we got 1.5 miles down and picked up the speed for 2 miles, I was hitting tempo pace.  We did 1.5 miles back to weber at cooldown pace.

I ran over to Weber, we then ran down to Shady Lane Park and did a circuit. I ended up doing 16 laps!! It was great, I'm doing much better now and am feeling adjusted to the heat.
 

7 miles on the canal road today. Ran to the elk farm gate with Gavin, Paul, Holden, and Nate. Met up with Jake, Talon, and Addison there and we dipped our heads in and ran back.

Track workout today, did 3 X 1,200's and an 800, I don't recall my splits sadly, but I remember feeling pretty good about them.

Ran up Little Mountian in Emigration canyon today with Addison. It was cool being able to run on the same trail the pioneers had to go on to get to where they were going. Addisons dad pionted out some awesome landmarks/artifacts (rock piles on hills that the pioneers hid behind when the army marched through incase they needed to defend themselfs) and made us some delishious sandwitches. None of us fell, but me and Addison scared a guy so bad that the slipped in the dirt (oops... sorry). Anyways, it was alot of fun and was a good longrun at the same time.

12 X 400's today. It was a good workout and all of mine were between 1:16 and 1:24 except for one really bad one where I got a 1:30 haha. later tonight me and Jake ran on the canal road.

Easy day today, we ran the race course for our meet with Sky View tomorrow, later tonight me and jake went on another great run on the canal road and messed around a lot.

1.5 mile warm up  before the race. The race started out good, I powered up 500 and was doing good the first mile and a half. Around there my hip started bugging me for some reason and I don't know why!  Anyways, it stopped hurting and I did well the rest of the race except I got passed by some kids at the end, so thats always irritating. After me and Addison went on a cool down with Ethan Field and Connor Compton, that was a lot of fun and they are super cool. Im glad that they are in our region this year and we get to party with them some more. Later tonight me and Jake went on a 3 mile run to release some of the pressure and my dissipointment from the race haha.  Shoutout to Talon for demolishing the race and running a freaking 14:59, I still can't wrap my head around it!!!

Long run today, it was super hot but I did pretty well, me and Kyler ran most of it together along with another large group on the first half. I was sucking it up on the last mile and a half, but Kyler really helped out and pushed me on that part and kept me going. Im glad I have friends who are so motivational and will keep me moving.

Another easy run today to prepare for AF grass relays tomorrow. Ran with Paul, Addison, and Jake.

1 mile warmup. The race started out crazy! There was almost 300 kids in my race and it got super narrow after the first 100 meters. Some of the first corners were so crowded there was times I was full on walking/stopped!! In a Race!! Anyways, I was not able to reach my goal and was kinda upset with my time. But it was still fun. Shoutout to Talon again who ran the 3 fastest all time on that course and beat Casey Clinger!!  Legend! later tonight me and Jake ran over to 500 W and did hill repeats because we are sick and tired of loosing haha. I ended up doing 5 and he did 8 because I ran home halfway through to use the restroom... and he's a beast.

Ran down to shady lane today and did mile repeats. Me and Addison did 3 with the team before we left to go get our free massaages. Later tonight I ran back down and did 2 more plus a half mile hill sprint back home. My splits were 5:53, 6:03, 6:07, 6:01, and a 6:17. My last onee was slow because it was pitch black and I ran into a tree haha. It was great! My half mile hill sprint was a 3:32 which I was happy about.

Easy run on the canal today to prepare for the meet tomorrow.

Race today we really worked on packing it up. Did well and stuck with Holden, Gavin, and Sam the first lap. I am not sure about my final time, so I kinda guessed. It was mostly grass and about a mile of the course was on a slope where one foot was below the other ad that made it hard, plus it was super hot. But our team did great and we swept the meet so that is great!

Long run today, ran with gavin and we averaged around 7:10's. It was great to have someone to talk to as wee were running, it made it much easier.

Did another one of Coach Hansen's crazy circuits and it was a lot of fun. Me, Addison, Paul, and Zolan ended up doing 8 sets of stairs and a ton of burpies and squats. Me and Addison are not the best at drawing easy workout cards at random. We had a great time. I I finally posted all of these workouts, sorry they have been so late because I have been crazy busy with the start of XC and school. I will do my best to update these daily.

Went on another crazy long run tonight with Jake, McKenna, and Henry. We ran up to the track where we found Kyler riding his scooter with a creepy mask. We talked to him for a minute then took his mask and ran to pointdexters house and scared him with the mask and comforted him because he got his wisdom teeth out the day before. After that we ran down to McGriff park and a couple peoples houses to scare them and then we ran to Henry's and back to the track before heading home. Jake ran most of the run with the creepy mask on and I apologize if we terrified anyone while he was chasing your cars...

