Brayden Youngberg Running

Easy recovery day today. I did 4.75 in the morning and 3.5 later tonight. I ran up to the cave and was next to the entrance when I heard a growl which I'm assiming came from a bobcat based on the tracks. I booked it out of there because I wasn't really in the mood to be eaten...
 

Me and Addison ran back up to the cave and ran around the trails up there before getting on canal road. We didn't realize how freaking deep it was becasue there was a nice path carved out until it stopped. We kept going on and decided it would be better to get off and run on the road.
 

Did 4.4 miles this afternoon and another 4.1 later tonight. It was a great run.

All was well until we reached the bottom of Shady Lane, and then my knee locked up and I died. Im heading in to see what I did tomorrow.

The trainer said that I have Bursitis becasue of a tight IT band. So I biked 6 miles today until it started to hurt.

Went to the pool and treaded warter. My watch  said it was equalivent to 5 miles of running, so that is what I put. Treading in water/ water jogging doesn't bother my knee at all, so that is good because othewise I would go insane.

Went to the gym and biked for a half an hour at a decent pace.

Went to the pool and treaded water for 45 minutes straight...

Treaded water ad biked a little bit.

The trainer told me I can go run 2 miles today, so that was great.
 

Easy 3 to let my knee recover.
 

My knee hurt really bad again today, so I had to stop.
 

Easy 2.75. My knee isn't bothering me today, so yesterday must have just been a crappy day.

Easy 3.75
 

easy 4

5:30 mile, im not sure about splits. I just got cleared to race by the trainer yesterday, so im sorta out of shape, but It was a good painful expirience. I know what I need to focus and work on now so I should be cable to run even faster next week. I was able to race in my new spikes and I absolutely love them. ve never raced in spikes before, and now that I have I'm wondering why I didn't. I got the Brooks Mach 16 thanks to Jake Lee's sugestion, and I got them for an incredible deal.

My knee is not bothering me much anymore, so I did an easy 5
 

Easier day today, jsut trying to get back in shape.
 

Did 6 on a treadmill, averaged 7:15 pace

I was planing on doing 6, but felt sick after mile 3. I pushed one last mile and stopped.

I got a rough start in the mile becasue I registered late, so I was placed in the back behind eveeryone. I ran almost the entire first lap and a quarter in lane 2 just so I could pass people. I never thought of myself having a good kick, but I ended up passing 6 kids in the last 100, so that felt really good. I did a 2 mile cooldown after. We had alot of fun this weekend and I was able tohang out with Connor Baller fora while which was totally dope haha

Wasn't planning on runing an 800 today, but I haven't ran one in more than 2 years and wanted to see where I was at. I didn't get registered before so I had to start in the very back of the pack, which sucked because I had to pass aton of people. I ended up running a 2:20 and taking 6th in my heat of 27, so I was proud of that. I got to race in my new spikes again, and I totally love them. Did a 3 mile cooldown to compensate for the short warmup

Did a mile warmup and then a 5 to 1 stepping stone. On the fast parts I went 6:10 pace, and 7:45 on the recovery. Cooled down after outside becasue the gym closed haha

I did a 7 mile progressive long run today. I ran a 7:20, 7:10, 7:00, 6:50, 6:40, 6:30, and a 6:20. It was boring becasue i was on a treadmill, but it made it easy to keep pace.

Did a mile warmup with Addison and did 8 repeats up 500 W. I kept my time under 1:20 and felt really good about it. Did a 2.5 mile cooldown after.

Did a 2.25 mile warmup on the treadmill, then ran a 2 mile tempo. I did a long 3.75 mile cooldown, but I didn't want to stop because I was watching Fast Five haha 

Easy 5 miler with Henry and then one more later tonight to reach 6. I have ran alone on th treadmill recently, so it was great to be abl to run with someone.
 

Took the ACT this morning and then went and helped with a HOSA activity. Went on a 6 miler from Smith's around somerandom neighborhoods up to the base of the pass and back home. It's great being able to run again. Then I had to hurry home to get ready for the school dance, which was a blast.

Fist day practicing with the team for indoor track today!! Between IT band problems, The ACT, and sickness I've been pretty unlucky haha it's great to be back though. We did a mile and a half warm-up, 6 x 200's at 39's and 2 x 400's. Mile and a half cooldown and another mile tonight

Easy 5 with Jake and Addison after shoveling the track.

Easy 4.5 to get ready for the meet tomorrow.

Half mile warm-up, did the mile and them the 800 neither of my times were very good and I felt pretty sick after. I'm still recovering from Monday I think. Did a mile cool down after. Mile: 5:21 800: 2:25

Super fun run with Henry up above 500 on the trails to get out of the inversion. It was a good run that was a pretty good workout even though it only 4 miles. Read Henry's blog if you want to know more.

Good long run with Jake, Addison, and Talon. Averaged 6:50's after we ran up to the track and did 4x200's

6 easy miles with some pickups at the end of it.

Did 2x400's and 2 strides. After that I went on a 3 mile cool down with Addison and Talon.

Half a mile warm up before the race. The race went pretty well I started out closer to the back but was in 3rd by the end of the first lap. I stayed there most of the race and finished in 6th I think for my heat. I was able to re-watch the race on runnerspace and analyze my form and and see what I need to work on. I let my head nod and need to fix that, and I also run really tight and bounce up and down a lot. So it's good that I was able to watch and see what I need to fix. I did a 2 mile cooldown after.

Easy 3.5 up to some hill and to some random Roman looking pillars on top of a hill.

Easy 2.5 with Addison and Brielle for there warm-ups.

Easy 4.5 around the pond with Paul, Jake, Henry, Nate, Talon, Point, and Henry.

Easy 5.5 down to Lee's and Smith's and back. I think Henry explainded it best on his blog, "we were going to run to Lee's for some samples and stuff. So I'm running with Talon, Brayden, and Nate Staker, and we cruise on down to Lee's. We get in, grab some orange juice, wholewheat bread with honey, and some coconut water. We go outside and guess who's there. That's right BJ's girlfriend. So he sits there and talks to her for like 420 minutes and the rest of us act like spies or something. We finally get his attention and we start running again. Then we're like "Hey! Smith's will have food too!" So we run over there and grab some cookies and sushi. So we leave and we're running behind the old Smiths and we see these sick balloons and Talon grabs one. We keep running and then a cop pulls us over!! He's all like "that's a special balloon! Put it back!" So we run it back and he follows us so we act like we're going one way but go another and lose him. Then we run back to the school and I told some fire jokes. We get back to the school and then I leave and run home.  Got home, was chilling and I got an alert from Insta saying that Talon had sent a picture from Doug the pug to the group chat and so I got on and showed them a far superior account called dogrates. The group chats have been lit lately. Just like my runs." Sorry Henry, I had to steal your very detailed description from the blog, please don't sue me.... I'll buy you food

I decided to start doing morning runs, so today was my first one. I went 4 miles at a 7:10 pace. Later today we all ran up and around the rock quarry. Ran past a Jaguar F-type and my ears praised the heavens when the exaust sounded... It was beautiful, need I say more. We went 5 miles at a 7:15 pace.

Ran 7.5 miles up to Big Rock and back before heading to work.

Me, Talon, Addison, Nate, and Spencer ran up to the trails above 500 W. We ended up running down the face of the mountain becasue we lost the trail. It was insane, we were all tripping and falling in the snow. We found a golfball, a stuffed bear, and I fell into a cactus and had to pull 400,000 cactus prickles out of my hand and knee, it was awful, but quite funny. We also ran over to the cave and explored that area. Addison said it best on his blog, "Finally ran with the guys again today. After we witnessed the most intense flip ever from jake smith, we decided to run the trails above 500 W. Jake turned back early cause his tailbone was quite sore from the intense 360 poin flip that i previously mentioned. We ended up running straight down the face on our way back. Everyone was falling through the snow and going down hard. We stopped to extract a cactus, and as you can probably guess, bj screwed up. He just sorta tipped forward and fell straight into the cactus. After much swearing and screams of agony, he finally pulled himself together. We ended our run by exploring the caves. Brayden seems to know them quite well... i wonder why..." Sorry to add and Henry for stealing your blog posts, but they are pretty fire.

I honestly can't remember what I did today, but my watch said I ran at least 4 miles... I think I went on 2 runs, but i'm not sure.

Did a 3 mile morning run with Jake. I'm not sure what we averaged, but it felt good. After the track meeting we ran 5 miles, and then we played some hardcore ultimate frisbee.

Hard 4.5 to clear my mind after taking the ACT.

Woke up and did a 3 mile morning run at a decent pace. I've been working on keeping my head up and focusing on these runs and it has been getting easier. For practice today we did 2 X 200's with 200 meter jogging recovery, 2x400's with a 400 meter jogging recovery, and 2x600's with a 400 meter recovery. I hit above my times on every one, so I was extremely happy. Did a 1.75 mile warmup with some strides, and a .5 mile cooldown.

I had to go in early to school today so I could make up Yoga, so I went into the weightroom and did a bunch of squats, lunges, box jumps, and hamstring curls. I'm a lot more sore than I thought I would be, so that is a good thing! Easy 5.5 at practice with Addison today with 6:43 as an average pace.

I did a 3 mile morning run this morning. Im pretty sore from the rest of this week, so it's good to just get out and relax. At practice today we did 8 repeats of a 300 with 2 sets of stairs in the football staduim . We did a half mile warm-up with some strides and then a lap cooldown.

I did 3.25 miles this morning cause my family wanted to go. I averaged 6:40 pace. Later tonight I did 4 more miles.

Did a 4.25 mile morning run with Henry and Jake. Warmed up and did strides and then started the track workout. We did 4 x 600's and 4 x 200's. My splits were 1:53, 1:55, 1:53, 1:48, 33, 32,33, 31, 30, 32, 31, 30. I ended up doing the extra 200's because one of my friends was up doing the workout alone. Did a mile barefoot cooldown after.

I ran home before practice cause I left my shorts there, and I couldn't think of the terror running in long basketball shorts! After that we did an 8 mile long run. I didn't have my watch, but according to Addison I averaged around 6:32's which is a new long run record for me!! I felt really good during it, so I'll just continue to keep getting faster.

Woke up and did 4 miles this morning with Henry; my hip was bothering me from the run yesterday so I rolled out quick and stretched for a while one I got home. After school I did a half mile warm-up with the rest of the track team before the race. Went on another mile warm-up after the coaches talked to us. The race started well and I had a decent start and ran a 65 first lap. I was hurting with about 200m left, but that's where Gavin started kicking so I picked it up hard. Felt great about my race especially considering we've had hard workouts the past few days. I'm excited for the mile tomorrow. My hip didn't bother me during the race or cool down and I think the stretching helped.

Did a 4 mile morning run today with Henry and Jake. We got to track and did a mile and a half warm-up before our race. The 1600 went pretty well, I don't have all my splits, but I know the first lap was a 70. I Finished with a time of 5:04 for a new PR by 10 seconds!! I did .75 of a mile around the track and then we did a 400 and I ran it in 1:00.6 or something like that. I'm a little mad I didn't go sub-1, but not bad for just running a mile. Did 1.25 mile cool down with a mile of it barefoot.

6 miles easy at practice before the meet tomorrow

Later tonight I did 2.25 easy with 4 strides.

A couple of us went down to the Cougar relays. I did a mile warm-up for my race and Weber to the line after dynamics and some strides. I took off when the race started and surprisingly nobody even attempted to chase me. By the end of the race I lapped a few kids and widened the gap between me and second place by almost 20 seconds. First time I've ever lead the entire race and won, so I was pretty excited even though I didn't get a PR.

We did 1.75 mile warm-up and then 8x400's in the awful storm. It felt like we were getting killed by sandpaper because it was so windy. Did a half mile cooldown barefoot. Later I did 3 miles with one at tempo pace because I felt bad about not hitting my splits for the last few 800's. I'll post splits later

10 miles at a 6;50 pace. It was a freezing cold run today, and I wasn't feeling great after i finished. My achillies didn't bother me much.

Only made it 4 miles today, my achillies was really bothering me and I did nott feel good at all.

I have pneumonia...

I still have pneumonia...

Only 4 miles today. Between the flu and the pneumonia, I felt like death.

I got killed doing a stepping stone. We did a 5 to 1 minute fartlek as a team. I still feel dead. I should probably take a break and let my body get better... I hate pneumonia hahaha

4 miles easy around Davis High between the girls races. I actually felt pretty good.

I did a mile warmup and actually felt pretty good. I was pretty pumped becasue I was seated number one in my heat and wanted to win. The race started out good and I split a 69. About 100 meters into the second lap everything went to crap and I was shot in the heart by pneumonia. I ended up finishing dead last with a time of 5:35! Ten seconds slower than my last year time at the same race! I was not very happy and went on a 2 and a half mile cool down. On the bright side my achillies didn't bother me too much....

4 easy miles at a terribly slow pace.

Easy 3. I'm still sort of dying...

We played t-shirt tag as a team and then went on a short run.
 

Easy 6 miles with the team with  some pickups.

Did 4.5 at practice and then 2.5 later tonight.

I sorta just ran around at fremont for 3 miles.

Just ran around at the meet.

First long run in a while. I felt good, but my time wasn't great.
 

We did 8 X 400s at practice. I didn't feel great. Later tonight I did 3 more miles.

I'm back!!!! I did 6.25 miles becore going to St. george and felt really great, and then I did 3.25 late tonight in St. George around 10 after it cooled down hahaha

4 easy with Henry. Later in the afternoon I did 6 miles with some 2 minute pickups.

Woke up early in the morning and did 6 miles before the crew came annd picked me up to go to Arcadia.

Arcadia Day 1:

They picked me up around 10 AM and we started the journey. About half way to Duerte, which is where we were staying, we stopped at a gas station to eat lunch. I have always been told and have learned from many instances, that you should never, ever, eat mexiccan food from a gas station. So guess what I did?!?! I walked right up to the mexican place and ordered a burrito the size of Ethan Fields head! JK, but it was close ;) That is where Ethan found out from the rest of my team that I have a slight addiction to mexican food. If my momory is correct, I had mexican food 14 times over this week. Anyways, on with the story! We got to the house that we rented in Duerte and it was super nice! We found a shopping cart and rode around in that for a little while and explored the neighborhood. We had a super sick run under some orange trees and around the city that was around 5.5 miles. After we got back, Mama Lee said that she made dinner!! Any guesses on what it was?!?! Enchiladas!!! My favorite!! Me, Add, and Ethan were anti social, so we sat out on the patio in the rain becasue there was no seats left at the dinner table inside. We ate our dinner and had a great time! Add or Ethan said somthing about us bing locals, and that turned into a great inside joke for the rest of the trip. After dinner we watched a little bit of A-Team and then headed to bed. Im in a room with Add and Ethan and it is sick. We filled it up with plants that we stole from around the house and we stayed up pretty late talking. I love those two, they are halarious :)

Arcadia day 2

I honestly sort of forgot what we did today, but it was a dang good day haha We sort of just relaxed all day and messed around. Me, Add, and Ethan ran over to grab some more oranges at a super chill pace, and we got chased by a crap ton of dogs, but that's it hahaha We took our newly aquired shopping cart over to the local skate park and went down some ramps, and then we invented a sick new game that is a combination of ultimate frisbee and basketball. Let me tell ya, getting a frisbee through a basketball hoop is harder than you would think... We went over to the meet and just hung out and watched the girls win the seeded 4 X 800 and the guys run the 4 x1600. Watched Oak smash a nationaal record, which was totally lit, and just cheered a bunch. After, Me and Ethan went on a crazy sketchy run through a graveyard... and then we did some strides. If i remember correct I went on another 3 with everyone else later. We went to bed at a decently early time tonight, I think Me, Add, and Ethan all stopped talking and laughing around 12...