Easy run tonight with McKenna and Henry.

Today we did 16 x 400's, the most dreaded workout of the season. It was not at all as bad as I remember and I stayed positive the entire time. I went with the faster group and stayed with Gavin, Holden, and McKenna the whole time. My splits were 78, 79, 78, 77, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 80, 78, 79, 78, 77, 79, 75.  I was supposed to be hitting 81's so I was pretty happy.

Long run today, I can't remember exactly what went down.

Easy run today to prepare for Herriman tomorrow

Not a great race for me today and I was a bit dissapointed with my time.  It was really hot and I think the course was different than last year. It was super dusty and I believe that slowed my time more than anything else. By the end of the race I was covered from head to toe in dust. It was a fun time overall and Me, Jake, Talon, and Addison got lost as we were walking the course an had to cut through bushes and go on a little rabbit trail where we saw a jackrabbit running, which was quite motivational. Shoutout to Connor Baller who gave me a shout-out on the starting line of the Varsity boys race!

Easy run today to taper for city-county with 3 one minute pick-ups. Had a good time with Henry, Gavin, and Holden.

Easy run today to countinue the taper for city-county

City-county was canceled because it was raining and the fairgrounds did not want us destroying their grass. So instead we did a small race on our own that we call the chase. We did it on our time-trial course and I eded up getting a 4 second pr. The weather was perfect and I ran really relaxe. It was a lot of fun.

The Torch Run was today where we run a bunch of torches from whatever school we are playig for homecoming. Statrted the day off good with a nice 4.5 mile morning run with Henry. After school we all got on a bus and rode down to Northridge where we started the run. Everyone runs in a group of about 10 people a then hand off to another group after covering 2-3 miles and everyoneusually covers around 4-5 miles. My group was the 3rd one to run and we held a really fast pace on the first leg an averaged sub-6 for 2.75 miles.  The bus left Jake and Talon at a store where they were using the bathroom and before me and Addison had noticed they were missing we were about 3 miles away. So we drove back to find them, but they we already running back and that is how Me, Jake, Talon, Addison, and Henry decided to run extra legs. So we ended up running 3 or 4 extra legs besides our 3.  It was a blast!! We just talked a messed around the whole time an ended up averaging a 6:50 pace. I can't wait to do it again, I forgot how much I love high milage days.

Easy run on the canal to recover from yesterday and prepare for tomorrow.  My calves are a bit sore from yesterday but it was worth it and expected.

Good race today, it is a pretty hilly course that I would compare to the state course.

Did a killer workout today as a team, we did 10 hill repeats up 500 W for a total elevation change of 1000 feet! I averaged a 1:34 pace up the 0.22 mile portion of the hill. We based our recvery off of our heart rate so it was super hard because mine recovered before I had even caugh my breath.
 

Semi-long run today, averaged a pretty fast pace with Kyler and Henry for the first part and Nate and Holden for the rest of it.
 

I did not race very well today, I was feeling good the first mile and a half and keeping with Gavin and Holden but I slowed down after it. I think I just need to relax and not worry about my race. My shulders push up as I am racing which wastes a ton of energy, so if anyone has any quick tips on how to fix that and relax that would be greatly appriciated.  This next race I am going to focus on relaxing and my breathing and I'm sure it will help out. Before the race we went on long warm-up and Me, Talon, and Jake went on a cool-down through some neighborhoods after.

Easy 4 miles today, I have been being bothered by a cold the past few days so I believe that probally messed with my race yesterday.

4 x 1 mile repeats today and a 800. My cold totally destroyed me, I on pace on one of them and the rest were way slow. I have never died on a workout as bad as that one before, Im going to let myself recover tomorow andsunday and hopfully I will be fully recovered by Monday

Just an easy 5.5 today to taper for city-county. I took it a bit easier because my cold is starting to feel a lot better and I willbe 100% for the race on Wedensday.
 

Easy run on the canal road today.

Did not do the greatest today but thats ok. My cold is still lingering and it needs to go. We ended up taking second to Odgen. my splits were 5:47, 6:36, and 6:39
 

Easy run today down through Harrisville

Ran down to Shady lane and did 8x800's. My splits were 2:47, 2:51, 2:51, 2:51, 2:51, 2:53, 2:53, and 2:49
 

Easier run today, with some barefoot miles at the park after.
 

Mile warm-up and cool-down. Did a workout up on the track, we did a 400, 800, 1200, 800, 400, 400. My splits were 1:12, 2:42, 5:40, 2:52, 1:19, and 1:16.
 