Arcadia day 3:

We went over to watch Add race and hung out there for a while. Add did great and got a PR, so thats lit. After, we went back over to the house and hungg out again. We watched some more A team and got some more oranges. Me and Marc went on a long run and I felt amazing. I ended up averaging 6:24's which is the fastest I've ever gone for a long run. I love how easy it is to run down here; It is so much easier to breathe... We just partied the rest of the day and went back over to the stadium to watch Ethan, Talon, and McKenna race. Ethan Dropped a massive PR in the 3200 and it was sick to watch all of the Hobbyjoggers destroy. Connor Baller had an epic race, and it was sick to watch Casey drop an 8:50 US #1. We went back to the house and partied pretty late. Me, Ethan, and Add snuck out off our room around 2 I think and had a nice midnight snack of cold cereal. I think we went to bed around 4...
 

Some form of track workout... I cant remember
 

We did a 6 miles with a 3 mile tempo as a team. I felt pretty good :)
 

5 easy miles with the team and some pickups. Later tonight I did another 4.

Morning run and easy practice for a total of 8

We did a mile warmup and then raced. I felt pretty good about my race even though it wasn't a PR. It was pretty windy and the weather wasn't great. We did another 1.75 as a cool down. Later tonight, me and Nate did 8 miles with some pickups.

I did an easy 5.25 earlier this afternoon. Later tonight I went over to my brothers soccer game and did 4 x 400's and 4 x 200's my splits were 65, 70, 78, 68, 28, 29, 29, 27. I did a mile warmup and a mile and a quarter cool down.

3 miles in the morning and 6 more at practice. It was some form of a tempo or track workout, but I dont remember...
 

4 x mile repeats at shady lane park. I did about a 2.75 mile warmup and then we started the intervals. We got 1.5 minutes rest in between, so it was pretty hard. My splits were 5:46, 5:54, 6:02, 5:58. After we did 4 x 200's on a slight downhill section of grass. I hit 29, 27, 26, 25. Ran back to school with a little more to get up to 9.5

I did a 3 mile morning run and then another 6 with the team for meet prep.

Did a 2 mile warmup before my mile. Wasn't happy with my mile, so I did an 800 and a 400. I did a mile between the mile and 800 and then another 5 miles tonight with some hill repeats.

Did 5 miles with Addi and Talon and then another 4 miles tonight.

I did a 7 mile progressive long run on the treadmill after Davis.

Did 4 x 600's and then a 400 with the team. With the warmup and cool down it ended up being 6 miles. Later tonight I did another 3

Easy 5 miles at practice and another 3 later tonight. Pretty easy day because of the meet on Thursday.

Easy 5.5 with the guys for meet prep.

Me and the guys did a mile and a half warmup and then got ready to race with some dynamics and strides. I knew that I needed to stick with Add, Paul, and Jake for as long as possible if I wanted to go sub 5. I ended up finishing with a time of 4:57. I did a mile cool down with Addi and then relaxed before my 3200. There were only 5 of u running the 2 mile and I ended up getting a time of 11:17. I could have gone a lot faster, but I didn't really have anyone to push me. It was super windy, so I'm really happy with both of my times. Later tonight I did another 3 miles

Easy 6.5

I went on an easy 3.5 this morning with my dad and brother. Later this afternoon I ran to the top of big rock.

Did about a mile and a half warmup and then 9x400's. My splits were 72, 72, 73, 73, 71, 72, 73, 70, and 65. Between each 400 we got a 400 jogging recovery. We did a mile cool down, and I did another 3.5 miles tonight to get to 10.

We ran down to shady lane and did 3 mile repeats at tempo pace with 1 minute rest between each one. I hit a 5:43, 5:42, and a 5:33. We ran back to Weber and I did a few more miles easy tonight.

6 miles easy today at practice and then 4 more tonight with some pickups.

Did 6 miles at the meet with Henry with some pickups and then a few more miles tonight to get to 10.

I did a mile warm up over to the track and then did some dynamics and strides. I did 4 X 800's and averaged 2:33's I believe. I was doing my 5th 800 when the lightning and rain started, so I finished at the 400 and sprinted home. I wanted to finish, so I drove over to my grandma's and used her treadmill for 3 more 800's and another 400. So I ended the day with 7 X 800's and 2 x 400's. I got a total of 10 miles with the warm ups and everything.

I did an 11 mile long run. Averaged 6:57 miles. :) I felt really good the whole run.

We did a mile warm up and then 4 X 400's at mile pace. After I did a cool down, plus a little more later to get to 6 miles. Later tonight I did 4 miles.

9 easy miles at practice today split between two runs. Later tonight I did 3 more at a quick pace later tonight

Sick run around Skyview With Paul and Henry and then  left to go run up and down the hill Conner Mantz went sub-4 on, which was totally sick!! Then I met up with Spence$$, Add, Ethan, and Claire and went another few miles with them. They are sooo funny and awesome! I'm tempeted to move up to Cache valley this summer just to party with  them ;) jk, I wish hahaha

We ran around at region with Henry for his warmup and then chilled im my Hammock. then we did a and a mile warm up for the 4 by 800. I was the first leg and got us into second place. I split a 2:11. We took first pretty soon after Gav-Dog took the baton, and then Jonah and Point opened up the gap even more. I think we won by around 30 seconds... I split a 2:11, Gav split a 2:11, Jonah split a 2:11, and Poin dropped a 2:06. For a time of 8:39!  I did a mile cooldown and then another 6.25 miles tonight.

6 Easy miles on canal with the guys. I'm ready to race tomorrow!

Did a mile shakeout before my race. We got to the race and I did a mile and a half warmup with some strides and dynamics. I  was sorta nervous casue as soon as I showed up I saw a dude who beat me at another one of the Autoliv 5k's and Kaden Winter! Kaden Winter! He runs for USU! I was sorta freaking out because I wanted to win. hahahaha The race took off just how I expected, Kaden took off in the lead pretty quick, I was a little bit behind, and the other dude was right on my tail. I caught  up to Kaden pretty and stayed on him for the first half mile. At that point Me, Kaden, and the other dude had packed it up and we were running across the trail in a flat line. We stayed like that until the turn around point and then Kaden made a surge. I surged to catch back up to him and I didn't know where the other dude was. We passed Jerra, Kadens girlfriend, and we both sorta cheered from under our breaths and kept going. We reached the biggest hill of the course and I decided in my mind it waas now or never, so I really pushed the pace up the hill and took the lead. I stayed in the lead, and at a half mile left I really started to pick up the pace as much as I could because I knew Kaden had an amazing kick and that he was very close behind me along with the other dude. I sprinted as fast as I could to the finish and I finished first with a time of 18:07, a PR of almost 13 seconds!! A 13 Second PR!! I was so stoked! My mile splits were 5:35, 6:11, 6:20. Later tonight I did 5 more easy miles to loosen my legs up again.

Easy 5.5 miles as meet prep

Me and Gav-dog did a mile and a half warmup before the mile and jusst did the normal warmup stuff. Kyler told me that he would pace me on the first 800 of the mile, which was so helpful. We crossed at 400 and the 800 right on pace for a 4:50. He started to slow, so he told me to go. I ended with a time of 4:56! A 2 second PR! About 10 minutes after we all ran the 800 and most of us got destroyed hahaha Im not even sure of my time! It was like a 2:28 or somthing haha. We were all pretty dead, but we decided to do a 4 X 400 just for fun. It was Me, Point, Jonah, and our sprint/ jump coach Cam hahaha Our Baton was onee of those sick relay flags with the red on one end and the white on the other. I think I got the baton in second or third and I took the lead about 100 M in. I ended up splitting a 60 flat, which i was pretty proud of considering  the rest of  my day :) I ran home and then did 4 more miles on the canal.

Rest Day
 

Rest Day

Did 4.5 easy miles around Provo with Connor Baller and part of the HJP. It was a lot of fun

Hobbyjogged around at state

Went up  to the track and did some mile repeats to keep my endurance up during this break. I did 3, I hit my time by a lot on the first one, kinda died on the second but i still hit the time, and I got killed on the third. Finished it off with 2 800's that I hit perfectly.

I did a bike workout to give my legs some rest. I basically get on my bike and bike as fast as I possibly can up to the top of my street, which is also a hill, and then quickly bike back down and start again before my hr lowers. My hill is about a 70 foot climb in .2 of a mile, so its pretty steep haha

4 miles with some strides after to get my legs used to moving again.

Easy 6.5 on canal

5 miles on canal with some barefoot stuff around the park after.

Just 5 easy miles

First day of summer training!!!!! I ran a half mile over to the school and we did 5.5 as a team at a 6:45 pace. It feels soooo good to be back!! Later tonight I did another 3 at 7 minute pace.

Easy 4 this morning where I mainly focused in form and cadence. Later tonight I did another 3.5 with some strides.

Long run today up on canal road and then through some neighborhoods. It was my first long run in a while, so it sorta hurt haha I ended up averaging 6:54. I'm really enjoying this summer running, and I haven't even done any epic fastpacking or trail runs yet!

6.25 up on North Arm in the Valley. The last time I ran there was during the winter with Henry, so it was a nice change. Averaged 6:49's
 

4 easy miles this morning to focus on my cadence. Later tonight I did another 3.5 with 4 strides up at the track.
 

Super relaxed 7 miler

7 miles this morning with the team aveaged 6:46's. Later tonight I did another 3.

Ran over to McGriff park and did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek. Felt good, but It waas pretty killer! Total with the warmup and Cooldown was 9.5 miles. and then I did 0.5 around the park. Pretty solid day in my opinion

7 mile long run today. Averaged around 7:30's. Later tonight I did another easy 3.

6.75 in the morning as a team up on the powerline trail. Later tonight I did another 3.25

Sick group warm-up with most of the guys racing at the CBC. I was super pumped to race, and was glad to see that the race was as hype as we had hoped... There were a crap ton of elites there between Josh Collins, Ethan, Connor, Alyssa, Zack, Julie, and probably a few others. It was pretty lit. There was some dope music bumping the whole time, and it was pretty much a party. I honestly dont remember much about the race, but I know that I got a PR. My watch got me at a 16:49 and that is what they got me at the finish line. My watch said 3.15 so I stopped when I crossed the line, but Add finished quite a ways behind me and I don't remember ever passing him. So either my watch is messed up and I only ran 11 laps, or I ran the 12 and dropped a massive PR... Lets hope for the second option haha.

Good long run with Add and Dan up in Monte Cristo today. We figured some high altitude long runs would be pretty helpful for the upcoming season haha

Stairs at weber state went well, but on the cooldown I rolled my ankle and really messed it up. I wasa mile out so i walked the mile back and when I took off my shoe it was the size of a softball... like not even joking, I thought I broke it. I went to the DR righ away where we x rayed itand did some tests, and luckily I only partially tore 2 ligaments. Its a very inconvient time for this to happen, but im going to make the best out of it and we will see how it goes.

I pretty much iced until my foot fell off and then iced again.

Easy 4.25 to test out my ankle. I pretty much live on the couch with my ankle in an ice bucket, so it was god to move.

3 miles super easy. Went to the pool and ran in the water after. Ice is love

7.5 miles up Avon. It sucked, but I loved every second of it haha Full ragnar recap tomorrow.

I pretty much use my blog as a journal so you are going to get the full ragnar story, not just the running... Sorry not sorry. So me and Add drove up to Ethan's house on Thursday night. We had a bonfire and met some dope CV kids. After pretty much everyone left Me, Claire, Ethan, Add, and Spence decided to go on an adventure. We drove up to some canyon that Ethan said had mines at the top. Ethan decided to tell us all of the sketchy stuff thatt he had found in the mines such as broken clown dolls and crazy voodo crap, so we were pretty freaked out... Or at least I was. Ethan and Claire kept telling us about all of these super sketchy haunted places in Cache Valley. We were probably half way up the canyon when we saw a freaking No tresspassing sign and a cross looking thing that was red... So spence$$ decided to be logical and got us the freak out of there. On the way back down Claire decided to tell us more sketchy stories about ghosts and stuff, and anyone who knows me fairly well would know that I hate scary movies and stuff like that.... I was pretty scared to be honest... Luckily good ole' spence keeps a Book of Mormon in his car, we started reading that aloud hahaha then we drove to another super sketchy house and looked at it, but we didn't get out or anything luckily. We then continued our journey to the one and only Rancheritos (betos) for some high quality mexican food. Keep in mind that this was all around 2 AM. We chilled in beto's for a while and got some interesting food. I ordered rolled tacos thinking it would look something like a burrito... Boy was I wrong, It was pretty much just a bunch of those little microwaved taquito thingys coated in cheese and guacamole. And I dont mean a little guacamole either... It was a crap ton! Im pretty sure they had like 40 million avacodos in the back becasue with each of our orders we got like 3 cups of guacamole, no joke. Spence$$ met a very nice mexican lady named Consuela, who kindly cleaned up our large salsa and napkin mess. We left Betos and continued our drive where we encountered a few cops who thought we were drunk... After we explained that we were only runners who possibly got drugged by something at Betos, maybe marijuana guacomole? They let us off with a warning, im not sure what type of warning because we didn't do anything... We left and went over to first dam and then drove back to Ethans house. The next morning after a solid 4 hours of sleep or something, we had some stellar waffles and hung out. We ran some errands to buy food, specifically hummus, and Ethan introduced us to the wonderful drink of Jumex. Jumex is probably the unofficial drink of The HJP and it's some quality stuff. After, we met up with te rest of the guys in van 1 and decorated the van. It was a pretty dope looking van if you ask me. We went over to the start line and watched Connor Baller start. We drove around and cheered and bumped some dope songs while they were all running. I got the baton  or whatever you want to call the little bracelet that you get at the bottom of Avon. I believe that we were in fifth when I got it. I started a little too fast because I was totally hyped. My first 2 miles were sub-7, both being around 6:30. After that it all sorta went to crap and my ankle was sorta hurting. I adjusted my brace and kept running. I finished at at an average pace of 7:38, which I was honestly pretty happy with given the circumstances. Mama Field had a bag of Ice waiting for me at the top for my ankle which was a blessing. We partied over at Adds after van 2 started and then went and chilled at Basin. My second leg was somewhere between Mountain Green and Morgan and was 4.5 miles at like 2 AM. I averaged 6:36 and was sorta fearing for my life the whole time thanks to Claire's scary stories... I honsetly dont remember much besides that haha. I got like 7 kills or something like that. We were still in fifth and just slept and partied the night away. My last leg was that morning around 7 I think. I got like 23 kils on that one if I remember right. We chilled at the finish ad waited for the other van. Cam came in at 20:58:31 and we attempted to rave but were dead tired. We finished 5th overall behind Jaybird, Rebok, Collins Dining project, and BYU; In that order. We were the first highschool team and overall had an epic experience. THE HOBBYJOGGER PROJECT. Our team consisted of Ethan Field, Jake Lee, Connor Arnell Baller, Brandon Barclay, Talon Hull, Denver Perry, Spence$$ (Consuela) Nelson, Me - Brayden Youngberg, Addison Hedges, Cameron Anderson, Hayden Ewer, and Collin Morrison. I'll never forget the friendships I've made with these guys and the memories of hardwork and fun that we've made.

First day of XC camp had a lot less mileage than I had expected. We had about a mile total for the warmup and cooldown and then the 2 mile tempo that everyone pretty much races. I ran a 12 flat, which is right around my tempo pace so I was glad I stayed controlled. I can already tell that this week is going to be pretty dope, i'm excited.
 