Taking it easier this week to get ready for region, ran out 20 minutes and back.

Easy run on the canal today with 6 one minute pick-ups. I was pretty proud of my self because I stopped my watch at 44:44.44 and thought that was pretty dope.

Easy run to Bates Elementary and back.

WE WON REGION!!!!!!!! FIRST TIME IN 26 YEARS!!! We won in both JV and Varsity too! Mckenna and Talon both destroyed in their races and got great PR's. I got a massive PR also, it was around 47 seconds. The race started good and the first mile was a 5:37, the second was a 6:03, and the third was a 6:13. Felt proud of how I did and finally got my 3 mile under 18!! The time both converted and on my watch was a 17:42!

Decided it was a good idea to do 2 races in a row... Ran a mile warm-up and a longer cool-down. I lead the race up until the start of mile 3 and got passed by 2 guys. Felt pretty tired becase I was out way late last night celebrating the region victory and ate a ton at pizza pie. I was definately feeling tired while racing and the pizza didn't help much either. But I had a Great time and I'm glad I did it. 

16x400's today with a mile warm-up and Cool down. Felt decent but not as fast as the first time we did it this season. My splits were: 73, 72, 72, 73, 80, 80, 86, 83, 76, 77, 79, 81, 81, 83, 86, and 77
 

Ran up on canal road today with some pickups.

Did a 2 mile chase today, we ran down to the bottom of 1050 to start an ran to the end of the Canal by Bates Elementry. My 2 mile time was a 13:20, I was not feeling very good at all.

We are on break so I ran up to Weber and met Gavin, Mckenna, Addi, and Jake. Jakes hurt so he biked next to us. We ran to Highway 89 with 4 one minute pickups.

Mile Warm-up and Cool-down and did 4x800's. My splits were 2:49, 2:48, 2:51, and 2:48.

Mile warmup, 6x400's, and then a mile cooldown. My splits were 1:12, 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:15, and 1:16
 

Went on a morning run and then practice with the team after school. We found a football and threw it around while we were running so that was pretty sick!

State today, ran around the course and warmed up with the guys. We cheered for Gareck during the warm up and we met Brad Nye and Connor Baller. Me and Gavin sprinted around the course cheering for the girls and then later for the guys. Mckenna and Talon both ended up taking 2nd and we took 5th as a team. Congratulations to all of the runners!!

Good run late tonight with Henry

Ran over to Big Rock an met Talon and Gavin. We ran to the top of the pass on some trails and back down on some other sides.

Ran around with Henry and Jake for at a pretty good pace because we didn't have anything better to do.
 

Ran to Lomond View Park and did hill repeats. Did 12 up the hill that we run for XC and 4 up the steapest hill. It was harder to push my self doing them alone, but it was still very enjoyable. My splits for the 12 were 33, 34, 35, 35, 35, 34, 35, 35, 35, 34, 35, and 36. The splits for the 4 were 20, 19, 21, 20. The longer less steep hill was 0.1 miles and a 34 foot climb and the shorter steaper one was 0.04 miles and a 40 foot climb.
 

Easier run today before the XC banquet with Henry.

Very needed run with Henry today, we had a great time and it was good to get out after a long 2 day break. We did 4 strides at McGriff park about halfway through our run.

First day of footlocker training! We ran up 500 W and got on the trails way up above it. ran around on those and back to Weber.

Easier 5 mile run today, averaged 6:45

Hill repeats at Lomond View park today we did 12 and I did pretty well. My splits were 48, 49, 50, 48, 50, 52, 50, 50, 49, 50, 53, and 48.

Longer run today averaged a 6:55 pace. Me and Poindexter ran together and had a great time talking and telling stories.

The 24 hour run today we started at 2 PM and run until we hit 200 miles. look at tomorrow for mileage