Woke up this morning at XC camp and did a good fartlek workout. I once again forgotto start my watch, but it ended up being 8 miles with the warmup and cool down. Later this afternoon we did 4 more on the Provo river trail. I'm having a great time down here an learning a lot. Hanging out with all of the people who beat us at ragnar from the jaybird team and the BYU athletes is pretty dope.

3 mile trail run this morning on the bonneville shoreline. Later today we ran up to stewart falls which was really cool! That was about 4.25 miles, later tonight I did another 3 miles around campus with Add.
 

Final day of XC camp so they do a little 2 mile race. We got a great motivational speech before it by a funny old dude and i d a mile and a half warmup. I took like 15th in the raace or something like that and I dont remember my time hahaha My average pace was around 5:50 i think so I guess it was around 11:40.. Not my best... After wennt on a really fun cooldown with Add, Cameron Todd, and Camerons cousin from box elder. They are really cool guys! I'm so greaatful for all of the friedships that i've made through running. Later I did 4 miles at home.

Did an easy 3 in the morning and then a 9.25 mile long run tonight.

Did a 7 mile easy run and then an easy 6 later tonight to get up to 60! I believe this may be my first 60 mile wek of the summer, but I felt great an am not feeling any pains.

Good 7 miler this morning with the team. I forgot to start my watch, so I only got 5.6 miles of the 7, but my average pace was around 6:50. Later tonight I did 3 more with some of it barefoot.
 

Warmed up over to McGriff Park and then did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek. Ran home an finished with a total of 9 miles. Later tonight I did another 3.5

Warmed up and did a 3 mile tempo before leaving to Sons Of Heleman Camp later today... Im hoping to be able to run again tonight, but I got 6 miles in this morning with the warm up and cool down.

Another early morning to fit in a short run. Me and Jake just ran out on the road and then did some strides once we got back to camp. Im attempting to eat as healthy as I can, but that is proving to be a challenge here...

Great 6 miler super early this morning with Jake, Henry, and Travis Feeny. Averaged 6:52 pace and had a really great time talking to all of them. I've never really talked to Travis before, but it was good to finally meet him because we will be racing this year. Christian Warren was there also, and it was cool to get to know him beter too even though he did not get to run with us.

Woke up fetching early again to fit my run in. I made it 3 miles. Later tonight I did another 8 to celebrate finally being home.

I was super excited to race today and was ready for it. I did a quick shakeout after I woke up and then we headed over to the course. I warmed up for 2 miles and did some strides and dynamics. The race started good, and I didn't start out too fast. I rode right behind the top guy with a small group before he fell off and died aroudn the mile mark.. I didn't really want to take off into the lead yet and just contined with my plan of sticking with the pack. Within the next quarter mile the rest of the group fell off and It was me and a lady left leading it. We ran right by eachother for pretty much the rest of the race and we sorta leap frogged, she would take the lead, then we would switch, then we would be next toi eachother, and that sorta just repeated through out the race. With about .75 of the race left she was making me hurt pretty bad and I almost lost her, but then I refocused and took the lead at the last big hill with about .3 left. I feel like hills are one of my strengths, so I used that to my advantage andrealy pused it hard up it. At the top of the hill there is about .15 left, I really started to kick and could hear her right behind me. I finished with a time of 18:05.4 and she finished about 4 seconds behind me. I was talking to her after the race and shes a legend! Her name is Melody Jenson and she ran for BYU a few years ago and has won the Deseret News 10k. I honestly had a realy good time racing with her and was glad she was the to push me. After I did a 2 mile cooldown with a mile of it being barefoot. Later tonight I did 4 more miles just to relax and looses my legs.

5 miles easy this morning and another easy 5 tonight

8 mile long run with another 3 later tonight.

Good 7 miles with Add and Talon this morning on North Arm with the team. We followed Talon upto a mystical apple tree that he found, but neand add never actually got there. Talon met up with us again after we stopped at a restroom and we all ran back. It was really fun being able to talk to them and run with them because in the past i've been like a mile behind. Later tonight I did another 4

Easy 4 this morning before heading up to Bear Lake. Later tonight I did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek with 1:1 rest like I typically do. I did it aroudn the Paris Idaho Tabernacle, so it was pretty cool. I ended up with 6 miles including the warm up and cooldown.

10 mile long run tonight. IM not sure of my pace, but it was fun.

5 miles over by Big Rock with the team. Later tonight I did another easy 5

Got a good warm-up in an ran up to the track for a fartlek. I did a 5-4-3-2-1 and was feeling really good. Got a good cooldown in and then went home and did a hard ab workout. Later tonight I did 3 to get to 10.

8 mile long run this morning at a 6:54 pace, felt good but it was hard to get my legs moving because I just woke up and it was early. Worth it though because i was able to stay out of the heat. I picked some wheat, aprcots, and blackberries during it, which were all quite amazing and gave me an extra burst of energy. And yes, I do infact pick wheat while im running, pull the grain out, and eat it... I'm a weird kid, I know. lol After I got home I decided I have the upper body of a 6 year old, so I did P90x to get ripped. Later tonight I had planned on going 3 with henry but we ended up going 4.25. It has been a long time since we've talked so it was really good and fun to talk and catch up.

This morning as a team we did a stair circuit thing. We ran a 400, did a set of stairs, did  some form of exercise like burpies, tricep dips, and bikes. We ended up doing this a total of 8 times, so with my warm up and cold own I was at 4 miles. Later tonight I did an easy 6.

I did a super easy 5 this morning. Later tonight I ran up to the hill on canal road and did 7 repeats up that for a total of 4 miles with the warm up and cool down.
 

Woke up early to fit a 10 mile long run in before heading up to Cache Valley for my little brothers soccer game. Im not sure what my pace was, but I'm assuming around 7:30's because i'm honestly not used to running at 5 AM yet... Met up with Claire for another run before my brothers game, and we did 7 miles together. Ethan, Spence$$, and everyone else was out of town, so we ran up a place called Birch canyon if I remember right. It was a ton of fun! There were a few river crossings and It was seriously one of the prettiest runs that I've ever been on. It was beautiful up there. It was a ton of fun running with Claire, and it was great being able to run on a new trail.

5 miles this morning up at the top of the divide on the Ben Lomond side. I made it 2.5 miles up, which is farther than i've ever ran up in a team practice before. Later tonight I did another easy 5 to get to 10. I went at like 10 PM, so it was super dark and there was a full moon, so to be honest, I felt like I was going to get murdered or somthing pretty much the whole run. The wind was blowing the whole time and I kept passing houses with wind chimes that were freaking me out! So if by chance you happened to see a runner running back and forth in a zig zag pattern down Weber High drive, it was most likely me...

I ran over to McGriff park this morning to do a quick fartlek. I did another 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 and stayed around 5:50 for the fast and 7:30 for the slow. I felt a lot better doing it than usual so I'm getting stronger for sure. With the warmup and cooldown I went 7.5 miles. Later tonight I did 3 more around 10:30 after work. I guess last night wasn't sketchy enough for me; luckily I did not get killed, so that is definately a plus.

Woke up early this morning for a long run. I went 8 miles at a 6:54 pace. Later tonight me and Jake did another 4.25 pretty chill.

This morning we did an easy 7 as a team. I ran with Add and Talon and we had a good time. I got stung by a bee mid stride which is ironic becasue i've only been stung 3 times ever, and all of them have been on runs when I haven't been doing anything to anger them... We took an ice bath in the river after, and some of the dudes went off the rope swing. Later tonight I took Dan around Paris, Idaho for 3 miles at a pretty good pace just showing him the town and shaking our legs out after the drive.

Woke up early this morning and did a tempo with Dan up and down main street. We did a 2 mile warm up and then some strides. I did 2.5 miles at tempo pace and averaged right around 6:05. We did a 2 mile cooldown. Later tonight I did 3.5 miles out on a dirt road with my dad following me on a 4-wheeler so I didn't have to bring a headlamp.

Great run tonight!! I went 10 miles at a 6:38 pace; which is one of the fastest long runs I have ever done. I felt really good during it, and I didnt even feel like I was going super hard.

This morning we did a circut workout down at Barker Park as a team that pretty much destroyed my butt. We did so many squats, lunges, and burpies that I am having a very hard time sitting down... That totaled as 4.25 miles. Later this afternoon I did 3.75 to work on getting used to the heat, and the I did another 4 with Jake and Henry after it had cooled down a little.

I did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek this morning. I was right around 5:50 pace of the fast and 7:30 for the slow. With the warmup and cooldown it totaled to 9 miles. Later tonight I did another 4.

Easy 4 mile run this morning before going to XC camp up in Bear Lake. We had a good group on our run up at camp, and Jonah, Add, Me, and Jake made it 10 miles at a 6:53 pace. We pounded some Jumex after the run for recovery.

I slept like a baby last night in my hammock, but I'm way tired becasue Me and Jonah stayed up late and woke up early to take pictures. When we got home I did 5 miles in the heat and felt like I was going to die of heat exhaustion. Later tonight Me and Stathan did 6 more.

Me and Jake did a 3 mile warmup this morning over to the hill. We did 12 or 13 (I lost count) 20ish second hill repeats, and then cooled down. That totaled at 7 miles. Later tonight I did 4.

Around 8:30 tonight I decided it had cooled down enough for my long run so I went out. I did 11 miles at a 6:43 pace, so I was pretty happy!

We ran on the trails at Rainbow Gardens this morning. Me and Add got over to some viewpoint with a bench and then turned around for a total of 6. Later tonight I met up with Jake and we did another easy 6.25.

Woke up early and ran over to McGriff park for a fartlek. I did a 5-4-3-2-1 with 1:1 rest. My average pace for the fast was a 5:40, and 7:30 for the slow. My first 5 minutes was a bit quick at 5:20 pace, but I felt good. After the workout I stopped to talk to a kid on my team who had just got there, and then saw Bayleigh running on canal, so I ran a mile with her and then went home. With the warmup and cooldown it totaled 9.75 miles. When I got home I did a couple (2.5) 10-15 minute ab workouts from my moms p90X workout things. Later tonight I did another easy 3. I've felt really low on energy today, I dont think I ate enough breakfast and lunch and my calories just ran out. Ill maker sure not to make that mistake again.

I met Jake over at Lomond View elementry for a long run. We ran aroudn talking and picking fruit for 9 miles, and it was fun. Long runs are really boring to do alone, so I'm glad he wanted to come. We averaged 6:54. Later tonight I did an easy 3 with Nate, Henry, and Derrick.

I ran over to weber to meet up with the rest of the team. We did a warm-up and then 4x800's. It was a pretty solid workout and I felt good. I met up with Jake later tonight and i got another 7 miles in.

I met up with Jake this morning and we went on a run up to the elk farm and past some secret barn thing. That was right around 7.5 miles. Later tonight I did a 1.5 mile warmup and cool down with 7 hill repeats up 500. That totaled at 4.75 to put me at 12.25 for the day

I had to go to work super early this morning, so i didn't get to run early. I met up with Jake later tonight and we did 12 at a 6:47 pace. After, me and him went for a nice recover swim in his pool around midnight haha. Summer is great.

We met up as a team this morning over at make out point to tun on the trails over there. We just went at a nice easy recovery pace for 5 miles. After we got back and were stretching, Addison realized that as he stopped on the trail to use the bathroom he left his keys. So me and him ran another 3 miles after practice to retrieve his keys. So that put me at 8 for the morning. Later tonigt I met up with Jake and we ran over to Bates. On our way back we ran into Henry in some dope camo Boa's he had just gotten. We all ran together over to Jakes and then me and Henry ran home. That put me right around 5.25.

I finally was able to run with the Ogden Crew this morning, so I dragged myself out of bed and drove over with Henry and Jake. I was fealing good the first 5 or so miles and then dehydration hit. I ended up having to stop twice and felt like death, but  despite getting destroyed the rest of the run was a lot of fun and I loved meeting all of them. Hopefully I get to run again with them soon and feel a bit better. Felt like crap the rest of the day, so I didn't run again...

I still felt like crap when I woke up this morning, so I slept in and went over to my grandmas and ran on her treadmill. I did a 1.75 mile warmup with strides and then a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek. I went 5:30 pace on the fast with an incline on the fast and 7:30 pace on the slow. After I did a 3.25 mile cooldown, for a total of 8.5 miles. Later tonight I did 5.5 more over to Bates and around the park.

I went for a 3.5 mile run this morning on canal at a pretty chill pace. Around noon I met up with Nate, Add, and Dan to drive over to the Aspen Ridge trail head to run up to Timpanogos Peak. We ran/powerhiked about 5.5 miles up to Emerald Lake where we hammock camped. I ran a mile up by the lake with some strides and called it a day. We were all super tired and didn't run as much as we had hoped because we are the worst fastpackers in the world and had 25ish pound packs...

We all slept pretty crappy because of the wind last night, so we were all really tired this morning. We hung around camp and ate until around 11 when we decided to go up to the peak. We thought it would be fairly quick up and down, but the trail was a lot more rough than we expected and we had to hike most of it. We chilled up at the peak and then headed back down. We hurried and cleaned up camp and then headed back down the mountain. I took a nice hot bath once I got home and it was great to be able to sit down and relax. Later tonight I did another easy 3, and then I ran a half mile around the park with my brother at an 8 minute pace or so.

I went over to my grandmas house again to run on the treadmill and do a hard tempo. I did a mile warmup with some strides and then started the workout. I went a full 5k and finished in 17:45, so I was stoked! Im super excited for this season considering I'm destroying last years pr's during tempo workouts. After I did a 1.25 mile cooldown and stretched for a total of 5.5 miles during the workout. I met up with Jake for a long run around 8 tonight after watching Mo kill it in the 10k. We went 12 miles together and a little with Henry. We stopped at the park and I said goodbye to Jake because he is leaving to SUU tomorrow. I ran another 1.25 miles alone and it was honestly needed just to get out all my emotions of Jake leaving and realizing that the friends I've grown up knowing and running with for the longest are all leaving. Today was sorta a crazy day running wise and probably not the smartest training, but it was the last day of summer training and mentally I just needed it.

I did an easy 5 before practice this morning. Today was the first day of heat week, so we ran over to highway 89 and back. On the way out we averaged 5:52, and back we were a bit slower. Our average pace was around 6:30. I did a few extra miles and ran over to weber for a total of 7.

I did another 5 mile easy run this morning. I ran over to practice where we did 6 miles and I did another .75 alone.

Ran over to practice at Weber and we did a 3 mile warmup down to 2700 for a tempo. Split a 5:30 something mile for the first and finished at a time of 11:28 for a little over 2. I did a couple of strides and ran back to Weber. Later tonight I did an easy 5.

I decided that I needed a long run this morning, so I headed out on canal. I did a mile around Mcgriff park when i got there. Soon after I saw the legendary Ben VanBeekum and ran with him for a couple of miles. The average pace was 6:50 for 10 miles. Later, I ran over to Weber for practice again and we ran over to Lomond View park for a circut. I had a lot of fun and did well. That all totaled 7.5 miles.

Easy 7.25 miles this afternoon with the team. Later tonight I did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek with a mile warmup and .75 mile cooldown. On the fast portions I was cruising and ran up the hills and on the flat at Barker Park in Pleasant View. On the easy I ran down the hills, so I could run back up.

Me, Jonah, and Nate did a good relaxed long run. I did some strides also.