The 24 hour run was a huge success and I ended up running faster and a lot more than I expected. It was freezing cold and hit around 24 degrees at the coldest part of the night. We were all bundled up and freezing under the bleachers in a room. There was a lot of good food that I ate too much of and was getting severly punished for after i finished each mile!!! I felt like my stomach was going to explode. I ended up getting more sleep than expected with around an hour. I wanted a high mileage day but was not expecting on getting 20!! It was great, Me and Derreck hit mile 20 just as the team was hitting mile 200. The 24 hour run is basically a massive relay race where there is one person running a mile at a time on the track. We time all of it and keep track of our splits witch is nice, it always ends up being one of the funnest parts of the season. Sometimes we do shorter intervals that equal up to a mile in large groups such as 2X800's, 4X400's, and occasionally 16x100's. I ended up doing 3 2x800's and I think a 4X400. When we do those we do multiple at the same time sowe all get a mile, so in the 2x800's and such each of us runs an 800 hands the baton to the other person, they hand the baton back to you, and you hand it back to them before handing it back to another person or relay group to run their miles. My splits were: 5:44, 6:01, 6:20, 6:02*, 6:16, 6:05*, 6:31, 6:20, 6:18 6:15, 6:34, 6:40, 6:34, 6:29, 6:23, 5:47*, 6:18*, 6:02, 6:14, 6:08. With my split time all added up I did it in 2 hours 5 minutes and 1 seconds which is a 6:15 average pace. *The mile was the 2 or 4 splits from my relay added together.

4X1600's on the track today because we haven't already ran a taon of laps on the track in the past 3 days. I think I hit about 100 laps in the past 3 days about half way through our workout. Did pretty well, I was supposed to hit sub-6 and did on all but one. My spilits were 5:52, 5:59, 6:10, 5:51
 

Easy day today

Repeats up 500 W today with a half-mile warmup and cooldown. Its about 0.22 mile from where we start to where we end on the canal with a pretty good climb at around 111 feet. My splits were 1:26, 1:28, 1:31, 1:30, 1:33, 1:28, 1:33, 1:30, 1:28, 1:27

Great long run today!! Last week I had a great 7 miler and had a new long run pace record at 7:01 minute miles. Today I ran 8 at a 6:40 pace, it took me 53:20. I improved by 21 seconds per mile by last week!!!!

Easy 3 miles today

Easy 5 miles on canal. Did some hill repeats in the middle of it. I woke up extremely sore from going to the gum the other day and my arms were wrecked. Otherwise I would have gone farther. I almost didn't even go but my dad got me up and going!

8 X 800's today. My splits were 2:42, 2:46, 2:42, 2:48, 2:48, 2:48, 2:49, and a 2:45. We did a mile warmup and a mile cool-down with some strides.

Five and a half mile indian run today with Talon, Addison, McKenna, Henry, and Keaton. We had a lot of fun, but I wasn't feeling great and had to take it easier than I would have prefered.

Ran to Lomond View Park and did a 5 to 1 stepping stone with the team. Ran most of it with Paul, Henry, and Kyler.

Long run today up 500 W and on the trails across the top. We ran from there over to North Odgen viewpoint (make-out point) and ran down the pass back to weber. There was a lot of uphill but it was a really fun run on the trails. I almost forgot how much I love trail running I had not done it in so long...

Four and a half mile run with Jake, Talon, and Addison. We ran to Lee's and got some Orange Juice samples, and then we ran to Smith's and ate a bunch of their free samples. Ended up being a really fun easier run.
 

Run with Talon and McKenna tonight. We drove up to Pole Patch and ran on some of the trails up there. We had a lot of fun and ran through a bunch of random fields and saw an amazing sunset.

Taper day because we have a time trial tomorrow. We just ran down to 1050 and back.

Mile warmup and cool down with the chase. I did very well and was happy with how I did. I never got passed and ended up being the second person to finish.

Easy 5 today to recover from yesterday and get ready for tomorrow. I not very sore from yesterday so that is a plus, but maybe that means I need to run faster.

Was planning on racing up in the valley today but the road conditions were terrible so I decided to go on a treadmill. We went to my grandparents to eat so I just used their treadmill. I did suprisingly well considering I had ate 3 plate fulls of turkey, ham, and potatoes, along with 3 pieces of pie before I ran. I heard that to get conditions comparable to a road I needed to increase the incline, so I put the incline up to 3 and started my run after a mile warm-up. I kept it on 6 minute pace until a mile left and then I gradually increased it. It hurt and I wanted to slow down, but I wouldn't let my self do it. I cooled down out side because their basement felt like 1,000,000 degrees. As I was cooling down I tripped and fell over in the snow and my whole family made fun of me and my snow/mud covered clothes when I got back. I was pretty happy with how I did, and it was a pretty good Thanksgiving. 

Ran to Lee's and back with Jake, Talon, Addi and McKenna. We had a good time and averaged 6:30's
 

Henry called me and asked If i wanted to go running with him and I was like, "Heck yeah Hank! Anytime" so we drove over to the Valley and ran on the north arm trail in the snow, after we did a few strides on the side of the road.
 

Did 8 X 400's today to getready for footlocker. My splits were 75, 74, 74, 74, 73, 74, 74, 70. I felt really good, and am finally feeling like I'm gettting faster

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.