I ran over to Weber and we headed up to the track. We did a 2 lap warmup and then did 12x400's with 30 second rest. It hurt, but I did well. I split 67, 68, 68, 69, 69, 69, 67, 69, 69, 70, 71, 65. I was hoping to go sub 70 on all of them, but thats alright. I did a half mile cooldown with Talon and then ran home. Later tonight I did an easy 7.

I did an easy 5 this morning before school. Later today at practice we did an easy 7 for meet prep.

I'm very proud of my race today and I walked away with a pretty big PR!! the race started out good and I felt really calm and in control. I felt great the entire first lap and mentally stayed really strong. I was right next to good Ol' Curt Crossley from Roy until the last .5 or so and he started slipping away. He was great to have during the race and helped a lot by offering a word of motivation or two and to just have some company. I'm really greatful for the friends I have from Weber and other schools that I've gained through running. We did a good group cooldown with some friends from skyview for a mile and headed back to the busses. Later tonight I did another 7.5 at recovery pace. 

I just did an easy 5 this morning as recovery. We did a long run for practice. We had a pretty good group the first few miles and then me and Talon ran together. I did 9 miles.

For practice we ran over to Mcgriff park and did a 5 to 1 stepping stone (fartlek) with some random exercise during the easy part. After we ran back to Weber and took an ice bath. That totaled at 8.25 estimated. Later tonight I did 4 on my own.

Woke up and did a pretty chill long run. I did 13.1 in honor of all of the half marathons today that everyone is doing. Averaged 6:56 pace which wasnt bad considering I started at like 8 minute pace and gradually worked down.

I did an easy 6 this morning up on canal between classes. Later today at practice we did 4 x mile repeats at Shady lane. It was rough, none of us were hitting our times and I was getting frustrated, but its one of those workouts that you learn from and leave in the past. There is no point to worry about the past. With the warmup and cooldown that totaled 7.

I met up with Henry and did 4 miles with him and then did another mile. After I some strides. later at practice we did an easy 6 for meet prep.

We did a mile warm up and then dynamics and strides and all that fun stuff. The race was good it was hot and I didn't PR, but I'm still happy with it. We did a good cooldown with Claire, Carson, Squanto, and some of the other skyview and weber guys, so that was very enjoyable.

I did 8 this morning with Ben and Taylor. Taylor was my track coach in 8th grade, so I was fun to reconnect and run again. Later at practice we did 10 up to Big Rock and around.

I did an easy 6 this morning before school. Later today at practice we did one of Coach Hansens circuits. We did 1.5 mile warmup and totaled 2 during the workout with stairs and sprints and that fun stuff. We did like 70 burpies or something like that and like 250 crunches, so It was pretty brutal. I did a long cooldown and called it good for the day.

I met up with Jake, Talon, and Add to go on a long run. We did 12.5 miles at a 6:20 pace. It hurt.

Me and Jake did 10 miles this morning before he headed back to SUU. We averaged 6:40's or something like that if I remember correctly. Later tonight I did an easy 4

I did an easy 6 miles this morning before heading back to school. For practice we did a mile and a half warmup and headed up to the track. We did 8 X 500's and 8 X 400's, but I did an extra 2 400's just for the heck of it so I could be at 20 laps. hahaha My splits for the 500's were 1:25, 1:26, 1:25, 1:27, 1:28, 1:28, 1:30, 1:28. My 400's were 66, 68, 67, 69, 69-70, 66, 67, 65, 66, 65. I felt reall great about my 400 times, could have done a little better on the 500's but thats alright. We did a half mile cooldown and called it a day.

Another easy 6 this morning before school. For practice we did an easy 7 to prepare for Murray on Friday.

I did 6 early this morning before class at a pretty chill pace. Later at practice I did another easy 6 with the guys up on canal.

I haven't ran at Murry since my freshman year,and that was the race where it became noticable that I had astress fracture so itwas mylast race of that season. I was pretty excited to come back becasue I enjoyed the course and wanted to make some good memories there to cover the bad ones. The race had a super fast start and my first mile was a 5:04. I think I raced stronger physically and mentally than I have so far this season and wasproud with how I did. We did a mile and a half warmup with some strides and then cooled down for a few miles after the race. Me and Talon ran another mile or so around the park right before we left. Later tonight I did another 6 on my own.

Easy 13 with a 3 mile tempo in the middle. I averaged 6:06 for the tempo and 6:44 for the rest of the run.

This morning I did an easy 6. Today at practice we did 4 x 2000's and it was brutal. I went 6:57, 7:11, 7:05, 7:06.

I did an easy 6 this morning. Later today at practice we did 7.5 at 6:24 pace.

Not my best race today at city county because of a cold. Later tonight I did 6.

Easy 5 with the team. Later tonight I did 5 miles and then one mile with my brother around the park.

Good race today at wasatch. I felt pretty good and am getting over my cold fairly quick. Later tonight I did an easy 7.

Me, Add, and Dan decided to to the Huntsville half last saturday just for the heck of it. I had planned on doing another 13 mile longrun today, so I figured why not, as long as I don't push it too hard and just have fun with it. It was fun to see Riley and Taylor and some of the other guys up there and talk to them. We didn't start out too fast, as planned, and we slowly moved our way up throughout the race. We had a lot of fun jumping over cones and doing other random ish that probably should have gotten us killed. I just held a constant pace the whole race because I didn't want to ruin my upcoming races. Ended up finishing 8th place with an average pace of 6:08. Later tonight I did another easy couple of miles to shake out my legs.

Easy 6 this morning. For practice We did 10 X 500 W hill repeats. It is about .21 miles per repeat and then we jogged down. My times were 1:21, 1:23, 1:24, 1:27, 1:28, 1:25, 1:25, 1:28, 1:29, 1:24. We did a mile warmup and cooldown

Another easy 4 mile morning run. We ran the course for the race tomorrow and then a few of us went more to get to 9.

I did 5 easy this morning. Chili told us to run this race as a tempo so we just talked and stuff the whole time. Total of 1.5 miles for the warmup and 2.5 mile cooldown.

For the torch run Me, Add, Talon, Nate, and Gave all got to run on some sick trail from paradise over to the highway by Mantua. Then we did another 3 later on. I was hoping for 8 miles today, but thats alright.

Super chill run with the varsity guys up on some sweet trails abouve our house in Boise. Me and Talon ran a little extra around the neighborhood to get to three.

We did about a mile and a warmup. The race was alright, the course was fun, but im not happy with how I did. First mile was 5:08 and second mile was 10:48. After the race Chili had us do a long cooldown so we went 4 and then me and Talon did another mile. I've missed doing these fun little extra runs with Talon like the cooldown and last night. I came home really frustrated and confused, so I went on an 11 miler to clear my head and to think through some decisions that I need to make.

Easy 6 miles this morning. At practice we did 12 hill repeats over at Lomond View park. I was pretty happy with how I did. Total of 12.5 for the day.

Me and Henry did an easy 6 miles this morning and I did some strides. At practice we did the Labrynth through the neighborhoods by Orion Jr. High. Me, Talon, and Add kept going over to lee's market and back to Weber to get to 6.

We did a 3 mile warmup before the race. I'm not too happy with my race, but I have to keep going. Me, Talon, Add, and Jonah did another good 3 mile cooldown. I was hoping to be able to run again tonight, but the lightning and stuff affected that...

Easy 6 this morning with Poindexter. For practice we ran up to the trails at the top of 500 and Me and Talon went over to the pass and down the pass for 10 miles. I'm super happy with how I did on the run today.

Easy 6 and then the 24 hour run. Miles for that and other info is on tomorrow.

8.5 miles at the 24 hour run. I slept a lot more this year than in the past because I've been up late with homework this whole week. All of my miles were sub 6 so that made me happy. I went: 5:14, 5:31, 5:16, 5:42, 5:43, 5:40, 5:38, and 5:21. We paced some kids on to try to break their pr's so thats how I got the other half, those 400 splits were 73, and 77. I was happy with my times and felt like I got a good workout in. I did 10 on the treadmill this afternoon while watching General Conference; I threw a lot of random surges and inclines in it to get a bit more of a workout. I averaged 6:33's.

Easy 6.5 miles this morning. We did 8 X 800's at practice, and I was feeling pretty good until my stomach started cramping. I went 2:32, 2:32, 2:33, 2:34, 2:37, 2:35, 2:37, 2:32. I also got in a 2 mile warmup and .5 mile cooldown.

6 miles easy this morning. At practice we did another easy 6. Funny story, while we were running a car drove by and flicked up a rock... not a pebble, a rock. The rock floated through the air and nailed Jonah right between the legs. I'm not sure how that is even possible, but it's nuts hahahaha.

Today at practice we did The Chase. I'm happy with how I did and caught most of the people. That totaled at 6 miles, and tonight I did another 4.

Easy run at practice with Add and Talon for 7.5 miles. Later tonight I did an easy 3.5.

Talon, Me, and Add went over to Big Rock and then kept going over into coldwater canyon. I was a super pretty run and Talon showed us some dope trails. Good final long run before region.
 

I did a three mile warm-up and then went over to the track to do a Pre-region workout. I did 8 X 200's at goal race pace with 200m jogging rest and some strides. I was feeling really good during it and am super excited for region. After I did half a mile around the track barefoot and then did another 2 miles for my cooldown. Later tonight I went up to Pole Patch to take some pictures and ran a mile up there on some trails just for fun.

We warmed up over to lomond view and back to the track. We did 4 x 400's and then a 3 mile cooldown with Add.

5 miles pre race

Tired, confused, disappointed, heartbroken. I don't have anything else to say.

Easy run and then 4 x 200's on the track. I went 30, 30, 30, 28.

We ran to 1050 as a warmup and then we didna tempo back to weber for 2 miles. I went 10:40, which I am happy with. After we did an easy 1.5 mile cooldown.

Me and Kyler did an easy 6 on canal road.

For practice we did a mile and a half warmup and then did 4 x 400's on the track. My splits were 66, 68, 69, 69. After we did a 3 mile cooldown.

Easy 3 pre-meet with the team.

We did about a mile warmup around the course. Overall I'm proud of my race, it was one of my best races all season even though it wasn't the time I wanted. The race started pretty quick, but I stayed pretty controlled and that helped me. I ran next to Casey Clinger for like 2 seconds at the start, so that was pretty dope. Congrats to AF for being freaking legends and Lone Peak for taking second and beating Davis ;) shoutout to Talon for taking third and to Casey and McKay from AF for being absolute ballers. After we did a cooldown over to Billy from milesplit to give him a Hobb Jogger Project shirt.

I ran up to the powerline trail above 500 W and ran over to Big Rock. The trails are beautiful right now, I could have stayed up there all day.

I did a super rushed 4 miles trying to get home in time for my senior pictures. Later tonight I did an easy 6.

I did a 2.5 mmike warmup over to the hill hill I typically do repeats on. I did 12 repeats at top speed and then did another 2.5 miles for a cooldown. The hill is about .08 to the top. Later tonight I did another easy 4.

I did a 4 mile morning run at a pretty easy pace. After school me and Addison ran over to mcgriff park and did a 1-1-2-3-2-1-1 fartlek. With the warmup and cooldown that totaled at 6.5

I did an easy 4 this morning before school. After school Me, Add, Talon, and Stathan ran on some trail that ended up taking us into pole patch. We bushwacked through the fields of Pole Patch and eventually found the trails that I sometimes run on up there. We hopped a lot of fences and stuff, so it was a lot of fun.

I did an easy 4 before school over to Bates elementary on my typical route. After school I did a 2 mile warmup and went down to Shady Lane park. I did 8x800's with about a minute and 30 seconds recovery. It was brutal; my splits were 2:37, 2:42, 2:46, 2:48, 2:49,2:49, 2:48, and 2:46. I did a mile cooldown and called it a day.

I did an easy 4 this morning. After school Me, Talon, and Add ran over to the end of canal and back for 6 miles.

I did a long warmup and finished at lomond view park. I did 12 long hill repeats and 3 straight up the steepest part. It was killer. I did a long cooldown and went home.

Good 12.5 miles this morning with Ben, Dave, Add, Jared, and Taylor. We did 6x45 second pickups with 2 minutes recovery. Later today I did another easy 3.

Easy 5 miles this morning. At practice we did 5X Mile repeats. I did well. My splits were 5:15, 5:16, 5:20, 5:22, 5:17. I had a 2 mile warmup and did a mile barefoot cooldown.

My teacher was sick for my physical therapy class, so I didn't have to go to school till 11. I did a 6 mile run in the rain and just chilled the rest of the morning. After school I met up with a couple of the guys and we did an easy 6 around North Odgen.

I did an easy 5 this morning before school. At practice we did a shorter version of the workout I did friday at the lomond view park hills. We did 10 up the long hill and then 2 up the steep part. All of my splits were between 49-50 although my first one may have been a 51... and I think I hay have hit a 47 or 48 in there if I remember correctly...

5 miles this morning. At practice we did 7 miles, I was super happy because I averaged sub 6 minute pace, which I've never done before on a longish run. It was even fairly hilly. We went down 1000 past Orion, and up washington back to weber.

Easy 9 total for the day. Good recovery.

I ran over to the track and did a little more to get to a mile warmup. I did 8 x 200's. My splits were 32, 31, 31, 30, 30, 30, 28, 29. Later today Add, Talon, and me met up at to top of the pass for a long run. We were planning on going 8 to 13. We started and decided to got the longer distance of 13, so we kept going to lewis peak. It was hecka hilly and insane! We got to the peak in like 53 minutes or something, so we were just around 9 minute pace. We headed back down and were planning on getting on the trail down to windsurfer beach. We got on a trail and kept running up some crazy hills until we got about 2 miles, where we got cliffed out and ran the wrong direction. We ran back 2 miles to where we got on the trail and headed in the correct direction. Needless to say, after a crap ton of hills and 18 miles, we were all pretty dead when we finished at windsurfer. We all took a nice dip in the lake and then stopped at valley market to get some food. It really was a ton of fun, it's experiences and adventures like these that I will never forget.

8 X 800's, I hit above pace on all and felt good.

easy

500 hill repeats, I did very well.

Long run

easy

4 x 2000's-I did well and felt great.

Easy

Hill circut behind Weber, I felt great and did extremely well.

Long run

Easy I think....

easy

16x 400's not a good day. I sucked it up hahaha

I think today was the Chase, I did well. I ran like a 17:10 3 mile and was number 3 on the team.

easy

no clue.... I just know the distance

Long run

Snowy cold run with 10 one minute pickups, quad hurt a little but nothing major.

.25 mile pickup on the treadmill at race pace.

easy

Pre race

pre race on the race course and on the beach

Not what I wanted or worked for, and definately not where I wanted to end my high school career, but I'm blessed to have the experiences that I have had. I've learned so much over the 4 years of cross, and it's hard to believe its all over. It's been an incredible experience and I wouldn't change it for anything. I've learned so much and have met the most incredible people and friends. I honestly love you all so much, thanks for everything. I did really well on the hills during the race and am proud of that. Thinking back there isn't much I would change about the race or my training. It's made me who I am, I set my standards a bit to high for myself, but I did run about a minute faster on this course than last year. I left the race knowing that I gave it my all and that there was nothing else I could have done, so that made it hurt a bit less. 2 or so mile warmup and a mile cooldown. Running seeded was fun, but it was irritating knowing that I would have medaled in the Senior race. That was my call though, nobody else to blame. Talon made it to nationals and freaking won the whole thing, so that was dope.
 

look at the 14 for the actual run today. I messed up. On the 14th I did 10 easy

Easy 8 on the 15th look at the 15th for actual run today.

Look at the 16th for the actual run today. On the 16th I did a run up Big rock.

Switched with the 17th and im to lazy to change it lol I got my wisdom teeth out.

easy